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/ 6515 days ago

Chelsea Launches Redesigned Website

Chelsea today launched a redesigned version of its club website. The new look-and-feel of the site is completely different than the previous incarnation which was a very difficult to navigate site designed in Flash that was launched in November 2006 by Premium TV. The new site is much more intuitive and interactive than the previous […]

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/ 6515 days ago

Whitecaps hand TFC First BMO Loss of 2008

Martin Nash (the brother of Steve Nash) calmly sank a penalty to give the Vancouver Whitecaps a critical 1-0 win in the round robin Canadian Cup over Toronto FC last night. Between the Canadian and US Open Cups Major League Soccer won five of the nine matchups with the North American second division yesterday. (which […]

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/ 6515 days ago

Whitecaps hand TFC First BMO Loss of 2008

Martin Nash (the brother of Steve Nash) calmly sank a penalty to give the Vancouver Whitecaps a critical 1-0 win in the round robin Canadian Cup over Toronto FC last night. Between the Canadian and US Open Cups Major League Soccer won five of the nine matchups with the North American second division yesterday. (which […]

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/ 6515 days ago

Opening Day Fixtures for 2008/2009 Bundesliga Season

The fixtures for the opening day of the 2008/2009 Bundesliga season have been announced. All of these matches will be played on Saturday, August 16: FC Bayern v Hamburg Schalke v Hannover Wolfsburg v Cologne Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha Berlin Karlsruhe v Bochum Energie Cottbus v Hoffenheim Arminia Bielefeld v […]

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/ 6515 days ago

How Fox Soccer Channel Can Improve Its Summer Programming

Television companies that feature the Premier League throughout the season face the harsh reality of trying to keep their viewers returning during the three months in late Spring to early summer when the Premiership is on break. The issue is especially troubling for soccer networks such as Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV and Setanta Sports. They […]

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/ 6516 days ago

ABC Gets 3.1 Overnight Rating For Spain-Germany Final: So What's Next For ESPN?

Sunday afternoon's Euro 2008 final between Spain and Germany on ABC was watched by 2.4 million overnight households according to numbers announced by Nielsen Media Research. That gives the broadcast a 3.1 overnight rating based on the 77 million households in America which make up the overnight numbers. That number is a little more than double the […]

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/ 6516 days ago

US Open Cup 3rd Round Matches streamed

Houston at Charleston link Miami FC at FC Dallas link Cleveland City Stars at Chicago link Chivas USA at Seattle link Score updates Charleston dominates the first half against Houston and leads 1-0. The Dynamo have come out flying in the 2nd half with Cory Ashe helping to create chances for the two time defending […]

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/ 6516 days ago

US Open Cup Third Round Matches on Broadband Tonight (UPDATED)

Houston at Charleston link Miami FC at FC Dallas link Cleveland City Stars at Chicago link Chivas USA at Seattle link Running updates below: Charleston dominates the first half against Houston and leads 1-0. The Dynamo have come out flying in the 2nd half with Cory Ashe helping to create chances for the two time […]

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UEFA Cup Draw: Hertha Berlin to face FC Nistru Otaci

Only one German club was involved in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round draw as Hertha Berlin drew FC Nistru Otaci. Last year Hamburg, this year Hertha... that's right, we're off to Moldova again! Last year Hamburg won 5-1 on aggregate, and nothing less than a win is expected of Hertha Berlin either. The team […]

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/ 6516 days ago

Interview With Dave Moor, Creator Of Historical Football Kits Website

One of the greatest aspects of the internet is the ability for communities to come together to build exhaustive collections of information, which would be impossible if developed by the printing press. The perfect example of this is the Historical Kits website, which is a work of passion developed by Dave Moor. His website is […]

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/ 6517 days ago

ESPN Has The Power To Make Soccer Successful In America

ESPN has finally cracked the code of how to produce soccer for the American audience. Show it in high definition, feature a strong team of commentators, promote the tournament across your networks, don't cut the national anthems, include advertising at appropriate moments, reduce the hype and include intelligent discussions during the pre-game, halftime and post-game […]

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/ 6517 days ago

Spain Win Euro 2008

Spain have finally overcome their history of underachievers to win Euro 2008. They did so while playing a variation of the style that sometimes led to them being eliminated from competitions. This time around there was one huge difference, the teams spirit. Weather it was winning at the last minute against Sweden, or pinning the Italians back for an […]

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/ 6517 days ago

Football And The Decline Of The Western Civilization

Many scholars of art, literature, football and music will argue that the classics are far better than the recent and current crop of artistes. Legends such as Dali, Picasso, Shakespeare, Yeats, Dickens, Cruyff, Pele, Pukas, Lennon, Sinatra, Presley and Marley come to mind, people who were far more talented than our present day idols. It's […]

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/ 6517 days ago

Highlights Of Preseason Friendlies For Premier League Clubs

Now that Euro 2008 is over, don't be surprised if you go through withdrawal symptoms over the next few days. But while one of the most entertaining European Championships in recent history has finished, many Premier League clubs will begin playing their first friendlies as early as next week. With only 47 days to go […]

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/ 6518 days ago

DC United Makes Nationally Televised Statement

In front of over 35,000 fans at RFK Stadium an ABC national broadcast audience, Luciano Emilio and DC United crushed the LA Galaxy 4-1. The scoreline was if anything flattering to the Galaxy who benefited from the individual brilliance of the sometimes maligned Steve Cronin to keep United from pilling in goals. Emilio who scored […]