By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 17, 2012) US Soccer Players -- It's the dawn of another Major League Soccer draft, this time the Supplemental Draft that until recently was part of what made the SuperDraft super. Now, it's a Tuesday afternoon exercise in player selection minus the television coverage or live audience.

The 2012 MLS SuperDraft starts at 12 pm EST today, with television coverage starting at that time on ESPN2 (also available through ESPN's web service ESPN3). The Philadelphia Union have two natural SuperDraft selections, the 13th overall pick (13th in the first round) and the 32nd overall pick (13th in the second round), plus the 35th overall pick (16th in the second round) from Sporting Kansas City, received as part of the Shavar Thomas trade in 2010.

The comments of the host of The Football League Show, Manish Bhasin, over the whereabouts of his show in the BBC schedules over the festive break have been causing social media no little disquiet over the last couple of days or so. This morning, though, a chink of light was granted into a possible reason behind why Bhasin was being so forthright on the subject, with rumours starting to appear in the press suggesting that the corporation is not going to renew its option on the programme come the end of this season.

Following the International Soccer League's solid beginnings in a New York relatively starved of sporting competition in the summer of 1960, the nascent league consisting of the New York Americans and a variety of high-profile visiting international clubs had begun 1961 with expanded horizons. This including growing the league from 12 to 15 teams, and moving beyond its home at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan by setting up a second location in Montreal, Canada.

Confirmation of the live televised matches for the Third Round of the FA Cup came early this year, and while there was no great shock in the Manchester derby a match which has, arguably, taken on a heightened level of importance given the events in the Champions League last night, even if it still isn't the main even of either teams season it was a little surprising to see that the decisions were taken by both ITV and ESPN before next weeks Second Round replays had even been played.

Wednesday turned into a day for announcements from CONCACAF, with the region's governing body finalizing a deal for television coverage of the Men's and Women's 2012 Olympic Qualifying tournaments. The tournaments will be available in Spanish on Telemundo with Universal Sports Network showing games involving the US teams and the finals in English.

Viewers looking at the television schedules for last night may have noticed a gap in the football coverage. For the first time in more than two decades, there were no highlights from the FA Cup First Round on the television on the Saturday night after the matches were played, and viewers were forced to wait until this morning to catch up with what happened yesterday afternoon instead.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and in the absence of anything season-defining coming from yesterday's match between Liverpool and Manchester United, the post-match speculation has largely centred upon claims made by Patrice Evra in the direction of Luis Suarez to a French television station after the match.

Important notice: All referee reviews on Untold Arsenal are written on the basis of television coverage. It should be noted that from time to time some TV channels choose not to show an incident involving the referee (preferring for example to show a replay instead). This can lead to our reviewer missing something that would [.

Beating Barcelona: A Theoretical Guide With Pretty Pictures - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

So, everyone says that Barcelona are unbeatable, or are least the untouchables. Which is twaddle.

Sure, they have lots of excellent players. (MessiXaviAlvesIniestaPiquePuyolBusquetsVillaSanchezPedroetc.

English clubs in Europe – present but not transcendent | Kevin McCarra

Despite being Champions League regulars, top clubs from the Premier League have struggled to blend heft and finesse to make iconic teams England's clubs have been achieving prominence rather than excellence in the Champions League.

Steve Clarke has admitted to heading to the Brazil v Ghana game at Craven Cottage on Monday night, with the Liverpool first team coach looking for future talent.
"You can always pick up a game that's interesting, whether it's by television coverage or getting down to watch it," Clarke said of his plans for the international break.

It's Monday. It's September. The summer is over, with little but short days and dreary weeknights at Stoke to look forward to in the fall. Unless you're one of our five Australian readers, of course. But then you've got the local wildlife being in a 97% more killy mood to look forward to, so it's not all good.

The big news in the MLS today is this morning's announcement that they have struck a new 3-year TV deal with NBC. The deal is worth a reported $10M per year and will put at least 45 games per year onto a combination of NBC and NBC Sports (currently known as Versus but being re-branded in January 2012).

The big news in the MLS today is this morning's announcement that they have struck a new 3-year TV deal with NBC. The deal is worth a reported $10M per year and will put at least 45 games per year onto a combination of NBC and NBC Sports (currently known as Versus but being re-branded in January 2012).

The big news in the MLS today is this morning's announcement that they have struck a new 3-year TV deal with NBC. The deal is worth a reported $10M per year and will put at least 45 games per year onto a combination of NBC and NBC Sports (currently known as Versus but being re-branded in January 2012).

Opta users now more likely to wear a manager's jacket than an anorak

Premier League clubs are increasingly relying on statistics to shape their transfer policy Here is something you probably did not know: only 13 players across Europe's top five divisions created more goal-scoring chances last season than Chris Brunt, with the West Bromwich Albion midfielder's tally of 86 putting him 11 clear of Barcelona's tormentor-in-chief, Xavi.

The world football body, FIFA, reports that its 2010 World Cup in South Africa was broadcast in every single country and territory on Earth, "including Antarctica and the Arctic Circle", generating record-breaking viewing figures in many TV markets around the world. "The in-home television coverage of the competition reached over 3.

The in-home television coverage of the 2010 World Cup South Africa reached over 3.2 billion people around the world

Eleven fixture changes

Liverpool have announced nine Barclays Premier League fixtures for 2011-12 have been rearranged for television coverage.

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*Chivas USA have confirmed for the first time that the club is studying "three or four" options to move elsewhere in Los Angeles County and out of Home Depot Center.

The news doesn't come as much of a surprise. The only way for an MLS club to turn a profit is to have complete control of all revenue streams at the facility it plays in and right now as a tenant of Anschutz Entertainment Group in Carson that's not the case for Chivas USA.

Women's World Cup – We've Come So Far

This is the first article in a series of three to preview the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany, which begins on June 26 when host and 2-time defending World Cup champion Germany kicks off against CONCACAF Champion Canada in Berlin.

Women's World Cup – We've Come So Far

This is the first article in a series of three to preview the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany, which begins on June 26 when host and 2-time defending World Cup champion Germany kicks off against CONCACAF Champion Canada in Berlin.

After having the week off last week to accommodate Real Salt Lake in the CONCACAF Champions League, the 3rd place Philadelphia Union (3-1-1) will take to PPL Park to face the last place San Jose Earthquakes (1-3-2) of the Western Conference.

If you have not already, be sure to check out the following previews from The Brotherly Game staff: [Ben's Match Preview] [Scott's Preview for SBN Philly] [Friday Night Union Freekicks] [Scott Has A Conversation With The Enemy].

Setting: Saturday, April 30 at PPL Park in Chester; kickoff scheduled for 4:06:30 PM Eastern

Broadcast Information: 6abc HD (J.P. Dellacamera, Taylor Twellman, Bob Rigby) with coverage starting at 3:30 PM Eastern with a pre-game show and concluding into Action News at 6:00 PM Eastern / No local television coverage in San Jose, La Kaliente KZSF 1370 AM (Carlos Cesar Rivera) in Spanish / MLS Direct Kick, MatchDay Live (6abc feed -- no blackout in San Jose)

San Jose's Record: 1-3-2, ninth in West

San Jose's Last Match: L, 2-1 vs.

Whitefish Bay's Kate Markgraf, a former U.S. women's national team defender who retired last year, will serve as an analyst for ESPN's television coverage of this summer's Women's World Cup.

Markgraf, 34, earned 201 career caps – she's one of only seven players to reach 200 – played in three Women's World Cups, three Olympics and in the Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer.

Whitefish Bay's Kate Markgraf, a former U.S. women's national team defender who retired last year, will serve as an analyst for ESPN's television coverage of this summer's Women's World Cup.

Markgraf, 34, earned 201 career caps – she's one of only seven players to reach 200 – played in three Women's World Cups, three Olympics and in the Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer.

Veteran Rangers captain David Weir says he would love to take up any offer from Everton manager David Moyes to join the coaching team at Goodison Park.

But the 40-year-old says he will not decide on whether to continue playing until the end of the season.

Moyes told BBC Scotland that he would love Weir to join his backroom staff.

With the announcement of a new broadcast deal between Fox Soccer Channel and Major League Soccer, it's time for another post about balancing television coverage with the accessibility of live matches to local fans.

I completely understand the necessity and importance of having as many MLS matches on some kind of national television channel as possible.

With the announcement of a new broadcast deal between Fox Soccer Channel and Major League Soccer, it's time for another post about balancing television coverage with the accessibility of live matches to local fans.
I completely understand the necessity and importance of having as many MLS matches on some kind of national television channel as possible.

In the relatively short span that I've being a fan of MLS, I have grown to consider the television coverage of MLS to be like the Snake Exhibit at your local zoo: isolated, thought of in a wide variety of fashions from cool to ambivalent to disgusting, and lacking the level of interaction that allows the observer to experience first-hand what is to be offered.