U.S. schedules some warm-ups before Germany

The U.S. Men’s National Team’s three-game Send-Off Series prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup will begin at The Coliseum in Nashville, Tenn., on May 23, before continuing to Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 26, presented by Budweiser and concluding at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., on May 28.

The three U.S. opponents will be Morocco, Venezuela and Latvia, respectively, with all three matches kicking off at 7 p.m. ET live on ESPN2 and ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker. Telemundo will be broadcasting all three matches on tape delay.

Please, please let someone other than Rob Stone call these games!

March 22 Germany vs. USA Westfalenstadion (Dortmund, Germany) 2:25 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Telemundo delay)
April 11 USA vs. Jamaica SAS Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.) 7 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Telemundo delay)
May 23 USA vs. Morocco The Coliseum (Nashville, Tenn.) 6 p.m. CT ESPN2 (Telemundo delay)
May 26 USA vs. Venezuela Cleveland Browns Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio) 7 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Telemundo delay)
May 28 USA vs. Latvia Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) 7 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Telemundo delay)