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If you were planning to have a nice Saturday night home viewing party for the upcoming World Cup qualifier between the USA and Honduras on Oct. 10, you may have to change your plans.
The Washington Post is reporting that the English and Spanish-language rights to the match in the United States have been sold to a firm that plans to distribute the match via closed circuit, which means you will have to go to a soccer bar that has paid to show the match via closed circuit. There is a chance the match will be shown via tape delay on an American outlet.
This development comes just a month after the English-language USA rights to the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier in Estadio Azteca were awarded to Telemundo, which proceeded to show the match on little-known Mun2. That situation was eventually resolved to some degree by Mun2 being offered for free on most cable/satelitte service providers, but the circumstances surrounding the USA-Honduras match appear far worse.
So here's the question for you? If the match is available only on closed circuit will you bite the bullet and pay to watch the match at some soccer bar? Will you thumb your nose at the company that owns the rights by finding an internet feed instead? Will you find a trusty website to provide you with live commentary from the match?
Share your thoughts below.
