[TELEVISION WATCH] On Tuesday at 7 pm ET, ESPN’s newsmagazine E:60 recounts the story of Haiti’s U-17girls national team in the wake of the nation’s devastating earthquake and how its players made a connection with their U.S. counterparts after their meeting in U-17 World Cup qualifying. The earthquake hit last January. In March, Haiti’s U-17s […]
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U.S. U-20 Milk Cup game live online
[TELEVISION WATCH] The U.S. under-20 national team, which opened the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland with a 1-0 win over China, faces Denmark on Wednesday 3 pm ETin a game that will be streamed live on BBC Blast Northern Ireland Against China, theU.S. U-20s, coached by Thomas Rongen, got the winner from Omar Salgado, the […]
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FSC's 'Journey for Glory' to feature U.S. stars
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Soccer Channel will air “Team USA: Journey for Glory” — a 30-minute program on the USA’s 2010 World Cup performance — Aug. 7 at 9:30 pmET, preceding its broadcast of the Los Angeles Galaxy-Real Madrid friendly. “Team USA: Journey for Glory” will include interviews and commentary from Landon Donovan, Tim Howard, JayDeMerit, […]
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Not a good week for anti-MLS snobbos
By Paul Gardner The worst has happened, we are now deprived of World Cup soccer. The European leagues haven’t started yet, and all we’re going to get forthe next few weeks is, basically, MLS. Yikes! Can you imagine? No more of the magnificent Super-S teams — come on, you remember them, the ones you canceled […]
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Henry's arrival stirs memories — but scarves in summer?
By Paul Gardner After the upheavals to personal lives and routines imposed by the World Cup, things are getting back to normal. What a relief that must be to those poorguys up at ESPN — Chris Fowler, Mike Tirico and Bob Ley, the studio hosts who had to spend a whole month pretending they were […]
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USA outdraws England for World Cup final
[TELEVISION WATCH] The combined audience for Sunday’s World Cup final on ABC and Univision was 24.3 million viewers, the largest U.S. audience for a soccermatch — and almost 6 million more than the combined audience in England. ABC had 15.5 million viewers, while Univision drew 8.8 million viewers. In England, theSpain-Netherlands game drew an average […]
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Soccer America's 25 Winners
[BEST OF THE WORLD CUP] Soccer America continues its look at the best of the World Cup with its 25 winners, the best of the tournament on and off the field. Tomorrow: Soccer America’s 25 Losers. 25. New Zealand. Who would have imagined the All Whites would be the onlyunbeaten team at the World Cup? […]
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Spain-Netherlands game most-watched men's game ever
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands on ABC was the most-watched men’s World Cup game ever in the USA with 15,545,000viewers. Only the 1999 Women’s World Cup final averaged more viewers for a soccer game — 17,975,000. The 9,389,000 households are second most for a men’s game behind only the […]
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Fox Soccer Channel to televise McGuire Cup final
[TELEVISION] Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast the final of the McGuire Cup, the oldest trophy in youth sport celebrating its 75th anniversary, on July 24 at8:30 p.m. ET. The under-19 boys competition will be one of 12 divisions played the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships at the Overland Park Soccer Complex in Overland Park, Kan. […]
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ESPN doesn't rule out soccer channel launch
ESPN has not ruled out the possibility of launching a dedicated soccer channel in the USA as ESPN President George Bodenheimer said his company has had “off the charts” successwith its World Cup coverage. The Walt Disney Co.-owned cable network shares the U.S. rights to English-language live coverage of the World Cup with sister network […]