As the qualifier against Honduras nears, many fans are continually wondering where they'll be able watch the game on TV. With just nine days left until the vital qualifier, it looks like this is going to be one hard game to see.
The rights to the broadcast are owned by a Central American media company that is selling the close circuit feed to certain bars and restaurants only. A list has recently been started on this website with locations that will showing the game in English (as of now, only five locations). For a much longer list of locations in the United States that will be showing the match in Spanish, you can go here.
U.S. national team fans in the New York City area will have at least two options, with former Cosmos star Shep Messing hosting a viewing party at Madison Square Garden (at $20 per person), while popular Manhattan soccer bar Nevada Smiths will also be showing the match in English.
With so few English-language options, it looks as though many U.S. national team fans will have to watch the match in Spanish in order to see it.
What do you think of this development? Think that a bar near you will carry the game? Will you watch it in Spanish, or will you follow along on SBI?
Share your thoughts below.
this is a steaming pile of bull. any country would pay money to see themselves represented in any sport on the national stage. I don’t care what the reason is, money talks and we have a lot more than honduras so just pay and play on a major network. ESPN shows poker games for crying out loud. Poker isn’t even a sport.
P.S the U.S. is going to lose anyway! haha
Posted by: Ivan | October 08, 2009 at 01:56 AM
Wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can watch it live online live at atdhe.net
It’s on http://www.goalcentre.com/
YOU KNOW WHAT….
FUCKINGGGGGGG ESPN………GO DAMN COLLEGE FOOTBALL….THEY COUDLNT JUST FOR NIGHT SKIP IT AND LET US WATCH THIS GAME…….YOU KNOW MEXICO SUPPORTS ITS TEAM IN EVERY WAY BY LETTING MEXICAN PEOPLE LIVING IN USA WATCH IT OVER TELEMUNDO….AND US? WE SUCKKKKKKK….. ACTUALLY FREAKING ESPN SUCKS……..WE SHOULD HAVE NEW KIND OF ESPN……CAUSE THIS ONE REALLY STINKS…………
This is a nightmare. Only with the world’s game, could the U.S. not someway find resolve and televize this world cup clinching win we are all about to NOT SEE! It’s embarrassing, only in America. I wanna talk to the president. Just kidding, this really does suck though.
I’ll be watching in North Carolina online at one of the aforementioned sites. Thanks for all the great info and banter. USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!