FOX Sports Announces Broadcaster Match Assignments for CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™ Group Stage
LOS ANGELES – As the summer of soccer continues and the opening match of the CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™ draws close to kick off with Lionel Messi leading Argentina vs. Canada on FS1 this Thursday, June 20, FOX Sports today unveils its broadcaster match assignments for the group stage portion of the 48th edition of the world’s oldest national team tournament.
Acclaimed play-by-play announcer John Strong and match analyst Stu Holden, a former U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) midfield dynamo, pair as FOX Sports’ lead broadcast team for CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™. The duo will call Thursday’s opening match from Atlanta between Argentina and Canada and be joined in stadium by reporter Ana Jurka in her FOX Sports debut. Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM ET on FS1 with the newly named COPA TONIGHT pre-match show before the competition kicks off at 8:00 PM ET.
Strong and Holden will also lead the call for every USMNT group stage match with Jenny Taft reporting from the sidelines at all U.S. matches. The USMNT open CONMEBOL Copa América™ group stage play Sunday, June 23, on FOX vs. Bolivia with live coverage starting at 5:00 PM ET. The USMNT’s second group stage match vs. Panama on Thursday, June 27, will also air on FOX with coverage beginning at 5:00 PM ET. Coverage on Monday, July 1, for the USMNT’s final group stage match vs. Uruguay starts at 8:00 PM ET with COPA TONIGHT on FS1.
Veteran play-by-play voice JP Dellacamera pairs with match analyst and National Soccer Hall of Famer Cobi Jones on the second day of the tournament, Friday, June 21, to call Peru vs. Chile starting at 7:00 PM ET on FS1. Luis Omar Tapia makes his tournament debut on Saturday, June 22, alongside Jones for Ecuador vs. Venezuela starting at 5:00 PM ET on FS1. On Monday, June 24, former USMNT standout Maurice Edu joins Tapia as a match analyst when Colombia takes on Paraguay starting at 5:00 PM ET on FS1.
Live studio coverage for CONMEBOL Copa América™ matches on FOX, FS1 and FS2 begins with COPA TONIGHT. FOX Sports’ top cast of broadcasters power COPA TONIGHT including host Rob Stone, and a celebrated lineup of studio analysts and soccer legends in Alexi Lalas, Carli Lloyd, Clint Dempsey, Maurice Edu and Juan Pablo Ángel.
Click here to view broadcaster match assignments for the CONMEBOL Copa América™ group stage on FOX, FS1 and FS2.
