U.S. men

All Confederation Cup games will be aired on Spanish-language television.

By Gary Davidson
SoccerTimes

(Thursday, May 29, 2003) -- American soccer fans will be able to watch all of the United States men's games in next month's Confederation Cup on television -- if they don't mind commentary in Spanish. It might help to have a few friends with a variety of cable and satellite systems.

The Univision family of networks, which includes Galavision and Telefutura, will broadcast all matches in the eight-nation tournament that will be played in France from June 18-29. If the U.S. advanced to the final, it would play on all three networks. Since few satellite or cable networks offer all three channels, watching all American action could become a logistical challenge.

The U.S. Soccer Federation is exploring the possibility of pay-per-view telecasts in English. "There are talks about English-language pay-per-view, but American fans will at least be able to see the games on the Univision networks" U.S. Soccer director of communications Jim Moorhouse said.

The U.S. opens Group B play June 19 against Turkey in St. Etienne at 12:50 p.m. (ET) on Galavision. Next, the U.S. faces Brazil June 21 in Lyon at 3 p.m. on Telefutura. The Americans conclude group play against Cameroon June 23 in Lyon at 3 p.m on Galavision.

The semifinals will be on June 26 in Lyon and Paris with Galavsion airing them on same-day delay. The championship game is June 29 and will be broadcast live on Univision at 3 p.m., the only game to be shown on the mother channel.

Championship - Sunday, June 29
Semifinal winners in Paris, Univision, live, 3 p.m. (ET), 12 noon (PT)

Gary Davidson is a SoccerTimes managing editor and can be e-mailed at editor@soccertimes.com.