[ONLINE WATCH] All the matches at the 2012 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championships can be watched live on CONCACAF.com. Coverage of the USA-Bahamas opener beginsThursday at 4 p.m. ET. For the complete viewing schedule … All times ET (local time in parentheses). Thursday, May 3 Bahamasvs. United States, 4 p.m. (2 p.m.) Mexico vs. Trinidad & […]
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MLS suspends own writer
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Major League Soccer suspended Simon Borg, a writer for MLSsoccer.com, for seven days for remarks Borgmade on the league web site’s ExtraTime Radio podcast concerning female “superfans.” The remarks by Borg, a regular on the podcast and a former member of MLS’s communications staff: “It’s fine if you’re a female and you want […]
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Barcelona-Chelsea and Kaka break Twitter marks
By Paul Kennedy Barcelona and Real Madrid were knocked out ofthe UEFA Champions League this week, but both clubs had roles in breaking two records in the Twittersphere. Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League game between Barcelona and Chelsea broke thetweets-per-second record for a sporting event, peaking at 13,684 messages per second. The old record: 12,233 tweets […]
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Key matches available to U.S. viewers
[EURO 2012] Defending champion Spain and Italy can clinch group titles in Euro 2012 qualifying and berths in next year’s finals with wins against Liechtensteinand Slovenia, respectively, on Tuesday. The Netherlands might clinch with its eighth win in eight games at Finland but would need some help from San Marino in its game against Sweden. […]
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Fox Soccer kicks off seventh NSCAA season on Friday
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Soccer’s seventh season of the NSCAA College Game of the Week begins Friday when South Carolina travels to College of Charleston(kickoff: 6 pm ET). This season’s schedule includes 12 men’s matches in addition to eight women’s matches. The men’s schedule features three of the top fourteams in the Soccer America Preseason rankings: […]
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Soccer 1-2 on tweet charts
[ONLINE WATCH] The Women’s World Cup set a new Twitter record for the tweets per second when the end of the USA-Japan final was drawing 7,196 tweets per second. And to show soccer’s popularity across the board, the end to the Brazil-Paraguay match is now second on the tweet charts with 7,166 TPS. The previous […]
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Decisive U.S. game to be broadcast Tuesday
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA clinched a place in Tuesday’s Concacaf U-17 Championship quarterfinals without playing a game. It still has a gameagainst Panama Friday at Jarrett Park Stadium in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to determine first and second place in Group B, but the key game comes Tuesday with a berth in the 2011 Under-17 […]
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Soccer streaming site moves quickly
[ONLINE WATCH] The U.S. government has seized 10 web sites popular for streaming live sporting events for free on the Internet. Among them was atdhe.net,popular for the streaming of soccer games from around the world, but the site was quickly back up at a new address … The U.S. government seized the sites on charges […]
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Concacaf women's qualifiers to be streamed
[ONLINE GUIDE] All 16 games at the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament will be streamed live online through the CONCACAF.com web site. Group B October 29 Trinidad & Tobago vs. Canada, 6 pm Mexico vs. Guyana, 8:30 pm October 31 Canada vs. Guyana, 7 pm Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 9:30 pm November 2 […]
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How many folks were watching?
[MY VIEW] Just how many folks were watching USA-Algeria Wednesday morning? Let’s do the math … Totaling the number of the viewers isn’t easy inthis age of multiple platforms, but here’s a start: 6.2 million (ESPN) 2.2million (Univision) 1.1 million (ESPN3.com) 650,000 (ESPN Mobile) That totals almost 10.2million viewers (and doesn’t include those who watched […]