[TELEVISION WATCH] American voices will be almost entirely absent from ESPN’s expansive coverage of the World Cup, but luckily it will have Alexi Lalas. He rang the alarm bell about the U.S. backline. And that was before the game started … Lalas’ take on theU.S. situation was in contrast to that of German Juergen Klinsmann, […]
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Time for a car wash
[USA 30] After eight days at Princeton University, the U.S. national team — all 30 players still in contention — broke camp Sunday and headed to Connecticutfor Tuesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic at Rentschler Field, where more than 28,000 tickets have been sold. On Monday, U.S. players will use their stay in the Hartford […]
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World Cup Warmups
[DATEBOOK] Host South Africa, which will play two Latin American teams (Mexico and Uruguay) at the World Cup, plays a key warmup when it hosts Colombia inPretoria on Thursday. For all this week’s games and television viewing information … SCHEDULE:May 27 in Minsk,12:30 pm ET Belarus vs. Honduras May 27 in Aalborg, 2:15 pm ET […]
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Champions League debuts on Fox
[TELEVISION WATCH] To conclude its first year of coverage of the UEFA Champions League, Fox Sports is pulling out all the stops for Saturday’s final betweenInter Milan and Bayern Munich. Besides the Sky Sports’ game coverage on Fox and a 90-minute pregame show from Madrid on Fox Soccer Channel, BruceArena and Eric Wynalda will appear […]
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High ratings expected for Fox Champions League broadcast
[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday’s European Champions League final on Fox could reach double the U.S. households that tuned in for last year’s final on ESPN,according to Fox Sports chairman David Hill. The Inter Milan-Bayern Munich game airs at 2:30 pm ET. Last year’s Barcelona win over Manchester United aired on a Wednesdayafternoon. Hill expects more than […]
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Klinsmann hired by ESPN to work World Cup
[TELEVISION WATCH] Former German star Juergen Klinsmann won’t be coaching the USA at the 2010 World Cup, as was oncehoped, but he will be commenting on it for ESPN and ABC as a studio analyst during the finals. Klinsmann, who coached Germany to third place in 2006, will appear on prematch, halftime andpostgame shows from […]
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ESPN to pull out all stops at World Cup
The World Cup on English-language television has come a long way over the last quarter century As recently as the 1986 World Cup, less than half the games were available on English-languagetelevision. When the 2010 World Cup kicks off on June 11, ESPN2 will go all-soccer for 24 hours leading up to the South Africa-Mexico […]
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The Dempsey story, from East Texas to EPL
[TELEVISION GUIDE] How does a kid from East Texas make it to the Premiership? Jeremy Schaap travels to the backyardwhere Clint Dempsey grew up in his report on “E:60,” ESPN’s first prime-time newsmagazine show, Tuesday at 7 pm ET. Dempsey’s U.S. teammates talkabout what makes the Fulham star special. (Click here for preview.)
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Real Madrid-Barcelona telecast tops ratings
[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday’s broadcast of El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona on ESPN Deportes was the highest rated and most watched telecast onSpanish-language cable this year. The afternoon telecast was seen by an average of 466,000 Hispanic homes and 783,000 Hispanic viewers ( P2+), based on a 9.0 rating. VisitingBarcelona won the top-of-the-standings clash, […]
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D-2 Pro League matches available free
[ONLINE WATCH] U.S. Soccer will make all 180 D-2 Pro League matches available for fans to watch via streaming video free of charge on club websites. U.S. Soccer has partnered Ooyala, a leading provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services. For For more information, including local television coverage, fans shouldvisit team web sites for […]