Multiple sources are announcing that La Liga powerhouse Valencia will be the latest European club team to travel the United States to play MLS teams during the Summer. While lacking some of the cache of Real Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia is a quality side that will draw significant interest from fans in Philly and potentially [...]
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This weekend marks the opening of Red Bull Arena, as New York takes on Brazilian side Santos in a pre-season match-up. The sell-out will be broadcast on both MSG and FSC. The planed “soft” opening last weekend was canceled because of the terrible weather in the NY Metro area. FSC will also broadcast its annual [...]
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MLS is getting set to unveil its new website at www.MLSsoccer.com. According to the Sports Business Journal, “the new site is the centerpiece of a retooled digital strategy that brings the league’s Internet rights and management in-house.” Previously, the MLS website was maintained as part of a deal with MLB Advanced Media. Now all teams [...]
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Before we get down to business, we just wanted to let you know that Footiebusiness is on Twitter as….Footiebusiness! After more than a year of covering the business of American soccer, we thought it was time to make the full leap to twitter. We hope you will follow us. If you are on Twitter, drop [...]
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The big business news in the world of American soccer is the announcement by the Players’ Union that they have authorized a strike. Reports indicate that the Union is planning to strike on the eve of “First Kick” if a new deal isn’t reached. This provides the sides with a two week window to finalize [...]
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Back in January, we discussed MLS’ efforts to mesaure the value of its televsion exposure through various local and national broadcasts. Through the website criticalmention.com, MLS tries to alert media to the “value” of its presence on various television programs. Since a couple of months have passed since we last checked in on this metric, [...]
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Tuesday night marked the opening of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal version for the 2009/2010 season. What was once 24 teams is now 8, as the top regional sides competing for the right to represent CONCACAF in the Club World Cup. This is the second season for the competition in its current iteration. The play-in [...]
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At the end of last week it was announced that the MLS Players’ Union and MLS had submitted their ongoing CBA negotiations to mediation before George H. Cohen, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The announcement left fans scrambling as they wondered about the ramifications of mediation and the possibility of a [...]
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On a day of international friendlies for teams preparing for the World Cup, probably no team performed before more fans than Mexico in its victory over New Zealand. The performance was remarkable, not for the result, but because it is a remarkable circumstance where a national team playing at a neutral site against an unremarkable [...]
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