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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 17:58:32 GMT 1
The USA vs. Portugal World Cup match may have been a heartbreaking 2-2 tie, but it was a massive victory for both ESPN and Univision viewership-wise. The game is now the most watched U.S. soccer match ever with 18.22 million viewers. Yesterday’s game peaked from 7:30 to 8 PM ET at 22.96 million – making it the most watched sporting event ever on ESPN except for NFL and college football games. Univision hit a viewership record too, with 6.5 million watching the game on the Spanish-language network yesterday — that’s the most viewers ever for a U.S. match on Univision. ESPN’s broadcast of USA Team’s 2-2 tie against Portugal on Sunday night averaged a 9.1 overnight rating, making it the the highest overnight rating for a World Cup match on ESPN or ESPN2, according to Nielsen. Last night’s match bested the previous record high overnight rating for a men’s USA World Cup match on ESPN or ESNPN2 — a 7.0 overnight in last week’s Team USA’s match against Ghana. The broadcast also ranks as the third-highest Men’s World Cup match of any round on any ESPN network – tied for ABC’s USA vs. Ghana round of 16 match in 2010, and behind ABC’s presentations of the 1994 World Cup Final featuring Brazil vs. Italy (12.8 overnight rating), and the 1994 USA-Brazil round of 16 match (10.4 rating) I suppose we'll know football has really made it when matches like Iran v Nigeria get decent audiences Up to a point. It depends what kind of audience that game gets in the UK, France, Germany, Italy or Spain I would contend.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 18:02:00 GMT 1
I'm very pleased with the US performance in the first half.
A little shaky early on but they came through that and played some good possession football. A couple of squandered opportunities to have strikes on goal but you can't have everything.
Currently the Portugal-Ghana game status is not of concern. If the Portuguese don't go goal crazy and the US keep it tight we will progress.
Final 16 has to be a success for the US.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 18:07:20 GMT 1
I suppose we'll know football has really made it when matches like Iran v Nigeria get decent audiences Up to a point. It depends what kind of audience that game gets in the UK, France, Germany, Italy or Spain I would contend. I suspect the Iran v Nigeria match had a much lower audience by the end than it had at the beginning. Overall though the ratings have been good and are likely to continue to be good even without England.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 26, 2014 18:13:13 GMT 1
Cor... what a strike. Absolute corker
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 18:16:32 GMT 1
GOAL! GYAN! He becomes the top African goalscorer at World Cups with his sixth finals effort.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 26, 2014 18:21:30 GMT 1
not bad for a money grabbing mercenary that prefers to play in the UAE at the age of 26
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 26, 2014 18:25:11 GMT 1
Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng have been expelled from Ghana's World Cup squad for alleged indiscipline.
A statement on the Ghana Football Association website said both players had "been suspended indefinitely".
It added Boateng had used "vulgar verbal insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah" and said Muntari was guilty of an "unprovoked physical attack on an executive committee member".
Not being funny but them Africans do nothing to expel old stereotypes
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 26, 2014 18:28:13 GMT 1
Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng have been expelled from Ghana's World Cup squad for alleged indiscipline. A statement on the Ghana Football Association website said both players had "been suspended indefinitely". It added Boateng had used "vulgar verbal insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah" and said Muntari was guilty of an "unprovoked physical attack on an executive committee member". Not being funny but them Africans do nothing to expel old stereotypes never a dull moment, that's football
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 18:40:25 GMT 1
Ronaldo has probably clinched the US' place in the round of sixteen.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 18:44:22 GMT 1
not bad for a money grabbing mercenary that prefers to play in the UAE at the age of 26 Aren't all professional soccer players mercenaries at heart?
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 18:53:49 GMT 1
The US deserved to go through.
Well done Klinsmann and the lads.
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 20:56:04 GMT 1
1st round, Group G: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 3 | +5 | 7 | Q | | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | | 3 | -3 | 4 | 4 | | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 20:57:15 GMT 1
ITV going with the "Belgium have more Premier League players so people will want to watch that" mentality tonight. Algeria v Russia for me - winner takes all.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 21:04:14 GMT 1
I'm watching Belgium and hoping they live up to some of the pre-tournament hype.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 21:05:48 GMT 1
ITV win the award for the worst wording of a poll question - is the Suarez ban fair or unfair? Nobody seems to have pointed out to the question setter that people saying it was unfair would be split between "too harsh" and "not enough". Adrian Chiles seemed to get there by the time of the result but it was a bit late by then.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 21:07:05 GMT 1
Belgium and Russia have both been disappointing so for. I'm watching Belgium as a snub to Putin
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 21:07:29 GMT 1
Early goal for Russia... As it stands: 1. BEL 7 (+2) 2. RUS 4 (0) 3. ALG 3 (0) 4. KOR 2 (-2)
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 21:10:19 GMT 1
Belgium and Russia have both been disappointing so for. I'm watching Belgium as a snub to Putin I would go so far as to say Russia have been p*ss-poor. England didn't play great but they were a hell of a lot better than Russia have been in this tournament.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 26, 2014 21:52:15 GMT 1
I'm watching the Belgium match, no goals there but its been entertaining in places.
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 22:18:53 GMT 1
Equaliser for Algeria! Interestingly, there seemed to be a laser light of some sort being shone at the Russian keeper when the free kick went into the box. As it stands: 1. BEL 7 (+2) 2. ALG 4 (+1) 3. RUS 2 (-1) 4. KOR 2 (-2)
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