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/ 3844 days agoFOX goes all in on Bundesliga with 8 live games scheduled for FOX
After struggling with poor TV viewing figures for live Bundesliga games so far this season, FOX Sports has decided to throw a "Hail Mary" and show 8 Bundesliga games live on the over-the-air FOX network in 2016. The games will be shown from January through May in the second half of the 2015/16 Bundesliga season. The bold […]
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/ 3846 days agoUS soccer press field softball questions to Jurgen Klinsmann
After a demoralizing loss to Mexico in a game where the US Men's National Team put in a very underwhelming performance on the same day that the US U23 team were defeated 0-2 to Honduras in Olympic qualifying, the defeated Jurgen Klinsmann went into the post-match press conference at the Rose Bowl to face the […]
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/ 3848 days agoViewing figures for MLS, Liga MX & Premier League for Oct. 2-4
Four out of the top 25 most-viewed live soccer games on US television last weekend were shown on NBC Sports, with the number one most-viewed game being Chelsea against Southampton, which netted 948,000 viewers on NBC (Saturday, 12:30-2:30pm ET). On the heels of Chelsea-Southampton, 866,000 watched Arsenal against Manchester United on NBCSN, which is an […]
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/ 3851 days agoSchedule of international games on US TV
Sixty-seven international games will be shown live across televisions and the Internet to viewers across the United States in the next week featuring must-see games including the CONCACAF Cup (USA-Mexico), Round 1 of World Cup qualifiers from South America, and the final two matches in Euro 2016 qualifying as several nations are on the precipice of qualifying for […]
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/ 3856 days agoPhiladelphia Union sacks CEO Nick Sakiewicz
Philadelphia Union owner Jay Sugarman has sacked CEO Nick Sakiewicz just 24 hours after the MLS club lost on penalty kicks to Sporting Kansas City in the final of the 2015 US Open Cup. In a statement, Sakiewicz said "I enjoyed my time at the Philadelphia Union, and am proud of the team, the organization and […]
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/ 3856 days agoFOX Sports demotes Bayern Munich-Dortmund to FS2 and puts NASCAR pre-race on FS1
With FOX Sports, the Bundesliga seemingly can't win. In the biggest Bundesliga game of the season featuring Sunday's matchup between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, FOX Sports has decided to demote Der Klassiker to FOX Sports 2 and show NASCAR instead. But it's not a NASCAR race. Instead, it's a NASCAR show before the race. Bayern-Dortmund kicks off at 11:30am […]
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/ 3856 days agofuboTV FAQ for soccer viewers
As each year goes by, soccer fans are watching less television than before and turning to computers, smartphones, tablets and set-top boxes to watch the Beautiful Game wherever they go. To meet the needs of soccer fans and those who want to cut the cord with their cable or satellite TV providers, fuboTV is one […]
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/ 3856 days agofuboTV adds DVR functionality in latest enhancement
fuboTV, one of the best legal soccer streaming services in the United States, has launched a redesign of its website that now features DVR functionality so you can select which games you'd like to record for later viewing. With the DVR features in fuboTV, you can record games either before or during a match to watch later. Some of […]
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/ 3857 days agoMultiMatch 90 is best way to experience Champions League
MultiMatch 90 is a service FOX Sports hardly promotes, most people aren't aware of and is hidden on FOX Soccer Plus (which many soccer fans can't subscribe to) and FOX Soccer 2GO (which costs $20 per month). However, despite the poor marketing efforts, MultiMatch 90 is the single best feature of FOX Sports' entire soccer coverage. If you're not […]
TV Ratings
/ 3857 days agoMost-viewed soccer games for weekend of 9/25/15 to 9/27/15
As the number of soccer games available to viewers in the United States continues to grow year over year, the space is becoming more competitive. There's more choice now than there ever has been before. But which networks and leagues are doing the greatest job at enticing viewers to tune into their broadcasts? Looking at […]
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/ 3862 days agoSepp Blatter interrogated on suspected criminal activity
Sepp Blatter has been interrogated by Swiss authorities today regarding an investigation into charges of "criminal mismanagement" and "misappropriation" by the FIFA President. According to the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), the organization suspects that in September 2005, Blatter signed an unfavorable contract with the Caribbean Football Union (with Jack Warner as the President at this time). […]
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/ 3864 days agoPoor Bundesliga TV ratings illustrate a bigger problem for FOX
FOX Sports has a Bundesliga problem. For the first five gameweeks of the 2015/16 season, live Bundesliga games on the network are averaging just 42,000 viewers. Of immediate concern is the fact that the last two gameweeks have recorded two of the worst weekly averages for live games the league has seen on FOX Sports since the opening weekend: 29,333 […]
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/ 3866 days agoSchedule of Capital One Cup midweek games on TV
With six gameweeks completed in the Premier League, many of the teams from England's top flight league will be in action this midweek in the Capital One Cup. And there's one match in particular that stands out — the north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. If you live in the United States, you can watch […]
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/ 3870 days agoWhat did USSF know about Chuck Blazer's shady deals?
In the past six months, many soccer officials may have regretted having their photograph taken with Chuck Blazer during the decades where he worked hand-in-hand with some of the biggest names in the business. At the time, few would have expected Blazer to become an informant to help bring down many officials within CONCACAF and FIFA. And few […]
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/ 3872 days agoMLS takes big hit in TV ratings; What the poor numbers indicate
After MLS scored an excellent August with TV ratings far exceeding the norm, MLS viewing audiences this past weekend took a big hit. Out of the two nationally games on English-language TV, the average viewing audience was 77,000 (63,000 for the Toronto-New England game on ESPN2, and 91,000 for Orlando-Sporting Kansas City on FOX Sports 1). Both […]