ESPN World Cup Announcers Through The End Of Group Play

The Master Schedule has also been updated to reflect the changes.

June 22
Group A: Mexico vs. Uruguay 10:00 AM (Rustenburg) (ESPN - Martin Tyler and John Harkes)
Group A: France vs. South Africa 10:00 AM (Bloemfontein) (ESPN2 - Ian Darke and Roberto Martinez)
Group B: Nigeria vs. South Korea 2:30 (Durban) (ESPN2 - Derek Rae and Robbie Mustoe)
Group B: Greece vs. Argentina 2:30 (Polokwane) (ESPN - Adrian Healey and Ally McCoist)

June 23
Group C: England vs. Slovenia 10:00 AM (Port Elizabeth) (ESPN2 - Martin Tyler and Efan Ekoku)
Group C: United States vs. Algeria 10:00 AM (Pretoria) (ESPN - Ian Darke and John Harkes)
Group D: Ghana vs. Germany 2:30 (Johannesburg SC) (ESPN - Derek Rae and Robbie Mustoe)
Group D: Australia vs. Serbia 2:30 (Nelspruit) (ESPN2 - Adrian Healey and Ally McCoist)

June 24
Group F: Slovakia vs. Italy 10:00 AM (Johannesburg EPS) (ESPN - Ian Darke and John Harkes)
Group F: Paraguay vs. New Zealand 10:00 AM (Polokwane) (ESPN2 - Jim Proudfoot and Roberto Martinez)
Group E: Denmark vs. Japan 2:30 (Rustenburg) (ESPN - Adrian Healey and Ally McCoist)
Group E: Cameroon vs. Netherlands 2:30 (Cape Town) (ESPN2 - Derek Rae and Robbie Mustoe)

June 25
Group G: North Korea vs. Ivory Coast 10:00 AM (Nelspruit) (ESPN2 - Adrian Healey and Ally McCoist)
Group G: Portugal vs. Brazil 10:00 AM (Durban) (ESPN - Martin Tyler and John Harkes)
Group H: Switzerland vs. Honduras 2:30 (Bloemfontein) (ESPN2 - Derek Rae and Robbie Mustoe)
Group H: Chile vs. Spain 2:30 (Pretoria) (ESPN - Ian Darke and Efan Ekoku)

Once again, Martin Tyler is given the English game over the U.S. game, and once again, I am stoked that Ian Darke gets to call another United States match. Darke has been simply awesome in this tournament and the more I hear him, the more he pushes Gus Johnson off the list top of my list of my favorite announcers. Martin Tyler is a legend and will surely be the man calling the finals, but I will be slightly miffed if Ian Darke does not get to call a semifinals game and/or 3rd place game (and looking at the games he is being given, I think that is what ESPN has in mind).

No, that one time only of Jim Proudfoot and Roberto Martinez is not a typo, but rather a 5th announce team used by ESPN, presumably to give Martin Tyler a day off in this crazy span. Roberto Martinez has been a very solid studio analyst for ESPN during the World Cup and while Jim Proudfoot has not, listening to him on this video has me excited to hear him.