NBCSN TO TELEVISE U.S.-BASED INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP MATCHES FEATURING PREMIER LEAGUE'S LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER UNITED WEEK OF JULY 28
Manchester United v. Inter Milan, Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. ET from Washington, D.C.
Liverpool v. AC Milan, Saturday, August 2, at 6: 30 p.m. ET from Charlotte
NBC Sports Live Extra to Stream Matches
STAMFORD, Conn. - July 14, 2014 - NBCSN will televise two International Champions Cup matches beginning later this month, featuring Manchester United v. Inter Milan on Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. ET from FedEx Field in Washington, D.C. and Liverpool v. AC Milan on Saturday, August 2 at 6:30 p.m. ET at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
NBC Sports Group's lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White will be on site to call both matches joined by former U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Kyle Martino for Manchester United v. Inter Milan and former Premier League footballer Robbie Mustoe for Liverpool v. AC Milan. Martino and Mustoe will offer "between the benches" analysis for their respective matches.
Coverage of each match begins with an on-site studio show prior to kickoff hosted by Rebecca Lowe. Mustoe will join Lowe for the on-site studio shows for the Manchester United-Inter Milan match.
Manchester United played in four of the 10 most-watched Premier League games on NBC and NBCSN last season, while Inter Milan finished fifth in this past Serie A season. Manchester United's U.S. tour will mark Louis van Gaal's first matches as United manager after leading the Netherlands to the World Cup semifinal this summer.
This past season, Liverpool secured a second-place finish in the Premier League and their first UEFA Champions League berth in five years. They'll be facing off against Serie A powerhouse AC Milan 10 days after playing Serie A second-place finishers AS Roma in a "Football at Fenway" friendly at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
The 2014 International Champions Cup features eight teams participating in round robin group play, with the group winners meeting in a final, and will be played in a total of 12 cities and 13 stadiums across the United States and Canada.
With "Championship Sunday," NBC Sports Group concluded its unprecedented coverage of the thrilling 2013-14 Premier League season featuring all 380 matches televised live on the networks of NBCUniversal and the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and every game streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
A record 31.5 million Americans tuned in to NBC Sports Group's television coverage of the 2013-14 Premier League season and 259.2 million minutes of Premier League action were streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
The 2014-15 Premier League season kicks off on Saturday, August 16.
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA: NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets - will provide live streaming coverage of both International Champions Cup matches airing on NBCSN via "TV Everywhere," the media industry's effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.
Coverage will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via "TV Everywhere," which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
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