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Wednesday, August 13 | Beijing, CHINA | 5
am EDT --- Nat'l TV: USA Network / NBC
Olympic Soccer Channel / streaming via NBCOlympics.com --- US Soccer: The USA Men's Olympic team enters the third and final Group B game against Nigeria in first place and with a chance to win the group and advance to the quarterfinal stage. --- Both the U.S. and Nigeria have 4 points from their first two matches...
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TIANJIN, China It is always a dangerous business
to praise Freddy Adu too much. It is much
easier to talk him down, even when he fully deserves to be recognized for a job well done. It is much easier to call him an underachiever and to highlight the ...
Here are links to some cool videos of
Michael Bradley and Freddy Adu talking about training and
the Olympics. These are new to me so I wanted to post them up here. Click on the pics for the respective videos. Enjoy!
August 10 --- The Official Blog of Real
Salt Lake: Report from the USA Men at the
2008 Olympics..."We also met both George Bush Jr. and Sr. --- They came and talked to all of Team USA before we walked and each team took individual pictures with them...It was a great game and I am happy to report it was actually a pro-USA crowd on foreign soil, for once...
August 10 --- SportsBusinessDaily: NBC’s Beijing Games coverage
is on pace to be the most-watched Olympics in
history, as through two days NBCU’s family of networks has attracted a record 114 million total viewers. --- NBCOlympics.com has totaled 132.6 million page views compared to 17.9 million page views for the first two days of the Athens Games...
BEIJING Ever since he signed an endorsement contract
at 13 years old and was touted as the
“American Pele,” Freddy Adu was burdened with totally unrealistic expectations. Still just 19, Adu who will play for French league giant Monaco on loan ...
Every match of the men's and women's soccer
tournaments will be shown live on one NBC's main
networks, as well as NBC Olympics Soccer Channel and streamed live on NBCOlympics.com --- This is the U.S. Schedule, which you can adjust by day and timezone. --- Interactive charts and features; shows every sport's TV and online streaming options (again, for U.S. only) in English and Spanish.
Major League Soccer has launched a site specific
for Olympic soccer (all nations), with original reporting and
features. --- This compliments the NBCOlympics.com Olympic Soccer portal, giving the unique MLS-related angle, as MLS players are featured on numerous national teams. --- The USA opened play on Thursday with a 1-0 over Japan; goal came courtesy Houston Dynamo's Stuart Holden...
Playing in oppressive conditions, the United States defeated
Japan Thursday thanks to Stuart Holden’s goal in the
47th minute. >
I’m doing a running diary of the US
Men’s opening soccer game at the 2008 Olympics (at
first, this was going to be a live blog, but then I thought there was a 50% chance I'd fall asleep during the game). If you are reading this, I’ve at least made it through part of the match
August 7 --- US Soccer: The USA Men
got off to a fine start in the 2008
Olympic Games by earning a 1-0 victory against Japan before 37,177 fans at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium. --- Stuart Holden fired home the game's only goal in the 47th minute to hand the U.S. three points and the early lead in Group B. --- The U.S. next faces Netherlands on Aug. 10...
4:55 am EDT --- TV: MSNBC / NBC
Olympic Soccer Channel / Universal HD -- MLSNet.com: Veteran
forward Brian McBride is fearless, especially when it comes to battling for air balls near the opponents' goal. 18-year-old striker Jozy Altidore has tons of potential. Everybody knows about Freddy Adu, a former child prodigy who is just coming into his own as the team's leader with a lethal free kick...
Video of Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley playing
the crossbar game.
The Games are just underway; it's a good
time to give your opinion here ! Vote for
statement(s) below that most closely resemble your own... (...and if you like it, don't forget to Vote Up the Poll, too, 'cause the Olympics don't last forever, you know !)
What do you do when you’ve finished training
and want to make some money off a teammate?
Crossbar challenge naturally.
(from NBCOlympics.com) Born with a ball at his
feet: Freddy Adu (Fredua Korateng Adu) grew up in
the Atlantic coastal town of Tema, Ghana. --- His father, Maxwell, and mother, Emelia, ran a convenience store and started Freddy on soccer shortly after he turned two. --- By six, Freddy was playing barefoot pickup soccer with local boys, many of whom were significantly older than him...
Watch as Freddy and Michael try to put
it where they want it.
(from US Soccer.com) The U.S. Men’s Olympic Team
is set for their second match of the ING
Cup in Hong Kong, taking on Cameroon on August 2. --- The team has been training in Hong Kong for nearly a week. --- The USA Men open their Olympics with a match against Japan on Thursday, August 7. --- The entire tournament is live on NBC-Universal networks; additional airings on NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.
This is a video in which a youngster
gets to meet Freddy and live a day in
the life of a professional footballer.
Let's start the morning of with a trip
to " Backinthedayville " and some video from the
entirely non-existent TOR video vault. It's an un -aired pilot for a British television show entitled "Football Star" in which a young blighter from ...
Football Star was a show bought to our
production company a little while back. We Produced, Directed,
Filmed, and Edited the entire project. The show follows Sam, a soccer fan, who is given the chance to hang out with his favorite Player, Freddy Adu. ...
Football Star was a show bought to our
production company a little while back. We Produced, Directed,
Filmed, and Edited the entire project. The show follows Sam, a soccer fan, who is given the chance to hang out with his favorite Player, Freddy Adu. ...
(from US Soccer.com) This link provides archived training
videos for the USA Men. --- Formal training began
on Monday, July 28. --- The USA opens the men's tournament in Beijing on August 7, with the first match against Japan. --- Seven NBC-Universal TV channels will combine to show every soccer match live, with additional coverage on the dedicated NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and NBCOlympics.com
There are some who deride Major League Soccer
for allowing young U.S. players such as Clint Dempsey,
DaMarcus Beasley and Freddy Adu to leave their home domestic league for Europe. But for every Dempsey, Beasley or Adu, there is a Nelson Pizarro being ...
A few photo’s of Freddy Adu’s AS Monaco
press conference… If he keeps doing that with his
face it’s going to get stuck like that. Freddy is cheesing because… a.) At this point his new manager has yet to be fired. b.) He thinks there is ...
NBC Olympic Soccer Channel is a dedicated cable
channel which will show only Olympic Soccer throughout each
day. This channel is available to most providers, but that doesn't mean that your own provider will automatically make it available to you. It is a good idea to contact your local provider as soon as possible to make sure they have plans to carry it. NBC Olympic Soccer Channel will ...
(from MVN Soccer) Teen phenom and star of
the USA u-20s, as well as the senior team
and the u-23 Olympics squad, Freddy Adu has been sent from Portugal side Benfica to AS Monaco of French Ligue 1 on loan. --- The Olympic tournament for the U.S. men begins August 7. --- The report below indicates that Adu’s move to Monaco - a one-season loan which begins after the Olympics - may be made permanent.



























Video: Freddy Adu arrives in Monaco