Wednesday’s USA-China women’s match, which marked the final game of Abby Wambach‘s soccer career, attracted 709,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1, making it the most-watched non-World Cup women’smatch in the network’s history. The final game of the Victory Tour in New Orleans also delivered 308,000 viewers among adults 18-49, setting the record for most-watched […]
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Wambach drops the mic, on a losing note
On any other night, the USA’s 1-0 loss to China in the final game of the 2015 Victory Tour would have been big news: It ended the USA’s home unbeaten streak at 104 games, a span of more than 11 years. But the outcome was not as important as it was the farewell for retiring […]
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Wambach: 'I would definitely fire Jurgen'
Speaking on a Bill Simmons podcast that was published on Wednesday, retiring U.S. national team star Abby Wambach said men’snational team Jurgen Klinsmann should be fired. She also said she wasn’t into “this experiment that U.S. Soccer has given Jurgen,” bringing “in a bunch of these foreign guys” and criticizedgender pay gap differences. “I would […]
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Abby Wambach's five championship moments
Abby Wambach will play the 255th and final game of her international career on Wednesday night when the USA hosts China in the last game of the Victory Tour (TV: Fox Sports 1 at 8p.m. ET). She’s best known for her world record 184 international goals, but she has also captured championships in college (Florida) […]
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What They're Saying: Jordan Morris
“I don’t want to gloat or anything. I mean, for one thing, we were playing like this was the game of our lives. They’d been going through three-a-days, and now they’re playinga college team. It wasn’t a normal game situation.” — Jordan Morris on the goal he scored for Stanford in a pre-2014 World Cupscrimmage […]
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USA-Haiti Takeaways: Can anyone stop Lloyd?
A hat trick by Carli Lloyd enabled the U.S. women’s national team to overcome some sluggish periods and defeat Haiti, 5-0, on Thursday before more than34,000 fans at Ford Field in Detroit on Thursday. Haiti replaced Australia just a few days ago after the Australian women’s team, locked in a pay dispute with its national soccer […]
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TV Report: Viewers for U.S. leagues plunge on Sunday
Sunday saw MLS draw its lowest viewerships of the year on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN2 with only 91,000 total viewers for Orlando City-Sporting KC on FS1 and 63,000 for Toronto FC-New England on ESPN2. Noneof the first 46 games on FS1 and ESPN2 averaged less than 100,000 viewers. There was better news for the […]
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TV Report: Viewers for U.S. leagues plunge on Sunday
Sunday saw MLS draw its lowest viewerships of the year on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN2 with only 91,000 total viewers for Orlando City-Sporting KC on FS1 and 63,000 for Toronto FC-New England on ESPN2. Noneof the first 46 games on FS1 and ESPN2 averaged less than 100,000 viewers. There was better news for the […]
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Women: No. 1 Florida State faces Florida in Gainesville
Defending champion Florida State puts its No. 1 ranking on the line this week when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Friday and then travels to Gainseville on Sunday to face No. 10 Florida. TheGators tuned up for the match with a 4-2 win over Miami, Fla., getting a hat trick from star Savannah Jordan. For […]
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USA-Costa Rica Takeaways: U.S. thirtysomethings romp
The USA wrapped up a two-game series against Costa Rica to open its Victory Tour with a 7-2 win in front of a record crowd of 20,535 at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. The U.S. women were alreadyleading 2-0 in the 15th minute when lightning caused a delay of 83 minutes. By the 31st minute, […]