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COLUMBUS, OH – DECEMBER 6: The Portland Timbers celebrate with the MLS Cup trophy on December 6, 2015 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Portland defeated Columbus Crew SC 2-1 to claim the MLS Cup title. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

Targeting core audiences and small tweaks are the key to raising MLS Cup ratings

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While the MLS Cup Final this past Sunday turned out to be incredibly entertaining, it struggled to find an audience. Viewership for the Columbus Crew SC vs. Portland Timbers match wound up being one of the lowest watched MLS Cup Finals in history with 668k watching on ESPN and 206k on Univision Deportes according to

FA Cup Third Round draw provides some big matchups

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The FA Cup Third Round draw has provided some very tough matchups right out of the gate for some EPL teams entering the tournament. None tougher than the Tottenham vs. Leicester City game at White Hart Lane. The battle between the two top five sides will certainly be a match that gathers the most attention. […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 24: Ramires of Chelsea during the Barclays Premier League match between West Ham United and Chelsea at Boleyn Ground on October 24, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

PICS: First leaked pics of 2016-17 kits show parts of Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United kits

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Leaked kit season has begun! It is about this time that pics of 2015-16 kits begin to leak online. While the full kits haven’t been leaked yet, we have seen pics of portions of kits that Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United will supposedly be wearing next season. Arsenal It appears as if Arsenal will have an […]

HARRISON, NJ – MARCH 22: Bradley Wright-Phillips #99 of New York Red Bulls kicks a goal in front of Chris Korb #22 of D.C. United during their match at Red Bull Arena on March 22, 2015 in Harrison, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

VIDEO: The 10 best goals of the 2015 MLS season

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Another MLS season is in the history books and we’re left reviewing what was a rather entertaining season. What started as relative uncertainty that this season would even start due to a possible players strike, resulted in the Portland Timbers lifting their first MLS Cup championship. A record total of 937 goals were scored in […]

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 06: Georginio Wijnaldum of Newcastle United celebrates as he scores their second goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James’ Park on December 6, 2015 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Newcastle shock Liverpool to win 2-0, inch closer to escaping relegation

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Before today, did anyone think Newcastle was going to beat Liverpool? No, nobody thought that. I’m guessing even Newcastle players didn’t think that because if they did, Steve McLaren wouldn’t have had to hire a motivational speaker for the players. Whether it was the motivational speaker or Liverpool having to come off of a Capital […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 05: Glenn Murray (1sr R) of Bournemouth scores his team’s first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and A.F.C. Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on December 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Glenn Murray controversially lifts Bournemouth over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

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Despite a return from Thibaut Courtois, things went from bad to worse for Chelsea. After battling with Bournemouth in a 0-0 deadlock at Stamford Bridge, Glenn Murray scored to put Bournemouth up 1-0 and take the three points. WATCH: Glenn Murray has an instant impact, scoring late to lift Bournemouth over Chelsea.

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 05: Petr Cech (C) and Arsenal players watch the own goal by Olivier Giroud (not pictured) during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Sunderland at Emirates Stadiumon December 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud scores beautiful goal…in his own net

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Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud cannot help it that he’s a natural goalscorer. That’s what he gets paid to do and he does it well. This is just one of those times that he probably didn’t want to score. This free kick by Yann M’Vila couldn’t have been placed better for Giroud as he attempted to clear […]

STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 05: Marko Arnautovic (R) of Stoke City celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with his team mate Xherdan Shaqiri of Stoke City during the Barclays Premier League match between Stoke City and Manchester City at Britannia Stadium on December 5, 2015 in Stoke on Trent, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

NOT AN ONION HEADLINE: Stoke playing beautiful football, beating Man City 2-0 early

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I am just as shocked as you are, Stoke City scored two quick goals via Xherdan Shaqiri to Marko Arnautovic and Stoke is up on Manchester City at halftime. The result of actual beautiful play not seen in these parts of England by the home team in a long time. Goal number one was the […]

KANSAS CITY, KS – DECEMBER 07: The Philip F. Anschutz trophy is seen on the field before the start of the match between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City in the 2013 MLS Cup at Sporting Park on December 7, 2013 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

The top five greatest MLS Cup Finals ever

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It’s kind of hard to believe, especially if you have been a long time MLS fan, but Major League Soccer will celebrate its 20th MLS Cup Final this Sunday on ESPN at 4 PM ET. Columbus Crew SC host the Portland Timbers in Columbus and if the rest of this years is any indication, this […]

MIAMI, FL – FEBRUARY 05: Commissioner Don Garber attends a press conference to announce their plans to launch a new Major League Soccer franchise at PAMM Art Museum on February 5, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Aaron Davidson/Getty Images)

David Beckham finally bought land for Miami MLS stadium but neighborhood concerns linger

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It has been 22 months since David Beckham, MLS Commissioner Don Garber and others were in Miami to announce the newest team in MLS would be in Miami, Florida and Beckham would be majority owner. After so many locations and plans, we finally may see a light at the end of the tunnel. Beckham has […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – DECEMBER 03: The empty seat of the FIFA President prior to the FIFA Executive Committee Meeting Press Conference at the FIFA headquarters on December 3, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Amid arrests and a sleeping President, FIFA Executive Committee approves reforms

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Even though FIFA members endured another round of arrests in Switzerland, what was left of FIFA’s Executive Committee unanimously approved reforms set forth by the FIFA Reform Committee. This does not mean these rules are set in stone and will be the new mandates. All that took place today was these reforms were approved by […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – OCTOBER 20: The FIFA logo is seen outside the FIFA headquarters prior to the FIFA Executive Committee Meeting on October 20, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. During their third meeting of the year, held over two days, the FIFA Executive Committee will approve the match schedules for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)

FIFA rankings update: Belgium holds 1st while USMNT moves up to 32

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While FIFA appears to have more things to deal with, the final FIFA rankings of the year were released and Belgium held onto their number one spot. Argentina passed Germany for 2nd and caught up some points due to their win against Colombia, but couldn’t pass Belgium. Germany actually fell to 4th as Spain moved […]

MADRID, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 21: Rafael Benitez of Real Madrid CF checks the time prior to start the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on November 21, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Real Madrid face possible expulsion from Copa del Rey for playing ineligible player

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For Real Madrid fans, they couldn’t possibly think of anything worse than losing to Barcelona 4-0 at home a couple weeks ago. That was, until today when they discovered something much, much worse. As Real Madrid faced Spanish third division team Cadiz CF in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, everyone expected Real Madrid to run […]

NASHVILLE, TN – JULY 03: A ball bounces off a fan in the crowd during the first half of an international friendly match between U.S.A and Guatemala at Nissan Stadium on July 3, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

U.S. Soccer doctors say “purposeful heading” does not cause concussions

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U.S. Soccer revealed more information as well as the framework for their new youth player health and safety campaign. Two doctors involved in the campaign, Dr. George Chiampas and Dr. Margot Putukian were on hand to answer questions and further explain various parts of the campaign. The U.S. Soccer player health and safety campaign, officially […]

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