U.S. Soccer issued a statement saying it was “deeply disturbed with the racist comments made online” and was offering mental health services to any player or staff member who desired it.
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Soccer Media Watch: Fox Sports’ viewership for Euros up 33 percent
Sunday’s England-Serbia match at Euro 2024 averaged 1,828,000 viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched European Championship group stage match on U.S. English-language television since 2012.
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Scuffed's Adam Belz on the soccer podcast business, the USMNT impact, and Qatar expectations
When Soccer America last spoke with Adam Belz in 2019, the founder of the popular Scuffed podcast was still a full-time agriculture reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Scuffed was still — albeit immensely time-consuming — a hobby. Belz left the newspaper after election day in 2020 and by January of this year, the podcast […]
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Taylor Rockwell on the Total Soccer Show's evolution and covering the USMNT roller coaster
The Total Soccer Show podcast, which recently aired its 1,000th episode, was started by Taylor Rockwell with Daryl Grove, who passed away two years ago this week after a battle with colon cancer. “In a lot of ways, he was and still is the soul of the show,” says Rockwell. Rockwell has since been joined by Joseph Lowery, Ryan […]
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Derek Rae on his childhood broadcast career launch, video-game fame, and the USA 1994 World Cup legacy
Derek Rae, like many of his broadcaster counterparts during the pandemic era, has been doing more than the usual amount of off-tube commentary. In his case, from his Beverly, Massachusetts, home. “We have a nice little audio studio in my walk-in closet,” says Rae, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator, who is in the middle of his […]
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What they're Saying: Chris Smalling
“Throughout my career I have developed a thick skin against verbal abuse, justifying it as just ‘part of the game’ but the time has come for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook toconsider regulating their channels, taking responsibility for protecting the mental health of users regardless of age, race, sex or income. I understand that I am […]
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What They're Saying: Toon Gerbrands
“The behavior that Kok has shown online is so far from the core values of PSV that a continuation of our cooperation is impossible. This was a hopeless and embarrassing situation for him and forus.” — PSV general manager Toon Gerbrands after the Dutch club’s foray into esports blew up in its face when it […]
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Aston Villa executive Keith Wyness suspended three weeks for retweet
Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness was suspended from all soccer-related activity for three weeks for a retweet of a video of Villa being denied a penalty with a caption asking ifreferees had “disabilities.” He was also fined 10,000 pounds ($12,900) for what he admitted was an “abusive and/or insulting and/or improper” comment and the […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Countdown: Impact await word on Camara, Piatti
Its appeal of a red card issued to Marco Donadel last weekend has been rejected by the Independent Panel, and Montreal could also be without two other starters for its first match of the seasonat Stade Saputo on Saturday. Defender Hassoun Camara is going through the MLS Concussion Protocol. He suffered a head injury Friday […]