ESPN to Present FIFA International Match Week

The U.S. Men's National Team will begin the campaign for its eighth straight FIFA World Cup appearance Friday, Nov. 13, vs. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, live from Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo., at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and WatchESPN. The USA-St. Vincent and the Grenadines match will be the first World Cup qualifying CONTEST in St. Louis since USA-El Salvador on Nov. 5, 1989. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia.

ESPN's lead soccer commentator team of Ian Darke and analyst Taylor Twellman, a native of St. Louis, will call the match. Bob Ley and Kasey Keller will host pre-and post-game SPORTSCENTER segments, as well as halftime.

Also, the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying series returns to ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN DEPORTES and ESPN3) with the remaining eight teams competing in a playoff for the final four berths to compete in the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 in France. Coverage of the qualifying playoff matches begins Friday, Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. with Bosnia Herzegovina vs. Ireland on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. (ESPN will have exclusive coverage of UEFA EURO 2016, June 10-July10.)

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