There’s going to be some nice International futbol on ESPN/ESPN2 over the next two weeks, including the US with games against Italy, Brazil and Egypt. The Confederations Cup kicks off Sunday with two games, both on ESPN2:

Sunday, June 14th
South Africa vs Iraq (Johannesburg) Group A, 9am, ESPN2/360.com (Live)
New Zealand vs Spain (Rustenburg) Group A, 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

What is the FIFA Confederations Cup? US Soccer offers some background:

What is now known as the FIFA Confederations Cup began as the King Fahd Cup, or Intercontinental Championship, a small tournament in Saudi Arabia with four teams, each the champion of its confederation. As winners of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the U.S. received an invitation to the first-ever event along with Argentina, Ivory Coast and the hosts.

Since then, the tournament has gone through major changes. In 1997, FIFA took the reigns and turned it into an eight-team tournament held every two years between 1997 and 2005. In its current form, the tournament is held once every four years as a precursor to the FIFA World Cup. The host of the following year’s World Cup holds the Confederations Cup to give the stadium and infrastructure a ‘dry run’.

Group A includes: Iraq, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain
Group B includes: Brazil, Egypt, Italy and the USA

Here is the rest of the schedule. All of them are included on my Calendar:

Monday, June 15th
Brazil vs Egypt (Bloemfontein), Group B, 9am, ESPN2/360.com (Live)
USA vs Italy (Pretoria) Group B, 1:30pm, ESPN/360.com (Live)

Wednesday, June 17th
Spain vs Iraq (Bloemfontein) Group A, 9am, ESPN2/360.com (Live)
South Africa vs New Zealand (Rustenburg) Group A, 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

Thursday, June 18th
USA vs Brazil (Pretoria), Group B, 9am, ESPN2/360.com (Live)
Egypt vs Italy (Johannesburg) Group B, 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

Saturday, June 20th
Iraq vs New Zealand (Johannesburg) Group A, 1:30pm kickoff BUT will be shown delayed – June 21st, 1am, ESPN2/360.com
Spain vs South Africa (Bloemfontein) Group A, 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

Sunday, June 21st
Egypt vs USA (Rustenburg) Group A, 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)
Italy vs Brazil (Pretoria) Group A, 1:30pm, ESPN/360.com (Live)

SEMIFINALS

Wednesday, June 24th
1st Group A vs 2nd Group B (Bloemfontein), 1:30pm, ESPN/360.com (Live)

Thursday, June 25th
1st Group B vs 2nd Group A (Johannesburg), 1:30pm, ESPN/360.com (Live)

THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF

Sunday, June 28th
(Rustenburg), 8am, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

FINAL

Sunday, June 28th
(Johannesburg) 1:30pm, ESPN2/360.com (Live)

US Soccer has a section on their website dedicated to the Cup and I’ll keep you updated as I see other good info. Enjoy!