Tuesday’s USA-Costa Rica game set a viewing record on Fox Sports 1 as the match averaged 1.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched men’s soccer match in the network’s history. Theprevious record: 1.561 million viewers for the USA-Mexico game in the 2015 Concacaf Cup. The viewership also topped the 1.536 million viewers who tuned in […]
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Ireland coach apologizes for using the word 'queers'
Ireland coach Martin O’Neill has apologized for joking that he and assistant Roy Keanewere accompanied to the Super Bowl by front office staff so that people wouldnot think that he and Keane were “queers.” “If I have made inappropriate comments, I obviously apologize for it,” said O’Neill, who made the comment at while speaking in […]
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Video Pick: A knee-slapper own goal by Alaba
Bayern Munich’s 23-year-old David Alabahas won Austria’s Player of the Year honors five times in a row. But just to prove it happens to the best of players, Alaba scored this howlerof an own goal in European Championship-bound Austria’s 2-1 win over Malta.
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Video Pick: Yet another Dimitri Payet free-kick golazo
Euro 2016 host France beat Cameroon, 3-2, in a friendly thanks to a last-minute goal by the Europe’s hottest free-kick take, Dimitri Payet.
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Messi Update: Argentine star moving uncomfortably but no broken bones
Lionel Messi injured his back and ribs in a Copa Centenario warmup game for Argentina against Honduras but didn’t suffer any broken bones. He was scheduled to fly back to Barcelona for a courthearing while his teammates fly to California to prepare for the Copa Centenario. “We did a scan on him at the stadium […]
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Concacaf turns to NBA for new CEO
In another step to rehabilitate itself after five years of scandal, Concacaf hired Philippe Moggio out of the NBA’s international division as its new general secretary, its de factoCEO. Previous general secretaries were Chuck Blazer (who secretly pleaded guilty to Federal bribery and financial charges) and Enrique Sanz (an unindicted co-conspirator in theFederal indictments that […]
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U.S. Abroad: MK Dons releases Cropper
U.S. under-23 national team keeper Cody Cropper won’t have his the option picked up by MK Dons, making him a free agent at the end of June. He had joined the English League Championship teamfrom Southampton after his release last summer. He played nine league games for the Dons, who were relegated to League One. […]
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Copa Centenario: Geiger among three U.S. refs picked
Three Americans — Mark Geiger, Jair Marrufo and Armando Villareal — are among 18 referees selected to officiate at the 2016 Copa Centenario. No other country hasmore than one referee. All the referees hail from Conmebol and Concacaf. Haiti and Jamaica are the only competing teams not represented in the refereeing corps. Geiger worked at […]
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Video Pick: The Rise and Reign of Leo Messi
Coinciding with Grant Wahl‘s Sports Illustrated cover story on Lionel Messi, SI Films has produced an 11-minute mini-documentary that includesportions of the exclusive Messi interview, childhood highlights, and a glimpse into his daily routine in Barcelona.
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Why Mexico is a Copa Centenario favorite
In addition to the oddity of the USA hosting the 100th anniversary edition of the South American championship, the Copa America Centenario, there’s also a fair chance that the winner could be anon-South American team: Mexico. The Copa America, first staged in Argentina in 1916, started inviting guest teams in 1993, when the USA and […]