What time is it in Australia? Socceroos fans have to wake up ridiculously early to watch USA match originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Time zones were always going to make it tough for the United States to take on Australia at a match start that worked smoothly for everyone.
When the USMNT takes on the Socceroos in Seattle, though, it’s going to be a particularly early start for those waking up to watch the World Cup game in Australia.
And to be clear — they’ll be waking up. The sun won’t have risen yet.
FIFA chose, a bit oddly, to make the USA-Australia game the first one on Friday in North America. It has a 3 p.m. ET kickoff on the East Coast of the United States, but it’s being played on the West Coast — in Seattle, which has Pacific Time, making it a 12 noon start.
Australia will be in a totally different universe when it comes to the start time, though.
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What time is it in Australia?
To get this right, you actually have to take into account the fact that Australia has five time zones, and that it’s ahead of the United States.
All the time zones will have this as an early Saturday morning kickoff in Australia.
This is how it will break down for a 12 noon kickoff on Friday in Seattle:
- Norfolk Island Standard Time (Kingston): 6 a.m.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time (Canberra): 5 a.m.
- Australian Central Standard Time (Adelaide): 4:30 a.m.
- Australian Western Standard Time (Perth): 3 a.m.
- Christmas Island Time: 2 a.m.
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Maybe someone living in Perth could stay up through the night to prepare. But those are some tough kickoff times overall for the Aussies.
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