Manchester City and baseball side New York Yankees have announced they will create an MLS expansion side called New York City FC. The club will join the league in 2015, when it will become its 20th club. City's owner Sheikh Mansour will be the majority partner of the new team, with the Yankees also actively [.
It's easy to live in a bubble when following soccer in the United States. Ninety nine percent of my interactions are with hardcore soccer fans, so when I talk to a fan who's new to the Premier League, it's often ... Continue...
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Manchester City, champions of England, have launched a fantastic new feature that allows fans free
access to advanced player statistics. By registering here, soccer fans will be able to go beyond
mere goals scored and into the kind detailed data...
Manchester City Gives Stat Heads A Huge Opportunity - SBNation.com
If you've been sitting around waiting for the soccer-stat revolution, this might well be the
thing that kicks it into high gear. Up until now, stat-interested soccer fans were largely
inhibited by the lack of good information. With Manchester City basically offering the full
catalogue of Opta-generated statistics to anyone who's interested, we can finally get some
crowd-sourced and peer-reviewed data that has been missing up until now.
Over the past two years, FOX Soccer has spent a lot of money and worked tremendously hard at improving everything related to its channel. But at the same time,FOX Soccer gets a lot of criticism from soccer fans from all ... Continue reading...
The 2012 Men's College soccer season is ready to kick off tonight around the country and the
best teams and players in America will give soccer fans plenty of added entertainment to go along
with their usual pro soccer fix.
Defending champion North Carolina is back, and despite all the new faces, the Tar Heels should
be in contention again.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are ready to resume what many soccer fans consider the most
entertaining rivalry in the game when they clash today in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup
(4pm, ESPN3.com)
Real Madrid will be facing their rival for the first time since beating them at the Camp Nou to
all but clinch the Spanish League title.
The news that many soccer fans who own Android devices have been waiting to hear can finally be
revealed. FOX Soccer 2Go will be available on Android devices later this week according to a FOX
Soccer spokesperson. FOX Soccer 2Go ...
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The new season of Serie A kicks off on August 25, but if you want to ensure that you don't miss
watching a game featuring your favorite Italian team, it's time to take action.
Previously you've been accustomed to watching Serie A on FOX Soccer and ESPN3. But as we
exclusively reported four months ago, beIN SPORT has acquired the US TV and Internet rights to
Serie A.
For those of you that don't already have tickets for the US Open Cup final a week from today
against the Seattle Sounders, you may want to get them. Today it was announced that the US Open Cup
final for this year (and the next two after that) will be shown on Gol TV. The station that most
people have to get another tier on their cable provider to be able to watch the game.
Egypt's militant soccer fans, one of the country's largest civic groups, have emerged from a week
of street agitation politically strengthened as they seek to chart a course in the post-Mubarak
era, says writer James Dorsey.
Egypt's militant soccer fans, one of the country's largest civic groups, have emerged from a week of street agitation politically strengthened as they seek to chart a course in the post-Mubarak era, says writer James Dorsey.
Egypt's militant soccer fans, one of the country's largest civic groups, have emerged from a week of street agitation politically strengthened as they seek to chart a course in the post-Mubarak era, says writer James Dorsey.
While many U.S. soccer fans are concerned about their team's standing in CONCACAF World Cup 2014
qualifying after Friday's matches across North and Central American and the Carribbean, it's a
different story north of the border.
Tosaint Ricketts (UW-Green Bay) was a 66th-minute sub as Canada beat Panama 1-0
on Friday night in Toronto and moved into first place in their semifinal-round qualifying
group.
Leagues around the world take a back seat to the international game, as World Cup qualifying
resumes.
The marquee match for U.S. soccer fans is the U.S. men's national team's battle against Jamaica
Friday night, where the U.S. can claim sole possession of first place in its qualifying group with
a win.
Many North American soccer fans and players may be now familiar with the film Pelada (it's achieved
somewhat of a cult status in the US soccer scene). If it left...
By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Aug 14, 2012) US Soccer Players – If you're a European club,
there's a quick and abrupt answer. There is none. Surprisingly, FIFA actually listened and we only
have one more year to enjoy watching the August date disrupt the early goings of the European
seasons. Will any tears fall for a friendly date that seems designed to remind everyone that FIFA
sets the schedule?
There was yet another turn in the Timmy Chandler-U.S. men's national team saga on Monday, but it
is not one unfamiliar to American soccer fans.
According to a German report, Chandler was called up for the United States' Wednesday friendly
against Mexico at Azteca Stadium but he passed on the opportunity due to the scheduling and
'strenous' travel that would have been required.
If there was any lingering uncertainty as to the real reason Timmy Chandler turned downed
cap-tying call-ups the past two summers, U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann put
them to rest on Sunday.
Still on the road...so here is the next part in our 2009 "Bringing the Fans" series. This post
looks at the "soccer hater" and asks whether they are a desirable target audience for MLS. Did
the World Cup change some minds? We should be back posting live Monday morning. The next part
in this series should run tomorrow.
This weekend the Revs will host the Montreal Impact in a match-up of lower table teams in the
Eastern Conference. The match will take place at Gillette Stadium, but unlike other Revs games,
the match will be followed by a three fight card of boxing. The main event will feature local
fighter Danny O'Connor, who has been quoted as saying that he is a big Revs fan.
If you live in the United States and you watch La Liga — whether it's el Classico, Real
Madrid, Barcelona or any of the other teams in the Spanish league — it's time to take action.
Previously you've been accustomed to watching La Liga on ESPN and GolTV. But as we exclusively
reported in March, beIN SPORT has acquired the US TV and Internet rights to La Liga.
While this is not really FC Dallas specific, most of us that are soccer fans have probably been
following the US Women's march though the Olympics. Apparently soccer fans weren't the only ones
watching as the Gold Medal match is now the most watched program in NBC Sports history.
The post US Soccer Gold Medal Match Most-Watched Event in History of NBC Sports Network appeared
first on 3rd Degree.
Nails were bitten to the quick. Voices hoarse from yelling. Heart palpitations no doubt sent
soccer fans reaching for their chests. The United States vs. Canada women's soccer semifinal in
Manchester, England on Monday was about as thrilling as a match could be.
In the end, after two overtime periods, Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) scored in the 123rd minute
to lift the US to a 4-3 win over their neighbors to the north.
Soccer fans are distracted, passionate and entirely awing. They have turned away in variety for the
Olympic men's and women's soccer tourney across the U.K. These are icons of the better rooters away
there.
"You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati," -- Ex-Bengals coach Sam Wyche during a 1989 incident when fans were throwing stuff on the field at Riverfront Stadium.
Part of what many people would argue that makes soccer the best game on the planet is that "everybody" plays it, meaning different cultures influence the way the game is played in perceived in their own unique ways.
U.S. Soccer fans have clamored and clamored and clamored for this, and now, the moment is here.
Headed by Ryan Rosenblatt and Kevin McCauley, SB Nation now has a U.S. Soccer blog. Go over, bid
your hellos, and don't forget, 'Muricah.
Now that we're on an international break, it's perfect timing to take a look at five apps that
soccer fans should consider in order to get their footy fix on the go. One is new yet nostalgic,
one is revamped, ...
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From the days of the Minnesota Thunder playing Real Salt Lake in USOC matches or when the NSC
Stars played the Austin Aztex in the USSF D2 Pro League, whenever Jamie Watson touched a ball for
those opposing sides, Minnesota pro soccer fans would chant, "You dive like Jamie Watson." The
chant was started after [.
Ah the beautiful England Football Anthem written and produced by Trapper. This song was
originally released for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but the song entitled "Terrace" is still so very
popular today with English Soccer Fans today.
Video games giant EA Sports has received criticism for failing to include women's players and
teams on its popular title "FIFA" in the wake of the United States' dramatic victory over Japan for
the Olympic gold medal.
The Americans' 2-1 triumph was watched by over 80,000 fans in Wembley Stadium and an audience of
4.
Some soccer fans may argue that Wigan Athletic doesn't need three kits for their 2012-13 football
season, but who are we to argue? After releasing their new home and away kits for next season, the
Latics have now unveiled their ...
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The Captain, Captain Morgan gets footy/soccer fans from all over the world to Party Like A
Champion in this brilliant advert for the Captain's Whiskey which features a the music and should
very well be a popular anthem around the world.
When it comes to legendary partying, Captain Morgan always leads from the front.
The New England Revolution are all about doubleheaders these days.
Sunday's Eastern Conference matchup against the Montreal Impact will be followed up by a
three-bout boxing card in the stadium, headlined by an eight-round battle between Framingham native
"Irish" Danny O'Connor and Eddie Soto of Pawtucket.
