Comments on: ESPN acquires U.S., English-language rights to Mexican National Team soccer through 2014 FIFA World Cup http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/01/espn-acquires-u-s-english-language-rights-to-mexican-national-team-soccer-through-2014-fifa-world-cup/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:25:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matthew Zavala http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2013/01/espn-acquires-u-s-english-language-rights-to-mexican-national-team-soccer-through-2014-fifa-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-39383 Matthew Zavala Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:48:11 +0000 http://frontrow.espn.go.com/?p=48988#comment-39383 I just want to say I am very excited that ESPN will be broadcasting Mexico national team games. They are one of the world’s hottest teams in the youth levels and will be a great for English langue viewers to follow leading into the Confederations Cup. As a bilingual viewer I have enjoyed games in spanish language networks but look forward to what ESPN can bring to TV.
Although Mexico is my team I also follow the US team. And I know US fans will also enjoy insight to their CONCACAF rivals by being able to watch games in English. And for the casual fan it adds another dimension to understanding what soccer is all about especially understanding CONCACAF and World Cup qualifiers. Just like fans wouldn’t want to be stuck watching only one team from any league, being able to watch multiple teams in the same competition gives fans more perspective. US fans can watch Mexico compete against teams they will be competing against. This is also good news for fans of the other national teams competing in CONCACAF world Cup Qualifiers who will now be able to see their team compete twice on ESPN: Once against the US and again against Mexico.

This is just really great news all around.

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