By Paul Kennedy Interleague games pitting MLS reserve teams against USL PRO teams will be available online through USL Live, the online video destination USL launched in 2007. More than half of the 2013 interleague games will be available on USL Live, as wellas all USL PRO matches.posted a job opening for a senior […]
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Thorny issue forces fast action by NWSL club
By Paul Kennedy Remember when the Tampa Bay Rowdies orchestrated an entire marketing campaign around — and introduced soccer as — a “kick inthe grass,” helping turn Tampa into a soccer hotbed before the NFL or MLB or NHL came to town. That was the mid-1970s, different times perhaps. The Portland Thorns of the newNWSL […]
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MLS attendance lags in Week 4
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney Major League Soccer drew an average of only 14,696 fans for eight games in Week 4 — the lowest weekly averagefor a week with more than one game in several years. The low numbers — which included a record low crowd at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium and four crowds […]
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KickTV to stream Super Group matches internationally
[DALLAS CUP] Nine Gordon Jago Super Group games at the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup, which kicks off on Sunday, will be streamed live internationally on KickTV, theYouTube channel MLS launched last year. The KickTV streams will be blacked out for American viewers, but the matches will be archived and available 24 hours after completion on […]
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A matter of trust
By Paul Kennedy The Seattle-Portland match caps MLS’s schedule of seven Saturday games during Rivalry Week — and concludes 10 hours of consecutive coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network. MEDIA NOTES. Jeff Bradley has joined MLSSoccer.com as a senior writer. He worked as the MetroStars’ first mediadirector and later covered soccer for ESPN The […]
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Klinsmann, the digital wizard
By Paul Kennedy Jurgen Klinsmann is not your conventional coach. He had Buddha statues atBayern Munich when he became coach there, and added yoga and language classes for players. More recently, he flew himself to the U.S. national team January training camp by helicopter –it allowed him to spend the evening with his family at […]
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ESPN2 viewers down for exciting MLS opener
By Paul Kennedy The first game of the 2013 MLS season on ESPN2 was a showcase for all that is exciting about MLS. It’s isn’t every day that youhave a 3-3 tie, and you can’t beat the atmosphere at Jeld-Wen Field. But Sunday night’s Portland-New York opener drew only 221,000 viewers — down 34 percent […]
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MLS Direct Kick kicks off with free previews
By Paul Kennedy Major League Soccer’s Direct Kick television package will be available March 2-9 for free on its three providers –DirecTV, Dish and In Demand — covering the first 15 games of the 2013 season. The season-long package will again be available for $79, the same price as last year. Fans can watch up […]
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MLSSoccer.com undergoes redesign
By Paul Kennedy The launch of a new MLS season means a new look for MLSsoccer.com. Thefirst thing you’ll notice will be that content — and news — has been pushed to the top of the home page and the scoreboard — with a new uniform color scheme — has been dropped to the bottom […]
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New Brazilian owner has big plans for Orlando
By Paul Kennedy Brazilian Flavio Augusto da Silva, who was introduced as the new owner of Orlando City, has big plans for the USLPRO club. He hopes to make it a destination for Brazilian tourists and says he already knows the Brazilian star he wants to sign. All this would assume a move to MLS, […]