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Well, I won't be watching U.S. because I don't pay for TV.

Posted by Porka (aka redmond) Jun 22 '14, 13:58

Wanting the sport to get popular and moving the main draw for Americans to a pay television site doesn't make sense.

Go U.S. I guess I will just read about it.

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Deadspin has an article about how/where you can stream it live. CBC.ca also has it iirc -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 14:37
I am surprised they moved the American game to ESPN and the two previous matches were on ABC -- nm - amoxy Jun 22, 14:37
I think like movies, a lot of things care less and less about the US market any way. -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 14:21 3
- Attracting Joe Six Pack's eyeball does not seem to be a concern. No cheerleaders. No glossy clips to get Mrs. Six Pack interested -- nm - con_carne Jun 22, 14:29
- But not ths one. - Spawn Jun 22, 14:24
- maybe. but really espn isn't necessarily interested in making the sport more popular, they just want to have content that people want to watch....nm - x Jun 22, 14:24
hoping i can stream it via espn3 online -- nm - Truman Jun 22, 14:07 1
- You can if you can authenticate your cable provider. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 22, 14:08
I'm gonna go to the gym in about an hour. Watch the game there. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 22, 14:07
Go outside, anywhere. Literally, anywhere. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 22, 14:06
The venn diagram of people who have television but don't have ESPN is fantastically miniscule. -- nm - Tim, the forgotten STer Jun 22, 14:02 2
- You mean people that *pay* for tv. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 14:03 1
  - well, right. I have *a* television but I don't have television. - Tim, the forgotten STer Jun 22, 14:04
There are restaurants in your area that have televisions in them. -- nm - David Jun 22, 13:59 10
- I guess my point was this. I have mild interest in watching it so the fact I have to work to watch it will get me not to watch it. - Porka Jun 22, 14:14 9
  - If they want me to watch the World Cup they would play it in the USA! -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 14:15 2
    - If they wanted me to watch the World Cup it wouldn't involve soccer - TWuG Jun 22, 14:17 1
      - At least add a couple of land mines to each game. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 14:19
  - yeah, thats what boggles my mind. we put two other games on abc today, but then we put the biggest match of the day on espn so abc can debut, what - Truman Jun 22, 14:15 2
    - Well, next time Fox is airing it, so we will see how that goes. -- nm - Spawn Jun 22, 14:16 1
      - They will give the soccer players guns -- nm - Porka Jun 22, 14:16
  - Dude, I am right here -- nm - Univision Jun 22, 14:15 2
    - And you get better ratings than NBC -- nm - Dano Jun 22, 14:27
    - heh...nm - x Jun 22, 14:23

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