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2009 World Football Challenge Television Schedule

July 17 2009,
All Matches in High Definition; Coverage on ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com will combine to present live coverage of all six matches of the inaugural World Football Challenge, a six-city round-robin tournament in the U.S. July 19 - 26 featuring four of the best club soccer teams in the world - Chelsea FC, AC Milan, FC Internazionale Milano and Club America. All the matches will be available in high definition.

The series will kick off Sunday, July 19, with Mexican Primera Division's Club America vs. Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan live from Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif., at 7 p.m. ET. The Challenge will conclude Sunday, July 26 with an ESPN2 doubleheader - AC Milan vs. Inter Milan, in a first Milan derby to be played outside of Italy, from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., at 5 p.m., and Chelsea vs. America from Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas, at 7 p.m.

The World Football Challenge gives soccer fans in the United States the opportunity to experience global soccer superstars such as Chelsea's John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack; AC Milan's Ronaldinho, Andrea Pirlo and Clarence Seedorf; Inter Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovich, Javier Zannetti, and Douglas Maicon; and Club America's Pavel Pardo, Guillermo Ochoa and Salvador Cabañas.
Additional highlights:

ESPN Deportes: live, on-site presentation of its critically-acclaimed studio program Futbol Picante and SportsCenter segments from the state-of-the-art Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas, surrounding the Chelsea vs. America match (July 26)
ESPN.com: pre-tournament preview and post-tourney wrap, fixture previews and post-match sidebars and stories, live gamecast and commentary, and photo gallery, and
ESPNDeportes.com: match previews and post-match stories, interviews with players, and video highlights.

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