[BuffloSoldier]

From NAS:

ABC "has passed on renewing its deal with U.S. Soccer, which expires at the end of this year." The current deal "is a pure time buy," and U.S. Soccer and its agency, IMG, "asked for a new contract that would include some sort of revenue sharing" (Andy Bernstein, SBJ, 7/29 issue)
-Sports Business Daily

Trying to find independent confirmation.

[Easybake15]

Ruh-roh

[SoFla Metro]

Interesting.

[Brownswan]

Imagine -- all National Team games on Univision or Fox Sport World -- or nowhere. This includes the women, too. They are part of the USSF as well last time I checked.

[BuffloSoldier]

Yes, keep in mind this is not MLS, nor the '06 World Cup, or the '03 Women's WC.

[monster]

Considering the men don't really have a meaningful game until the middle of next year, I see some posturing here from both sides.

[ThreeApples]

Originally posted by BuffloSoldier
Yes, keep in mind this is not MLS, nor the '06 World Cup, or the '03 Women's WC.

It's also not ESPN. It just affects the time-buys on ABC.

[The Cadaver]

Same story was reported on KSPN (Los Angeles outlet for ESPN radio) this morning. They did not give a source and might have just picked it up from journal mentioned above.

[Minnman]

Oh my. I guess there's always that deal with Telemundo to fall back on. Not that I get Telemundo, of course.

As negative as this sounds, I agree with those who think (or at least hope) that it's not the end of the story; after the strong ratings from the World Cup, this would be an unusual time ABC to cut its ties with US Soccer.

[Eric B]

Originally posted by Minnman
after the strong ratings from the World Cup, this would be an unusual time ABC to cut its ties with US Soccer.

I imagine the USSF deal will somehow get tied into the AEG/MLS/WC setup with Disney.

No need for alawm.