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    LOS ANGELES, July 23 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Fox Sports en Espanol announced today its lineup of exclusive programming for Mexican soccer's Apertura 2009 Tournament.  For the 5th consecutive season, the network will have exclusive live Spanish-language broadcast rights for the Apertura, which begins with Indios facing Monterrey on Saturday, July 25th.

 

    The Apertura, or "opening," tournament of the Primera Division season comprises the 18 top Mexican teams and runs from July to December.  The Clausura, or "closing," tournament ended last May with UNAM defeating Pachuca to win their sixth title.  The tournament champions and runner-ups of the Apertura 2009 and Clausura 2010 progress to the 2010 CONCACAF Champions League(TM) to compete against the top teams in each of CONCACAF's regions.

 

    The following table includes programming details for the Apertura 2009 tournament through November 15th.  More information about the matches through December 6th will be available in the coming weeks.  The complete schedule of Fox Sports en Espanol's live transmissions is available at www.foxsportsla.msn.com.

 

    Mexican League Soccer Apertura 2009

 

    DATE              GAME                      DAY        FSE AIRTIME (ET)

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    25-Jul      INDIOS VS MONTERREY           SATURDAY         8:00 PM

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    26-Jul      MONARCAS VS SANTOS            SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    2-Aug       PUEBLA VS TECOS               SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    9-Aug       MONARCAS VS SAN LUIS          SUNDAY           1:00 PM

    -----       --------------------          ------           -------

    16-Aug      MONARCAS VS INDIOS            SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    22-Aug      INDIOS VS SAN LUIS            SATURDAY         8:00 PM

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    30-Aug      MONARCAS VS CRUZ AZUL         SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    12-Sep      INDIOS VS TOLUCA              SATURDAY         8:00 PM

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    20-Sep      PUEBLA VS UNAM                SUNDAY           5:00 PM

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    27-Sep      MONARCAS VS QUERETARO         SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    4-Oct       PUEBLA VS SANTOS              SUNDAY           5:00 PM

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    18-Oct      MONARCAS VS PACHUCA           SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    8-Nov       MONARCAS VS UNAM              SUNDAY           1:00 PM

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    15-Nov      JAGUARES VS ATLAS             SUNDAY           6:00 PM

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    About Fox Sports en Espanol

    Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox Sports en Espanol is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the Major League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American League Championship Series and World Series; championship boxing and UFC(R) and mixed-martial arts across four compelling media platforms. With more than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming, a robust web site brimming with streaming video and portable content from FSE Movil, we are and will continue to be the first name in the U.S. Hispanic sports space.

 

    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.

 

SOURCE  Fox Sports en Espanol