Extensive Coverage of US Men’s National Team Friendly – Landon Donovan’s Final National Team Match; Match Day 2 for UEFA EURO 2016 Qualification Series

ESPN’s coverage of this month’s FIFA International match dates will feature 33 live matches beginning Thursday, Oct. 9, through Tuesday, Oct. 14, highlighted by Landon Donovan’s final match with the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Ecuador on Friday, Oct. 10, 6:40 p.m. ET (kickoff at 7 p.m.), on ESPN, WatchESPN and ESPN Deportes Radio.

ESPN Presents US Men’s National Team Friendly

Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman and sideline reporter Mónica González will call the match featuring Landon Donovan and the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Ecuador, from Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. Host Bob Ley and analysts Alexi Lalas and Kasey Keller will provide pre-game, halftime and post-game studio commentary from site. U.S. Men’s National Team Friendly highlights on ESPN networks:

***Visit ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN Deportes / WatchESPN / ESPN Deportes Radio for live broadcast information.

·         ESPN3 Surround – Match coverage will include an exclusive camera focusing on Landon Donovan beginning with pre-game warm-ups through the duration of his on-field match action. This camera feed on Donovan will be carried live on ESPN3. An additional ESPN3 channel will feature a “Tactical Cam” stream from the match as part of the ESPN Surround initiative – a second screen option for following the match;

·         ESPN FC (ESPNEWS, Thursday at 6 p.m.) will feature top-five Landon Donovan goals in his U.S. Men’s National Team career. Darke, who called Donovan’s legendary 2010 World Cup goal against Algeria, and Twellman will join the program from Rentschler Field to offer their perspectives;

·         SportsCenterand ESPN FC segments ahead of USA-Ecuador beginning Thursday from Rentschler Field;

·         Landon Donovan will be a live guest on SportsCenter, Friday at 9 a.m., as part of an abbreviated ESPN “Car Wash.” (On Thursday, Oct. 9, three U.S. Men’s National Team players – Jozy Altidore, Omar Gonzalez and DeAndre Yedlin – will be live guests on SportsCenter’s 1 p.m. ET edition.)

·         ESPN3 will carry live Donovan’s U.S. Men’s National Team farewell press conference on Friday at 12 p.m.

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Reporters Jeff Carlisle, Doug McIntyre and Graham Parker will cover the match. Highlights:

·         Parker’s essay on Landon Donovan’s burden of being the country’s best soccer player;

·         Carlisle reports on an interview with the retiring U.S. Soccer star;

·         Former teammates reflect on Donovan’s career;

·         Additional USA-Ecuador match coverage will include live, in-game “Boot Room” chat, Carlisle’s rapid reaction from the match, McIntyre grades the players on their match performance, post-game reports, et al.

Other FIFA Match Dates highlights:

ESPN coverage of the international match dates will include 26 qualifying matches for the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 (UEFA EURO 2016).

·         ESPN2 will televise three UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying matches – Slovakia vs. Spain (Thursday at 2:45 p.m.), Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Belgium (Monday at 2:45 p.m.), and Denmark vs. Portugal (Tuesday at 2:45 p.m.);

·         ESPN3 will exclusively carry 18 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying matches live including Belgium vs. Andorra (Friday at 2:45 p.m.); and World Cup champions Germany at Poland (Saturday at 2:45 p.m.);

·         ESPN Deportes, the 24-hour Spanish-language sports network, will televise eight matches live including Italy vs. Azerbaijan (Friday at 2:45 p.m.) and England at Estonia (Sunday at 12 p.m.).

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