Fox Soccer Channel Announces Its Live Coverage of The CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Featuring UNAM Pumas and Deportivo Saprissa.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Two-time defending Mexican league The Mexican League may refer to one of two major baseball leagues in Mexico. The Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (English: Mexican League) is a summer AAA-level baseball minor league. champions Pumas of UNAM travel to San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. next Wednesday, May 4 to face off against Deportivo Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera División. It holds the record of most international titles by a Costa Rican soccer squad, and is the team with more national championships with a total of 25. in the first leg of the CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions' Cup Finals. 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. will carry live coverage of the match from Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, starting at 10:00 p.m. ET. Pumas advanced to the finals after their convincing home defeat (5-0) of the defending MLS Cup Champions DC United in their second leg semifinal match on April 13. Leading by a single goal at half time, UNAM swiftly took control in the second half, scoring four goals, the first coming from Joaquin Beltran shortly after the start of the half. Pumas are three time winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, claiming their most recent title over a decade ago in 1989. Deportivo Saprissa, a two time CONCACAF Cup champion ('93, '95) and 2004 finalist, dispensed of any hopes for an all Mexican Champions' Cup final when they defeated CF Monterrey in penalty kicks (5-3) at the conclusion of their semifinal match played April 14. Trailing at the half, Deportivo found their equalizer in a penalty kick from Ronald Gomez in the 71st minute. Tied 1-1 (3-3 aggregate) at the end of extra time, the game was decided on penalty kicks. Deportivo Saprissa's break came when goalkeeper Jose Francisco Porras saved the shot by CF Monterrey's Walter Erviti, giving Deportivo a one goal advantage. It was Ronald Gomez, who converted his second penalty kick of the day, clinching the victory for Deportivo Saprissa.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final matches on Fox Soccer Channel(a)
DATE TEAMS TIME (ET)
Wednesday, May 4 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) vs. Pumas
(Mex) 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 11 Pumas (Mex) vs. Deportivo Saprissa
(CRC) 9:30 p.m.
(a) Schedule is subject to change. Please visit foxsoccer.com for
updated programming information.
|
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion