Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. Streaming U.S. national team games on HBO Max allows U.S. Soccer to add its own pregame and postgame shows, unbound by the constraints of a network’s daily time slots. The New Zealand-USA match from Wellington kicked off the first year of an eight-year multimedia rights […]
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.
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Telemundo acquires Spanish-language rights to U.S. national team games
Hours before the first first national team match of the year, U.S. Soccer announced that it reached a four-year agreement with NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises for exclusive Spanish-language rights across all Telemundo platforms, including Peacock, in the United States. The agreement ends Univision’s association as the federation’s Spanish-language broadcaster for the last 15 years. Warner Bros. […]
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New era begins for American soccer
A new era begins on Wednesday (Tuesday night in the United States) when New Zealand’s Football Ferns host the USWNT at Wellington’s Sky Stadium. The match kicks off the 2023 countdown to this summer’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia and marks the first U.S. national team match that will air on HBO Max […]
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Fire's Jhon Duran headed to Aston Villa in one of MLS's most lucrative deals
Colombian Jhon Duran is leaving the Chicago Fire for Aston Villa in what is one of the most lucrative transfer deals in MLS history. In a statement released on Monday, Aston Villa confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the Fire for the permanent transfer of the 19-year-old striker, subject to the player passing a […]
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Oklahoma soccer icon Brian Harvey dies at the age of 75
Brian Harvey, a Dallas Tornado NASL original who played a huge role in popularizing soccer in Oklahoma soccer, died at the age of 75 on Friday. Harvey, who played on the Tornado’s legendary 1967-68 world tour and three seasons for the NASL team (1968-70), first moved to Oklahoma to become the coach of the Oklahoma […]
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Lille shows no interest in selling Tim Weah
Despite reports of interest from clubs in England (Brighton, Everton and Fulham) and Spain (Sevilla), Lille doesn’t appear to have any intention of selling American Tim Weah during the January window. “It’s out of the question of losing players who make us less efficient,” Lille president Olivier Letang said on Saturday at a press conference […]
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English Championship: Daryl Dike's goal spearheads West Brom's win
West Bromwich Albion, last place in the English Football League Championship when Carlos Corberan took over for Steve Bruce as manager in October, find itself in the top six thanks to a 3-2 win over Luton Town at Kenilworth. One of the reasons for the West Brom has been the return of American Daryl Dike, […]
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So, who will decide Gregg Berhalter's future as USMNT coach or pick his successor?
With all the controversy surrounding Gregg Berhalter and his future as U.S. men’s national team, it begs the question, who will make the decision to retain Berhalter or if not, to pick his successor? Berhalter was hired in late 2018 as part of a process that began on Aug. 1, 2018, when Earnie Stewart began […]
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Club World Cup: Sounders will open against Auckland City or Al Ahly
The Seattle Sounders, the 2022 Concacaf champions, will open play in the FIFA Club World Cup 2022 on Feb. 4 against the winner of a match between New Zealand’s Auckland City and Egypt’s Al Ahly, one of two African representatives. The match will be played at Tangier Stadium, of two Moroccan venues for the tournament. […]
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The American weekend preview
Transfer-targeted Haji Wright and Tim Weah (photo) face big games, while Ricardo Pepi is looking for his first goal of 2023 in the Netherlands. Soccer on TV: Weekend Viewing SATURDAY • Antalyaspor vs. Giresunspor (Turkish Super Lig, 5:30 a.m. ET) This could be Haji Wright‘s last game for Antalyaspor, for which he is tied for second […]