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Founded in 1913, U.S. Soccer is one of the world’s first organizations to be affiliated with FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, soccer’s world governing body. U.S. Soccer has continued to grow in the 90-plus years since, and now has the largest membership among U.S. Olympic Committee national governing bodies.
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As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States, U.S. Soccer has helped chart the course for the sport in the USA for close to 95 years. Based in Chicago, the Federation's mission statement has been very simple and very clear: to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels. To that end, the sport's growth in the past two decades has been nothing short of remarkable. From player and facility development to hosting World Cups, U.S. Soccer has helped to build a platform on which the future of the sport has never been more secure. For more information, please visit ussoccer.com.
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U.S. Soccer will leverage the ability of Limelight's Windows Media Streaming service to let viewers flexibly tune in to their programming via the expanding universe of broadband Internet-connected devices, including PCs, handheld devices, and IPTV set-top boxes. An important benefit of the Limelight platform is the insight its LUX reporting facility provides U.S. Soccer for measuring and maximizing the effectiveness of its Web content.
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In the United States, Setanta Sports is a 24-hour, digital pay TV network dedicated to European and international soccer and world-class rugby. It launched in the U.S. on April 26, 2005. Setanta Sports worldwide is a leading, international pay television broadcaster and the number two sports broadcaster in the United Kingdom. It provides top sports leagues and events to more than 60 million digital television homes globally and to commercial venues in six countries. Setanta Sports North America is owned by Dublin-based Setanta Sports, which operates pay television networks in the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe, North America, and Australia. The company's U.S. operations are based in San Francisco.
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TEMPE, Ariz., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Limelight Networks, a leading content delivery network for digital media, today announced it has been selected as the exclusive provider of media streaming services for the U.S. Soccer Federation. U.S. Soccer, the governing body of soccer in the United States, will leverage Limelight's Live Windows Media Streaming service to provide global delivery of a wide range of video content -- including select matches of the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams, and U.S. Soccer's 11 Youth National Teams, as well as other informative and entertaining soccer-related content such as live pre- and post-game coverage, press conferences and breaking news.
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CHICAGO (March 3, 2008) -- The U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team’s road through 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel, the tournament’s exclusive English-language provider. Fox Soccer Channel will show a total of seven qualifying matches, including all three of the USA’s first-round matches, semifinals, third-place and championship match.
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