CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship Airs Live on FOX Sports 2 & FOX Soccer Plus
The CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship kicks off Friday, Jan. 9 in Jamaica, as 12 national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean battle for four qualifying spots in the FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup scheduled for later this year. FOX Sports 2 and FOX Soccer Plus offer viewers exclusive action beginning with the group stage, playoff rounds and the final, while FOX Sports GO and FOX Soccer 2Go stream the 13 matches live and on-demand.
FOX Sports’ game analysts include multiple U.S. Men’s National Team veterans, and the tournament marks FOX Sports newcomer and U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Alexi Lalas’ debut as a game analyst. Other game analysts include former USMNT star goalkeeper Tony Meola and Cobi Jones, another Hall of Famer. Retired USMNT players Janusz Michallik and Brian Dunseth also join the network’s coverage as game analysts. Lalas makes his debut calling the El Salvador vs. Mexico match on Monday, Jan. 19, and follows with the US vs. Trinidad & Tobago, Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Providing play-by-play throughout the tournament are John Strong, Mark Rogondino, Dave Denholm, Mark Followill, Joe Tolleson and Francisco X. Rivera who all have called games at the international, professional or collegiate levels. Rogondino and Jones are set to call the final from Montego Bay Sports Complex on Saturday, Jan. 24 (8:00 PM ET) live on FOX Sports 2.
FOX Sports’ commitment to providing fans the best the sport has to offer expands tremendously in 2015. In addition to the CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship, FOX Sports’ family of channels airs all 52 matches of the FIFA U-20 World Cup starting in May. The schedule remains jam-packed with world-class events including the FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers, CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF Gold Cup and all 52 matches of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, including an unprecedented 16 on the FOX broadcast network.
The complete CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship television schedule, including broadcaster information, is below (subject to change):
Match |
Date/Time |
Network |
Announcers |
Group Stage: USA vs. Guatemala |
Friday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 PM |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Dave Denholm, Tony Meola |
Group Stage: Mexico vs. Cuba |
Saturday, Jan. 10 at 3:00 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Dave Denholm, Tony Meola |
Group Stage: Panama vs. USA |
Sunday, Jan. 11 at 5:30 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Mark Followill, Tony Meola |
Group Stage: Canada vs. Mexico |
Monday, Jan. 12 at 3:00 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Mark Followill, Tony Meola |
Group Stage: Aruba vs. USA |
Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 5:30 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
John Strong, Janusz Michallik |
Group Stage: Mexico vs. Honduras |
Thursday, Jan. 15 at 5:30 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Francisco X. Rivera, Janusz Michallik |
Group Stage: Jamaica vs. USA |
Sunday, Jan. 18 at 8:00 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Mark Rogondino, Cobi Jones |
Group Stage: El Salvador vs. Mexico |
Monday, Jan. 19 at 5:30 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
John Strong, Alexi Lalas |
Group Stage: USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago |
Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5:30 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
John Strong, Alexi Lalas |
Group Stage: Haiti vs. Mexico |
Thursday, Jan. 22 at 8:00 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Joe Tolleson, Brian Dunseth |
Playoff 1 |
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2:00 PM ET |
FOX Soccer Plus/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Francisco X. Rivera, Brian Dunseth |
Playoff 2 |
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 5:00 PM ET |
FOX Soccer Plus/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Joe Tolleson, Tony Meola |
Final |
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8:00 PM ET |
FOX Sports 2/FOX Sports GO/FOX Soccer 2Go |
Mark Rogondino, Cobi Jones |