Your World Cup viewing schedule in the US

by denz on Jan 27, 2010 4:49 PM MST Comment 0 comments

So the matches have been set, and now ESPN and their related networks have announced their TV and online viewing schedule and once again every match will be broadcast in HD. For me the questions is how to record and wwatch every match. While I am no fan of how ESPN has done their coverage of MLS, or soccer in general, it is hard to find fault when every match will be broadcast in HD and most available online as well.

Here is the TV and online schedule for the 2010 World Cup

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match	Group	Site	Match #
Fri 6/11	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Mexico	A	Johannesburg	1
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Uruguay vs. France	A	Cape Town	2
Sat 6/12	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Korea Republic vs. Greece	B	Port Elizabeth	3
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Nigeria	B	Johannesburg	4
	2 p.m.	ABC	England vs. USA	C	Rustenburg	5
Sun 6/13	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Algeria vs. Slovenia	C	Polokwane	6
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Serbia vs. Ghana	D	Pretoria	7
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Germany vs. Australia	D	Durban	8
Mon 6/14	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Denmark	E	Johannesburg	9
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Japan vs. Cameroon	E	Bloemfontein	10
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. Paraguay	F	Cape Town	11
Tue 6/15	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	New Zealand vs. Slovakia	F	Rustenburg	12
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Portugal	G	Port Elizabeth	13
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Brazil vs. Korea DPR	G	Johannesburg	14
Wed 6/16	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Honduras vs. Chile	H	Nelspruit	15
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Switzerland	H	Durban	16
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	South Africa vs. Uruguay	A	Pretoria	17
Thu 6/17	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Argentina vs. Korea Rep.	B	Johannesburg	18
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Nigeria	B	Bloemfontein	19
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. Mexico	A	Polokwane	20
Fri 6/18	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Germany vs. Serbia	D	Port Elizabeth	21
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. USA	C	Johannesburg	22
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	England vs. Algeria	C	Cape Town	23
Sat 6/19	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Netherlands vs. Japan	E	Durban	24
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Australia	D	Rustenburg	25
	2 p.m.	ABC	Cameroon vs. Denmark	E	Pretoria	26
Sun 6/20	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Paraguay	F	Bloemfontein	27
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Italy vs. New Zealand	F	Nelspruit	28
	2 p.m.	ABC	Brazil vs. Ivory Coast	G	Johannesburg	29
Mon 6/21	7 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Korea DPR	G	Cape Town	30
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Switzerland	H	Port Elizabeth	31
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Spain vs. Honduras	H	Johannesburg	32
Tue 6/22	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Mexico vs. Uruguay	A	Rustenburg	33
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	France vs. South Africa	A	Bloemfontein	34
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Nigeria vs. Korea Republic	B	Durban	35
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Greece vs. Argentina	B	Polokwane	36
Wed 6/23	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Slovenia vs. England	C	Port Elizabeth	37
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	USA vs. Algeria	C	Pretoria	38
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Ghana vs. Germany	D	Johannesburg	39
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Australia vs. Serbia	D	Nelspruit	40
Thu 6/24	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Slovakia vs. Italy	E	Johannesburg	41
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Paraguay vs. New Zealand	E	Polokwane	42
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Denmark vs. Japan	F	Rustenburg	43
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Cameroon vs. Netherlands	F	Cape Town	44
Fri 6/25	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Portugal vs. Brazil	G	Durban	45
	9:30 a.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Ivory Coast vs. Korea DPR	G	Nelspruit	46
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Chile vs. Spain	H	Pretoria	47
	2 p.m.	ESPN2/ESPN360.com	Switzerland vs. Honduras	H	Bloemfontein	48

The rest of the schedule after the jump

For those teams lucky enough to escape the group stages:

Group of 16
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Sat 6/26	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st A vs. 2nd B		Port Elizabeth	49
	2 p.m.	ABC	1st C vs. 2nd D		Rustenburg	50
Sun 6/27	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st D vs. 2nd C		Bloemfontein	51
	2 p.m.	ABC	1st B vs. 2nd A		Johannesburg	52
Mon 6/28	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st E vs. 2nd F		Durban	53
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st G vs. 2nd H		Johannesburg	54
Tue 6/29	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st F vs. 2nd E		Pretoria	55
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	1st H vs. 2nd G		Cape Town	56
Quarterfinals
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Fri 7/2	9:30 a.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 53 vs. 54	A	Port Elizabeth	57
	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners 49 vs. 50	B	Johannesburg	58
Sat 7/3	9:30 a.m.	ABC	Winners 52 vs. 51	C	Cape Town	59
	2 p.m.	ABC	Winners 55 vs. 56	D	Johannesburg	60
Semi-Finals
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Matchup		Site	Match #
Tue 7/6	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners A vs. C		Cape Town	61
Wed 7/7	2 p.m.	ESPN/ESPN360.com	Winners B vs. D		Durban	62
3rd Place
Sat 7/10	2 p.m.	ABC	Losers - 61 vs. 62		Port Elizabeth	63
Finals
Sun 7/11	1:30 p.m.	ABC	Winners - 61 vs. 62		Johannesburg	64

It is a great schedule and I can't wait for it to begin. There are some really interesting matchups but perhaps nothing has captured more attention that the opening match of group C when the US faces off against England. I have to admit that I love that so many matches will be covered on ESPN360.com, meaning I won't have to skip too many days of work to ensure I get to watch all the matches.

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