Just a couple of quick hits today. In Chicago, the Fire announced Comcast SportsNet Chicago as their official television broadcast partner for 2010 and Univision Radio as its official radio partner. All locally broadcast television games will be in HD. The arrangement includes a pre-game and post-game show. There will also be English language and [...]
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On Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Rapids will host their second game of the new season at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. In advance of that match, we caught up with Rapids Senior Director of Marketing and Entertainment Kieran Cain to talk about the Rapids’ marketing efforts, tickets sales and more. Mr. Cain is a 13 year [...]
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As progress continues on their new stadim, the Wizards offered an interesting opportunity to season ticket holders prior to Saturday’s home game. Season ticket holders were invited to sign a steel beam part that was to be part of the new building. According to Wizards President Robb Heineman, “Construction on the stadium is moving [...]
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Saturday was the biggest day in Major League Soccer history with 16 teams involved in 8 games for the first time. The weather around the country was fairly good ensuring sizable crowds in most venues. There were only two nationally televised games (ESPN did not have a game this week) making for a busy (and [...]
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In yet another change in roster rules, MLS announced this evening that it would be increasing team rosters to 26 as part of its initiative in incentivize teams to develop and retain home grown players. These players will be signed to Generation Adidas contracts meeting that their salaries will not count against the salary cap. [...]
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In an ESPN.com article about UCONN star Maya Moore, LZ Granderson provides some interesting detail about salaries in the WNBA. Because fans often look at the WNBA for purposes of comparing MLS TV and attendance, we thought the salary numbers would also provide an interesting point of analysis. Here is the passage from Granderson’s article: [...]
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The Union announced the final details of its television package, enlisting ESPN color commentator and former MLS midfielder Kyle Martino as its color commentator. Martino will man the booth alongside longtime soccer voice JP Dellacamera. Martino does a solid job and this pairing should give the Union one of the top broadcast booths in the [...]
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We are now just days away from the Philadelphia Union’s home opener, so we thought it a good time to revisit our interview with Philadelphia Union Marketing VP Cara Joftis. With a new stadium on the way and an excited base of fans, Philly is set to become American soccer’s latest success story. As we [...]
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Light docket in MLS this weekend with only 5 games Th-Sa. Before we get to those matches, a couple of other quick business points. First, we gave MatchDay live another chance, but couldn’t see any games in real time. The only non-nationally televised game was the Revs/United match which was blacked out in the Hartford [...]
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Without question, the big soccer business news of the day was the announcement that MLS was drastically revising its Designated Player rule. Each team is now entitled to retain the services of 2 Designated Players and is afford the opportunity to purchase the right to a third DP spot by paying $250,000 into the league’s [...]
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