Bicentennial Soccer Tournament Action Kicks off in July on Mexico TV!

MIAMI, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting in July, Mexico TV will broadcast the OPENING TOURNAMENT OF THE LIGA DE ASCENSO 2010, with live, direct coverage of the first day's match between IRAPUATO and DORADOS this Saturday, July 17 at 8 pm EDT/ 5 pm PDT.

The Mexican Football League tournament is especially important. While in First Division soccer teams compete for a championship, the Liga de Ascenso is about something else: taking center stage, the chance to go up against the big teams, and also getting noticed by the elite.

"To top it off, this is also the Bicentennial Tournament celebrating 200 years of Mexican independence and 100 years of the Mexican Revolution," said Silvia Merino, VP of Programming at Mexico TV. "Besides being remembered for years, the winner will take away honors that will be hard to match."

Competing for the important honor will be such prestigious clubs as Leon, which in the last tournament just barely missed being promoted after losing to Necaxa in a final that had fans on the edge of their seats. Leon has since signed the famous Jared Borgetti, a key reinforcement they hope will help win them the promotion this time around that fans have been waiting for.  

Besides Leon, teams such as Freseros de Irapuato, Alacranes de Durango, Los Xolos de Tijuana, Atlante UTN, Correcaminos, Albinegros de Orizaba, Pumas Morelos and Reboceros de la Piedad are sure to provide plenty of exciting goal-filled action, brought to you thanks to Mexico TV.

MexicoTV's signal is distributed via satellite by DIRECTV Mas and is available through several cable systems, such as Comcast in Fresno, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Colorado, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Detroit and Eugene, Portland, Houston; on Time Warner Los Angeles, Austin, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen, Brownsville, Laredo and San Antonio; through TV Max in Houston and Jackson Energy Authority in Jackson, Tenn.

For more information, please visit www.mexicotv.tv

SOURCE Mexico TV