By Paul Kennedy Tuesday’s USA-Mexico match on UniMás averaged 4,132,000 viewers during the match broadcast. Combined with the2+ million average viewers on ESPN — the broadcast measured as beginning at 7:41 p.m. ET averaged 2,243,000 viewers — that means an average of upwards of 7 million viewers watched Dos a Cero IV onEnglish- and Spanish-language […]
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A game plan for USA's final qualifiers
By Ridge Mahoney Two games remain in the Hexagonal, with only the Americans’ final placing to be determined. How should they be handled? With a win anda tie in its games against Jamaica and at Panama Oct. 11 and 15, the Americans would duplicate the 6-2-2 mark with which it finished first in the 2009 […]
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Chandler Hits 'Low Point' at Nuremberg
United States defender Timothy Chandler has been demoted to the substitutes’ bench at Nuremberg following a poor performance during the Bundesliga club’s first-roundcup exit to minor league side Sandhausen. The 23-year-old says he is currently at the “low point” of his career, and worries that his predicament could lead to continued exclusion from theU.S. national […]
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World Cup Qualification a Financial 'Bonanza' for USSF
Forbes points out that one of the biggest impacts qualifying for the World Cup has is on U.S. Soccer’s finances. According to the Daily Telegraph, a World Cup participant is guaranteed$12.5 million, rising to $25 million for a quarterfinalist. Compared to the NFL, that is a pittance, but to the U.S. Soccer Federation, “it’s a […]
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What lies next on road to Brazil
[USA MEN] For Jurgen Klinsmann, one of the benefits of clinching a berth at the World Cup with two games to spare is to geta headstart on making preparations for the finals. That includes the crucial matter of making decisions on who to take to Brazil. If he’s going to look at anyone new, that […]
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Klinsmann shakes things up
[USA MEN] Jurgen Klinsmann wasn’t afraid to shake things up nor try out players at different positions in the World Cup2014 qualifying campaign that resulted in the USA clinching a berth in next year’s finals on Tuesday night. Only one player, captain Clint Dempsey, played everygame, and Alejandro Bedoya and Mix Diskerud, who made key […]
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Dos a Cero IV equals ESPN soccer ratings record
By Paul Kennedy The average U.S. household rating of 1.4 for Tuesday night’s USA-Mexico match on ESPN matched the previous record for a U.S.qualifier set when the USA played Mexico at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on March 26, 2013. Dos a Cero IV averaged 2,243,000 viewers on ESPN, making it the second most viewed U.S.men’s […]
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Body Language Lessons from Klinsmann et al.
By Mike Woitalla A few years ago I arrived at soccer practice in a bad mood for reasons I don’t recall. The giggly girls hardly hit a decent pass during the warm-up rondos and I started barking. The Complete Soccer Goalkeeper andco-author with Claudio Reyna of MoreThan Goals: The Journey from Backyard Games to World […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Solid performances from front to back
By Ridge Mahoney The USA is headed to the World Cup final for the seventh straight time after solid performances from front to back down the middlefrom Eddie Johnson, Jermaine Jones, Omar Gonzalez and Tim Howard, plus a goal and assist from Landon Donovan playing in his third Dos a Cero game. Starters: RATING PLAYER […]
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Dos a Cero sends USA to World Cup
By Paul Kennedy So what are the odds of Dos a Cero in Columbus four times in a row? A lot better when Clint Dempsey misses a penalty kick. Deuce will be forgiven for missing his spot kick he created himself in stoppage time. The fourth USA-Mexico qualifier was long sinceover by then. Indeed, it […]