So anyone know if the LA Beckhams-Chelsea game will be on TV here? ESPN is going all out on the presentation. 20+ cameras, HD, the works! I would really hope TSN (or anybody else) picks this game up. I dont even care too much about Beckham so much as I'd love to see a game between Chelsea and an MLS side.
It might. It will be their first time playing together in a few months so I think it iwll be closer than most expect. When Celtic came to the US last year and were facing DC and the Revs they looked horrible, but of course they bounced back and dominated the SPL again.
Comparing Celtic to Chelsea is a HUGE stretch. If chelsea doesn't embarrass LA then they are holding back big time which I would expect. Chelsea won't win the game by more than 2 goals to be polite, might even give LA a tie. The thing is if this game meant anything to Chelsea the scoreline would be ugly.
Not that much of a stretch, especially when you consider Celtic's record in the Champions League. They lost a thriller to Man Utd on a dubious PK, beat Man Utd at home, beat a strong Benfica side 3-0, drew with winners Milan at home, and lost to Milan in extra time at San siro 1-0 even though Celtic had some strong claims for penalties in the first half. And I really am writing this form an unbiased perspective, go ahead and look at the match reports. Now I'm not naive enough to say Celtic is the same quality as Chavski, but my main point was that big teams often struggle in the preaseason, especially when its your first match playing together. They lost to the MLS All-Stars last year keep in mind.
Not necessarily. TSN are not ESPN's affiliate in Canada. Sportsnet and The Score can show ESPN programming if they want (for example Sunday Night Baseball on Sportsnet)
Or here: http://www.channelsurfing.net/ . That's what my deleted post was about. I jumped the gun there.
Wow am I ignorant. I always assumed that Canadians picked up all American programming...NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, CNN, etc. Obviously I realized that you had your own networks but I thought that your cable/satellite providers would also provide US channels. Any reason why they don't?
Blame the CRTC and their s**tty CanCon regulations for that. For those who don't know, the CRTC is our answer to the FCC.
Um ESPN is the biggest joke of a network I can't stand it. Be glad you don't have to sit through that crap. I watch it because it's a necessary evil and there's no good alternatives but it honestly has gone way downhill the past few years. If you rant to read my rants on the network go to the Arsenal board.
TSN is just as bad. All TSN talks about is hockey. Even now in July with the biggest single sport event happening in Canada, the biggest stories are allways hockey. TSN will spend half the telecast talking hockey, then show a couple baseball highlights and some CFL highlights and completely ignore the u-20 tourney.
ESPN is a part owner of TSN, so perhaps affiliate is not exactly a correct word. After ESPN bought into TSN, TSN changed their news report show to have the same name as the ESPN's (Sportscenter - though, do we use the Canadian spelling up here [Sportscentre?] I've never paid attention). It's also why we get "The Sports Reporters" (from the ESPN Zone in NY) on Saturday mornings followed immediately by "The Sports Reporters with Dave Hodge" (the Canadian version of the same show). Those are just a few examples. TSN is heavily influenced by ESPN. From Wikipedia: Cheers!
No way! TSN renamed their show 'The Sports Reporters', but TSN stole the Sunday morning, mature sports talk show from TSN. For years it was Sportsdesk Extra with Dave Hodge, then TSN Sunday Morning (or something like that), then named after the ESPN show that copied the format. At least thats my understanding, I dont really know. And as bad as ESPN is, and i've watched it while in the US and I wasnt impressed, it would still be great to get their coverage of MLS games at least.
Our sports channel choices in Canada (unless you get digital) are: TSN - hockey & car racing The Score - hockey & wrestling SportsNet - hockey, blue jays baseball & poker The channel that probably shows the most soccer is TLN. Outside of the TFC games and Saturday morning EPL games there's not much. TSN shows the occasional UEFA Champions League game, but that's about it.
To be fair Sportsnet show quite a bit of soccer. They have many TFC matches, most Canada matches, and EPL matches.
For those interested, the LA Galaxy-Chelsea game can be seen online here: http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-mls.html
AtlanticTFC fan I just want to thank you alot for this and the all star game. I was really intrested in watching the all star game and the LA-Chelsea game and now I can. Great work on finding the streams.