The second annual Team USA vs. The World football game will be nationally televised live on Fox College Sports Central as well as on seven regional cable networks. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. CT. on Feb. 2 in Austin, Texas. Among the outlets broadcasting the game on tape delay is NFL Network, which will air the game on Friday, Feb. 11, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
In all, Team USA vs. The World will be available in more than 100 million households live or on tape delay in the United States.
Internationally, the game will be shown to a 1 million-strong audience on the Armed Forces Television and also to viewers in Israel and Turkey on Fox Sports Middle East. The game also will be streamed live online at www.HighSchoolSports.net a partner of USA TODAY.
Led by Austin (Texas) Westlake High School head coach DARREN ALLMAN, the U.S. Under-19 National Team is selected by USA Football, the national governing body of the sport and the official football development partner of the NFL and NFL Players Association. The team is comprised of 45 high school seniors who will sign their national letters of intent on the morning of Feb. 2 and represent their country that night. A national team exemption granted by the NCAA allows high school seniors to play for USA Football and not have their participation count as one of their two permitted all-star game appearances.
The World Team is led by University of Western Ontario head coach GREG MARSHALL. The World Team roster represents the other 58 member countries of the International Federation of American Football. Team USA defeated the World, 17-0, last year in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Team USA also won three games without a loss en route to a gold medal in the 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship in Canton, Ohio.
Outlets to broadcast Team USA vs. The World live:
| Network | Households | Top markets | ||
| Fox College Sports Central | 10 million | National | ||
| Sun Sports | 6.6 million | Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne; West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce; Jacksonville-Fort Meyers-Naples | ||
| Fox Sports Rocky Mountain | 3.1 million | Denver, Salt Lake City | ||
| DirectTV Sports Pak | 3 million | National | ||
| Dish Network Multi-Sports Pak |
2 million | National | ||
| KC Metro Sports | 450,000 | Kansas City, Mo. | ||
| Midco Sports Network | 250,000 | Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota | ||
| AT&T U-Verse | 200,000 | National | ||
| Total: 25.6 million | ||||
| Outlets to broadcast Team USA vs. The World on tape delay: |
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| Network | Households | Top markets | ||
| NFL Network | 57 million | National | ||
| SportsSouth | 10 million | Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem, N.C.; Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville, Anderson, S.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn. | ||
| Fox Sports Ohio | 5 million | Cleveland; Columbus; Cincinnati; Dayton; Louisville | ||
| Fox Sports Pittsburgh | 3 million | Pittsburgh, Pa. | ||
| Fox Sports Middle East | 2.2 million | Turkey, Israel | ||
| Cox Sports Television | 2 million | New Orleans; Oklahoma City; Tulsa, Okla. | ||
| The Texas Channel | 1 million | Dallas; San Antonio; Austin, Texas | ||
| Armed Forces Television | 1 million | International | ||
| Norfolk (Va.) Cox 11 | 410,000 | Norfolk, Va. | ||
| Orange County (Calif.) Cox 3 | 350,000 | Orange County, Calif. | ||
| Roanoke (Va.) Cox 9 | 60,000 | Roanoke, Va. | ||
| Total: 81.6 million | ||||
The second annual game will kickoff at 7.30pm CT at Austin Westlake High School Stadium. Tickets cost $8 and are available at www.USAvWorld.com.
For more information about the game, visit www.USAvWorld.com.
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