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March 26, 2007

Why the U.S. is poised for soccer success

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As measured by FIFA points, the U.S. seems to come fairly close to satisfying the criteria needed.

This is from a paper by Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds, given at the Eastern Economics Association Conference, February 2007, New York, NY.


Using OLS and Poisson regressions, we corroborate previous studies and find that success increases with income, population, and having hosted a World Cup competition.
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Claudio Who?

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Let's officially do an about-face on Landon Donovan. His goals, all three of them, were superb.
We had our doubts, especially after an anemic World Cup in Germany, that he could change a game.

On Sunday, he wasn't wandering around mopping up for the midfield so much as he went and grabbed that game to call his own. Has to make one feel better about the future of the U. Click to continue reading...
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February 10, 2007

Ratings for the U.S. win over Mexico

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From U.S. Soccer:

ESPN2's broadcast was the most-watched U.S. game in the team's history, outside of the World Cup and World Cup qualifiers. The network earned a 0.7 household rating, which translates to 1.1 million viewers and come Click to continue reading...

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January 25, 2007

Roster announced for the US-Mexico game Feb 7

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GOALKEEPERS (4) – Joe Cannon (Los Angeles Galaxy), Matt Pickens (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (D.C. United), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)

DEFENDERS (9) – Chris Albright ( Click to continue reading...

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January 18, 2007

A little-known aspect of the Beckham-MLS signing

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The guys over at Yanks-Abroad have nailed it. Are there really going to be more Europeans coming over to play in the U.S.?But tell me, how many top European players are going to sacrifice top paychecks in England, Germany, Italy and Spain to play in front Click to continue reading...
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January 11, 2007

Beckham signing and the death of the MLS

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Who got the better deal, Fulham paying $4 million for Clint Dempsey or MLS shelling out $150 million for Beckham?

Fulham. No doubt about it. Beckham's signing is the death of the MLS.

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January 3, 2007

Why the World Cup is important, reason #315

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An 89% TV market share in France for the semifinal against Portugal, that's why ---

French commercial broadcaster TF1 attracted record TV ratings in 2006, in large part due to the success of its World Click to continue reading...

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US Men's roster for training for Denmark, Jan. 20

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Roster By Position

GOALKEEPERS (4) – Joe Cannon (Los Angeles Galaxy), Troy Perkins (D.C. United), Matt Pickens (Chicago Fire), Matt Reis (New Englan Click to continue reading...

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December 12, 2006

FIFA axes staff after Mastercard decision

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FIFA announced Monday that it has fired its director of marketing and three other employees in the wake of a ruling by a New York judge earlier this month that credit card company MasterCard can sponsor the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

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December 11, 2006

Highlights of the Euro 2008-ESPN deal

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Highlights of the agreement:

TELEVISION AND RADIO RIGHTS
· United States: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic will combine to present exclusive live coverage of all match Click to continue reading...

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December 9, 2006

A column on US Soccer's coaching approach that just about gets it right

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This column nails it, mostly. Nothing against Bradley, but this deal should be about taking US Soccer to the next level, not being a marketing puppet for the MLS.


Some choice excerpts:

"That giggling the Americans ar Click to continue reading...
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Good news, Euro 2008 coming to Stateside TV!

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As long as it's not up against the NBA draft or NASCAR pre-race commentary, or ice-dancing, ABC will put it on the air!

NYON, Switzerland - ESPN and ABC will televise soccer's 2008 European Championship under an agreement announced Friday by t Click to continue reading...
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December 7, 2006

Set the calendar for So. Africa, June 11 to July 11

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Fifa has announced that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will take place between 11 June and 11 July.

World football's Executive Committee has also decided to keep the qualifying format from the last World Cup so the host's place is Click to continue reading...

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December 5, 2006

The votes show it all- Klinsi needs to build a US team, not the MLS!

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From Fox Soccer's Web page: Click to continue reading...
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Klinsi it is ! (so far)

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German legend to lead U.S. Soccer Jamie Trecker / Fox Soccer Channel
Posted: 3 hours ago Jürgen Klinsmann will be named head coach of the U.S. men's national team within two weeks according to a number of well-placed sources with kn Click to continue reading...
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