Top 20 US Cable Soccer programs since the restart (June 27, NWSL) | |||
Viewers (000) | Event/Game | Network | Date |
675 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PARIS / BAYERN | TUDN | 8/23/2020 |
668 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/TOTTENHAM | NBCSN | 7/12/2020 |
663 | LIGA MX SAT 2: AMERICA / GUADALAJARA | TUDN | 9/19/2020 |
557 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/TOTTENHAM | NBCSN | 7/19/2020 |
555 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: BURNLEY/LIVERPOOL | NBCSN | 7/11/2020 |
550 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/LIVERPOOL | NBCSN | 7/22/2020 |
494 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: WEST HAM/ARSENAL | NBCSN | 9/19/2020 |
464 | MLS REGULAR SEASON L: ORLANDO/MIAMI | ESPN | 7/8/2020 |
458 | LIGA MX SAT 2: AMERICA / TOLUCA | TUDN | 9/12/2020 |
428 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/BOURNEMOUTH | NBCSN | 7/12/2020 |
403 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | NBCSN | 7/12/2020 |
402 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SAT: CITY / LYONNAIS | TUDN | 8/15/2020 |
400 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SAT: BARCA VS NAPOLI | TUDN | 8/8/2020 |
392 | LIGA MX SAT | TUDN | 9/19/2020 |
387 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: SOUTHAMPTON/PALACE | NBCSN | 9/12/2020 |
387 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | NBCSN | 7/11/2020 |
378 | FA CUP SOCCER L: NORWICH CITY/MAN UNITED | ESPN | 6/27/2020 |
375 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/ASTON VILLA | NBCSN | 7/21/2020 |
367 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: MAN UNITED/ASTON VILLA | NBCSN | 7/9/2020 |
365 | MLS REGULAR SEASON: PORTLAND/ORLANDO | ESPN | 8/11/2020 |
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Crew on ABC, MLS Returns to ESPN
Dust off your hardhat and get ready to fire up your Sony Trinitron TV - the Columbus Crew are going to host a nationally televised game on ABC on November 1st, 2020. This will effectively be a send-off for Crew Stadium as the team moves into her new home next year.
MLS games on terrestrial television are a relatively rare thing. Usually, the only one fans get on ABC is the final, but even those stopped being regular there a decade ago. Only FOX, year in and year out, carry games. Even there, it's rare. Less than a handful each year.
MLS released the remainder of the league schedule yesterday. ESPN finally returns to host a couple of regular-season games for the first time since the summer bubble.
1 - ESPN Oct 11 Seattle / LAFC
2 - ABC Oct 25 LA's
3 - ESPN Oct 28 Portland LAG
4 - ABC Nov 1 Crew v Philly
Outside of the Disney family of networks, FOX will host one more (along with FS1 having just a couple). Univision and TSN also have a few. All in all, however, MLS has been largely absent from the national TV landscape. No reason has been given, but it's likely due to the log jam of NBA, MLB, and College Football games.
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Monday, September 21, 2020
Crew on Top
Columbus exits the 12th week of MLS play on top of MLS. First in Points per Game and 2nd only behind Seattle in Goal Difference per Game.
PPG | Club | GD |
2.25 | Columbus | 1.33 |
2.00 | Philadelphia | 0.83 |
1.91 | Seattle Sounders | 1.45 |
1.83 | Orlando City | 0.75 |
1.83 | Toronto FC | 0.50 |
1.73 | FC Dallas | 0.64 |
1.67 | Sporting KC | 0.42 |
1.50 | Minnesota | 0.33 |
1.50 | Portland | 0.08 |
1.42 | NYC FC | 0.08 |
1.36 | LA Galaxy | -0.09 |
1.33 | Montreal Impact | -0.17 |
1.33 | Colorado | 0.00 |
1.25 | New England | -0.08 |
1.25 | Vancouver | -0.58 |
1.25 | LAFC | -0.17 |
1.25 | Houston Dynamo | 0.08 |
1.17 | NY Red Bulls* | -0.42 |
1.17 | Real Salt Lake | -0.33 |
1.09 | Nashville* | -0.36 |
1.00 | Cincinnati*** | -0.75 |
0.92 | Inter Miami | -0.33 |
0.92 | Atlanta United* | -0.42 |
0.92 | D.C. United | -0.50 |
0.92 | San Jose* | -1.33 |
0.75 | Chicago** | -0.83 |
You have to go back about 11 seasons to find a Crew team performing this well after this many games. There is a caveat, however. 9 of the Crew's 12 games have been against pretty terrible teams.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
MLS Player Ratings, update
Here's a positional list of the top players according to my Helltown Player Rating System*. This system uses traditional stats ("box score") and mixes them with playing time and team position on the overall true table. Basically, if you are filling the box score and playing a lot on a good team? You'll do well here. This system was created to help me get to the better players fast without wasting my time endlessly sorting tables. It works!
Anyway, here we go. As of last night (September 18).
FORWARDS
Player Score | Player Name | (TEAM) |
10.00 | Gyasi Zardes | CLB |
9.82 | Raúl RuidÃaz | SEA |
9.25 | Kacper Przybyłko | PHI |
9.10 | Jordan Morris | SEA |
8.56 | Diego Rossi | LAF |
MIDFIELDERS
Player Score | Player Name | (TEAM) |
9.26 | Alejandro Pozuelo | TFC |
8.66 | Cristian Roldan | SEA |
8.25 | Darlington Nagbe | CLB |
8.25 | Brenden Aaronson | PHI |
8.24 | Alejandro Bedoya | PHI |
7.97 | Ján Greguš | MIN |
7.95 | Nicolás Lodeiro | SEA |
7.91 | Jamiro Monteiro | PHI |
7.87 | Artur | CLB |
7.64 | Sebastian Lletget | LAG |
DEFENDERS
Player Score | Player Name | (TEAM) |
8.83 | Jonathan Mensah | CLB |
8.29 | Kelvin Leerdam | SEA |
7.90 | Auro | TFC |
7.80 | Graham Zusi | SKC |
7.78 | Omar Gonzalez | TFC |
7.72 | Harrison Afful | CLB |
7.67 | Reto Ziegler | FCD |
7.59 | Ray Gaddis | PHI |
7.55 | Anton Tinnerholm | NYC |
7.44 | Mark McKenzie | PHI |
GOALKEEPERS
Player Score | Player Name | (TEAM) |
8.56 | Stefan Frei | SEA |
8.05 | Andre Blake | PHI |
7.72 | Pedro Gallese | ORL |
7.39 | Quentin Westberg | TFC |
7.22 | David Bingham | LAG |
*SINCE 2011, the oldest and longest-running player rating system in MLS
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