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After a particularly horrible game on grass for Brady (where he almost got killed multiple times due to the poor surface in the rain) back in 2006 the Krafts panicked and had the field ripped up and replaced with Field Turf in the middle of the NFL season. It was upgraded to better field turf in...

Jesus this MLS season won't quit with the season ending injuries. 1 of only 3 decent Revs players, Marko Perovic will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee today.

? I don't understand. Foxboro has field turf. They are laying grass over the field turf for a few games (same in Seattle)

Interesting tweet. I have not heard any rumors. Could this be retirement???? Fox Soccer will have world-exclusive news on Brad Friedel's future LIVE at 10 PM ET tonight on the Fox Soccer Report.

There will be grass at Foxboro Saturday for the Spain game.

Grant Wahl did a very very nice job in this article explaining why the US did not take a position in this quagmire and stand with England and 16 other countries in the call to delay the vote. Great bits on the huge favor Blatter already did once for the US. I almost wish he did not write this...

Marcus Hahnemann is leaving Wolves. The rumor is that he is taking to Seattle which makes some sense with Keller riding off into the sunset after this season. Ironic that in all of Marcus's time in England, that he will play to his largest home crowds if he does play in Seattle.

For any one who enjoys the business side of the game, a Big Soccer nerd took a very nice swag at the finances behind all of the friendlies this summer and what the end result could mean for SUM. Obviously many of these are just estimates but it is still a pretty nice job...

And for those that did not read the entire ratings article, this is by far the most important item. This trait is also seen in MLS demographics of their telecasts. The 18-34 demo has traditionally being a wonderful leading indicator for a sports growth. "Soccer continues to draw an...

up until last nights game, the NHL highest playoff number (which was in prime time) was 2.55 million viewers. Last night did a pretty big number from what I heard. Largest game 1 overnight rating in 12 years.NASCAR has been running numbers between ~6-10 million viewers per race this season...

This is fantastic. 4.2 million viewers is a great number. That may be the highest number of viewers ever for a club match. ===================== 2011 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL DELIVERS FOR FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP FC Barcelona-Manchester United Match on FOX Sports & FOX Deportes Dwarfs...

That's great! I took my nephew when he was a little older than that to a WCQ in Foxboro and we sat with Sam's Army. He still talks about till this day :)

In Blatter's first move after the election, he has proposed that the choosing of the WC sites will no longer rest with the executive committee and will go back to being chosen by the FIFA Congress. The proposal was approved by the 208 members. All that needs to be done is a simple rubber...

Ives predicts a 4-5-1 against Spain Probably because this worked so well against Argie in the first half ;)

Yes, ESPN at 4:30pm eastern.