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CORRECTION...by Fox Soccer Channel - Second graph, last sentence of release should read: xxx will also be streamed via cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT"id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ... (sted xxx will also be streamed live via cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT"id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ...)
The corrected release reads:
FOX SOCCER CHANNEL SECURES EXCLUSIVE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RIGHTS TO 2009 AND 2011 CONCACAF GOLD CUPS"
Fox Soccer Channel, the premier television destination in the United States for soccer fans, today announced that it has secured English-language rights for the 2009 and 2011 editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup", the biennial tournament which determines the champion of the North American, Central American and Caribbean region.
Fox Soccer Channel will air live and exclusive coverage of the next two Gold

Cup finals in English to U.S. television audiences. In addition, the channel has the rights to all matches played by the U.S. National Team, including three group-stage matches and any potential quarterfinal or semifinal matches. All Fox Soccer Channel match telecasts will also be streamed via cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT"id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ...
"The Gold Cup is the top prize for national teams in the CONCACAF region, and there is tremendous national pride at stake," said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Soccer Channel. "With the strength of soccer teams in the CONCACAF region at an all-time high, the next two Gold Cups promise to be exciting and hard-fought."
The U.S. and Mexico have dominated the Gold Cup in recent years, and combined have won eight of the last nine tournaments. The 2007 Gold Cup " also televised exclusively by Fox Soccer Channel " was no exception, as the two rivals added another page to the history books at the final in Chicago. The U.S. took home the Gold Cup for a record-equaling fourth time by rallying to a 2-1 victory, highlighted by the game-winning goal by Benny Feilhaber from outside the penalty area in the second half.
The Gold Cup is one of the many world-class soccer properties airing on Fox Soccer Channel, along with Major League Soccer, England"s Barclays Premier League, the Italian Serie A and the CONCACAF Champions League".
"We are very pleased to extend our partnership with Fox Soccer Channel on the Gold Cup," CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said. "FSC is well suited to help grow viewership of the tournament in the United States."
About Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, England"s Barclays Premier League, Italy"s Serie A, the Argentine First Division and Australian Hyundai A-League, as well as such global tournaments as the UEFA Cup, English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions League" and 2010 FIFA World Cup" qualifiers. The Official Broadcast Partner of the United States Youth Soccer Association, Fox Soccer Channel also televises the United Soccer Leagues, NCAA Division I college men"s and women"s soccer and " beginning in April 2009 " the newly-formed Women"s Professional Soccer. The Nielsen-rated channel reaches more than 34 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. and Caribbean.
Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit of the News Corporation (NYSE:NWS). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry's most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America"s most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com.
About CONCACAF
CONCACAF "The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football" is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and serves as the governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations, from Canada in the north to Guyana, Surinam and French Guyana in the south. For more information on CONCACAF visit cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ...

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