Fox Sports Travels to Colorado and Mexico for Fifa World Cup Qualifiers
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Claudia Martinez Wednesday, June 7, 2017 [email protected] FOX SPORTS TRAVELS TO COLORADO AND MEXICO FOR FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Landon Donovan Returns to FOX Sports Joining John Strong and Stu Holden for USA-Trinidad & Tobago Los Angeles – FOX Sports continues its ROAD TO RUSSIA coverage on-site in Colorado and Mexico as the U.S. MNT faces two critical FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, hosting Trinidad & Tobago in Denver on Thursday, June 8, and battling Mexico at famed Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Sunday, June 11. Sitting in fourth place in the final round of World Cup qualifying, the Americans are determined to #Get3 points when they square off against Trinidad & Tobago Thursday at 7:00 PM ET on FS1. Rob Stone anchors studio coverage live from a field-level set at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on the outskirts of Denver alongside former U.S. Hall of Famer Alexi Lalas and Emmy-award winning broadcaster Fernando Fiore. Lead play-by-play analyst John Strong, former U.S. MNT midfielder Stu Holden and U.S. MNT all-time leading goal scorer Landon Donovan call the match with Jenny Taft reporting from the sidelines. Immediately following the USA-Trinidad & Tobago match, El Tricolor, who leads the group with 10 points, clashes against Honduras at 10:00 PM ET on FS1. Jorge Perez Navarro calls the match alongside former U.S. MNT star Cobi Jones with special reports from Francisco X. Rivera live from Azteca. On Sunday, June 11, the USA faces CONCACAF rival Mexico in the most-anticipated match of the year beginning at 7:30 PM ET on FS1. Stone hosts pregame coverage live from Azteca alongside Lalas and Fiore. Strong calls the match alongside Holden with Taft and Rivera reporting from the sidelines. Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl serves as reporter at-large, and Dr. Joe Machnik weighs in as rules analyst for the matches. All matches can be live streamed via FOX Sports GO and FOX Soccer 2Go. FOX Sports GO is available on FOXSportsGO.com or on the FOX Sports GO app, which can be downloaded from iTunes, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store. Streaming is also now available on several connected devices, including Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku, Chromecast and Xbox One. All FOX soccer information, including biographies, photographs and archived press releases are available on FOX Sports Press Pass. --FOX SPORTS-- .