Week 6 kickoff times announced (all times local/CET) Saturday, October 2 1800 Zaragoza v Sporting Gijon 2000 Real Sociedad v Espanyol 2200 Valencia v Athletic Bilbao Sunday, October 3 1700 Sevilla v Atletico de Madrid 1700 Getafe v Hercules 1700 Villarreal v Racing Santander 1700 Almeria v Malaga 1700 Osasuna v Levante 1900 Barcelona v Mallorca 2100 Real Madrid v Deportivo SA www.socceraction.info
La Liga Saturday October 2 11:55am ET - Zaragoza v Sporting Gijon - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 1:55pm ET - Real Sociedad v Espanyol - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Valencia v Athletic Bilbao - GOLTV HD Sunday October 3 10;55am ET - Villarreal v Racing Santander - * 10;55am ET - Getafe v Hercules - * 10;55am ET - Almeria v Malaga - * 10;55am ET - Osasuna v Levante - * 10;55am ET - Sevilla v Atletico Madrid - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 12:55pm ET - Barcelona v Mallorca - GOLTV HD 2:55pm ET - Real Madrid v Deportivo - ESPN2 HD, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes * DIRECTV will have 3 matches on Channels 477, 478, and 479
interesting - though this was their pattern last year too - a trickle of games in September and October then almost nothing until spring.
College basketball (men and women) and high school basketball start in the middle of November. Once conference play starts in January, ESPN2 will be loaded with hoops. The women's NCAA Division I basketball tournament runs from March through the first weekend in April. ESPN2 will also women's college volleyball and college soccer championships in December. Australian Open tennis air on ESPN2 during the last two weeks of January. ESPN, Inc. uses La Liga to fill time on ESPN or ESPN2 on Sundays during September and October basically to fill unsold air time opposite NFL and NASCAR.
That's a pretty accurate description of things. Then they will come back with some more La Liga games in May and April (whichever day Real Madrid/Barcelona is playing). The tentative plan is about 15-20 games per season.
Week 7 kickoff times announced (all times local/CET) Saturday, October 16 18:00 Atlético de Madrid v Getafe 20:00 Barcelona v Valencia 22:00 Málaga v Real Madrid Sunday, October 17 17:00 Racing Santander v Almería 17:00 Deportivo v Osasuna 17:00 Levante v Real Sociedad 17:00 Mallorca v Espanyol 19:00 Athletic Bilbao v Zaragoza 21:00 Sporting Gijon v Sevilla Monday, October 18 21:00 Hércules v Villarreal SA www.socceraction.info
La Liga Saturday October 16 11:55am ET - Atlético de Madrid v Getafe - GOLTV HD 1:55pm ET - Barcelona v Valencia - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 3:55pm ET - Málaga v Real Madrid - GOLTV HD Sunday October 17 10:55am ET - Racing Santander v Almería - * 10:55am ET - Levante v Real Sociedad - * 10:55am ET - Mallorca v Espanyol - * 10:55am ET - Deportivo v Osasuna - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 12:55pm ET - Athletic Bilbao v Zaragoza - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 2:55pm ET - Sporting Gijon v Sevilla - GOLTV HD * DIRECTV will have 2 matches on Channels 477 and 478 Monday October 18 2:55pm ET - Hércules v Villarreal - DIRECTV Ch. 477
Week 8 kickoff times announced (all times local/CET) Saturday, October 23 18:00 Zaragoza v Barcelona 20:00 Real Madrid v Racing Santander 22:00 Valencia v Mallorca Sunday, October 24 17:00 Getafe v Sporting Gijon 17:00 Almería v Hércules 17:00 Osasuna v Málaga 17:00 Espanyol v Levante 19:00 Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Villarreal v Atlético de Madrid Monday, October 25 21:00 Real Sociedad v Deportivo SA http://www.socceraction.info
La Liga Saturday October 23 11:55am ET - Zaragoza v Barcelona - GOLTV HD 1:55pm ET - Real Madrid v Racing Santander - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 3:55pm ET - Valencia v Mallorca - GOLTV HD Sunday October 24 10:55am ET - Getafe v Sporting Gijon - DIRECTV Ch. 477 10:55am ET - Osasuna v Málaga - DIRECTV Ch. 478 10:55am ET - Espanyol v Levante - DIRECTV Ch. 479 10:55am ET - Almería v Hércules - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 12:55pm ET - Sevilla v Athletic Bilbao - GOLTV HD 2:55pm ET - Villarreal v Atlético de Madrid - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Monday October 25 2:55pm ET - Real Sociedad v Deportivo - no U.S. TV
Week 9 kickoff times announced (all times local/CET) Saturday, October 30 18:00 Valencia v Real Zaragoza 20:00 Hercules v Real Madrid 22:00 Barcelona v Sevilla Sunday, October 31 17:00 Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol 17:00 Malaga v Real Sociedad 17:00 Racing Santander v Osasuna 17:00 Sporting Gijon v Villarreal 19:00 Atletico Madrid v Almeria 21:00 Athletic Bilbao v Getafe Monday, November 1 21:00 Mallorca v Levante * - note that Europe goes off DST on Sunday, Oct. 31st at 1am, therefore time difference between Spain and New York will be 5 hours from October 31st until November 7th. SA http://www.socceraction.info/
Copa del Rey info: Next week is the 4th round of the Copa del Rey and its the round the top flight clubs join the fray. Schedule (all times local): Tuesday, October 26: 20:00 Murcia v Real Madrid GOL-TV USA/Canada 22:00 Ceuta v Barcelona** GOL-TV Canada Wednesday, October 27: 20:00 Real Unión v Sevilla 21:00 Valladolid v Espanyol 21:00 Portugalete v Getafe 21:00 Xerez v Levante 21:00 Poli Ejido v Villarreal 21:00 Córdoba v Racing 21:00 Mallorca v Sporting 21:00 Hércules v Málaga 22:00 Betis v Zaragoza GOL-TV USA/Canada 22:00 Universidad LP v Atlético Madrid** Thursday, October 28: 20:00 Alcorcón v Athletic Bilbao GOL-TV USA/Canada 21:00 Osasuna v Deportivo 22:00 Real Sociedad v Almería** ** - Like La Liga, GOL-TV sublicensed rights to ESPN for Copa del Rey (last season). No mention of it on the ESPN sites as of today but the ** matches are being produced for international distribution and should find their way to ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com. SA www.socceraction.info
Does anyone know if GolTV's contract inlcudes the final now. I seem to remember that in previous years that it didn't. And yea I would say its almost a certainty that ESPN3.com has the games that ESPN International is producing. Otherwise it would make no sense for GolTV to not have the Barcelona and Atletico Madrid games.
TV rights to Copa del Rey matches through the semifinal round are controlled by each home club. Because every La Liga club has agreed to hire MEDIAPRO to market international TV rights, MEDIAPRO is able to sell all those rights to GOLTV, Inc. as a single package. TV rights to the Copa del Rey Final is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The RFEF uses Santa Monica Sports as its exclusive agent for the marketing of TV rights worldwide. In recent years, Santa Monica Sports has not been able to sell the TV rights to the Copa del Rey final to any entity in the U.S. As a result, the Copa del Rey final will once again be available exclusively on TVE Internacional-Americas via tape delay (8:30pm Eastern Time on the East Feed for DIRECTV and DISH Network subscribers as well as cable subscribers in the Eastern, Central, and most of the Mountain Time Zones, 7:30pm Pacific Time on the West Feed for cable subscribers in Arizona and the Pacific Time Zone.)
Interesting to see coverage starting with the 1st Leg of the 4th round this season. Coverage did not start until the 2nd Leg of the 4th round last season.
Copa del Rey - 4ra ronda - Ida Tuesday October 26 1:55pm ET - Murcia v Real Madrid - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Ceuta vs Barcelona - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Wednesday October 27 3:55pm ET - Betis vs Real Zaragoza - GOLTV HD Thursday October 28 1:55pm ET - Alcorcón v Athletic Bilbao - GOLTV HD == La Liga Saturday October 30 11:55am ET - Valencia v Zaragoza - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 1:55pm ET - Hercules v Real Madrid - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Barcelona v Sevilla - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Sunday October 31 (Europe switches to Standard Time) 11:55am ET - Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol - * 11:55am ET - Malaga v Real Sociedad - * 11:55am ET - Racing Santander v Osasuna - * 11:55am ET - Sporting Gijon v Villarreal - GOLTV HD 1:55pm ET - Atletico Madrid v Almeria - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Athletic Bilbao v Getafe - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Monday November 1 3:55pm ET - Mallorca v Levante - * * DIRECTV will select 3 matches for broadcast on Channels 477, 478, and 479
La Liga Saturday October 30 11:55am ET - Valencia v Zaragoza - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 1:55pm ET - Hercules v Real Madrid - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Barcelona v Sevilla - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Sunday October 31 (Europe switches to Standard Time) 11:55am ET - Malaga v Real Sociedad - * 11:55am ET - Racing Santander v Osasuna - * 11:55am ET - Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 11:55am ET - Sporting Gijon v Villarreal - GOLTV HD 1:55pm ET - Atletico Madrid v Almeria - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Athletic Bilbao v Getafe - * Monday November 1 3:55pm ET - Mallorca v Levante - * * DIRECTV will select 3 matches for broadcast on Channels 477, 478, and 479
Looking ahead to Round 13 (weekend of November 27/28) and El Clasico, the match to be played at Camp Nou has been quite a topic locally as Parliamentary elections for Catalunya are scheduled to take place on Sunday Nov 28th. With this in mind, there's speculation that Barça-Real will be played on Monday the 29th with a 21:00 kickoff time (3pm eastern U.S.). The official schedule won't be finalized until two weeks before the weekend but the Monday date/time has been welcomed by both clubs as well as political officials and television broadcasters Canal+ and Gol TV (Spain). spanish link
According to the link I provided Saturday isn't favored (or rather, Sunday more preferred) by both clubs since they will be coming off Champions League week. This combined with nothing scheduled for the following midweek (Tue Nov 30-Thurs Dec 2) to dissuade a Monday kickoff. The politicos also wish El Clasico not to disrupt things a day prior to the elections (let alone election day itself).
La Liga (Final Update) Saturday October 30 11:55am ET - Valencia v Zaragoza - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 1:55pm ET - Hercules v Real Madrid - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Barcelona v Sevilla - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes Sunday October 31 (Europe switches to Standard Time) 11:55am ET - Malaga v Real Sociedad - DIRECTV Ch. 477 11:55am ET - Racing Santander v Osasuna - no U.S. TV 11:55am ET - Deportivo La Coruna v Espanyol - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes 11:55am ET - Sporting Gijon v Villarreal - GOLTV HD 1:55pm ET - Atletico Madrid v Almeria - GOLTV HD 3:55pm ET - Athletic Bilbao v Getafe - DIRECTV Ch. 477 Monday November 1 3:55pm ET - Mallorca v Levante - DIRECTV Ch. 477
Saturday November 6 2:55pm ET - Real Sociedad vs Racing Santander 4:55pm ET - Espanyol vs Malaga Sunday November 7 (U.S. switches to Standard Time) 10:55am ET - Zaragoza vs Mallorca 10:55am ET - Almeria vs Sporting Gijon 10:55am ET - Osasuna vs Hercules 10:55am ET - Levante vs Deportivo de La Coruna 10:55am ET - Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao 12:55pm ET - Getafe vs Barcelona - ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes [ESPN2 HD TBC] 2:55pm ET - Atletico de Madrid vs Real Madrid - GOLTV HD Monday November 8 3:55pm ET - Sevilla vs Valencia
The LFP has announced a kickoff time change for the Monday, November 8th match: 21:30 Sevilla v Valencia (3:30pm ET) SA www.socceraction.info
I saw one more update watching the MLS playoff game last night on ESPN2. Right now the schedule on ESPN.com has nothing from 3:30-6pm. Hopefully it's true, but I guess take it with a grain of salt until it's fully confirmed. 3:55pm ET - Barcelona v Sevilla - ESPN2, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes