As of the 5 o'clock broadcast, D.C.'s ABC 7 says it's a broken femur and tibula...

MLS's newest addition adds to their great atmosphere with a great showing of class in support of keeping MLS's most successful club in it's home of Washington, DC.
The following screenshots are of a banner that appeared on the ESPN broadcast last week of DC United at Seattle Sounders FC.

While many of us have been frustrated in recent days over the planned broadcast of USA-Mexico on mun2, the full story of why it ended up there is just now becoming known. MFUSA has learned that...

Once again, the Worldwide Leader in Sports has come through for U.S. fans. After much effort to work the schedule, the USA-Costa Rica qualifier will be shown live on ESPN on June 3 at 10 p.m. ET.
ESPN also announced the full broadcast for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise all matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup from June 14-28 And to go one step better, all the matches will be available in High Definition.

For those that love football and the need to vent, well good news.Steven Cohen and Kenny Hassan are back with World Football daily.It is subscription based. But with all the news and events that have happened,Eduardo's dive and Wengers response, Inter's drubbing of old and tired Milan.Roma's inability along with Juve's rebirth.

Watch this interview with a local reporter (Jared Lloyd/Desert News) who covered this match. He points out that the "refs allowed" for a "physical game" - and offers a well informed perspective on the tone of the game (explaining New Mexico's use of a physical style of play to break up BYU's movement up and down the field).

Gotta love when a little cable channel is hyping their big broadcast. I'm starting to get more emails from NBC and mun2 about next week's game. Here's a cool clip with a few of the game's stars.

Enjoy!

As the qualifier against Honduras nears, many fans are continually wondering where they'll be able watch the game on TV. With just nine days left until the vital qualifier, it looks like this is going to be one hard game to see.

The rights to the broadcast are owned by a Central American media company that is selling the close circuit feed to certain bars and restaurants only.

We here at the Orange Card want everyone to be able to catch the big Confederations Cup game today so here's some helpful links if you cant make it to a TV with ESPN 2:
If you have Sopcast, TV Ants, or any other p2p streaming program, this site should hold you down:
http://www.myp2p.

From 74 teams down to 32, then 8, and now 2, the final day of the U-17/18 Development Academy season is upon us. With four placement games slated for this afternoon, it'll be a busy day-so let's get right down to it:
7th place match: Dallas Texans vs CASL Chelsea FC Academy-1 pm PT
5th place match: FC Greater Boston vs PDA-3 pm PT
3rd place match: IMG Soccer Academy vs Real Colorado-5 pm PT
Championship match: Carmel United SC vs D.

I try hard not to fall for unsubstantiated internet gossip. Seriously. But I've learned to trust EPL Talk when it comes to anything English Premier League being broadcast on USA television related. So if EPL Talk are reporting that ESPN will show two Prem games per week this season, then there's a very good chance that [.

I love that Jozy leads of with calling Healy "buddy". It just takes all of the "aire" out of his accent and kinda makes him seem a little less uppity. Tommy Smythe should do this at the top of every broadcast just to keep him honest.

The final weekend is upon us. And with all the English Premier League fixtures kicking off at the same time, the age-old question arises: where the hell do I watch my match?

Stateside, where I live and watch, three channels will show live games. Villa, Newcastle, Sunderland, Chelsea, Hull and Manchester United fans need not worry.

DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR TV ON AUGUST 12th!
Head over to Match Fit USA and read Jason Davis' post about the nonsense surrounding the English language broadcast on the US v. Mexico World Cup Qualififer...and sign the petition* as well!
Jason has been kind enough to explain the situation, tell you who you can contact to voice your concern about this situation and even created a easy to use form email that you can send out.

Follow all the games live below:
Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) at D.C. United (MLS)
Maryland Soccerplex - Boyds, MD | 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United Broadcast: English & Spanish language radio
Rochester Broadcast: MyCountryFM.com
No Video available
Houston Dynamo (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (MLS)
Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila, WA | 10 p.

Last time around it was John Harkes (right), now it's Alexi Lalas (left). For some ready Getty doesn't allow this full file to be downloaded, but I think this preview image gets the point across. This shot was taken after the 1999 season, which was Lalas' only year here in Kansas City. He will be back tomorrow night, serving as the color commentator to play-by-play man Rob Stone on ESPN2's broadcast of the 8 p.

How many of you watched the delayed broadcast of the Champions League match between Panama's Arabe Unido and the Dynamo? It was quite the spectacle. I don't think I have ever seen a ref in less control of a match.

This is the apparent strategy of the Panamanian side:
1. Play physical and bait opponent into retaliation.

Here's a page that lists the English Language subscribers for the closed circuit broadcast of next weekend's big game:
http://copatvonline.com/
There's also contact info for establishments interested in finding out how to get the game.
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Here's a list of the standard Spanish Language establishments that carry closed circuit games.

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Unless you are a die-hard New York Red Bulls fan or a San Jose Earthquakes fan, chances are you missed their game last Saturday night, which means you probably didn't see Arturo Alvarez draw what wound up being the match-winning penalty converted by Ryan Johnson.

... But Ireland got absolutely robbed in that game against France today. Thierry Henry with the "main d'un dieu" to set up William Gallas's winning goal. Oh, and both players were offside to start the play, too.In all honest, not pull pull a Sir Alex Ferguson, but that was arguably the worst non-call I've ever seen.

Bob Bradley addresses the U.S. team yesterday at Estadio Saprissa. Photo courtesy of the Men's National Team blog. Head there for more photos and great information.
ESPN has switched coverage of tonight's USA-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier to ESPN2 to avoid a potential run-over by Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox visiting the Detroit Tigers on ESPN original recipe.

You may have heard there's a game tomorrow. It's kind of a big one. In light of this notable occasion, we felt the need to ask the next generation of players what they think about the current Men's National Team that is PLAYING IN THE 2009 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP FINAL AGAINST BRAZIL ON SUNDAY, JUNE 27 AT 2:30 PM ET, BROADCAST ON ESPN!

USA and Mexico are set for another showdown in a Gold Cup final. The teams will play one another Sunday at 2 p.m. CT at Giants Stadium in New York, with the match broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel. We will be hosting watch parties at both area 810 Zone locations courtesy of Budweiser.
The United States defeated Honduras 2-0 last night on the strength of goals from Clarence Goodson and Kenny Cooper, both set up by Stuart Holden.

Like finding out on Christmas Eve that your parents did buy you that awesome present you wanted, ESPN has announced on the eve of the English Premier League season that EPL games will indeed be shown in the U.S. EPL Talk has the late-breaking story of tomorrow's opening day broadcast of Chelsea and Hull City on the deuce.

See, this is what happens when you show a little hospitality. Chelsea offers up its training ground in Cobham to Al-Ahli, even agrees to participate in a match with the Middle Eastern club.

Their thanks? Pulling out the Ric Flair rake of the eyes on Gael Kakuta. Clotheslining Jeff Bruma.

European champions FC Barcelona opened defense of its Spanish Primera championship on Monday with a 3-0 win vs. Sporting Gijon. The convincing victory was made even more impressive by the fact that the following players did not play for Barca: Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta.

Word is, Jermaine Jones is on Stuttgart's transfer radar. Pretty big news for a big-league player that is just waiting for his chance to play with the U.S. men's national team.
Edgar Castillo is also anticipating his chance to play for the red, white and blue.
Sadly they're still waiting for FIFA clearance, which is ridiculous.

The USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier broadcast situation, which has gone well beyond the USA-Mexico version on the debacle scale, is slowly resolving. Mediapro, the company that purchased the rights...

Remember when a big, live concert broadcast was solely the domain of HBO and MTV? To quote Biggy, "things done changed".
This Sunday night U2 will broadcast their show at Pasadena's Rose Bowl live and for free on Youtube so if you didn't have the duckets, desire or luck to score tickets to the 360 Tour this is your chance to "watch through the fence" so to speak.

By Graig Carbino - ALBANY, NY (Dec 4th, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Welcome to draw day. I'm on the couch in full-anticipation mode so let's get this thing going already. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is on right now (if you don't like John Hughes then I cant help you), but in about an hour and a half ESPN2 will open up the broadcast window and we'll finally get the groups aligned.

ESPN has confirmed that tonight's broadcast has moved from ESPN to ESPN2 and will include a 30 minute pre-game show from Bristol that gets underway at 9:30 p.m. ET. Kickoff is set for 10:06 p.m. ET (8:06 p.m. local).
The change comes due to the Women's College (softball) World Series ending early (last night), and will prevent conflicts with Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN from running into the time slot of the U.

You may have seen USA vs. Egypt early in last night's broadcast on ESPN's SportsCenter. If you didn't, here's another chance:

We provide the following schedule as part of our ongoing partnership with ESPN360.com to keep you informed on all the soccer you can watch every week via their broadband service.
Below is this week's soccer schedule for ESPN360.com. As always, the entire schedule can be viewed via their RSS feed here.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez insists that captain Steven Gerrard has the full support of the club.
The England international is currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court on a charge of affray following an incident at a Southport bar last December.
Gerrard is therefore absent from Liverpool's ongoing pre-season tour of the Far East, but Benitez is confident his skipper will soon rejoin the rest of the squad.

Jimmy's head recently stopped bobbling after the nasty collision with Blas Perez of Panama.
Tonight, Jimmy Conrad returns to the Jimmy Conrad Show (sponsored by Budweiser) after spending the last month at Gold Cup with the U.S. National Team. The show takes place from 7-8 p.m. CT live from Fox and Hound in Overland Park, broadcast on Sports Radio 810 WHB and kcwizards.

Remember that 'do?
Tonight, the Jimmy Conrad Show will take place from Fox and Hound in Overland Park from 7-8 p.m. CT, broadcast live locally on Sports Radio 810 WHB or online at www.kcwizards.com. Conrad will be joined by old pal Sean Wheelock tonight for an hour of soccer talk. Please call in at 913-3-810-810 to ask a question or voice an opinion.

At halftime of Saturday's FC Dallas v Colorado Rapids broadcast, sideline reporter Kelly Webster interviewed FCD defender George John.
What followed was one of those classic strange local broadcast moments that typically find their way on to the internet for all of us to laugh about.
In this case, we get a strange comment and an even stranger question from Kelly Webster.

It's Friday, so must be time for some shameless podcast related self-promotion. Taylor from Man Utd Offside and myself have been hosting the Total Football Soccer Show on WRIR, and posting the show as a podcast on Podcast Offside. This week's show (first broadcast on Thursday, October 22) was completely lacking in professionalism.

Did you notice the stat ESPN gave about David Beckham on the MLS Cup broadcast last night? I sure did. They noted that the Galaxy's goal differential was +10 when he was on the field during the 2009 season. The team as a whole was only +5, though I don't recall if the ESPN stat was for regular season only or not.

U.S. Soccer announced this morning that the U.S.-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier has moved to ESPN2.

From the ESPN press release:

The broadcast will now include a 30 minute pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. PT with kickoff slated for 7:06 p.m. PT (8:06 p.m. local).

The game will still be televised live by Galavision.