Media Musings: Thoughts on Color

Listening to Taylor Twellman’s color commentary during the Philly/Columbus game, we got to thinking about some of the color commentators now populating national broadcast media in American soccer. Twellman is a recent addition to the group and has shown some flashes in his first few outings in the booth.  Having a recent player is often [...]

Business Snapshot

After an exciting and remarkably popular (in the US) month of World Cup soccer, we thought it worthwhile to take a quick look at the business of American soccer moving forward from July 12, 2010.  The World Cup was a business success in the States, with ESPN’s significant investment of resources validated by the ratings [...]

The Monday After & Some World Cup Ratings

The big soccer story of the weekend took place in South Africa, but with MLS back in action there were a number of story lines in domestic soccer that deserve mention.  Sunday afternoon saw the opening of the PPL park in Chester, PA and the park looked great on television.  ESPN did a nice job [...]

Soccer Business Bits: Soccer on TV & September Preview

It is time to turn the page on the calendar and the “summer of soccer” in the United States.  WPS is done for the year, MLS is entering the playoff stretch drive and the USMNT is facing a double shot of immense matches in World Cup Qualifying.  These are some big games, but actually finding [...]

US/Mexico 2

Yesterday we posted the following:  There are a couple of interesting TV notes surrounding US soccer this week.  The most significant is the announcement that the English rights to the USA/Mexico World Cup qualifier belong to……Telemundo.  According to Mr. Goff, Telemundo will show the game in Spanish on its main channel and in English on [...]

Soccer Business Bits: Soccer on TV

There are a couple of interesting TV notes surrounding US soccer this week.  The most significant is the announcement that the English rights to the USA/Mexico World Cup qualifier belong to……Telemundo.  According to Mr. Goff, Telemundo will show the game in Spanish on its main channel and in English on “mun2″ a station available in [...]

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