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sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
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June 30 --- AP / Yahoo!: Sunday’s FIFA Confederations Cup Final was the third-largest ever to watch the US soccer on ESPN, trailing only 2 World Cup matches. --- Numerous USMNT matches on ABC have had higher ratings; these numbers do not take into account ESPN Deportes or other US Spanish networks.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/1/2009
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
It's been said before : John Skipper is
that rare American who can equally negotiate the worlds
of Craven Cottage and Ricky Craven . As ESPN's executive vice president for content, Skipper has a major hand in the programming you see on the network and ...
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ESPN discloses big plans for 2010 World Cup - Richard ...
soccer365.com - 6/29/2009
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soccer365.com —
On an evening where emotions probably ranged from
"Oh dear Lord, we can win the Confederations Cup!"
to "Oh dear Lord, we've missed a chance to win the Confederations Cup!", the U.S. National Team put in nearly 80% of an instant classic performance ...
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us news | U.S. v Brazil Player Ratings
guardian.co.uk - 6/29/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Although dismissed by many, the tournament offered a
few clues ahead of the 2010 World Cup in
South Africa 1. South Africa is cold in June World Cups are hot. Everybody knows that. Teams are always having to acclimatise and remember to take on ...
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The lessons of the Confederations Cup
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Rewind: USA Men in FIFA Confederations Cup (v BRAZIL)
The World's Beautiful Game —
from US Soccer,
The U.S. Men's National Team led the five-time world champion for 64 minutes in their first ever final in major FIFA tournament, but eventually fell as Brazil scored three unanswered goals for a 3-2 victory at Ellis Park in Johannesburg at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup...
Even with the disappointing loss, the second-place finish stands as the best-ever performance for the U.S. in a FIFA competition...
Read the complete US Soccer match report here ...
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