All USSF D-II Matches Will Be Available Online, TV & Website News
Kartik Krishnayer, NASL's Director of Communications and Public Relations,
was kind enough to spend a few minutes with us today to discuss
developments concerning online streaming, TV broadcast and the NASL
website.
Good news for fans of 2nd Division soccer in the United States. Every USSD2 match will be available via online stream
for free. The system will be similar to USLLive.com last season and
will controlled by the US Soccer Federation. An announcement is
expected next week as the USSF is currently working to finalize a media
partner and to secure advertisers to help offset cost.
There will be no national TV contract for the league this season. While the
NASL is actively pursuing possible deals for 2011, TV coverage will be
limited to local contracts that individual clubs are able to secure. As
of today, Rochester, Tampa Bay, Montreal and Vancouver all have local
broadcast contracts in place. St. Louis and Minnesota are said to be
close to deals, with the picture a little less clear for Carolina and
Miami. Part of the TV deals will allow visiting teams to utilize the
home team's local TV feed for broadcast back in their home market. For
example, if Rochester travels to Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay TV broadcast
will be available for airing in Rochester.
Finally, the full NASL.com website will launch the week of April 10th, the same week the
season begins. The site will feature original articles and content,
rosters, player bios, and audio/video content. The plan is to cover not
only the league but soccer new from around the globe as well.
USSF Division 2 will be using the Nike Total 90 Ascente balls. This is the
same ball that is used in the English Premier League except with a
different color scheme.
was kind enough to spend a few minutes with us today to discuss
developments concerning online streaming, TV broadcast and the NASL
website.
Good news for fans of 2nd Division soccer in the United States. Every USSD2 match will be available via online stream
for free. The system will be similar to USLLive.com last season and
will controlled by the US Soccer Federation. An announcement is
expected next week as the USSF is currently working to finalize a media
partner and to secure advertisers to help offset cost.
There will be no national TV contract for the league this season. While the
NASL is actively pursuing possible deals for 2011, TV coverage will be
limited to local contracts that individual clubs are able to secure. As
of today, Rochester, Tampa Bay, Montreal and Vancouver all have local
broadcast contracts in place. St. Louis and Minnesota are said to be
close to deals, with the picture a little less clear for Carolina and
Miami. Part of the TV deals will allow visiting teams to utilize the
home team's local TV feed for broadcast back in their home market. For
example, if Rochester travels to Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay TV broadcast
will be available for airing in Rochester.
Finally, the full NASL.com website will launch the week of April 10th, the same week the
season begins. The site will feature original articles and content,
rosters, player bios, and audio/video content. The plan is to cover not
only the league but soccer new from around the globe as well.
USSF Division 2 will be using the Nike Total 90 Ascente balls. This is the
same ball that is used in the English Premier League except with a
different color scheme.
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Comment by Whitestar Warriors on March 29, 2010 at 10:02pm
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Comment by Charles Cole on March 28, 2010 at 11:06pm -
lol nm, I see it is on the fc tampa site. I have reading comprehension skills, I swear.
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Comment by Charles Cole on March 28, 2010 at 11:05pm
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can you provide a link for those quotes?
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Comment by Paul Peluso on March 28, 2010 at 7:36pm -
Yeah, I had to go through the "attacked" Web site. I wanted to post a link, but don't want anyone to risk getting a virus. Hopefully they have it fixed soon. It is cool they gave us a "shout out" though.
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Comment by Whitestar Warriors on March 28, 2010 at 6:45pm
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While Ralph’s Mob cheerily sing their songs from the stands, and as Dalglish continues to flush out his system with the squad, the Rowdies continue to improve. “If he [Dalglish] had been teaching us all this since we were twelve, maybe we would all be in Europe,” said King. Well it’s a good thing for Tampa then that Dalglish has only had four weeks with the team, because great things are coming as the team builds towards the start of their inaugural season.
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Comment by Whitestar Warriors on March 28, 2010 at 6:45pm
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Did anyone see this;
Spurred onward by the passionate singing of Ralph’s Mob, FC Tampa Bay Rowdies cruised to a convincing 3-0 victory over the University of Central Florida on Friday night.
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Comment by Paul Peluso on March 28, 2010 at 8:44am
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Thanks for posting this, Erik. All of this is very good news. I'm excited to see what it all looks like!
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Comment by Whitestar Warriors on March 27, 2010 at 10:52pm
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