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
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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.
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