The tournament begins December 11 at 2:30 P.M. USA Eastern with Raja Casablanca-Auckland City. Fox Soccer Plus will show the game delayed at 5:00 P.M. because it's at the same time as UEFA Champions League games. Guangzhou Evergrande-Al Ahly will be December 14 at 11:00 A.M. and be shown delayed on Fox Soccer Plus at 7:00 P.M. The first game's winner against Monterrey will be December 14 at 2:30 P.M. and be shown delayed on December 15 at 2:00 P.M. The above is subject to change. Fox Soccer Plus's website may change their schedule, and they currently have the Fifth Place Game scheduled to be shown a day before it is played.
Im going to go out on a limb and say that if there no European matches going on that FS1 or 2 will air these matches live and plus will replay them. We shall see.
December 11: The game isn't on live. See my first post. December 14: Guangzhou Evergrande-Al Ahly will be on Fox Sports 2 live with coverage starting at 10:50 A.M The first game's winner against Monterrey will on Fox Sports 2 live with coverage starting at 2:20 P.M. December 17: Guangzhou Evergrande-Al Ahly winner vs. Bayern Munich will be on Fox Sports 1 live at 2:30 P.M. December 18: Raja Casablanca, Auckland City, or Monterrey vs. Atletico Mineiro will be on Fox Sports 2 live with coverage starting at 2:20 P.M. I don't have TV information for the Fifth Place Game, Third Place Game, or Final.
I get that FIFA needs to schedule with local audiences in mind given the teams playing in that playoff, but to schedule the match up against what is arguably the most watched club competition is ridiculous. Selfishly, such a move means SD only on FS+ since the game doesn't air live.
The Fox Sports website doesn't list programming past 12/15 but for what it's worth, the Verizon FiOS programming guide shows these 3 matches to be shown live as follows: 12/18 - Fifth Place Match - 11:20 am - Fox Sports 2 12/21 - Third Place Match - 11:20 am - Fox Sports 2 12/21 - Final - 2:20 pm - Fox Sports 2 The FiOS guide also shows this match as being shown on Fox Sports 1, not Fox Sports 2.
(All times US Eastern) Wednesday, December 11, 2013: ..........Qualifying match 2:30pm Raja Casablanca v Auckland City …..LIVE: foxsoccer2go.com …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/5:00pm Saturday, December 14, 2013: ..........Quarterfinals 11:00am Guangzhou Evergrande v Al Ahly …..LIVE: FoxSports-2 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/7:00pm .2:30pm Winner Raja/Auckland v CF Monterrey …..LIVE: FoxSports-2 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/Sun.-2:00pm Tuesday, December 17, 2013: ..........Semifinal #1 2:30pm Winner Guangzhou/Al-Ahly v Bayern München …..LIVE: FoxSports-1 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/Wed.-6:00pm Wednesday, December 18, 2013: ..........5th Place Match 11:30am Quarterfinal Losers …..LIVE: FoxSports-2 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: - ..........Semifinal #2 2:30pm Winner Raja/Auckland/Monterrey v Atletico Mineiro …..LIVE: FoxSports-1 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/Thu.-6:00pm Saturday, December 21, 2013: ..........3rd Place Match 11:30am Semifinal losers …..LIVE: FoxSports-2 + Fox Deportes .....DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/Sun.-2:00pm ..........FINAL 2:30pm Semifinal winners …..LIVE: FoxSports-2 + Fox Deportes …..DELAYED: FoxSoccer-Plus/Sun.-4:00pm SA www.soccertvblog.com
St. John's v. Youngstown St/ Villanova v. Rider College Basketball doubleheader. About an even money chance only one of the four teams is in the NCAA tournament and YSU will have a good season if they get to .500 so not exactly a powerhouse slate but still probably more viewers than Bayern v. Minereo.