ESPN360.com, the broadband sports television network from ESPN, has reached a new, expanded agreement to bring U.S. soccer fans another of the world’s top International soccer competitions – Italy’s Serie A (aka Serie A TIM). ESPN360.com will deliver eight matches per week, as many as 300 matches per season, over the next two seasons. ESPN360.com and MP & Silva LLC announced the agreement that provides exclusive U.S. broadband rights and expands upon a deal last season that brought Serie A matches to ESPN360.com for the first time.  

“Serie A is one of the world’s top soccer leagues and adds to a deep programming lineup of gloabal soccer on ESPN360.com,” said Damon Phillips, vice president, ESPN360.com. “Serie A has built a global fan-base of millions, and we look forward to further connecting it to U.S. fans.”

Carlo Pozzali, Chief Executive Officer, MP & Silva, LLC. said, "We are delighted to expand Serie A in the U.S. with ESPN. ESPN360.com is a network that ensures top-class coverage on the Web for Italian Serie A.”

ESPN360.com will also feature Coppa Italia (or Italian Cup) matches again this year. In January, ESPN360.com reached an agreement with MP & Silva to provide U.S. soccer fans with exclusive broadband coverage of Coppa Italia matches through the 2010 season. 

Serie A and Coppa Italia add to ESPN360.com’s robust, and fast-growing, lineup of live broadband soccer coverage on ESPN360.com that includes UEFA Champions League, Euro 2008, UEFA Cup, FIFA World Cup and Women’s World Cup, CONCACAF, MLS, USA National Team, Russian Premier League, Chinese Premiere League, J League (Japan), FIFA U-20 and Beach Soccer World Cup, UEFA U-19 and U-17 Championships, and several top invitational tournaments.