Confederations Cup Starts Today
The Confederations Cup in South Africa gets underway today with Iraq playing South Africa, the host nation. In case you are not familiar with the Confederations Cup, it’s a competition to prepare the host nation of the World Cup and takes place the summer before the competition. In other words, its sort of a dress-rehearsal for the World Cup. The host nation (South Africa) gets a free pass into the competition as does the last World Cup winner (Italy in 06). The other countries involved are the winners of the Confederations Cup.
All games are shown live on the ESPN Networks in the United States. If you can take the time, come join me with some of my friends at the Sweetwater Bar and Grille in St. Paul and watch the US take on Italy in the first game for the US National Team. This is also the first time the US has faced Italy since World Cup 2006.
Here are the groupings and teams.
Group A
Iraq
New Zealand
South Africa
Spain
Group B
Brazil
Egypt
Italy
USA
TV Schedule:
-Sun Jun 14
South Africa v Iraq – 8:55am Central on ESPN2
New Zealand v Spain – 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Mon Jun 15
Brazil v Egypt – 8:55am Central on ESPN2
USA v Italy – 1:25pm Central on ESPN
-Wed Jun 17
Spain v Iraq – 8:55am Central on ESPN2
South Africa v New Zealand – 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Thu Jun 18
USA v Brazil – 8:30am Central on ESPN2
Egypt v Italy – 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Sat Jun 20
Iraq v New Zealand – delayed to Midnight Central Sunday morning on ESPN2
Spain v South Africa – 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Sun Jun 21
Italy v Brazil – 1:00pm Central on ESPN
Egypt v USA – 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
For more information along with some great articles, please go to Inside Minnesota Soccer’s friend, Kartik Krishnaiyer’s site called The Kartik Report. Kartik is focusing on the men’s national team and the Confederations Cup until the US are no longer in the competition. Please check The Kartik Report daily for new information.
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