The Major League Soccer 2011 season got started on Tuesday night with a nationally broadcast match carried by ESPN. Fans of all sports are frequently critical of the television presentation of sports events and soccer fans are no different. Anger is directed at announcers, camera angles, crowd sounds, commercial intrusion and more. We thought it [...]
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Typically, we do a complete business blog of big soccer broadcasts, but because of some unforseen issues last night, that didn’t happen. Here are some quick thoughts on the telecast: 1. VW, AT&T, NAPA, Go Daddy and Continental were among the featured national advertisers. 2. New sponsor Allstate was very evident on the in stadium [...]
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The Portland Timbers became the latest MLS franchise to announce a stadium rights partnership when the team revealed that Oregon based Jeld-Wen, Inc. will having naming rights to the newly renovated facility in Portland. The facility will now be known as JELD-WEN field. In addition to naming the park, the company will also be the [...]
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Time for our last Monday After of the preseason. We’ll start with the Friday afternoon media conference call conducted by Don Garber. The conference touched on a wide range of business topics, including expansion, tv ratings and stadium construction. The Commissioner acknowledge that the league’s television ratings need to increase (he put this on the [...]
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On the eve of its inaugural MLS match, the Whitecaps are making news in another league. According to reports, the Whitecaps are seeking to become the first MLS match to enter a team into WPS. Vancouver already has a women’s soccer franchise that plays in the W-league. WPS and MLS have operated separately since the [...]
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Major League Soccer announced an update to its MLS MatchDay 2011 App which adds support for iPad. According to the league press release, the update also adds new features such as live games and support for Apple’s AirPlay and iOS 4.3. “MLS MatchDay allows fans to follow the League and its 18 Clubs at home [...]
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In what Sports Business Daily termed “one of the most surprising deals of the year, Livestrong has been announced as the naming rights sponsor for Sporting Kansas City’s new stadium set to open this Spring. The facility will now be know as Livestrong Sporting Park. Remarkably, the deal will cost Livestrong nothing, and will tie [...]
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A foot and a half of water in the basement means no new content today. However, here is a favorite from 2009, when Steve Goff, Ives Galarcep and Jason Davis provided some great insight into covering soccer online. While some of the answers (especially about ads) may have changed, they do provide some great info. [...]
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Time for our Monday wrap of the weekend that was. This is where we hit on some business points from Friday, Saturday and Sunday that we passed over the last couple of days. We’ll start in Seattle where “legendary Sounders forward Steve Zakuani” who is a prominent voice in a spot for the local electronic [...]
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On a day when San Jose finally started its demolition project, we thought we would take a quick look at the status of stadium construction around MLS. Before we get to MLS notes, a quick not about MLS expansion candidate Atlanta. The Falcons are moving towards a new outdoor stadium in close promixty to the [...]
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