The big story in American soccer is the return of David Beckham to MLS and the Galaxy lineup. As we have on a number of prior occassions, we thought we would blog about the business of the TV coverage of an important American soccer game. As is typical, FSC started with a 30 minute pre-game. [...]
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Yesterday we posted the following: There are a couple of interesting TV notes surrounding US soccer this week. The most significant is the announcement that the English rights to the USA/Mexico World Cup qualifier belong to……Telemundo. According to Mr. Goff, Telemundo will show the game in Spanish on its main channel and in English on [...]
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There are a couple of interesting TV notes surrounding US soccer this week. The most significant is the announcement that the English rights to the USA/Mexico World Cup qualifier belong to……Telemundo. According to Mr. Goff, Telemundo will show the game in Spanish on its main channel and in English on “mun2″ a station available in [...]
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As we do every few weeks, it is time again to take a look around MLS for ticket offers and bargains. The Columbus Crew are offering the “July Mini Ball Pack“. Starting at $19 per ticket, the package includes a mini-ball per ticket. The package requires the purchase of 4 tickets and 4 balls. Not [...]
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I made the trip up to Foxboro this weekend for the Gold Cup Tripleheader. It was a night of perfect weather, a great US/Hati match and a stinker of an MLS game. I made the trip with a buddy with whom I played soccer in college. While I have immersed myself in MLS and US [...]
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A while back we wrote about the “war of words” between the New York Yankees and MLS Commissioner Don Garber. MLS-Daily has taken the baseball/soccer attendance analysis to a new level with a clever look at year over year attendance between MLB and MLS. The comparison is instructive because it shows the challenges of drawing [...]
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The transfer season is upon us and players are flying around the globe to and from MLS. However, the most notable American transfer to date is the recently announced move of Oguchi Onyewu to world power AC Milan. While this is big news for American soccer fans, this may also be big business for [...]
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Based on some requests that we have received, we thought we would dig a bit deeper into the recently filed civil allegations against Nate Jaqua of the Seattle Sounders. The primary cause of action against Jaqua sounds in “battery”. Under Oregon law, a battery is simply described as a “voluntary act that is intended to [...]
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For the second time since the season started, a Seattle Sounders forward has had his name linked with sexual assault allegations. The first instance involved Freddy Montero, and those charges were quickly dropped. Over the weekend, a civil complaint was filed against Montero’s strike partner, Nate Jaqua. The claim primarily sounds in battery, but includes [...]
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Independence Day has long been a big event for Major League Soccer, with certain markets becoming part of the 4th of July scene in their respective cities. We thought we would take a look at these events for 2009. We start in Colorado, where the Rapids will host their 14th annual 4th of July game. [...]
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