With tomorrow's World Cup qualifier back on cable TV, we will once again be able to host watch parties at both area 810 Zone locations as the USA looks to win the CONCACAF qualifying group with a win over Costa Rica. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. CT tomorrow night from Washington D.C. and will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN2 and Galavision.

Here's my damage. I had to get rid of my cable TV. I essentially bought it both for La Liga on GolTV and the Premier League Setanta Sports Canada (which still exists here, still costs $14.99/month, and is still the last place on the dial to catch three PL fixtures in a row on Saturday), but because of weekend professional music commitments I was only able to catch the Saturday fixtures, and with a wedding coming up the cable was a prime candidate to get the axe (donation button is on the right).

A decision that could be said to be an interesting one. The Sports Business Journal is reporting that the league owners have decided to move this year's MLS Cup in Seattle to prime-time TV on November 22nd. The switch also sees the game go from network TV to cable TV for the first time.

The owners are hoping the later start time will enhance the stadium atmosphere which should translate into a better TV viewing experience.

I'm not a big fan of youth soccer tournaments. I think they are expensive, time-consuming, and when a team participates in too many of them, the players don't appreciate them as much. But more on this in future posts.

One thing that really irked me in the past was having a huge gap of time between games.