What a great time to support world football

AreliusII · 03-29-2005, 11:33 AM

I just reviewed my latest installment of the soccer TV email updates from soccertv.com, and I can’t help but get excited.

Here is a sampling:

England vs Azerbaijan
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
We Mar 30 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT LIVE

Serbia vs Spain
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
We Mar 30 4pm ET/1pm PT SDD

Israel vs France
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
We Mar 30 6pm ET/3pm PT SDD

United States vs Guatemala (at Birmingham, Alabama)
ESPN2 (US)
We Mar 30 8pm ET/5pm PT LIVE

Southampton vs Chelsea
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 2 11am ET/8am PT LIVE

Arsenal vs Norwich City
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 2 3pm ET/12noon PT SDD

Liverpool (England) vs Juventus (Italy)
ESPN2 (US - English)
Tu Apr 5 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT LIVE

Norwich City vs Manchester United
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 9 12noon ET/9am PT LIVE

Siena vs AC Milan
Gol TV
Sa Apr 9 12noon ET/9am PT LIVE

Juventus vs Lecce
Gol TV
TLN (Canada)
Sa Apr 9 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT LIVE

Manchester City vs Liverpool
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 9 3pm ET/12noon PT SDD

Real Madrid vs Barcelona "El Gran Clasico"
Gol TV
Su Apr 10 TBA LIVE

Inter Milan (Italy) vs AC Milan (Italy)
ESPN2 (US - English)
Tu Apr 12 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT LIVE

Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 16 7am ET/4am PT LIVE

Chelsea vs Arsenal
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
We Apr 20 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

Chelsea vs Fulham
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 23 7:30am ET/4:30am PT LIVE

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 23 12noon ET/9am PT SDD

Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Mo Apr 25 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

Bolton Wanderers vs Chelsea
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa Apr 30 12noon ET/9am PT LIVE

West Bromwich Albion vs Arsenal
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Mo May 2 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

Chelsea vs Charlton Athletic
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa May 7 7:30am ET/4:30am PT LIVE

Manchester United vs West Bromwich Albion
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Sa May 7 12noon ET/9am PT LIVE

Manchester United vs Chelsea
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
Tu May 10 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

Arsenal vs Everton
FOX Soccer Channel (US)
We May 11 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

United States vs England
ESPN (US)
Sa May 28 3pm ET/12noon PT LIVE

United States vs Costa Rica (at Salt Lake City, Utah)
ESPN2 (US)
Sa Jun 4 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT LIVE

Panama vs United States
ESPN2 (US)
We Jun 8 TBA

MLS XI vs Fulham (England) (at Columbus, Ohio)
ABC
Sa Jul 30 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT LIVE

United States vs Trinidad
ESPN2 (US)
We Aug 17 TBA

United States vs Mexico (at Columbus, Ohio)
Telemundo (US)
ESPN Classic (US)
Sa Sep 3 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT LIVE

Jose Luis Luviano · 03-29-2005, 11:38 AM

And that's just in English.

Don't forget about the soon-to-be-Tricampeon UNAM Pumas on Univision/Galavision/Telefutura!

Cachun Ra Cachun Ra GOOOOOOOYYYYYAAAAA!

SoccerPrime · 03-29-2005, 12:32 PM

Be careful, I heard some soccer team in Salt Lake starts play on April 2, so don't crowd your soccer viewing too much (if thats possible for some of you, I am jealous).

Rover · 03-29-2005, 04:31 PM

Wow. Anyone else remember when all you could get was the "Soccer Made in Germany" highlights show at 3:00 a.m.?

We've come a long way. A VERY long way.

Jose Luis Luviano · 03-29-2005, 04:33 PM

This is Alan Fountain.

Goodnight.

War Tony Tirado!

War Mario Machado!

AreliusII · 03-29-2005, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rover

Wow. Anyone else remember when all you could get was the "Soccer Made in Germany" highlights show at 3:00 a.m.?

We've come a long way. A VERY long way.

Who can forget the great Toby Charles? Now, there is a real commentator. I can’t stand the commentators that feel a need to fill every millisecond of silence, telling us what is plainly obvious.

Toby was confident enough that the action on the field would speak for itself and occasionally, he would interject with:

“Schumacher.”

…pause

“Metzelder.”

…pause

“Hitzelsperger.”

Those were the good ol' days.

There are very few American soccer commentators that I can stomach (least of all people like Rob Stone, who sounds like he is still in high school and Alan Hopkins, who yells at the top of his lungs at every play on the pitch).

I much prefer the English commentators who don’t limit their intelligent commentary to the action on the pitch.

Rover · 03-29-2005, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AreliusII

I much prefer the English commentators who don’t limit their intelligent commentary to the action on the pitch.

Right. Exactly. American commentators are still too influenced by baseball guys, who talk because there's nothing actually going on most of the time in baseball.

I can't think of a truly great U.S. play-by-play announcer. Not one. Well, maybe Bob Ley, who used to do a good job on World Cup telecasts, but that's about it.

AreliusII · 03-29-2005, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rover

Right. Exactly. American commentators are still too influenced by baseball guys, who talk because there's nothing actually going on most of the time in baseball.

I can't think of a truly great U.S. play-by-play announcer. Not one. Well, maybe Bob Ley, who used to do a good job on World Cup telecasts, but that's about it.

My favorite commentator bar none is a former Scottish footballer, Andy Gray ...
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst2121.html

However, a study found that John Motson had the most ideal voice for sports commentating.
http://pass.maths.org.uk/issue19/news/commentary/

See at bottom...

AreliusIV · 09-05-2006, 08:35 PM

Thu Sep 07 03:00PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr R
GolTV (US)
International Friendly/Amistoso - CONMEBOL
Brazil/Brasil vs Argentina

Sat Sep 09 08:00AM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
FOX Soccer Channel (FSC) - US
English Premier League
Arsenal vs Middlesbrough

Sat Sep 09 10:00AM Mountain
Length: 2 hr 15 min LIVE
FOX Soccer Channel (FSC) - US
English Premier League
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur

Sat Sep 09 02:00PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
GolTV (US)
Futbol de Espana - La Liga
Atletico de Madrid vs Valencia

Sat Sep 09 05:30PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
FOX Soccer Channel (FSC) - US
Major League Soccer (MLS)
DC vs Salt Lake

Sat Sep 09 08:00PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr SDD
GolTV (US)
Calcio Italiano - Serie A
Fiorentina vs Inter Milan

Sun Sep 10 07:00AM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
GolTV (US)
Calcio Italiano - Serie A
AC Milan vs Lazio

Sun Sep 10 09:00AM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
FOX Soccer Channel (FSC) - US
English Premier League
West Ham United vs Aston Villa

Sun Sep 10 11:00AM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
GolTV (US)
Futbol de Espana - La Liga
Levante vs Real Madrid

Mon Sep 11 01:00PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr LIVE
FOX Soccer Channel (FSC) - US
English Premier League
Reading vs Manchester City

Tue Sep 12 12:30PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr 15 min LIVE
ESPN2 (US)
UEFA Champions League - Match Day 1
PSV (Netherlands) vs Liverpool (England)

Wed Sep 13 12:30PM Mountain
Length: 2 hr 15 min LIVE
ESPN2 (US)
UEFA Champions League - Match Day 1
Manchester United (England) vs Celtic (Scotland)

fuegote · 09-12-2006, 09:10 AM

Since the MWC has created a channel that no one can watch (and everyone seems to think it's Dave's fault because he owns/owned CSTV) the mtn... I have done my part in trying to get the station.

(for those who don't know, all MWC football/basketball games are going to be played on mtn. the mtn is only shown on comcast so if you don't have comcast you're screwed. I don't want to switch dish, i love the sports packages).

what I did was call up and demand mtn. when they told me the usuall info, i said, "what keeps me as a directv customer?"

Why am I telling you this here? Well, i now have the sports package (12.00/month) for free for six months so i added Setanta sports (11.99/month) to my package.

My tivo is set for today's and tomorrow's champions league action baby! Good times. I have that and ESPN2, i'll get most of the games this year.

Damn you soccer for becoming the only thing I watch on TV anymore.