Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26, live on SportsCenter, U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley will reveal the 23-man roster that will compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. All the players selected for the tournament in South Africa will be on the ESPN campus for the announcement that will take place during the 1 p.m. ET hour of the show.
ESPN2 will televise live the U.S. teams’ two final matches before the World Cup – against Turkey on Saturday, May 29, at 2 p.m. from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and playing Australia Saturday, June 5, at 8:30 a.m. from Roodepoort, South Africa.
The U.S. Men’s National Team will compete in Group C at the FIFA World Cup with England, Slovenia and Algeria. The U.S. will open its sixth consecutive World Cup tournament against England on June 12 in Rustenburg, and will follow that game with matches against Slovenia on June 18 in Johannesburg and Algeria on June 23 in Tshwane/Pretoria.
ESPN & the World Cup
South Africa 2010 will be ESPN’s seventh FIFA World Cup and coverage of the event promises to be the most comprehensive in company history. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will air all 64 matches live and in high definition, and more than 50 matches will be televised live in Portuguese on ESPN Deportes. Additionally, ESPN3.com, ESPN’s signature broadband network, will offer simulcasts of all matches on ESPN and ESPN2; ESPN 3D, which launches June 11, will televise 25 matches; ESPN Radio will broadcast all 64 matches in English and provide additional multi-language match coverage; and ESPN’s mobile platforms will provide coverage of all 64 matches.
ESPN will present 2010 FIFA World Cup television studio programming from site in South Africa, offering U.S. sports fans the most comprehensive news and information coverage throughout the month-long soccer showcase. Studio coverage will include SportsCenter segments, a nightly World Cup Live program, and pre, halftime and post-match shows, with additional studio programming and World Cup-branded segments, totaling more than 65 hours of coverage, originating from two sets in and around Johannesburg.
ESPN International is also a FIFA World Cup rights-holder in Brazil and in the Indian Sub-continent and will provide extensive news and information coverage around the world.
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