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Article: New CONCACAF Champions League(TM) Comes to Fox Soccer Channel in August.
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- May 20, 2008
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Leading Soccer Network Acquires Exclusive English-language Media Rights in Four-Year Deal
LOS ANGELES -- Fox Soccer Channel has acquired the exclusive English-language broadcast rights in the United States to the new continental club championship, the CONCACAF Champions League[TM], for four seasons beginning in 2008/2009.
The CONCACAF Champions League[TM], modeled after the popular European club championship, commences in August 2008 with a preliminary round of sixteen matches and concludes in April 2009 with the Finals. Under its agreement with CONCACAF, the governing body of soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, Fox Soccer Channel will ...