Mexican Soccer League @ Fox Sports en Español.
July 30, 2004
Fox Sports en Espanol announced it will carry an exclusive selection of Mexican League soccer matches under a two-year deal with the distributors of Mexican League rights.
A minimum of 26 regular-season matches per year will air exclusively live on Fox Sports en Espanol in the United States, starting on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT with the matchup between Jaguares and Atlas.
Fox Sports en Espanol’s broadcasts in 2004/2005 will feature the league’s top teams, including favorites Cruz Azul, Club America, Chivas de Guadalajara and defending champions UNAM Pumas, who just celebrated their 50th anniversary. The network will televise a total of 13 matches during the 2004 Torneo Apertura, which began in mid-August and will continue until late November. Following the Apertura, Fox Sports en Espanol will also carry 13 games from the Torneo Clausura between January and May 2005.
“We are pleased to offer our viewers exclusive matches from the most popular soccer league among Latino fans,” said David Sternberg, General Manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. “With this agreement, we have clearly solidified our position in the fast-growing Spanish-language television marketplace, and our viewers, advertisers and cable and satellite distributors will all be the beneficiaries.”
The Mexican Soccer League becomes the fifth league from the Americas offered on Fox Sports en Espanol, joining the leagues of Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador and Major League Soccer from the U.S. Combined with Fox Sports en Espanol’s exclusive, year-round coverage of championship tournaments such as InterLiga, Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa, Copa Toyota Intercontinental, the ChampionsWorld Series, the UEFA Cup final and Super UEFA Cup, Fox Sports en Espanol’s soccer programming escalates to well over 1,000 hours per season.
