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“Fox Sports en Espanol announced today the return of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana to its line-up of exclusive live soccer action. Live tournament play kicks-off tonight on Fox Sports en Espanol featuring Chile’s Audax at Bolivia’s Jorge Wilstermann at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT.
For the first time ever, the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana will pit teams from different countries against each other in the early qualifying rounds. Teams from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, who until last year had to play against teams from their own country, will now compete against teams from their neighboring countries to qualify for the round of 16.
Meanwhile, Argentina and Brazil, who have the greatest number of teams, will narrow down the field by playing their respective teams against each other in their respective countries and later competing home and away with teams from neighboring countries to advance to the round of 16.
Boca Juniors and River Plate from Argentina; Chivas, Club America, and defending champions Pachuca from Mexico; and DC United from the U.S. have automatic berths into the round of 16.
“The Copa Nissan Sudamericana continues to be one of soccer’s premier international club tournaments,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol.
“We anticipate that the participation of returning champions Pachuca, as well as of Chivas and Club America will score big among our viewers and further bolster the popularity of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana stateside, particularly among Mexican soccer fans that make up the majority of the U.S. Spanish-language television viewing audience.
We’re excited to once again be the only network to offer live and exclusive action from this prestigious tournament.”
A CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament, the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana features 34 teams from 12 countries, including 31 teams from CONMEBOL member countries and 3 from CONCACAF, including Brazil (8), Argentina (6), Mexico (3), Bolivia (2), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Peru (2), Paraguay (2), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (2), and the United States (1).
Partial Schedule of 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana on Fox Sports en Espanol(a)
DATE/TIME TEAMS
JULY 31 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT Audax (CHI) vs.Jorge Wilstermann (BOL)
AUGUST 1 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Tacuary (PAR) vs. Danubio (URU)
AUGUST 1 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Olmedo (ECU) vs. Zamora (VEN)
AUGUST 2 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Real Potosi (BOL) vs Colo Colo (CHI)
AUGUST 2 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Millionarios (COL) vs.Bolognese (PER)
AUGUST 7 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Defensor (URU) vs. Libertad (PAR)
AUGUST 7 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Jorge Wilstermann (BOL) vs. Audax(CHI)
AUGUST 8 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT Lanus (ARG) vs. Estudiantes (ARG)
AUGUST 9 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT Colo Colo (CHI) vs. Real Potosi (BOL)
AUGUST 9 @ 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Universitario (PER) vs. Atletico Nacional (COL)
(a) Schedule is subject to change.
For a complete schedule of Fox Sports en Espanol’s exclusive telecasts of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, please visit the network’s website at foxsportsla.msn.com.
About Fox Sports en Espanol
Fox Sports en Espanol features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLiga(TM), the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, divisional playoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 13 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S. Hispanic households.Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.”
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