Fox Soccer Channel Acquires Exclusive Rights to 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup(TM) and 2007 CONCACAF Men's Gold Cup(TM).Two-Time Defending Women's Champion and Three-Time Winner and Defending Men's Champion USA to Headline Fox Soccer Channel's Live In-Depth Coverage LOS ANGELES -- Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, Launched Nov. 1, 1997. , America's premier television soccer destination, today announced that it has acquired the exclusive English-language television rights in the United States to the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) championship competition, takes place every other year. [TM] and the 2007 edition of the prestigious CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Gold Cup[TM] tournament for men's national teams. The third edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] will take place November 19-26 in Miami and Carson, California and will feature teams from six countries, including Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago and two-time defending champions USA. As part of the agreement, Fox Soccer Channel will offer live coverage of both 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] semifinal matches on Wednesday, November 22 as well as of the match between the third and fourth place finishers and the final on November 26. The winner and runner-up will automatically qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. in China while the third-place finisher will face Asian Football Confederation representative Japan in a home-and-away playoff for the final berth to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Fox Soccer Channel will also provide live English language coverage of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup[TM], the CONCACAF championship of men's national teams, including all three early round U.S. Men's National Team matches, plus one quarterfinal, one semifinal and the final. The tournament takes place June 6-24 at venues around the U.S. and will feature 12 CONCACAF teams vying for the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Gold Cup crown. Mexico leads the all time winners' table with four titles, followed closely by defending champions USA with three championships. The winner of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup[TM] will qualify directly to the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 as the CONCACAF representative. A detailed schedule of matches on Fox Soccer Channel will be announced at a later date. 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] broadcast schedule on Fox Soccer Channel
Wednesday, November 22 Semi Final # 1 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
Semi Final # 2 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT
Sunday, November 26 Third Place Match 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT
Final 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT
About Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, the Barclays English Premier League, Argentine First Division and Italian Serie A; as well as global tournaments such as the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup, UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship, and is sometimes called the Women's Euro , English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and FA Community Shield
abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college soccer matches. The channel reaches more than 28 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. and Caribbean. Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of the News Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry's most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America's most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com. About the CONCACAF Gold Cup[TM] The CONCACAF Gold Cup[TM] is CONCACAF's showpiece event for men's national teams as it crowns the regional champion. The USA won the inaugural competition in 1991, defeating Honduras before 40,000 fans at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in California. Mexico then won three consecutive titles, the third in 1998 before a crowd of 91,000 in Los Angeles, before Canada won its first major international honor in more than 100 years of football history in 2000. After the USA claimed the 2002 title, Mexico returned to the top of the Confederation with their fourth crown in 2003. The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup[TM] was won by the USA. The 2007 edition of the Gold Cup will take place from 6-24 June in venues across the USA. The winner will qualify to play in the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009. For more information visit CONCACAF's website at www.CONCACAF.com. About the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] is the preeminent competition for women's national teams in the region and it crowns the Confederation's champion. The USA won the first Women's Gold Cup in 2000 defeating guest team Brazil 1:0 in the final held at Foxboro Stadium. The second tournament took place two years later and along with the Confederation's crown are the CONCACAF berths to the FIFA Women's World Cup. The USA posted a 2:1 victory in extra time over Canada in the 2002 Women's Gold Cup Final held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The maple leafs joined the stars & stripes at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup which was moved from China to the USA due to the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Definition Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is the first emergent and highly transmissible viral disease to appear during the twenty-first century. ) epidemic. The 2006 edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup[TM] will take place from 19-26 November in two USA venues (Miami, Florida & Carson, California) and will qualify two teams directly to the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007, with a third CONCACAF team earning a play-off spot against Japan to determine an additional World Cup place. For more information visit CONCACAF's website at www.CONCACAF.com. |
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