A Mexico World Cup No-Show Would Be an Economic No-No
Something terrible is happening in Mexico: The country’s national soccer team is nearing the abyss of elimination from next year’s World Cup in Brazil. A bit hyperbolic, I know. After all, Mexico is besieged by much greater ills. But in Mexico, the importance of soccer and its quadrennial celebration can’t be so easily dismissed, and failure […]
Eto signs with Chelsea…
Samuel Eto’o completed his transfer to Chelsea on Thursday afternoon, and quickly sat down with the official club website to discuss the move. The three-time Champions League winner and four-time African Player of the Year is looking forward to getting started in west London… Read More: Chelsea FC Like UrbanStreetSoccer on Facebook. Follow UrbanStreetSoccer on Twitter @UrbanStSoccer
English Premier League begins on NBC
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Fox Soccer to shut down
Fox soccer the only US television network dedicated to soccer is to close. Fox announced that Fox Soccer will make way for a new youth entertainment network FXX on September 2, 2013 and it’s current and remaining soccer programing will be apart of it’s new Fox Sport1 line up which is to launch on August […]
Cosmos are Back… Again
They were the Galaticos in the alternate universe of American soccer in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. They were a collection of global superstars bankrolled by a worldwide entertainment conglomerate, Warner Communications, long before the words soccer and synergy were uttered in the same sentence, long before the Real Madrids and Manchester Uniteds of […]
Hearts, Minds and Bottom Lines
Whether it is Brazil’s five World Cup triumphs, Cuba’s Olympic boxing gold medals, the West Indies’ global dominance of test cricket in the 1970s and 1980s, or Argentina’s World Cup victories in 1978 and 1986, the passion for sports stretches across the Americas. For fans around the region, sports serve as an escape from their […]
R2B: Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts
The banner-waving, anthem-singing fans of Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo club formed a billowing mass of ruby-and — black-clad humanity. They moved not only in reaction to the ebbs and flows on the field far below, but also to the samba beat pounded out by musicians in the midst of the grandstand mayhem around me and […]
Top 10 Premier League Shirt Sellers
Top 10: Premier League shirt sellers based on UK sales 1. Robin van Persie | Manchester United | 25.4% 2. Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 8.2% 3. Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 6% 4. Shinji Kagawa | Manchester United | 5.8% 5. Luis Suarez | Liverpool | 3.6%
Does hosting sporting events promote social and economic development?
In Rio de Janeiro, a fierce debate over preparations for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics is under way. Brazilians are proud to have been chosen to host these important sporting events and to have the world’s attention. But they reasonably worry that both competitions may end up being a bonanza for […]