Courage Games To Air On Fox Sports Net
May 24, 2002 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
Carolina Courage News Release
Eight (8) regular season games featuring the WUSA's Carolina Courage are set for live telecast on Fox Sports Net this summer. The telecasts air ONLY within the state of North Carolina, and two of these air ONLY in the eastern half of North Carolina (see schedule below). The first Courage telecast is Saturday, 6/1, when Carolina hosts the New York Power (7 p.m. EDT) at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. (suburban Raleigh).
The second-year WUSA is comprised of eight teams â Carolina, Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers, New York Power, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit, San Jose CyberRays and Washington Freedom, with San Jose having won last season's inaugural Founders Cup with a 4-2 win over Atlanta.
Carolina's SAS Stadium is the WUSA's first-ever soccer-specific facility and is the centerpiece of a seven-field, 150-acre soccer complex. The 7,000-seat stadium is also the practice facility for the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team as it prepares for 2002 FIFA World Cup play.
Dean Linke calls the Courage play-by-play for Fox Sports Net, with Bill Palladino providing analysis and Drew Smith reporting from the field. Linke is a former Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain announcer for the MSL Colorado Rapids games and is president of VilCom Network, a Chapel Hill-based marketing company. Palladino is the longtime assistant women's soccer coach for the 17-time NCAA champion North Carolina women's soccer program. Smith is sports director at WTVD-TV in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville market and is active in area youth soccer.
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