New York at Houston tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET. Dallas at Portland Saturday at 7 p.m. ET
NEW YORK – August 2, 2012 – NBC Sports Network will broadcast two soccer games in primetime during the network’s MLS weekend coverage, immediately following the network’s all-day live coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. First, the top two teams in the Eastern Conference take the field tomorrow when the #2 Houston Dynamos battle the #1 New York Red Bulls at 7 p.m. ET, then the Portland Timbers host FC Dallas in a Western Conference game on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Network’s MLS coverage will feature John Strong (play-by-play), the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Timbers, alongside former MLS player and Olympian Brian Dunseth (“Between the Benches” analyst). Rob Carlin will serve as studio host on site in Houston and Portland on Saturday and on Sunday.
Strong and Dunseth will call all MLS games on NBC Sports Network while the network’s lead soccer commentary team of Arlo White and Kyle Martino while they are in London for the 2012 Olympic Games.
UPCOMING MLS GAMES ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK: (All Times ET, Home Team Listed First)
Fri., August 10, New York vs. Houston, 8 p.m.
Wed., August 15, Columbus vs. Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Sun., August 19, D.C. vs. Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Network’s MLS coverage will feature John Strong (play-by-play), the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Timbers, alongside former MLS player and Olympian Brian Dunseth (“Between the Benches” analyst). Rob Carlin will serve as studio host on site in Houston and Portland on Saturday and on Sunday.
Strong and Dunseth will call all MLS games on NBC Sports Network while the network’s lead soccer commentary team of Arlo White and Kyle Martino while they are in London for the 2012 Olympic Games.
UPCOMING MLS GAMES ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK: (All Times ET, Home Team Listed First)
Fri., August 10, New York vs. Houston, 8 p.m.
Wed., August 15, Columbus vs. Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Sun., August 19, D.C. vs. Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
