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/ 2639 days ago

MLS chief sees bright future as league expands

Portland (AFP) – MLS commissioner Don Garber believes the league has earned respect from the international community as the competition continues to go from strength to strength. Twenty-three years after 10 teams participated in the inaugural season of Major League Soccer, the flagship club competition for football in the United States has more than doubled […]

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/ 2644 days ago

Unai Emery deserves second season at Arsenal

Arsenal’s 2018/19 campaign came to a screeching halt on Wednesday, as they were firmly beaten 4-1 by Chelsea in the Europa League final. The loss means that the Gunners will spend their third consecutive season in the second-tiered European competition. Following the disappointing display in Baku, many Arsenal fans took to Twitter to debate whether […]

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/ 2646 days ago

Liga MX Clausura Final delivers 3.7 million viewers

Both legs of the Liga MX Clausura Final between Tigres and Leon delivered a combined viewing audience of 3.78 million across Univision Deportes. The first leg on Thursday averaged 1.828 viewers, while Sunday's second leg averaged 1.96 million for a combined average of 1.9 million viewers across Univision and Univision Deportes Network. That's 2% greater […]

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/ 2652 days ago

Champions League Final: Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool eyeing top prize

Tottenham Hotpsur and Liverpool meet in Madrid on June 1 aiming to claim this season’s Champions League title. Spurs are chasing their first ever success in Europe’s top club competition, while Liverpool are out to lift the trophy for the sixth time. Both sides produced remarkable results in the semi-finals, recovering from three-goal deficits to […]

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/ 2652 days ago

Europa League Final: Arsenal-Chelsea set for showdown in Baku

The 2018/19 Europa League Final takes place on Wednesday, May 29, as London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea go head-to-head in Baku. The two sides have been largely impressive throughout the competition, bagging 62 goals between them on the way to the final. Both teams have produced impressive performances in the Europa League, with numerous players […]

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/ 2654 days ago

UEFA dropped the ball with Mkhitaryan situation

Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan announced on Tuesday that he will not be traveling with his teammates for the UEFA Europa League final next week. ”Having considered all current options, we had to take the tough decision for me not to travel with the squad to the Europa League final," explained Mkhitaryan. “It's the kind of […]

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/ 2660 days ago

Record 2.2 million watch Premier League season finale

If anyone ever doubted the popularity of the Premier League on US television, Sunday's live broadcasts of all 10 games on the final day of the season proved them wrong. Sunday's Premier League season finale registered a record Total Audience Delivery of 2.2 million viewers – marking the most-watched Championship Sunday in U.S. TV history, […]

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/ 2665 days ago

Women’s World Cup, Copa America and Gold Cup TV schedules

If you have any vacation time that you haven't used this year, you may want to consider asking your boss for some time off in June and July as the Copa America, Women's World Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup all overlap with each other for one of the biggest summer's of soccer ever. Incredibly, there […]

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/ 2666 days ago

Book review: 'The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer'

The 2015 World Cup validated the idea that the Women's World Cup was a must-see event in the United States. The U.S. team became stars, TV ratings were through the roof, and not since 1999 had women's soccer been a cultural phenomenon. Since then, women's soccer has maintained a presence if at times uneven, and […]

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/ 2667 days ago

Univision to rebrand as TUDN in strategic alliance with Televisa

Univision Deportes Network will be renamed TUDN as a result of a strategic alliance between the sports divisions of Univision and Grupo Televisa, two of the biggest Spanish-language sports broadcasters in the world. Derived from the combination of the "T" in Televisa, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, and the "UDN" in the […]

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/ 2670 days ago

Liverpool FC tickets selling fast for US summer tour

Liverpool FC are heading to the United States this summer to play in three matches, and ticket sales are going fast according to sources. Jurgen Klopp's team will be playing friendlies against Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon and Sevilla in a series of highly-anticipated games. Adding to the flavor of the events, all three matches will […]

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/ 2670 days ago

Where and why to watch the Major Arena Soccer League Final

1. What’s Happening? The Milwaukee Wave will host Mexico’s Monterrey Flash this Sunday at 6 PM Eastern in the Major Arena Soccer League final. But with MLS starting, the European season ending, and with new streaming services offering games from almost all 211 FIFA member nations, it’s easy to overlook the indoor game. Is it […]

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/ 2678 days ago

NBC's Manchester United Treble film is a masterpiece

It's only fitting that one of the main storytellers in the Manchester United documentary that will premiere on Sunday on NBCSN about the treble-winning season is the man who called the game that night, commentator Clive Tyldesley. His words and voice are so intertwined with that memorable day in 1999 when the Red Devils — against […]

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/ 2680 days ago

Palermo sold again; We look back at the club’s recent rocky history

Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo, known around the world as just Palermo, have one of the more interesting stories in modern club football. In most cases, fascinating teams in sports tend to have a winning history. This, however, is the case for the Sicilian-based club. Palermo have never finished atop of the Serie A standings, […]

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/ 2680 days ago

MLS is a TV ratings disaster in New York City

In the same city that Major League Soccer calls home, which is also the number one TV market in the United States, MLS's two teams in the New York region have been a TV ratings disaster. Despite the two MLS teams being accessible in more than 7.3 million homes in the New York area, TV […]