The New York Times ran a story this morning quoting a NBC executive who said that The Premier League is interested in doing news things in the United States." Unfortunately, the article didn't pinpoint what some of those new ideas are — whether it's simply having a new media partner (NBC Universal instead of FOX).
The New York Times ran a story this morning quoting a NBC executive who said that The Premier League is interested in doing news things in the United States." Unfortunately, the article didn't pinpoint what some of those new ideas...
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Another game, another somewhat disappointing result for the Union. They had nearly 70% of
possession in the first half, and had a handful of prime scoring opportunities in the second half,
but couldn't score. But it's like we've come to expect that, so this wasn't anything all that new.
Still, a road point is never a terrible result.
Happy labor day, everyone! Today's open thread for all things Union, MLS, barbeque, etc.
Monday MLS Breakdown: John Hackworth plans for his permanent future in Philadelphia [Kyle
McCarthy, Goal.com] - "Player development and team building rank high on the agenda as Hackworth
attempts to continue the work started during his interim reign with the Union.
The du Nord Futbol Show podcast - Episode 2 - Featuring an interview with the legendary Eric
Wynalda is ready for listening!
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Toronto FC is making big roster clearing moves that one would assume means new players are on their
way. Today money-drain Julian de Guzman was shipped off to FC Dallas in exchange for cheap
youngster Andrew Weidman, while last week the team cut Nick Soolsma and loaned out Joao Plata.
HUGE TV NEWS: The USA World Cup qualifying game in Quatemala on Tue Jun 12 will only be
shown on PayPerView. More exacting details soon.
-US Soccer explains what is going on.
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HUGE TV NEWS 2: Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1 and more will all be shown in the USA on a new
channel when the 2012-13 seasons kick off in August.
Portland has announced that Caleb Porter from the University of Akron has been hired as their new
head coach.
-The team's official announcement.
-Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with lots of quotes from Timbers owner and management on the new
hiring.
-George Thomas of the Akron Beacon Journal with the story from the Akron Zips point of view.
True grit, and a little luck, propelled the United States women's national team to gold medal
glory at the 2012 London Olympics. Carli Lloyd was the unlikely hero of the match, scoring both
goals to lead the Lady Nats to a tight 2-1 win. Several fantastic Hope Solo saves, a few shots
aided by the cross bar and some last-ditch defending from her back line helped perserve the lead
throughout the match.
U.S. men's national team fans will be able to watch next month's World Cup qualifier against
Guatemala, but they'll have to fork over a decent chunk of change to do so.
According to the New York Times, the match will be only accessible on television in the United
States on pay-per view only for $29.
Em novembro de 2005, no que foi chamado de maior acordo com um único país feito até então pela
Fifa, as redes ABC e ESPN (ambas do grupo Disney) e a Univision (em língua espanhola) concordaram
em pagar um total de US$ 425 milhões (US$ 100 milhões e US$ 325 milhões, respectivamente) pelos
direitos de transmissão nos Estados Unidos das Copas do Mundo de 2010 e 2014.
The Olympics are over, but NBC managed to milk one more prime time match for MLS during the
Olympic coverage. Ratings have been stellar for the Peacock during the Olympics and MLS has
enjoyed a bump during the same window. The USA Women also drew huge numbers of viewers during
their mid-week/mid-day medal matches.
Paul Doyle of the Guardian raves about Clint Dempsey and why Liverpool, or any other team, should
be overjoyed to get their hands on him.
-While the stories have been going 'round and 'round that Liverpool has already signed Dempsey,
keep in mind he has said on many occasions that he wants to play in the Champions League, and
Liverpool is not in that tournament.
Michael Bradley is now officially a player for AS Roma in the Italian Serie A. Roma bought him from
Chievo for $4.6 million and he signed a 4 year contract. Huge congrats to him.
-They have 3 upcoming friendlies here in America, and then start their regular season on Aug 25.
MLS has existed for 16 years, 11 of which occurred before David Beckham descended from the
heavens (what they call the check signing room at MLS HQ) and landed in Los Angeles. Of course, in
a country with four other major sports deeply rooted in the national consciousness over many
decades of popularity, this is only a few rings in the tree.
Lets stop everything for a few moments and open our hearts to the family, friends and teammates of
Columbus Crew player Kirk Urso who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Its a very sad day.
RIP Kirk Urso.
There has been no further word on the cause of Urso's death.
The Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival begins in NYC on Wednesday and I am jealous of anyone
who can be there! If you are in the area it is a MUST-ATTEND event. Deets.
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Copa Libertadores Final 1st Leg tomorrow night! Boca Juniors v Corinthians!
The big news story of the day was the announcement that the Cosmos will begin play in the second
division NASL beginning in 2013. The team will play at Hofstra University on Long Island. The
business implications of the news are an open question. The Cosmos name certainly carries a
certain amount of cache, yet previous efforts in the last couple of years to monetize that cache
have failed miserably.
The first few months of the Montreal Impact's inaugural season in MLS have been both exciting
and frustrating. Last Wednesday, I grabbed my camera and took a trip up to Montreal with a good
friend. We took in the Canadian derby between Montreal and Toronto FC.
The Clint Dempsey Show does not seem to be getting anywhere close to slowing down right now, with a
goal yesterday that may or may not be ruled an own goal giving him 16 Premier League goals on the
season, 22 in all competitions for Fulham.
-Here is video of post game interviews with his manager, captain and the man himself after their
tie with Chelsea yesterday.
Without letting idealism and false pretenses or perceptions of a golden age overwhelm my
faculties responsible for reasoning, MLS is now too stable and too promising to ignore. While most
of the European leagues end their respective seasons in about two months, this weekend brings us
the First Kick for MLS' 17th season.
CONCACAF World Cup qualifying for Brazil 2014 begins today! Oh yeah! I live for this. How about
you?
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ESPN again has shown their pathetic side for American soccer. If you search their website good luck
finding anything about the USA World Cup qualifier tonight.
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE BECOME A COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOTBALL FANATICO?
"I stood in the pouring rain for two-plus hours and watched the Timbers beat Philadelphia 3-1 in
the season opener. Nobody fired T-shirts from cannons at me. There was no house music pumping. No
blimp dropping prizes.
Arsene Wenger's puffy coat has been a running joke amongst fans and commentators alike for years. And when Wenger started having trouble with the zipper on his sleeping bag with arms, he might've thought the mockery couldn't get much worse. But now even the New York Times has chimed in with a story about the sorry fashions of Premier League managers wherein Wenger serves as its main, puffy-coated pinata.
Stories this week from the MNT January Camp: Believing in the U.S. team, but demanding more(New York Times) Besler, Gonzalez could fill hole in U.S. defense(espn.com) Wondo: No second chances(mlssoccer.com)
The big soccer business announcement of the day came from an unusual medium, the world of radio. Mainstream sports talk radio has long ignored soccer in many markets, while the internet has giving rise to many quality podcasts focusing on the beautiful game. Today SirriusXM revealed that starting on Monday, the satellite radio provider will offer a 24 hour, 365 soccer channel, with talk shows, matches and more.
3 more monster goals for Jozy Altidore of Alkmaar Zaanstreek. See them right here. This gives him 7 goals in 5 games this season. -What this shows me is that the USA has no idea how to feed the ball to the red hot striker.
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Real Madrid v Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday is huge for the two managers - both successful at Inter Milan, one moreso than the other - Jose Mourinho v Roberto Mancini.
After the United States women's team downed Japan 2-1 to win the gold medal at the Olympics
Women's Football Final on Thursday night, goalkeeper Hope Solo found the time to
grab a specially created cappucino today in between doing media interviews in London. The prospect
of meeting the press usually involves copious amounts of caffeine (as Mesut Ozil would tell you)
and in Hope's case, she would've probably needed it after a night of hard partying!
Ukraine coach denies his country is racist despite previous comments - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
When Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin was asked about racism in Ukraine during the Sweden v Ukraine
pre-match news conference, he put down his headphones and stopped listening to the translation of
the question, preferring to deliver a seemingly prepared statement:
Pep Guardiola led not only a dominant era of football for Barcelona, but also a revolution of the
'total football' that was preached by his mentor, Johan Cruyff.
As he steps away from his post at Barcelona at the ripe age of 41, Rob Hughes of the New York Times
writes of how Guardiola had transformed Barca into the gold standard in world football.
Sandy Macaskill of the New York Times writes of the Manchester derby between Manchester United and
Manchester City, and how this football match is bigger than any in recent memory.
MANCHESTER, England — Slanting rain and a vicious wind sent ripples and eddies across the
puddles forming outside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Greg Bishop of the New York Times writes about the life of Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau,
and how he got to where he is today. Coach Thibodeau's dream to become an NBA head coach became
true two years ago when he became the head coach of the Chicago Bulls.
Ever since the first coach forced players to run wind sprints, the profession for grown-ups who
work in track suits has produced an inordinate share of the obsessed, the eccentric and the
paranoid.
It's not every day that Sporting KC is mentioned in the New York Times, but today a nice article
about the turnaround of the team came out in the New York paper. Plenty of interesting information
with regards to the growth of the team since OnGoal took over. There's also an uncredited mention
of this blog posting the new logo first.
As the debate between High School soccer and the United States Soccer Development Academy continues
to forge forward, there was a lot of national media attention directed their way this past
week.
Sam Borden of the New York Times wrote about the choices that players involved in both affiliations
are being ased to make.
A special email message to Sons of Ben members states that issues with a land title mean the
Union's largest supporter's group will not be able to secure a new home prior to the 2012
season.
The message cites "developments beyond our control" before expanding to say, " some legal
problems with the title to the property surfaced that prevented us from finalizing the deal.
Come in No.26, your time is up. As Mark Twain once said after his obituary had been published
in the New York Times, 'Reports of my death have been widely exaggerated'. So too the end of
Ledley's career has been widely and often forcast. Such predictions will inevitably come true one
day. Has the time arrived?
