From time to time, especially after U.S. Men's Team matches and other big games, the Ref chats with
a seasoned USMNT observer -- the Samurai.
Samurai is familiar with the academy system and is a longtime watcher of the US team and club
soccer.
Here is the conversation after the U.
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As measured by FIFA points, the U.S. seems to come fairly close to satisfying the criteria
needed.
This is from a paper by Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds, given at the Eastern Economics
Association Conference, February 2007, New York, NY.
Using OLS and Poisson regressions, we
corroborate previous studies and find that success increases with income, population, and having
hosted a World Cup competition.
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Let's officially do an about-face on Landon Donovan. His goals, all three of them, were superb.
We had our doubts, especially after an anemic World Cup in Germany, that he could change a
game.
On Sunday, he wasn't wandering around mopping up for the midfield so much as he went and grabbed
that game to call his own. Has to make one feel better about the future of the U.
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From U.S. Soccer:
ESPN2's broadcast was the most-watched U.S. game in the team's history, outside of the World Cup and World Cup qualifiers. The network earned a 0.7 household rating, which translates to 1.1 million viewers and come Click to continue reading...
GOALKEEPERS (4) – Joe Cannon (Los Angeles Galaxy), Matt Pickens (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (D.C. United), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)
DEFENDERS (9) – Chris Albright ( Click to continue reading...
The guys over at Yanks-Abroad have nailed it. Are there really going to be more Europeans coming over to play in the U.S.?But tell me, how many top European players are going to sacrifice top paychecks in England, Germany, Italy and Spain to play in front
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Who got the better deal, Fulham paying $4 million for Clint Dempsey or MLS shelling out $150 million for Beckham?
Fulham. No doubt about it. Beckham's signing is the death of the MLS.
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An 89% TV market share in France for the semifinal against Portugal, that's why ---
French commercial broadcaster TF1 attracted record TV ratings in 2006, in large part due to the success of its World Click to continue reading...
Roster By Position
GOALKEEPERS (4) – Joe Cannon (Los Angeles Galaxy), Troy Perkins (D.C. United), Matt Pickens (Chicago Fire), Matt Reis (New Englan Click to continue reading...
FIFA announced Monday that it has fired its director of marketing and three other employees in the wake of a ruling by a New York judge earlier this month that credit card company MasterCard can sponsor the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
MasterCard
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Highlights of the agreement:
TELEVISION AND RADIO RIGHTS
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United States:
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This column nails it, mostly. Nothing against Bradley, but this deal should be about taking US Soccer to the next level, not being a marketing puppet for the MLS.
Some choice excerpts:
"That giggling the Americans ar
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As long as it's not up against the NBA draft or NASCAR pre-race commentary, or ice-dancing, ABC will put it on the air!
NYON, Switzerland - ESPN and ABC will televise soccer's 2008 European Championship under an agreement announced Friday by t
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