ESPN+ will be the exclusive English–language home in the U.S. for the 2019 CONMEBOL Copa America. The streamer announced the agreement earlier today.
What’s happening:
- ESPN+ has reached an agreement to be the exclusive English–language home in the United States for the 2019 CONMEBOL Copa America, one of the world’s preeminent international soccer competitions.
- The 46th CONMEBOL Copa America will be played June 14 – July 7 throughout Brazil.
- All 26 matches will stream live on ESPN+ with the streamer carrying matches in English and Portuguese.
- Copa America debuted in 1916 and is the oldest and longest-running continental tournament in soccer.
- The biennial competition features the 10 South American national teams of the COMNEBOL Confederation:
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Additionally, two non-COMNEBOL teams invited to participate and his year those teams are:
- Qatar
- Japan
Soccer on ESPN+:
- In just a year, ESPN+ has established itself as a must-have service for soccer fans in the U.S.
- In addition to 2019 Copa America, ESPN+ is home to more than a thousand matches from top leagues around the globe, including:
- Emirates FA Cup – all 79 matches exclusive in the U.S.
- Italy’s Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana
- Over 100 live matches from the Union of European Football Associations Nations League (UNL)
- MLS LIVE – more than 250 Major League Soccer out-of-market matches
- Hundreds of matches from English Football League (EFL)
- The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – the longest running domestic cup competition in the United States
- Top-division leagues from Netherlands, Australia, China, Denmark, Sweden and India
- International Champions Cup (ICC)
- The United Soccer League (USL)
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- Thousands of live events
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