Thanks to Sports Media Watch for this nugget:

ESPN2 averaged a 0.2 U.S. rating and 254,000 viewers for its first two MLS Playoff telecasts. In particular, Dynamo/Sounders on October 29 drew a 0.2 and 274,000, while Galaxy/Chivas USA on November 1 drew a 0.1 and 233,000.

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Arsenal won midweek in the Carling Cup 2-1 over Liverpool, so Liverpool are out, and Arsenal advance.
Tomorrow morning is the North London Derby, and it's on ESPN 2 (8:30 a.m. Eastern, I believe).
The consecutive draws, in the two matches before the Carling Cup victory, were a pain, especially the loss of the 0-2 lead against West Ham in the league. Click to continue reading...

by Jason Gatties, Guest Contributor (Craven Cottage US) The United States U-20's fizzled in Egypt. Luckily, we have the U-17's to look forward to. It all kicks October 26th versus Spain (ESPN 2 &...

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The top European league continued with a full set of matches this weekend. The Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, and Scottish Premier League have several matches on TV on October 23, 24, and 25. Here's a list of predictions (for some of the top matches in each league), previews, and USA/UK TV listings for these top leagues.

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It is one of the biggest games in the soccer history of both countries. Both squads must wait four years to have another chance as good as the one that they will see this weekend as Honduras hosts the United States in a critical World Cup Qualifier. A win will put both squads in Position A for a spot in next years World Cup and a loss will make it that much more unlikely.

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With news of the remarkable TV ratings the English Premier League has achieved on ESPN2 this past Saturday morning and Monday afternoon, comes the question again about MLS' TV strategy and viability. Both games which were timed oddly for the US TV audience outdrew every MLS primetime telecast this season on ESPN2 that has not included the expansion Seattle Sounders.

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This weekend ESPN demonstrated why most American football fans should be pleased that the worldwide leader has acquired EPL and La Liga rights. The Saturday match, despite some hiccups between the studio tandem of Georgie Bingham and Robbie Mustoe, provided us with timely highlight and analysis of ongoing matches in a modern studio.

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Bad week for Vasco last week, both predicting, and feeling my legs. Still trying to recover from the drunk driver who pasted out before he hit me.
Tonight Concacaf champions league, DC at Marathon getting ready to start. I think DC wins this one, Emilio has a good night.
Wednesday on ESPN 2, LA at Chicago, Chicago
Thursday on ESPN 2, NE at Seattle, Seattle
Saturday on FSC, LA at DC, DC
Toronto at Chivas, Chivas
Kansas City at San Jose, San Jose
Sunday
Dallas at NY, Dallas
Colorado at Chicago, Chicago
RSL at NE, RSL
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Filling in for Bruce today is Chrös; I did the honors when Brucio was gone at the MLS Cup last fall as well. Let's not try to kid anyone and pretend that you are here for my thoughts. I've compiled some basic reading about the big game today, and I'll be back this afternoon with an MLS roundup as well. Click to continue reading...

According to EPL Talk.com, ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. With FSC now having Champions League soccer and ESPN Prem games, it seems that soccer on TV in the US has been turned on it's head. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 6:45am CT Saturday game and the 2pm CT Monday game.

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According to EPL Talk.com, ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. With FSC now having Champions League soccer and ESPN Prem games, it seems that soccer on TV in the US has been turned on it's head. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 6:45am CT Saturday game and the 2pm CT Monday game.

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If you click on the photo (taken by Wizards team photog Gary Rohman) to blow it up, you will see some mouths open on the fans behind the goal. Great shot. It's grainey b/c we downloaded a small file size.
That one will certainly be up for Goal of the Week. Claudio Lopez collects a loose ball on the Wizards side of the half line, takes a lateral touch then rips a 56-yard blast over the outstretched hand of LA goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts for his 5th strike of the season. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan and David Beckham will be at CommunityAmerica Ballpark Saturday as the Wizards host the Galaxy at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
With Landon and David on good terms and playing well together in the last two matches, Galaxy will provide a formidable task this weekend for our boys in blue. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo gets his grief. Maybe rightfully so considering his flopping, tanning and Paris Hilton-included social life.
But only a select few players in the world would be able to get 80,000 people to show up for an unveiling. The turnout even surprised the star player:

"I never imagined that fans would have such a feeling for me," he said.

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8-2-4 last week, including 6-0-2 with the US Open cup.
We kick off again with the US Open Cup tomorrow evening.
Rochester v Wilmington the only USL match up, Rochester wins this one.
DC United v Harrisburg, DC wins this one
Charleston v Houston, Charleston wins this one
Seattle v Kansas City, Seattle wins this one
MLS Saturday
Houston at Seattle, Vasco sees Seattle
KC at New England, Vasco sees NE
Columbus at Chicago on ESPN 2 Columbus wins this one
Dallas at Colorado, Colorado
Toronto at San Jose, San Jose wins this one
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Following a bye week, D.C. United return to MLS action tonight to face the defending MLS Cup champions Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. ET before a national television audience on ESPN 2. The Fourth of July match up is the first meeting of the season between the Eastern Conference foes and it promises to be a good one as the teams are separated by just a point at the top of the Eastern Conference table, United sitting in first place with 23 points while Columbus has just one loss in their last 11 meetings to catapult to second place with 22 points.

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In a press release sent out within the past hour, ESPN has detailed it's plans for World Cup 2010 coverage.The most refreshing piece of news is that all coverage will be provided on air from South Africa. Bob Ley who was ESPN and ABC's lead US National Team play by play announcer for many years returns to studio duty for this World Cup and Chris Fowler of College Gameday fame joins the team.

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On English language websites yesterday the big news surrounding ESPN is about the network acquiring Setanta's package to air Premier League matches in the UK. But perhaps bigger news was made stateside as ESPN returned to showing regular European league football for the first time since losing La Liga rights in the early part of this decade.

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Musa Otieno (leftmost) captained Kenya to a critical World Cup Qualifying win yesterday. But the insistence on the American leagues, MLS and USL to play through international breaks meant Otieno was not available for his club side Cleveland City who lost twice at home in three days to Miami FC.

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After a couple of lousy weeks, Vasco went 7-1-0 last week. Vasco has had a rotten week so far, and probably the worst birthday of my life. At least Brasil won this week, and will win tomorrow as well. Maybe someone in US Soccer will wake up some day.
Tonight, we get DC United vs Seattle in Seattle, on ESPN 2 at 10:30pm, some of us have to work you know. Click to continue reading...

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:
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The 2009 Confederations Cup is set to kick off on Sunday and you will want to keep up with every minute of it.

The tournament begins on Sunday with a pair of Group A games, with South Africa facing Iraq and New Zealand taking on Spain.

If you will be near Hoboken, New Jersey on Sunday you can catch a special event being held at Mulligans on First.

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The 2009 Confederations Cup is set to kick off on Sunday and you will want to keep up with every minute of it.

The tournament begins on Sunday with a pair of Group A games, with South Africa facing Iraq and New Zealand taking on Spain.

If you will be near Hoboken, New Jersey on Sunday you can catch a special event being held at Mulligans on First.

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When Fox Soccer Channel became Nielson rated last October the hope at least on my end was that it provides evidence that more people were interested in Major League Soccer as spectator sport than the English Premier League. I even floated my theories two years ago in a running debate with Christopher Harris of EPL Talk.

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Supporters of Premier League clubs in the United States have plenty to look forward to in the next several days and weeks starting with two special new shows from Fox Soccer Channel. Here's more information:

• Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast two special programs on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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The Reserves take on the Kansas City Brass today at our Swope Park Training Center beginning at 10:30 this morning. It's a little mid-week scrimmage so that we're not training against ourselves all the time, but Hillcrest will provide running commentary via our Twitter. So will Mike of Down the Byline. Click to continue reading...

Our good friends at Budweiser (sorry, no retro Bud ad today) are hosting watch parties for tomorrow's UEFA Champions League final between Manchester United and FC Barcelona at both 810 Zone locations. In honor of the marquee soccer match of the day, 810 Zone Leawood will offer the following specials throughout the day: $1. Click to continue reading...

Resulta ser que anoche, después de haber realizado algunas actividades en todo el día, me dispuse a observar la tele, escuchar las noticias más relevantes del fútbol y de paso enterarme de uno que otro chisme. Cuál es mi sorpresa al momento de sintonizar ESPN 2, en donde trataban el tema de la posible contratación de Daniel Guzmán para el banquillo del Cruz Azul.

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Major League Soccer has announced Everton as the opponent for this year's MLS All-Star game.

"We are very excited about Everton FC agreeing to be the opponent for the 2009 MLS All-Star Game," MLS commissioner Don Garber said in a league statement. "Everton is an elite European club that features many world-class players, including former MLS standout Tim Howard, who will challenge our unbeaten record against English Premier League teams in the MLS All-Star Game series.

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Well, after 8 games and no ties two weeks ago, we get 7 games with 5 ties. A bunch of red cards, and complaints about refs once again. Sorry, Vasco saw some of those cards, there should have been more red cards. Quit whining you deserved the red, some of you deserved red and didn't get one. Vasco was 1-1-5 last week. Click to continue reading...

All times EST

Friday

DC United- New England 7pm ESPN 2

Saturday

Aston Villa- West Ham  9:30 am SETANTA

Boro-Fulham 4:30 pm FSC

Puerto Rico Islanders-Vancouver 7pm USL LIVE

Carolina-Rochester 7pm USL LIVE

RBNY- RSLÂ Â 7:30 pm MLSDK

Charleston-Montreal 8pm USL LIVE

Moreila- Pachuca 8 pm ESPN Deportes

Miami FC-Cleveland 8pm USL LIVE

Chicago-KC Wiz  8:30pm FSC

Austin-Minnesota 8:30pm USL LIVE

Nexaca-Tigres 10pm Telefutura

SJ-LA Galaxy  10:30pm MLSDK

Seattle-Chivas USA 10:30pm MLSDK

SUNDAY

Man U- Everton 11am FSC

Houston-Colorado 3pm Telefutura

Santos-Atlas, 5pm Univision

Chicago Red Stars-Sky Blue FC 6pm FSC

FC Dallas-Toronto 7pm MLS DK

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Se avecinan los partidos de vuelta de la Champions League donde prácticamente el Barcelona y el Chelsea tienen un pie para la siguiente ronda, ya que vencieron de manera contundente al Bayern Munich y al Liverpool respectivamente en el juego de ida, las otras series están más reñidas, Oporto y Manchester United empataron a dos goles y Villarreal igualó a unos contra el Arsenal, por lo que podremos ver partidos no apto para cardiacos.

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As many of you know, we have a TON of stuff going on around next Thursday's game against the Red Bulls. New York has come out of the gate somewhat slow, but they qualified for the MLS Cup final last year, so you know this team has talent and will be dangerous. Juan Pablo Angel is one of MLS's best strikers, so Conrad, Hohlbein and the rest of the defense will surely have their hands full. Click to continue reading...

IRL drivers Dan Wheldon (2005 Indy 500 champion and champion at Kansas Speedway in 2007 and 2008) and Mario Moraes (20-year-old from Brazil) will join us at CommunityAmerica Ballpark for our next home match on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Wheldon and Moraes will be in the stadium with their cars, signing autographs from 5:30 p. Click to continue reading...