Stoke City Playing At LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Peter Crouch celebrates his spectacular volleyed goal for Stoke against Manchester City

Sporting Kansas City announced that the club will host Stoke City FC of the Barclays Premier League at 7:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. Stoke City FC will be the second Barclays Premier League side to face Sporting Kansas City at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park following the visit of Newcastle United [...]

Survival Sunday – What Will You Be Watching?

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ESPN2 will have the English Premier League’s final day big game: Manchester City vs QPR, which has both title and relegation implications. Man City will clinch its first top-level league title in 44 years with a win, while QPR needs at least one point (or a Bolton Wanderers loss or tie at Stoke City) to [...]

U17 US WNT Play Thursday For World Cup Spot

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The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team stormed through the group stage at the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship to take the top spot in Group B. Now the U.S. players focus on perhaps the most important game of their young careers so far, a match-up with Group A runner-up Panama on Thursday, May 10 at [...]

FoxSoccer2Go Offering Free 7 Day Trial

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Fox Soccer is offering a Free 7 Day trial of their FoxSoccer2Go service, which allows you to watch live games on your iPad, iPhone or PC/MAC. $20/month or $170/year after that. Check it out now if you’ve been curious. You have until February 26th. Here’s the upcoming schedule, which includes Rugby matches if you’ve got [...]

USSF Needs to Quit Playing Games in LA

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10 years ago the US played Costa Rica at Arrowhead Stadium in KC.  It was my first trip to see the team in person and a game that I will never forget.   At that time, it was difficult to find US games on TV (many games were on pay-per-view if they were broadcast at all) [...]

Klinsmann Right Man for the Job

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Finally.  After pursuing Jurgen Klinsmann for 5 years, the USSF has hired Jurgen Klinsmann to be the next National Team coach, replacing Bob Bradley.  Most fans wanted Klinsmann to lead the National Team back in 2006, but US Soccer would not pay him the money or give him the control he wanted to implement his [...]

Copa America Quarterfinals This Weekend

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The usual suspects have reached the Quarterfinals although not without some difficulty. Sports Illustrated has previews of the four games being played this weekend. SATURDAY, July 16 COLOMBIA-PERU, Quarterfinal (live) 2:55 pm. ARGENTINA-URUGUAY, Quarterfinal (live) 6 pm. SUNDAY, July 17 BRAZIL-PARAGUAY, Quarterfinal (live) 2:55 pm. CHILE-VENEZUELA, Quarterfinal (live) 6 pm.

USA vs Japan in World Cup Final, at Farmers Gastropub Sunday 1:00 pm

World Cup Watch Party at Farmers Gastropub by James Radke

Join us Sunday afternoon at Farmers Gastropub downtown to cheer on the US Women’s team as they face Japan for the World Cup title. It is the U.S. Women’s National Team third appearance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final and first since 1999. The US defeated France 3-1 to advance while Japan defeated Sweden [...]

World Football Challenge Opens Wednesday

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The World Football Challenge is a series of 14 games — 5 involving M.L.S. clubs — that begin Wednesday when Manchester United opens the tournament against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. The games continue until Aug. 6 when Barcelona plays Club América of Mexico at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. [...]

USA vs Brazil in World Cup Quarterfinals – Sunday 10am on ESPN

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The World Cup Quarter-Finals will be played Saturday and Sunday this weekend. The USA game is Sunday morning at 10:30 am, pre-game show at 10:00 am. Stock up on your brunch requirements now! Quarterfinals In the first bracket, Germany who finished atop Group A will face Group B runner-up Japan, and Sweden Group C winner [...]

USA vs Sweden, 1:30 pm Wednesday on ESPN!

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The U.S. Women’s National Team will face Sweden on July 6 at the Women’s World Cup Stadium in Wolfsburg to finish Group C play. The match will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN3.com and Galavision at 1:45 p.m. CT with the pre-game show beginning at 2:30 p.m. Wolfsburg has been a cold and rainy venue so [...]

Copa America Opens With Argentina Today

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The Copa America kicks off today with host Argentina playing against Bolivia. First played in 1916, this is the 43rd edition of the oldest tournament of national teams in the world. The game will be held at the stadium Unico in the city of La Plata, at 8:45pm, with referee Roberto Silvera (FIFA-URU). The Argentinian [...]

World Cup This Weekend

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There are some good games this weekend, including the US WNT on Saturday morning. As noted in the Goal column today – “In Germany right now, the women’s soccer players are the headliners” The best source for commentary I’ve found on the Women’s World Cup is From the Left Wing. If you have a daughter, [...]

Women’s World Cup Opens Sunday on ESPN/ESPN2

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This will be the sixth Women’s World Cup that FIFA has staged since the inaugural tournament back in 1991. ESPN will be broadcasting games, beginning Sunday: NIGERIA-FRANCE (live) 7:45 am on ESPN2 GERMANY-CANADA (live) 10:30 am on ESPN MONDAY, June 27 JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND (live) 7:45 am on ESPN MEXICO-ENGLAND (live) 10:45 am on ESPN You [...]

USA Under 17 Boys Open With Win, Face Uzbekistan Wednesday

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TORREON, Mexico (June 19, 2011) – The U.S. opened the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup with an emphatic 3-0 win against the Czech Republic on Sunday in Torreon, Mexico. Goals from midfielders Alejandro Guido and Esteban Rodriguez, as well as a late strike from substitute forward Alfred Koroma gave the USA a deserved three points [...]