By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla In the start of this soccer-crazy summer withsimultaneous continental national team tournaments, the Western Hemisphere has been delivering the most entertaining soccer, by a good stretch, compared to the European Championship. TheUSA-hosted Copa America Centenario has hands down provided more attacking, more skillful, more delightful soccer than Euro 2016. It’d be unfair […]
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O'Neill wants Northern Ireland to bring the 'ugly'
Northern Ireland coach Michael O’Neillsaid his team needs “to make sure that we bring the ugly side of the game” against Ukraine on Thursday. “What we didn’t do well the other night[1-0 loss to Poland] was the ugly part of the game,” he said, “and that’s something that we generally always do well. “And when […]
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Russia threatened with Euro 2016 ouster over fan violence
UEFA announced that Russia will be thrown out of the Euro 2016 if there is any repeat of the violence by Russian fans that marred the end of the game against England. UEFA imposed a suspendeddisqualification on the Russian Football Union (RFU) in response to the attacks by masked Russian supporters on England fans at the […]
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France Prime Minister: Fans will be deported
France Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday some fans will be deported after violent clashes marred the start of the Euro 2016. “People will be deported after they have been sentenced as thereare people who cannot remain because they are not wanted on our national territory due to their behavior,” said Valls, who did […]
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Video Pick: Houston, we've got two golazos
With both teams assured passage into the quarterfinals, Mexico and Venezuela met at Houston’s Reliant Stadium to determine Group C first place. They delivered a 1-1 tie and two of the CopaCentenario’s best goals so far: a scissor kick by Venezuela’s Jose Manuel Velazquez and the solo effort by Jesus Corona in which he evaded […]
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TV Report: USA-Paraguay breaks another record on FS1
Saturday’s USA-Paraguay game averaged 2,061,000 viewers on FS1, making it the most-watched men’s soccer match in the network’s history for the second straight game. U.S. Men on FSI (2016 Viewership): AVG. GAME (EVENT) 2,061,000 USA-Paraguay (Copa Centenario, June 2016)1,600,000 USA-Costa Rica (Copa Centenario, June 2016) 1,536,000 USA-Colombia (Copa Centenario, June 2016) 454,000 USA-Bolivia (Friendly, May […]
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U.S. Abroad: Kiesewetter moves to Duesseldorf
U.S. under-23 national team winger Jerome Kiesewetter, who debuted for the senior national team in January, signed a two-year contract with German second division club Fortuna Duesseldorf fromVfB Stuttgart, where he played just two games with the first team in four seasons. The German-born winger played his two games with the first team in 2014-15 […]
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Euro 2016: France says, "Merci, Monsieur Payet!
Dimitri Payetrescued France with a brilliant left-footed goal from distance in the 89th minuteto give the Bleus a 2-1 win overRomania in the opening game of Euro 2016 at the Stade de France. Bogdan Stancu stunned the capacity crowd in St. Denis when he scored a second-half penalty eight minutes after Olivier Giroud had put […]
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TV Report: USA-Costa Rica audience totals 4.1 million
The USA-Costa Rica game on UniMas averaged 2.5 million viewers, pushing the combined audience on English- and Spanish-language television for Tuesday’s game to 4.1 million. The game drew a recordmen’s soccer audience of 1.6 million on FS1. Of note, the UniMas broadcast drew more adults 18-34 in Los Angeles than the combined viewership for that demographic […]
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Euro 2016 TV Schedule
A Saturday triple header at Euro 2016 is highlighted by England-Russia from Marseille. Note: Alltimes ET. GROUP A June 11 in Lens Albania vs. Switzerland, 8:30 am, ESPN, ESPN Deportes June 15 in Paris Romania vs. Switzerland, 11:30am, ESPN, ESPN Deportes June 15 in Marseille France vs. Albania, 2:30 pm, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes June 19 […]