Christopher Harris

Christopher Harris

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Since launching World Soccer Talk in 2005, Harris has played an influential role in shaping how broadcasters deliver the sport by providing in-depth analysis and reviews of the soccer TV coverage. He has interviewed virtually all media executives at the different media giants to stay apprised of changes in OTT and broadcast television while also keeping up with the latest reports and breaking news about key soccer rights acquisitions and the media landscape. Christopher is a member of the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR). He's the recipient of 18 WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association. Prior to World Soccer Talk, Chris wrote for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as well as The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Illustrated.

latest articles by Christopher Harris

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/ 4689 days ago

FOX Soccer Plus to Continue Next Season In More Prominent Role

Beginning this August, FOX Soccer Plus will play a prominent role in soccer coverage on US television. In the past, FOX Soccer Plus was the often neglected sister channel of FOX Soccer. But now that FOX Soccer will be shutting down later this summer, and despite the fact that FOX Sports says that no decision […]

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/ 4689 days ago

Details Emerge About FIFA 14 For Android and iOS Devices

EA Sports have released details about the upcoming release of FIFA 14 for smartphones and tablets that run Android and iOS. For FIFA 14 on mobile devices, the game will feature unique, new creative controls where you'll be able to touch the screen to select players, tap to pass and defend, and swipe to shoot, […]

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/ 4689 days ago

2013-14 Scottish Premier League Season Will Be Shown on US TV

With FOX Soccer shutting down either in August or September, and many of its soccer rights transferring to FOX Sports 1 when the new network launches on August 17, there have been a lot of questions regarding the status of the Scottish Premier League and whether fans will still be able to watch the league […]

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/ 4689 days ago

Spain vs Italy, Confederations Cup Semi-Final: Open Thread

Spain plays Italy today in the second semi-final of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The winner will face Brazil in the final on Sunday, while the losing team will play against Uruguay in the third-place match scheduled earlier on Sunday. Between Spain and Italy, the pressure is on Spain to win the semi-final. The Spanish […]

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/ 4689 days ago

US Soccer Announce 23-Man Squad for 2013 Gold Cup: Landon Donovan Returns

US Soccer have announced their 23-man squad for the 2013 Gold Cup. U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION GOALKEEPERS (3) : Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) DEFENDERS (8) : Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo), DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Oguchi Onyewu (Malaga), Michael […]

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/ 4689 days ago

Rangers Home, Away and Third Shirts for 2013-14 Season Unveiled: Official [PHOTOS]

Rangers have unveiled their new home, away and third shirts for the 2013-14 season, designed by Puma. Glasgow Rangers were promoted from the Scottish Third Division last season, and will begin their new season in the Scottish Second Division beginning this summer. Some of the teams they'll be facing in the upcoming season are East […]

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/ 4689 days ago

Swansea City Home and Away Shirts for 2013-14 Season: Preview [PHOTO]

Swansea City have today unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2013-14 season. Tomorrow, they'll be unveiling the shirt sponsor name to reveal the complete picture of home and away kits for next season. Let's start with the Swansea home shirt first. It's plucked right from one of the latest adidas templates. It's […]

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/ 4689 days ago

Everton Home Shirt for 2013-14 Season Launched: Official [PHOTOS]

Everton have officially unveiled their new home kit for the 2013-14 season. Designed by Nike, this one is a mixture of great features ruined by a ugly double hoop design on the sleeve. Everton's home kit is blue, features a classic (and classy) white collar and also includes the new Everton club crest (which will […]

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Real Madrid Announce Signing of Spain u21 Star Isco: Daily Soccer Report

Real Madrid have announced the signing of Spain u21 playmaker Isco on a five-year deal. The Spanish attacking midfielder was being chased by Manchester City, and will come as a blow to new manager Manuel Pellegrini who coached the player at Malaga. The lure of Real Madrid was obviously more enticing for Isco than City, […]

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/ 4690 days ago

Real Madrid to Play Inter Milan in St. Louis On August 10

After the success of the Manchester City against Chelsea friendly in St. Louis in May, where 48,000 tickets sold out in 20 minutes, world-class soccer is returning to St. Louis this summer when Real Madrid plays Inter Milan in a friendly scheduled for Saturday, August 10. That's according to a report by FOX News 2. The official […]

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Everton Exploring Site For Potential New Stadium 'Close' to Goodison Park: Nightly Soccer Report

Everton Football Club are exploring options to build a new ground near Goodison Park in Liverpool. "We have identified a site close to Goodison and we have a [Liverpool] council at the moment who are extremely positive in their desire to help us," said Everton chairman Bill Kenwright. "If we take forward what we're looking […]

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Confederations Cup Viewership Up 26% On ESPN Compared to 2009

Not including today's semi-final, the first 12 matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 on ESPN and ESPN2 were seen by an average audience of 485,000 viewers, an increase of 26 percent in viewers to the 384,000 average who watched the matches during 2009. The numbers are impressive when you consider that there's no USA […]

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/ 4690 days ago

Real Madrid Offer Higuain & Coentrão Plus Cash For Gareth Bale, Says Report

Real Madrid are willing to offer Tottenham star players Gonzalo Higuain, Fabio Coentrao plus cash in order to sign Gareth Bale, according to a report in The Times newspaper. Under new manager Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid are looking to sign a star attacking midfielder. At the same time, the Spanish club realize that Tottenham Hotspur are in […]

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Brazil vs Uruguay, Confederations Cup Semi-Final: Open Thread

The TV broadcast for today's semi-final of the Confederations Cup between Brazil and Uruguay begins at 2:30pm ET on ESPN and WatchESPN. The starting line-ups have been announced: Brazil starting lineup: Cesar, Alves, Thiago, Luiz, Marcelo, Fred, Neymar, Oscar, Gustavo, Paulinho and Hulk. Uruguay starting lineup: Muslera, Lugano, Godin, Rodriguez, Suarez, Forland, Pereira, Arevalo, Gonzalez, […]

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/ 4690 days ago

Watch the World Cup 2014 Music Video; 'Todo Mundo' By Gaby Amarantos And Monobloco [VIDEO]

The 2014 World Cup is less than one year away, and the first music video has been released to get people excited about the world's largest and most popular sports tournament. Watch the music video for "Todo Mundo," featuring singer Gaby Amarantos (MTV Brazil’s 2012 Artist of the Year) and samba supergroup Monobloco. While I […]