World Cup 2014 TV schedule: Game times, channels, announcers, live streaming and more

You're not in Brazil, but you have a TV or a computer with an Internet connection. Welcome to soccer heaven. 

When the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday, you will be able to catch every game if you really want to. Every game will air on television, on the radio and online in at least three languages. If you miss a game, you can catch it later online.

Yes, ESPN treats the World Cup as exactly what it is: the world's biggest sporting event. (Apologies to the Olympics and Super Bowl.) They don't dumb down the tone for Americans or treat the sport as an exotic entity or opportunity for standup comedy. It's professional coverage, straightaway, by people who know the sport.

You may come across a few more British accents than you're used to, of course. Many American soccer fans will recognize the voices of Brits Ian Darke, Adrian Healey and Derek Rae, who have been handling play-by-play duty on ESPN for years. Fellow Brits Jon Champion and Daniel Mann, along with Fernando Palomo, ESPN's lead announcer for the Mexican national team, will handle play-by-play duties for the other commentator teams.

But you'll also have well-known American sportscasters like ESPN veteran Bob Ley leading the studio coverage from Rio de Janeiro, backed up by Mike Tirico and British presenter Lynsey Hipgrave. Meanwhile, the dozen analysts and five reportersrounding out the coverage will include retired U.S. national team players Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller and Taylor Twellman, along with former Venezuelan international Alejandro Moreno, who spent his professional career playing in Major League Soccer. Twellman will join Darke in the broadcast booth to call every U.S. national team match.

Here's the breakdown of how you can follow the games, followed by the full schedule:

Television

All 64 games will be televised on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. ESPN will broadcast most of the matches (43) while ABC will pick up 10 weekend games, including the final. ESPN2 will air the other 11 games, most of which will run simultaneously with other matches airing on ESPN.

Pregame shows start 30 minutes before kickoff, while ESPN's nightly wrap-up show, "World Cup Tonight," will run for an hour and a half.

Radio

ESPN Radio will air every game. The trick is knowing your local ESPN Radio affiliate. ESPN has the official list here, but a more user-friendly version can be found at -- naturally -- Wikipedia by clicking here.

Also, you can listen to ESPN Radio online here or via apps you can download here. For those with satellite radio, Sirius XM channels 84 and 85 will air the games as well.

Longtime soccer broadcaster J.P. Dellacamera will handle the radio play-by-play, and he'll do it in his American accent.

Online

Every match will stream live online on ESPN3.com. If you miss the match, you can watch the recorded match later, as ESPN3 leaves the video online available to viewers. To make sure your Internet service provider allows ESPN3 access -- most do -- click here.

Additionally, the games will be available on other mobile devices via apps WatchESPN.com and WatchABC.com.

And if you really want to get crazy, ESPN3 even offers an option to watch the game from a full-field camera angle.

Coverage in Spanish and Portuguese

TV: Univision will broadcast 56 matches in Spanish. All those matches will simulcast onUnivision Deportes, the Spanish-language sports network that will devote its entire programming schedule to the World Cup during the tourney. Another eight matches will air on Unimas and Galavisión.

Additionally, ESPN Deportes will broadcast 54 matches in Portuguese, with the other 10 matches running online in Portuguese. As with the ESPN2 offerings, most of the online-only matches will be those that conflict with other games' start times.

RADIO: Futbol de Primera radio will air 50 matches, accompanied by pregame and postgame coverage.

ONLINE: All games will stream online at Univision's web site.

Full schedule of games (all times Eastern)

Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match	Group	Site
Thu 6/12	3 p.m.	ESPN	Brazil vs. Croatia	A	Sao Paulo
Fri 6/13	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Mexico vs. Cameroon	A	Natal
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Spain vs. Netherlands	B	Salvador
	6 p.m.	ESPN2	Chile vs. Australia	B	Cuiaba
Sat 6/14	12 p.m.	ABC	Colombia vs. Greece	C	Belo Horizonte
	3 p.m.	ABC	Uruguay vs. Costa Rica	D	Fortaleza
	6 p.m.	ESPN	England vs. Italy	D	Manaus
	9 p.m.	ESPN	Ivory Coast vs. Japan	C	Recife
Sun 6/15	12 p.m.	ABC	Switzerland vs. Ecuador	E	Brasilia
	3 p.m.	ABC	France vs. Honduras	E	Porto Alegre
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina	F	Rio de Janeiro
Mon 6/16	12 p.m.	ESPN	Germany vs. Portugal	G	Salvador
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Iran vs. Nigeria	F	Curitiba
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Ghana vs. United States	G	Natal
Tue 6/17	12 p.m.	ESPN	Belgium vs. Algeria	H	Belo Horizonte
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Brazil vs. Mexico	A	Fortaleza
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Russia vs. South Korea	H	Cuiaba
Wed 6/18	12 p.m.	ESPN	Australia vs. Netherlands	B	Porto Alegre
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Spain vs. Chile	B	Rio de Janeiro
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Cameroon vs. Croatia	A	Manaus
Thu 6/19	12 p.m.	ESPN	Colombia vs. Ivory Coast	C	Brasilia
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Uruguay vs. England	D	Sao Paulo
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Japan vs. Greece	C	Natal
Fri 6/20	12 p.m.	ESPN	Italy vs. Costa Rica	D	Recife
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Switzerland vs. France	E	Salvador
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Honduras vs. Ecuador	E	Curitiba
Sat 6/21	12 p.m.	ESPN	Argentina vs. Iran	F	Belo Horizonte
	3 p.m.	ESPN	Germany vs. Ghana	G	Fortaleza
	6 p.m.	ESPN	Nigeria vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina	F	Cuiaba
Sun 6/22	12 p.m.	ABC	Belgium vs. Russia	H	Rio de Janeiro
	3 p.m.	ABC	South Korea vs. Algeria	H	Porto Alegre
	6 p.m.	ESPN	United States vs. Portugal	G	Manaus
Mon 6/23	12 p.m.	ESPN	Netherlands vs. Chile	B	Sao Paulo
	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Australia vs. Spain	B	Curitiba
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Croatia vs. Mexico	A	Recife
	4 p.m.	ESPN2	Cameroon vs. Brazil	A	Brasilia
Tue 6/24	12 p.m.	ESPN	Italy vs. Uruguay	D	Natal
	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Costa Rica vs. England	D	Belo Horizonte
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Japan vs. Colombia	C	Cuiaba
	4 p.m.	ESPN2	Greece vs. Ivory Coast	C	Fortaleza
Wed 6/25	12 p.m.	ESPN	Nigeria vs. Argentina	F	Porto Alegre
	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran	F	Salvador
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Ecuador vs. France	E	Rio de Janeiro
	4 p.m.	ESPN2	Honduras vs. Switzerland	E	Manaus
Thu 6/26	12 p.m.	ESPN	United States vs. Germany	G	Recife
	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Portugal vs. Ghana	G	Brasilia
	4 p.m.	ESPN	South Korea vs. Belgium	H	Sao Paulo
	4 p.m.	ESPN2	Algeria vs. Russia	H	Curitiba
2nd Stage - Round of 16
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match		Site
Sat 6/28	12 p.m.	ABC	Match 49: 1A vs. 2B		Belo Horizonte
	4 p.m.	ABC	Match 50: 1C vs. 2D		Rio de Janeiro
Sun 6/29	12 p.m.	ESPN	Match 51: 1B vs. 2A		Fortaleza
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 52: 1D vs. 2C		Recife
Mon 6/30	12 p.m.	ESPN	Match 53: 1E vs. 2F		Brasilia
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 54: 1G vs. 2H		Porto Alegre
Tue 7/1	12 p.m.	ESPN	Match 55: 1F vs. 2E		Sao Paulo
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 56: 1H vs. 2G		Salvador
2nd Stage - Quarterfinals
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match		Site
Fri 7/4	12 p.m.	ESPN2	Match 58: Winners 53 vs. 54		Rio de Janeiro
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 57: Winners 49 vs. 50		Fortaleza
Sat 7/5	12 p.m.	ABC	Match 60: Winners 55 vs. 56		Brasilia
	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 59: Winners 51 vs. 52		Salvador
2nd Stage - Semifinals
Date	Time (ET)	Network	Match		Site
Tue 7/8	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match: 61: Winners 57 vs. 58		Belo Horizonte
Wed 7/9	4 p.m.	ESPN	Match 62: Winners 59 vs. 60		Sao Paulo
Third Place Match
Sat 7/12	4 p.m.	ESPN	Losers - 61 vs. 62		Brasilia
2014 FIFA World Cup Title Match
Sun 7/13	3 p.m.	ABC	Winners - 61 vs. 62		Rio de Janeiro