By Paul Gardner Message from ESPN: Americans still don’t know anything about soccer, so they’ll have to be taken by the hand and have it explained to them … by, whoelse, the Brits. There is no other way to read the utterly insensitive announcement from ESPN that the four main play-by-play announcers for its World […]
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MLS this week
[TV SCHEDULE] Major League Soccer opens its 15th season with all 16 teams in action this week. It all begins Thursday when Seattle hosts expansion Philadelphiabefore a sell-out crowd at Qwest Field. For all this week’s action and viewing information … Thursday, March 25 Philadelphia Union at Seattle Sounders FC, 9:30 p.m. ESPN2/Deportes, ESPN360.com Friday, […]
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Promising start lost on the screen
[TELEVISION WATCH] On a day that offered so much promise about soccer’s future — the announcement of a new five-year collective bargaining agreement and theopening of Red Bull Arena — viewers tuning into the Red Bulls’ game against Santos on Fox Soccer Channel were reminded of soccer’s sorrowful past with some horrendous production work. On […]
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Christopher Sullivan's son called into camp
[U.S. UNDER-15 BOYS NATIONAL TEAM] The U.S. U-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow brought in 36 players for trainingin Bradenton, Fla. All but one of the 36 players were born in 1995 (the lone exception is Emerson Hyndman, the grandson of FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman who was born in 1996). Among the players […]
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UEFA Champions League on the air …
[TV GUIDE] All four midweek UEFA Champions League games — the second legs of round-of-16 series — will again be available live on television. Coverageincludes the Chelsea-Inter Milan game, Inter coach Jose Mourinho‘s first game back at Stamford Bridge, live on Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports en Espanol onTuesday (kickoff: 3:30 pm ET). For […]
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Concacaf U-17 women's championship on the air
[TV WATCH] U.S fans will have various viewing options during CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship in Costa Rica. All 16 matches during the tournament will beavailable live and later on-demand via streaming video at CONCACAF.com. And at least two U.S. games will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel. This will bethe second time a continental confederation […]
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UEFA Champions League on the air …
[TV GUIDE] All four midweek UEFA Champions League games — the second legs of round-of-16 series — will be available live on television. Coverage includes thefirst live Champions League game — Wednesday’s Real Madrid-Lyon — on the new Fox Soccer Plus. For the midweek schedule … TUESDAY: FIORENTINA-BAYERN MUNICH (Fox Soccer Channel, live, 2 pm […]
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Dellacamera moves to ESPN Radio for World Cup
[RADIO WATCH] JP Dellacamera, ESPN’s lead commentator for telecasts of the U.S. national teams and Major LeagueSoccer matches, will head ESPN Radio’s lead broadcast team for the 2010 World Cup. Dellacamera, who has called the last six World Cups for a variety of networks and was NBC Sportslead commentator at the past two summer Olympics, […]
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ESPN's World Cup coverage to have British accent
[TELEVISION WATCH] Ian Darke, who works for London-based Sky Sports, and ESPN commentators Adrian Healey and Derek Rae, will join Martin Tyler as play-by-play match commentators forESPN’s English-language coverage of the 2010 World Cup in the United States. Darke, Healey a nd Tyler are all English, while Rae is a native of Scotland. Tyler, who also […]
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Finalists in action on final fixture date
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Every World Cup finalist except North Korea and Chile will play in midweek action. Six games will be televised, beginning withTuesday’s Brazil-Ireland game and ending with Wednesday night’s Mexico-New Zealand game at the Rose Bowl. The Tuesday-Wednesday date is FIFA’s final international fixture date beforeWorld Cup rosters are selected. If teams play other […]