Fox Sports en Espanol Announces Exclusive Live Spanish-Language Coverage of Mexican League Soccer

Fox Sports en Espanol Announces Exclusive Live Spanish-Language Coverage of Mexican League Soccer

LOS ANGELES, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 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

CONTACT: Jennifer Serna of Fox Sports en Espanol, +1-310-444-8736m
jennifer.serna@fox.com; or Jeffrey Berger of The Jeffrey Group for Fox Sports
en Espanol, +1-212-620-4100 ext. 111, jberger@jeffreygroup.com

Web Site: http://www.foxsportsla.msn.com/

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