Here are your World Cup announcing assignments through the end of the group stage. Note that beginning next Monday with the final round of group stage matches, games will be played simultaneously. That means one game from a particular group will be played on ESPN and another on ESPN2 at the same time. We also get four games every day from Monday-Thursday.
An interesting note – ABC will televise two games on Sunday afternoon while ESPN gets the highly anticipated USA-Portugal game early Sunday evening. Ian Darke and Taylor Twellman have the call of the two remaining USA group stage games with the matchup against Germany taking place on June 26th at 11:30 AM. All times are eastern…
Friday June 20th
Group D: Italy vs Costa Rica – Derek Rae, Kasey Keller (11:30 AM, ESPN), Recife
Group E: Switzerland vs France – Daniel Mann, Efan Ekoku (2:30 PM, ESPN), Salvador
Group E: Honduras vs Ecuador – Fernando Palomo, Alejandro Moreno (5:30 PM, ESPN), Curitiba
Saturday June 21st
Group F: Argentina vs Iran – Adrian Healey, Roberto Martinez (11:30 AM, ESPN), Belo Horizonte
Group G: Germany vs Ghana – Jon Champion, Stewart Robson (2:30 PM, ESPN), Fortaleza
Group F: Nigeria vs Bosnia-Herzegovina – Daniel Mann, Efan Ekoku (5:30 PM, ESPN), Cuiaba
Sunday June 22nd
Group H: Belgium vs Russia – Derek Rae, Efan Ekoku (11:30 AM, ABC), Rio
Group H: South Korea vs Algeria – Daniel Mann, Kasey Keller (2:30 PM, ABC), Porto Alegre
Group G: United States vs Portugal – Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman (5:30 PM, ESPN), Manaus
Monday June 23rd
Group B: Netherlands vs Chile – Jon Champion, Stewart Robson (11:30 AM, ESPN), Sao Paulo
Group B: Australia vs Spain – Daniel Mann, Kasey Keller (11:30 AM, ESPN2), Curitiba
Group A: Croatia vs Mexico – Fernando Palomo, Alejandro Moreno (3:30 PM, ESPN), Recife
Group A: Brazil vs Cameroon – Adrian Healey, Efan Ekoku (3:30 PM, ESPN2), Brasilla
Tuesday June 24th
Group D: Italy vs Uruguay – Jon Champion, Stewart Robson (11:30 AM, ESPN), Natal
Group D: Costa Rica vs England – Ian Darke, Steve McManaman (11:30 AM, ESPN2), Belo Horizonte
Group C: Japan vs Colombia – Daniel Mann, Taylor Twellman (3:30 PM, ESPN), Cuiaba
Group C: Greece vs Ivory Coast – Derek Rae, Kasey Keller (3:30 PM, ESPN2) Fortaleza
Wednesday June 25th
Group F: Nigeria vs Argentina – Derek Rae, Efan Ekoku (11:30 AM, ESPN), Porto Alegre
Group F: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran – Daniel Mann, Craig Burley (11:30 AM, ESPN2), Salvador
Group E: Ecuador vs France – Adrian Healey, Alejandro Moreno (3:30 PM, ESPN), Rio
Group E: Honduras vs Switzerland – Fernando Palomo, Kasey Keller (3:30 PM, ESPN2), Manaus
Thursday June 26th
Group G: United States vs Germany – Ian Darke, Taylor Twellman (11:30 AM, ESPN), Recife
Group G: Ghana vs Portugal – Jon Champion, Stewart Robson (11:30 AM, ESPN2), Brasilla
Group H: South Korea vs Belgium – Adrian Healey, Alejandro Moreno (3:30 PM, ESPN), Sao Paulo
Group H: Algeria vs Russia – Derek Rae, Efan Ekoku (3:30 PM, ESPN2), Curitiba
