From the U.S. Soccer Communications Center:

 

LIVE “MATCHACCESS” COVERAGE DEBUTS ON ussoccer.com WITH

PRE- AND POSTGAME REPORTS FROM USA-MEXICO IN ARIZONA

 

Coverage Begins on ussoccer.com on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET from the USA’s Stadium Practice Session

and Continues After the Game on Wednesday Evening at 11:30 p.m. ET

 

GLENDALE, Ariz. (February 6, 2007) – U.S. Soccer and ussoccer.com will be debuting MatchACCESS coverage on the popular website in advance of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s game with Mexico on Wednesday at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

 

MatchACCESS coverage begins on Tuesday with live streaming on ussoccer.com of the USA’s stadium practice and pre-match press conference. Only portions of head coach Bob Bradley’s final practice session before the Mexico game will be open to the media, and ussoccer.com will be there to show you the players’ final preparation with live video, interviews and commentary beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. MT).

 

 

On Wednesday, ussoccer.com’s live MatchACCESS coverage will include exclusive post-game interviews and post-game press conferences beginning at approximately 11:30 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. MT). The MatchACCESS press conference coverage begins following the live ESPN2 and Univision broadcasts of the game that begins at 9 p.m. ET (7 p.m. MT).

 

The addition of live MatchACCESS coverage on ussoccer.com expands the website’s impressive video content for fans and media. With hours of all_access behind the scenes videos featuring every U.S. National Team, exclusive Studio 90 coverage of the World Cup and other events, and the recent addition of Studio 90’s Roster Spot, ussoccer.com has some of the most impressive video content of any sports organization in the United States.

 

Moving forward, MatchACCESS on ussoccer.com will see exclusive live web coverage of not only pre- and post-game coverage, but also select game broadcasts and major press conferences and events throughout U.S. Soccer.

 

Live MatchACCESS Coverage on ussoccer.com

 

Date                            Coverage                                                                    Time (approx.)

Tuesday, Feb. 6           Stadium Practice (live look-ins, interviews, videos)        7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT

Wednesday, Feb. 7      Post-game Coverage (press conference, interviews)      11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT

 

EXCLUSIVE ussoccer.com VIDEO CONTENT

 

STUDIO 90: Studio 90 made its debut during the FIFA World Cup in Germany to rave reviews, airing 23 daily shows that showed the detailed intricacies of a team’s World Cup preparation for the first time. The groundbreaking show has since followed with multiple episodes from the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Oneonta, N.Y., and the 2006 Nike Friendlies in Bradenton, Fla., in early December. Unlike anything ever produced, Studio 90 has defined itself as a source for unrivaled behind-the-scenes access throughout U.S. Soccer, telling stories with intense detail and trademark humor.

 

all_access VIDEOS: Since August 2004, ussoccer.com has been presenting hours of comprehensive all_access video coverage on the site’s Panasonic video player. With exclusive coverage of national teams competing in major competitions, there have been more than 600 all_access videos produced in two-and-a-half years.

 

ROSTER SPOT: Last December, Studio 90 branched into an area of international soccer never before seen with Roster Spot, a two-part series that went behind the scenes into the intense roster selection of a FIFA World Championship qualifying roster. In Roster Spot, ussoccer.com followed the real-time story of three players as they tried to earn a position on the U-20 Men’s National Team’s qualifying roster. For the first time ever, Roster Spot gave fans a look into how difficult roster decisions are made.

 

- Log on to ussoccer.com for live MatchACCESS coverage

beginning Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET -