US Women Soccer Ready for New Zealand

Courtesy of USA Soccer:

USA FACES NEW ZEALAND IN OLYMPIC QUARTERFINALS: The U.S. Women’s National Team, which is coming off its first 3-0-0 performance in the group stage, faces New Zealand in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Olympics at 6:30 a.m. PT on Friday, Aug. 3, at St. James’ Park in Newcastle, England.

The match will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network, NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and streamed on NBC Live Extra. Fans can follow the match via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt.

Should the U.S. advance past New Zealand, the team would face the winner of the Great Britain-Canada quarterfinal match on Monday, Aug. 6, in the Olympic Semifinals at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.

Courtesy of Soccer America:

 TODAY'S GUIDE

Olympic women's soccer continues on Friday with quarterfinal play -- including USA-New Zealand -- and the men's final eight compete on Saturday. ... (NBCSN, MSNBC and Telemundo offer live coverage of much of the Olympic soccer tournament. Two NBCUniversal specialty channels  also carry many live soccer games. For more on Olympic coverage, click HERE.)

Local Note: The American women include Stanford grads Rachel Buehler, Kelley O'Hara, Nicole Barnhart and alternate Christen Press and Cal grad Alex Morgan. New Zealand has Stanford grad Ali Riley playing for it.

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.)

FRIDAY, August 3

NBC SPORTS NETWORK
Olympic Women Quarterfinal SWEDEN-FRANCE (live) 7 am.
Olympic Women Quarterfinal  USA-NEW ZEALAND (live) 9:30 am
Olympic Women Quarterfinal  BRAZIL-JAPAN (live) noon.
Olympic Women Quarterfinal  GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA (live) 2:30 pm.
MLS HOUSTON-NEW YORK (live) 8 pm.

UNIVISION DEPORTES 2
Mexico SANTOS-PUEBLA (live) 7:55 pm.

UNIVISION DEPORTES
Mexico TIJUANA-UNAM (live) 8:25 pm.

SATURDAY, August 4

MSNBC
Olympic Men Quarterfinal JAPAN-EGYPT (live) 7 am.
Olympic Men Quarterfinal MEXICO-SENEGAL (live) 9:30 am.
Olympic Men Quarterfinal BRAZIL-HONDURAS (live) noon.
Olympic Men Quarterfinal GREAT BRITAIN-SOUTH KOREA (live) 2:30 pm.

FOX DEPORTES
Mexico CRUZ AZUL-CHIVAS (live) 6 pm.

UNIVISION DEPORTES
Mexico QUERETARO-PACHUCA (live) 5:55 pm.
Mexico ATLAS-TIGRES (live) 9:55 pm.

TELEFUTURA
Mexico MONTERREY-JAGUARES (live) 7:55 pm.

MLS DIRECT KICK
MLS NEW ENGLAND-KANSAS CITY (live) 7:30 pm.
MLS MONTREAL-PHILADELPHIA (live) 7:30 pm.
MLS D.C. UNITED-COLUMBUS (live) 7:30 pm.
MLS CHICAGO-TORONTO (live) 8:30 pm.
MLS COLORADO-SALT LAKE (live) 9 pm.

ESPN3.com
International Club Friendly PSG-BARCELONA (live) 1:55 pm.

SUNDAY, August 5

ESPN2
MLS SEATTLE-LOS ANGELES (live) 9 pm.

FOX SOCCER
International Club Friendly VALERANGA-MANCHESTER UNITED (live) 10 am.
World Football Challenge REAL MADRID-SANTOS LAGUNA (live) 11 pm.

FOX SOCCER PLUS
International Club Friendly VALERANGA-MANCHESTER UNITED (delay) 2 pm.

FOX DEPORTES
International Club Friendly VALERANGA-MANCHESTER UNITED (live) 10 am.
World Football Challenge REAL MADRID-SANTOS LAGUNA (live) 11 pm.

ESPN DEPORTES
MLSSEATTLE-LOS ANGELES (live) 9 pm.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK
MLS PORTLAND-DALLAS (live) 7 pm.

UNIVISION
Mexico TOLUCA-LEON (live) 12:55 pm.

UNIVISION DEPORTES
Mexico TOLUCA-LEON (live) 12:55 pm.
Mexico ATLANTE-AMERICA (live) 6:55 pm.

FOXSOCCER2GO.com
World Football Challenge REAL MADRID-SANTOS LAGUNA (On Demand) 11:55 pm.

ESPN3.com
MLS SEATTLE-LOS ANGELES (live) 9 pm.

MONDAY, August 6

NBC SPORTS NETWORK
Olympic Women Semifinal (live) noon.
Olympic Women Semifinal (live) 2:45 pm.

TUESDAY, August 7

NBC SPORTS NETWORK
Olympic Men Semifinal (live) noon.
Olympic Men Semifinal (live) 2:45 pm.

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