On Wednesday, Feb. 29, a FIFA international match day, ESPN platforms (ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes) will combine to carry eight matches featuring 16 national teams and extensive studio news, information, highlights and analysis programming throughout the day.

International friendly matches on ESPN.Highlights include:

Italy vs.USA live on ESPN2 and ESPN3 beginning at 2:30 p.m. and matches with FIFA No. 1 team Spain and No. 2 Germany, both on ESPN3.

ESPN Deportes, the 24-hour Spanish-language sports network, will provide comprehensive coverage of the FIFA match day with a seven-hour block of live programming that includes two matches – Montenegro vs. Iceland at 11:55 a.m., and Spain vs. Venezuela at 3:30 p.m. – and one-hour editions of ESPN Futbol Center (11 a.m.) and Los Capitanes (2 p.m.). 

 

Highlights:

ESPN Futbol Center
Ricardo Puig (host) and Carlos de los Cobos (analyst) at 11:00am on ESPN Deportes

Montenegro vs. Iceland
Jose Hernandez and Jose Noriega at 12:00pm EST on ESPN3/ESPN Deportes

Italy-USA Pregame
Bob Ley, Alexi Lalas and Steve McManaman at 2:30pm EST on ESPN2

Italy vs. USA
Ian Darke and Taylor Twellman AT 2:30pm EST on ESPN2/ESPN3

Croatia vs. Sweden at 2:30pm EST on ESPN3

Greece vs. Belgium at 2:30pm EST on ESPN3

Ireland vs. Czech Republic at 2:45pm EST on ESPN3

Poland vs. Portugal at 2:45pm EST on ESPN3

Germany vs. France at 2:45pm EST on ESPN3

ESPN Futbol Center
Puig and de los Cobos at 3:00pm EST

Spain vs. Venezuela
Richard Mendez and Mario Kempes at 3:30pm EST on ESPN3/ESPN Deportes

ESPN Futbol Center
Puig and de los Cobos at 5:30pm EST on ESPN Deportes