MLS Video Preview: Galaxy (5-5-7) host Philadelphia Union (4-9-3) at 7:30 p.m. live on Time Warner Cable SportsNet

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Nick Green

The Pulitzer Prize-winning team at a certain South Bay newspaper will conduct the coin toss ahead of the game between the two mediocre outfits.

Just as Galaxy starters begin to come back from injuries that have contributed to the club’s slow start to the season, the Union is short-handed for just that reason so expect the team to pack it in against LA tonight in search of a road point.

.@LAGalaxyII moved to the top of the @USL Western Conference with a 3-0 win over @OCBluesFC: http://t.co/zIeQNajTp3 pic.twitter.com/hp3kZk7fmD

— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) June 20, 2015

Father’s Day Weekend TV Schedule: Copa America, FIFA Women’s World Cup and MLS

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Nick Green

The Galaxy face the Philadelphia Union at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Time Warner Cable SportsNet

Exciting times in @ca2015_en – follow all the day 9 action LIVE #MEX #CHI #ECU #BOL #Chile2015 http://t.co/sWdPgU1nDy pic.twitter.com/7cEGDn8CTO

— Copa América 2015 (@ca2015_en) June 19, 2015

Mexico-Ecuador kicks off at 1 p.m. today on BeIn Sports, while Chile-Bolivia kicks off at 4 p.m. On Saturday the game of the day is Argentina-Jamaica at 2:30 p.m., while on Sunday Brazil-Venezuela is at 2 p.m. A complete schedule is here.

Fox Sports 1 Women’s FIFA World Cup schedule:

1 p.m. Saturday Germany v Sweden
4:30 p.m. Saturday China v Cameroon
10 a.m. Sunday Brazil v Australia
1:30 p.m. Sunday France v Korea Republic
4:30 p.m. Sunday Canada v Switzerland
2 p.m. Monday Norway v England
5 p.m. Monday USA v Colombia
7 p.m. Tuesday Japan v Netherlands

FIFA Women’s World Cup by the numbers

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Nick Green

FIFA provided these figures today:

Attendance:

Total attendance: 885,369
Average attendance: 24,594
Biggest attendance: 6 June doubleheader featuring New Zealand vs. Netherlands and Canada vs. China in Edmonton – Canadian record set for any national team playing at home with 53,058 spectators.
Five of six venues had sellouts in the group stage with Montreal close to 90% capacity for Canada vs. Netherlands on 15 June played before an enthusiastic 45,420 fans.

Games:

Number of goals: 107
Goal average: 2.97
Marta (BRA, 10) became top scorer in FIFA Women’s World Cup™ history with 15 goals.
Fabienne Humm (SUI, 16) scored the fastest hat-trick in FIFA Women’s World Cup™ history, 3 goals in 5 Minutes.
Christie Rampone (USA, 39) became the oldest player in FIFA Women’s World Cup™ history.

LA Galaxy travel to San Jose to play Earthquakes July 1 in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Nick Green

The road game in the knockout tournament is scheduled just four days after the Galaxy were set to travel to the Bay Area for a June 27 game against San Jose as part of MLS Rivalry Week.

The winner will play the victor of the game between Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers.

The full draw, made this morning, is here.

The Galaxy advanced by beating amateur side PSA Elite last night in Carson with Robbie Keane nailing a hat trick:

USA-Nigeria is third most-watched women’s soccer game of all time, but viewership still dwarfed by NBA finals

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Nick Green

Tuesday’s USA-Nigeria FIFA Women’s World Cup game attracted five million viewers on Fox making it the third most-watched women’s game of all time, but those numbers were still dwarfed by the sixth and deciding game of the NBA finals, which drew 23.3 million viewers over on ABC.

Only the USA-China 1999 Women’s World Cup Final (17,975,000) and the Japan-USA 2011 Women’s World Cup Final (13,458,000) were watched by more people than the USA-Nigeria game, Fox said.

About 52 percent more viewers tuned in for the third USA group game compared to its tournament opener.

Weekly Soccer Column: In praise of the underdog ahead of the Galaxy’s U.S. Cup game against amateur club PSA Elite (streamed live here)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Nick Green

LA Galaxy and Guam defender A.J. DeLaGarza knows all about how small nations like the one he represents can ambush the big boys on occasion.

That sort of knowledge could be valuable tonight for the Galaxy in the U.S. Open cup against amateur team PSA Elite, although there were precisely zero upsets in the round of games played Tuesday in the knockout competition.

The 7:30 p.m. game at StubHub Center includes free parking, $2 tacos from Chancho’s Tacos and $2 beer. Tickets are $10. Or, you can watch here, for free

Read more in this week’s 100 Percent Soccer column.

English Premier League releases 2015-2016 season fixtures: find out when and where your team is playing next season

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Nick Green

The Barclays Premier League League today released the full slate of games for the 2015-2016 season.

Check out the complete EPL schedule here.

The opening day fixtures and the schedules for selected EPL clubs:

A reminder of your opening #BPL fixtures for 15/16 All: http://t.co/SFd9boh4sN Club-by-club: http://t.co/XB1thCotLE pic.twitter.com/8HdTldhie1

— Premier League (@premierleague) June 17, 2015

#AFC start with home game against West Ham. Download full fixtures to your calendar here: http://t.co/HKueGXFeZi pic.twitter.com/jLMu7dioRa

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

How will #MCFC fare with their fixture list? Download it directly to your calendar here: http://t.co/PDgX78GCfe pic.twitter.com/4KmWbKhtyY

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

#LFC's full #BPL 2015/16 fixtures. To download directly to your calendar click here… http://t.co/jhfdniv1Ej pic.twitter.com/4vYzWRLKaF

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Jadwal Chelsea season 2015/2016. #EPL #CFC pic.twitter.com/SGEaowN30r

— CHAMPIONS! (@CISCmedan_) June 17, 2015

Manchester United's fixtures for the new and upcoming EPL season.. pic.twitter.com/n6xNNsmfns

— ⚽Sam⚽ (@MaroucheSam) June 17, 2015

Where do you expect #NCFC to finish this season? Add their fixture list to your calendar here: http://t.co/dk6o0BTENO pic.twitter.com/1HKKx80y6z

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

#SAFC 2015/16 #BPL fixtures in full. Download every game to your calendar by clicking here: http://t.co/R5BLe5nJ6E pic.twitter.com/JzKpEYa9I4

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Can #SWANS build on last season? Download every game to your calendar here: http://t.co/cAPEUvsc7S pic.twitter.com/v8kElyCmBk

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Will #THFC break into the top four next season? Download every game to your calendar here: http://t.co/CbZ1Yw3cnl pic.twitter.com/VJlxzFpNu8

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

#SCFC 2015/16 #BPL fixtures in full. Download every game to your calendar here: http://t.co/hy6Xwuv017 pic.twitter.com/C9H8RCGsPo

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

This is what #NUFC and Steve McClaren have to look forward to this season http://t.co/Ie3g7RQUOM #FixturesReleaseDay pic.twitter.com/1CZDuSHq7Y

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

This is how #SaintsFC's season will play out. Can they build on last year's 7th place finish? http://t.co/Q3VNiKNq6P pic.twitter.com/vA7s6ibxmX

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

#LCFC's 2015/16 #BPL fixture list. Download to your calendar here: http://t.co/HzT3aX8vt8 #FixturesReleaseDay pic.twitter.com/zZ1hUr3rHS

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

#EFC take on #BPL new boys Watford on opening day. Download full list to your calendar here: http://t.co/imvSyiXovZ pic.twitter.com/6cvQmAkXCI

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Download #CPFC's full #BPL fixture list to your calendar here: http://t.co/tclbI7lRY8 #FixturesReleaseDay pic.twitter.com/bTxC0X03IG

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Bournemouth's first ever #BPL fixtures. Download full list to your calendar here: http://t.co/lb3x4iu9kp #afcb pic.twitter.com/7XeBTF5q3x

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

Here's #AVFC full #BPL fixture list for 2015/16. You can download to your calendar here: http://t.co/Rp2O0qqcrH pic.twitter.com/KB58nsIRbl

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) June 17, 2015

FIFA Women’s World Cup Video preview: U.S. can clinch group with win over Nigeria live at 5 p.m. on Fox

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Nick Green

Game preview.

An alarmist front page from @provincesports this morning #USA #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/V5BvefTWFJ

— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) June 16, 2015

Strength, depth, excitement. #FIFAWWC #1N1T #SheBelieves pic.twitter.com/1HTPF6OGnu

— LAFC (@LAFC) June 16, 2015

Mia Hamm appears at 1 p.m. as a guest on Fox Women’s World Cup today on Fox Sports 1.

Finally, here are the locations of Southern California viewing parties.

LA Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza and Guam stun India in World Cup qualifying

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Nick Green

A week after winning its first-ever World Cup qualifying game, Guam have done it again.

The tiny Pacific Ocean outpost, population 161,001, stunned India, population 1.2 billion, 2-1 on Tuesday to head its qualifying group.

DeLaGarza got the start in the win and took to Twitter to celebrate:

FT Guam 2-1 India #WCQ #GUMIND http://t.co/xHWzyW6D0T pic.twitter.com/Esg22AwGML

— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 16, 2015

Weekend Video Rewind: MLS, Copa America and World Cup highlights

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Nick Green

Too much soccer and not enough time this weekend? Get caught up here.

*Weather delayed the LA Galaxy-Columbus Crew MLS game two hours and this one didn’t age well:

*Kaka and Orlando City put on a better show Sunday against D.C. United. Here’s the goal that was the difference in the game:

*Perhaps the most compelling performance of the weekend was offered by the U.S. Under-20 World Cup team against Serbia in the quarterfinals:
Check out the highlights here.

*The biggest upset of the weekend came at the Women’s World Cup.

*The most entertaining game of the weekend (or should that be the worst defending of the weekend)? Brazil-Peru gets my vote:

*Finally, this was the most-viewed game of the weekend.
Highlights are here.

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Monthly Archives: June 2015

MLS Video Preview: Galaxy (5-5-7) host Philadelphia Union (4-9-3) at 7:30 p.m. live on Time Warner Cable SportsNet

Father’s Day Weekend TV Schedule: Copa America, FIFA Women’s World Cup and MLS

FIFA Women’s World Cup by the numbers

LA Galaxy travel to San Jose to play Earthquakes July 1 in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16

USA-Nigeria is third most-watched women’s soccer game of all time, but viewership still dwarfed by NBA finals

Weekly Soccer Column: In praise of the underdog ahead of the Galaxy’s U.S. Cup game against amateur club PSA Elite (streamed live here)

English Premier League releases 2015-2016 season fixtures: find out when and where your team is playing next season

FIFA Women’s World Cup Video preview: U.S. can clinch group with win over Nigeria live at 5 p.m. on Fox

LA Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza and Guam stun India in World Cup qualifying

Weekend Video Rewind: MLS, Copa America and World Cup highlights