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/ 1943 days agoDanny Higginbotham begins next chapter of career in United States
Danny Higginbotham, one of the top Premier League commentators the last few years, recently relocated to the USA. His move mirrors a similar one made recently by Premier League broadcast veteran Jon Champion who relocated to the U.S. in 2019 to become ESPN’s lead voice on MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team matches. Higginbotham, who […]
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/ 1953 days agoHistory of Americans in Champions League
The American soccer Twitterverse can't stop discussing the record numbers of American men playing in the UEFA Champions League, so we thought it appropriate to go back into the time machine to review the history of Americans in Champions League. This 2020/21 season, there are ten USMNT-eligible players who have made Group Stage rosters, exceeding […]
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/ 2048 days agoGio Reyna stars in SportsCenter feature debuting Sunday as ESPN begins Bundesliga promotion
ESPN’s acquisition of Bundesliga rights in the United States was met with optimism by most American-based fans of German soccer. The first feature ESPN is airing related to the Bundesliga is an “SC Featured” on American star Gio Reyna who broke into Borussia Dortmund’s first team late last season. This feature, titled The American Dream […]
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/ 2062 days agoCBS Sports plan to take Champions League studio on the road
CBS has made a positive first impression among American audiences with both its NWSL and UEFA club competition coverage. So positive, in fact, that CBS Sports plan to take the studio on the road to appear on-site in stadiums across Europe for select games in the future after the Group Stage begins in October. "I […]
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/ 2116 days agoNWSL Challenge Cup coverage first impressions
The NWSL Challenge Cup Coverage marked the first free-to-air broadcast of a women’s club soccer match in the United States. The first broadcast for the network was Saturday’s clash between North Carolina and Portland; perennially the top two teams in the league, and the most intense rivalry in American women’s club soccer. CBS Sports' recent […]
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/ 2216 days agoAmazon's World Cup films capture golden age of soccer
Amazon Prime Video recently made available many of the official FIFA World Cup films that capture one of the greatest-ever golden periods of world soccer. Currently, with many soccer leagues shut down across much of the world, I rewatched the official films from the 1978 World Cup (hosted in Argentina) as well as 1982 (hosted […]
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/ 2220 days agoESPN FC calls for US Soccer Board of Directors to step down
The soccer world ground to a halt this past weekend as fears about the coronavirus threat shut down European and American sport. Prior to the suspensions and cancellations of events, we had a full matchday of UEFA Champions League and the fallout from the US Soccer’s continued stumbles. It was a week like no other […]
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/ 2224 days agoGrant Wahl at FOX Soccer no more, chance now to be U.S.S.F. Critic
Grant Wahl at FOX Soccer never allowed the reporter to be overly critical of the US Soccer Federation. Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl has gone from US Soccer Federation insider to critic in a short span of time. Wahl’s evolution reflects the changing attitudes of the soccer media in the United States towards the USSF. […]
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/ 2234 days agoReview of MLS TV coverage from opening weekend
TUDN kicked off Major League Soccer's 25th season with the debut of arguably the league’s second-biggest ever signing, Chicharito. It was the highlight of a day-long of soccer on TUDN, beginning with the Bundesliga in the morning, running through Chicharito’s MLS debut for the LA Galaxy against Houston and culminating with Liga MX. Chicharito has […]
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/ 2241 days agoTUDN delivering best-in-class UEFA Champions League coverage
UEFA Champions League action returned this past week. TUDN, as expected, gave crisp coverage. And in between its catalog of networks, it televised every match on linear television. Additionally, TUDN brought us the UEFA Matchday highlights show on Thursday and multiple Europa League matches. The UEFA coverage being presented on Univision’s networks is the best […]
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/ 2248 days agoThe power of Disney+'s soccer coverage in the streaming world
I cannot understate the power of Disney+'s soccer coverage. Granted, most audiences do not think of Disney+ as a sports provider. Usually, ESPN+, Paramount+ or Peacock get that designation. Last week, SportBusiness writer Bob Williams reported growing ESPN+ numbers. While encouraging, they do not come anywhere close to the subscriber numbers for Disney+ which was […]
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/ 2255 days agoImpact of CBA on MLS media rights: On The Soccer Media
Editor's note: Every week, World Soccer Talk Senior Writer Kartik Krishnaiyer shares his observations of watching world soccer on US television and streaming, as well as insights into the latest developments within the soccer TV media industry. MLS CBA and its impact on media rights Under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) agreed between the […]
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/ 2291 days agoFA Cup weekends have gone the way of international breaks: Largely irrelevant
• Despite top English clubs competing in the FA Cup Third Round, fans of most clubs have 'checked out' on watching their favorite club — both in person and on television. • Clubs laser-focused on league place in Premier League and impact of UEFA Champions League have pushed FA Cup way down the list of priorities. […]
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/ 2393 days agoMLS losing to quality and quantity of foreign leagues on US TV
There is a serious issue regarding MLS games losing to foreign competition and leagues abroad. Many soccer fans in the United States are accustomed to getting up in the morning and watching matches from Europe, leading to burnout by the end of each weekend day. Others focus on Liga MX and Latin American competitions that […]
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/ 2500 days agoFOX's 2019 Women’s World Cup coverage reviewed
FOX Sports' second cycle as the US English-language FIFA rights holder has begun this summer with coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as well as the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Following last summer’s coverage of Russia 2018, FOX seems to have returned to a “back-to-basics” approach with Women’s World Cup. Women's World Cup Coverage […]