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/ 3205 days ago

Football: NASL sues US soccer over division status switch

New York (AFP) – The North American Soccer League filed a federal anti-trust lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation on Tuesday, accusing the body of unfairly revoking the league's Division 2 status. The NASL, which was reborn as a professional league in 2010, lodged its lawsuit in Brooklyn just weeks after the league was […]

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/ 3205 days ago

fuboTV expands FOX to cover 59% of households nationwide

fuboTV has expanded the number of over-the-air FOX channels it can stream to cover 59% of households across the United States including 17 of the top 20 areas. That means that if your city is listed below, you'll be able to watch all of the national programming offered by the over-the-air FOX channel, which includes […]

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/ 3206 days ago

Schedule of League Cup games: Sept. 18, 2017

The third round of the League Cup kicks off this week with all of the Premier League clubs participating in the cup competition. Now known as the Carabao Cup, seven of the matches will be shown live to soccer fans in the United States. The matches will stream live on ESPN3 and Sling Orange. Current […]

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/ 3206 days ago

MLS attendances through gameweek 28 of the 2017 season

Atlanta United broke the MLS attendance record with a massive crowd of 70,425 this past Saturday in the draw against Orlando City SC. Aided by Atlanta's large attendances for their two recent home matches, MLS had a strong week of reported attendances for most teams across the league. However, there were poor turnouts for Chicago […]

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/ 3206 days ago

10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 28 of the 2017 season

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 28 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Toronto’s March Continues Toronto FC’s season for the ages continues to pick up steam. TFC have now won their last six games by a combined score of 21-3. They pounded the LA Galaxy 4-0 on Saturday night in Carson […]

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/ 3208 days ago

Arsenal’s Europa League run is all about confidence

After a shaky start to their Europa League campaign, which included an hour long delay to the start of the match, the Gunners comfortably pushed aside FC Köln 3-1. The setback to the starting time of the game was due to crowd issues outside of the Emirates Stadium. While conflicting reports surfaced on just how […]

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/ 3213 days ago

Belgian Jupiler League makes return to US TV and streaming

EXCLUSIVE: The Belgian Jupiler League makes it return to Eleven Sports Network for the weekend of September 16-17, which marks the 7th round of the Championship. Eleven Sports first picked up Jupiler League rights last season in April during the Championship Playoff stage. This season’s rights marks the first time that regular season matches will […]

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/ 3213 days ago

MLS attendances through gameweek 27 of the 2017 season

After 302 matches, the average MLS attendance (21,604) is up 0.47% compared to 2016. This past week in MLS, it was another normal week of reported attendances. There were strong showings in most venues, including Atlanta’s new Mercedes Benz Stadium. A relatively weak turnout for NYCFC’s midweek match. There should be a small uptick with […]

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/ 3213 days ago

10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 27 of the 2017 season

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 27 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. The Playoff Picture Clears Up With Real Salt Lake and San Jose losing this weekend – and despite the fact that Dallas continues to stare into the abyss – the Western Conference playoff race appears to be settled. Houston […]

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/ 3218 days ago

Schedule of UEFA Champions League games (Sept. 12-13)

We have the preliminary TV and streaming schedule for the first two days of the UEFA Champions League, which kick off next week. For soccer fans in the United States, the matches will be shown across FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports Net, ESPN Deportes, Sling TV, fuboTV, ESPN3 and FOX Soccer […]

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/ 3218 days ago

Player ratings for US 1-1 Honduras

An out-of-nothing 85th minute rebound goal for Bobby Wood gave the United States the 1-1 draw it needed to remain on the inside track to qualify for Russia 2018 in Honduras on Tuesday. In a vacuum, this was a good result for the U.S. All points taken on the road during World Cup qualifying are […]

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/ 3219 days ago

Falcao strikes as Colombia snatch Brazil draw

Barranquilla (Colombia) (AFP) – Radamel Falcao scored a second half equaliser as Colombia snatched a 1-1 draw to halt Brazil's remarkable run of nine consecutive World Cup qualifying victories on Tuesday. Falcao headed home on 56 minutes to cancel out Willian's superb opener for Brazil in a result which boosts Colombia's hopes of qualification for […]

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/ 3219 days ago

How soccer continues to unite us during an era of difficult times

Clubs in the English Premier League alone have spent a record £1.4 billion on transfers of players. In one of these transfers, Liverpool coughed up £35 million on Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain, a player who had just one year left on his contract and has been struggling to nail down a first team place for Arsenal for […]

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/ 3222 days ago

Honeymoon over, Bruce Arena era begins against Honduras

Success in soccer is a fragile thing. The United States entered Friday night’s showdown World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica unbeaten in fourteen straight games under Bruce Arena, one more big win away from all but locking up its trip to Russia next summer. It felt like a sure thing. And then – an uneven […]

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/ 3222 days ago

5 reasons for Arsenal supporters to be optimistic

After a roller coaster of a summer, Arsenal can finally begin to move forward now that the transfer window has officially closed for Premier League teams. With the roster now set, let’s run through the five biggest topics of conversation about the Gunners looking ahead. 1. The Alexis Sanchez situation Perhaps the most dramatic part […]