ESPN to Launch Futbol W: Weekly Women’s Soccer Studio Program

ESPN announces the launch of Futbol W, a weekly studio program that will comprehensively cover professional women's soccer. The show will debut on ESPN2 on Tuesday, July 23, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET, simulcast on ESPN+. Weekly episodes will stream live on ESPN+ Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and available on-demand after that.Futbol W will focus on the NWSL, the U.S. Women's National Team, Liga MX Femenil, and CONCACAF stars playing in Europe. Beyond the field, the program will also explore the players' interests through features highlighting the intersections of culture, fashion, food, and community in the sport.Ali Krieger, one of the most accomplished stars in women's soccer, and Sebastian Salazar will co-host the one-hour news, highlights, analysis, and opinion program.Futbol W with Ali Krieger and Sebastian Salazar will serve women's soccer fans by bringing the game's best talent and perspective to multiple ESPN platforms. Krieger's unmatched experience, relationships, and insightful opinions will drive recurring personality-driven interviews and allow fans to experience all aspects of the game. Futbol W reflects ESPN's continued strategic investment in Women's Sports and will enable fans to follow and engage with the global game."We are pleased to launch Futbol W amid the popularity and excitement around women's sports, which is at an all-time high in the United States," says Manny de la Fe, Vice President of Production, ESPN. "Futbol W will inform, entertain, and showcase the incredible athletes to sports fans. It will be our signature news and analysis studio program – a weekly one-stop destination for fans to get their need-to-know insight about women's soccer."Planned Futbol W highlights: A weekly destination show offering U.S. fans "need-to-know" women's soccer in the U.S., Mexico, and CONCACAF players in Europe; Appearances by ESPN reporters, commentators, and analysts: Lianne Sanderson, Jeff Kassouf, Jenn Hildreth, Cristina Alexander, Natalia Astrain, Lizzy Becherano, Alexis Nunes, Julia Headley, and more; In-depth interviews and features on current and former players conducted by Ali Krieger. The features will offer fans an inside look at the sports stars beyond the playing field; NWSL game highlights, analysis, Power Rankings, Top Plays, and game previews; Insightful analysis and opinion-based discussion of topical issues in women's soccer featuring a rotation of seasoned pundits with diverse perspectives; Live, in-show interviews with current players.Futbol W cohosts:Ali Krieger is one of the most decorated professionals in women's soccer, having won multiple titles in an 18-year career across the U.S., Germany, and Sweden. A two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019) with the U.S. Women's National Team and an NWSL champion in 2023 with NJ/NY Gotham FC, Krieger won the treble – German women's football championship, DFB-Pokal, and UEFA Women's Champions League (then UEFA Women's Cup) – in 2007 playing for FFC Frankfurt. After announcing she'd retire from professional football during last year's preseason, Krieger captained Gotham FC in its remarkable "worst-to-first" run, finishing last in the league in 2022 and winning the NWSL title in her final professional match in November 2023. She joined ESPN in March.Sebastian Salazar joined ESPN in late 2016 as a host, reporter, and play-by-play announcer. Since March 2021, Salazar has paired with former U.S. Men's National Team forward Herculez Gomez as cohosts of the critically acclaimed, biweekly Fútbol Americas show, exclusively on ESPN+. The duo streamed daily live remote shows from the FIFA World Cup competitions in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. Salazar appears regularly on ESPN FC, the company's signature soccer program, and soccer coverage across ESPN platforms.

ESPN to Launch Futbol W: Weekly Women’s Soccer Studio Program ESPN announces the launch of Futbol W, a weekly studio program that will comprehensively cover professional women’s soccer. The show will debut on ESPN2 on Tuesday, July 23, beginning at 9:30 p.m.

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Women’s National Team, Liga MX Femenil, and CONCACAF stars playing in Europe. Beyond the field, the program will also explore the players’ interests through features highlighting the intersections of culture, fashion, food, and community in the sport. , one of the most accomplished stars in women’s soccer, and will co-host the one-hour news, highlights, analysis, and opinion program.

Futbol W with Ali Krieger and Sebastian Salazar will serve women’s soccer fans by bringing the game’s best talent and perspective to multiple ESPN platforms. Krieger’s unmatched experience, relationships, and insightful opinions will drive recurring personality-driven interviews and allow fans to experience all aspects of the game. Futbol W reflects ESPN’s continued strategic investment in Women’s Sports and will enable fans to follow and engage with the global game.

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