snake Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 not bad lately.foxsports world has a boatload of coverage but TLA is showing some quality serie a and champions league,euro qualifying.great time to have tier one cable for soccer fans in canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulV Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Nothing short of amazing when you think about what it was like 10 or 20 years ago. Add to that the coverage that's available on the Internet. You really had to work to follow the game in the old days, especially if you weren't lucky enough to have an NASL or CSL team in your city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedved9 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I can not agree any more. 20 years ago the only soccer coverage there was.Was on the Channnel 11 in Hamilton I was able to watch The second half of serie a soccer match on Sunday mornings. and on CFMT in Toronto I was able to watch The Champions league final. and that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbin Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by nedved9 I can not agree any more. 20 years ago the only soccer coverage there was.Was on the Channnel 11 in Hamilton I was able to watch The second half of serie a soccer match on Sunday mornings. and on CFMT in Toronto I was able to watch The Champions league final. and that was it. When did they start with the EPL roundup? Soccer Saturday I think? I used to watch that when I returned from the weekly pub crawl as an undergrad in the early 90s... I thought it had been around for a while before that... But then TSN isn't much more than 20 years old, I think. Allez les Rouges, M@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted November 8, 2003 Author Share Posted November 8, 2003 if you ever get a chance check out italian soccer fanatics on tln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 and tv5 , is showing Le Championat to-day, Nantes vs PSG , 4pm AST, I'm assuming as tv5 is from France it's widely available across the Country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Well it's only fair as TLN doesn't seem to be available in Moncton:( unless it's on digital or satellite?.Rogers charges enough for regular cable, so not for me. We poor Maritimers would have to get another transfer payment for that!!www.tv5.ca the more I look maybe only available in Quebec and New/Nouveau Brunswick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Check again. I think that TV5, France Overseas, is available (due to CRTC policy) on basic cable throughout most of Canada, because of lack of franco alternatives. At Edmonton it's on channel 86, TLN on 88. You may want to fool around with the channel changer and the channel button on the TV, because often funny things happen (ie: some channels inadvertently get skipped). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I just finished watching the CIS women final between UBC and Ottawa, all broadcasted by Sportsnet. Boy! we've come a long way for Sportsnet to show this game. It was an entertaining game with lots of goals. Must have been cold out there, gave me the chills just watching it. Too bad all the football lines, it was distracting. Gerry and Helen were the color commentators and again I did not like Helen's. Too much commentary of what the players should have done or should not have done. It is annoying to me after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 helen sucks. gerry is improving, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimglow Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 I love Helen. I want to marry her. Hopefully she reads this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Yank Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Where I live we got tons of soccer. Fox Sports World is on regular cable. Gol TV is on free tv. I have 9 Spanish channels, including Fox Sports World Espanol. I live 20 miles from Mexcio though. Soccer is huge down here. Every time I go out I see people wearing jerseys of various teams. Even the occasional MLS jersey. We probably get more soccer down here than they do in Europe. If this area could get better organized I think you'd see some of the best US players coming out of the Rio Grande Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 International (or foreign) soccer coverage in Canada is pretty good. However, if we do not get any of the 7 Canadian mens matches (or more if the U20 team gets past the first round) that is coming up this month (2 major senior friendlies, 2 Olympic qualifiers - including one held in Canada, and 3 first-round U20 matches) then one can only conclude that coverage of Canadian mens soccer in Canada sucks. With four all-sports channels, plus the CBC, you wouldn't think this was possible, but so far it looks to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Isn't that a sad truth. We don't get any radio coverage either. For instance how much will it cost to have radio coverage (audio) from El Salvador game on the 15th. It seems that El Salvador is sending a radio commentator to broadcast their game when they go to Kelowna on the 19th. Obviously El Salvador must be a richer country eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mimglow I love Helen. I want to marry her. Hopefully she reads this. Lots more visuals of Helen, less talking. In fact, they could have a little caption box in the corner just showing her, but muting her mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Crazy_Yank Where I live we got tons of soccer. .... With all that coverage, I hope you were able to see the Earthquakes / Galaxy game Sunday. Lots of people are saying it was the best MLS game ever. All we got were highlights on FSWC the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimglow Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Andrew W Lots more visuals of Helen, less talking. In fact, they could have a little caption box in the corner just showing her, but muting her mike. I second that motion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Massive Attack I've watched this show, and no offence to the three guys on the show, but I know more about Italian soccer than the three of them combined. I've tried watching the show for more than 5 minutes at a time, but couldn't. These guys are annoying.I completely agree! I watched about 10 minutes of the first episode and never went back. I was hoping it would be a good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Yank Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Ed With all that coverage, I hope you were able to see the Earthquakes / Galaxy game Sunday. Lots of people are saying it was the best MLS game ever. All we got were highlights on FSWC the next day. Yeah, we got that game. Quite a few Mexicans have adopted the Galaxy as their MLS side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Crazy_Yank Where I live we got tons of soccer. Fox Sports World is on regular cable. Gol TV is on free tv. I have 9 Spanish channels, including Fox Sports World Espanol. I live 20 miles from Mexcio though. Soccer is huge down here. Every time I go out I see people wearing jerseys of various teams. Even the occasional MLS jersey. We probably get more soccer down here than they do in Europe. If this area could get better organized I think you'd see some of the best US players coming out of the Rio Grande Valley. Except most of them wouldn't be eligible to play for the U.S. national team anyway cuz they're illegal immigrants, no? j/k ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewsome Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I agree that we seem to be getting a lot of coverage of Europe & South American Leagues & Champions League. I miss the Scottish Premiership on FoxSports (Damn Setanta!) and I can only hope that we'll start seeing greater CANADIAN CONTENT down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimglow Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 One thing that was very interesting to see this summer was the footie revival in Montreal, and how RDS (Francophone branch of TSN) picked up many home games. It will be interesting to see if RDS decides to broadcast more games this year. Could lead to other networks (Sportsnet?) picking up regional games for the other Canadian teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Soccer coverage is decent over here now, but I wouldn't say the sport is getting any more popular yet. I mean, we've gone from having 12 TV channels to some 80 channels over the last 20 years so there's much more of EVERYTHING! For instance last night Sportsnet showed some NBA game involving 2 teams from Texas! So apparently there are many sheep ... err .. I mean, PEOPLE who will watch anything whether they care about it or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Soccer coverage is decent over here now, but I wouldn't say the sport is getting any more popular yet. I mean, we've gone from having 12 TV channels to some 80 channels over the last 20 years so there's much more of EVERYTHING! For instance last night Sportsnet showed some NBA game involving 2 teams from Texas! So apparently there are many sheep ... err .. I mean, PEOPLE who will watch anything whether they care about it or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbury Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Yes, I often think back to just a few years ago, when there was only the odd champions league game on TSN, which was the only sports venue that could not aim its cameras over the boards of the hockey arena. Life is good. My weekends are submerged with more soccer than I can handle. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Just this week, I've watch the Canadian universities men's final and the Ireland/ Canada game. This may be a bit unusual to have so much Canadian content on the screen but I am very happy. It feels, though this may change next week, that Canadian soccer is stepping up and being noticed IN CANADA. Another thing I've enjoyed are the FA cup early rounds featuring such teams as Wrexham and Yeovil. It really helps me understand what is behind such comps as the FA Cup where a minnow can live the golden moment of giant killing. Next project: some sort of regular live soccer (aside from my own team and our twice weekly outings). Project after that: a Canadian professional league with a team in Halifax. I'm not asking for too much am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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