The Cascadia rivalry gets most of the attention in MLS, but Dallas and Houston are doing their best to promote the matches between the two teams. The Dynamo recently purchased a billboard mocking Dallas’ lack of championships and prominently showcasing the two Dynamo trophies. Houston is not the first MLS franchise to purchase an ad [...]
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On Wednesday, the Red Bulls visited Montreal for a friendly against the Impact. Because I was in town last week, I took the opportunity to review coverage of the match and MLS surrounding the game. French language television and newspapers provided a fair amount of air time and ink to the game. Prior to the [...]
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Once again, we are fortunate to have a guest post from Dave Laidig. Dave is a contracts attorney for a large corporation who occasionally submits posts about soccer. He resides in Minnesota, which is not an MLS market. And he may be a little bitter about that. Thanks to Dave for some great thoughts and [...]
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Some quick business hitters from around the league. We’ll start with the announcement that the 2011 MLS Cup will be held at the Home Depot Center for the first time since 2008. Los Angeles is a favored location for the championship game because of the allure of the City, the importance of the AEG owned [...]
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For sports fans, May is a great time of year. Baseball is in full swing, the NBA playoffs are slowly moving forward, the MLS season is shaking out and the Stanley Cup Playoffs are bringing night after night of heart stopping excitement. A bit of a personal statement here; I am not a hockey fan. [...]
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Time for our weekly Monday wrap on the weekend that was. Before we get to attendance at ratings, we recommend that all readers of this site take the time to look at the annual release of MLS player salaries. The list is put out by the MLS Players Union and always includes a few surprises [...]
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Earlier this week we discussed the ongoing efforts at the MLS ticket sales center. Today we would take our semi-regular look at ticket promotions around the league. We’ll start in Columbus, where the Crew are offering a contest promotion in conjunction with car rental giant Thrifty. Thrifty is the official airport parking partner of the [...]
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From the Footiebusiness vault, we offer the 2009 guest commentary of Craig Codlin, a 38 year old corporate attorney and lifelong soccer fan living in Seattle. Now a Sounders season ticket holder, Craig previously lived in New York City and endured multiple losing MetroStars seasons. He is a fan of all things MLS and today [...]
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The Sports Business Journal is reporting that the recently opened MLS National Sales Center is expanding its offerings after a successful first year of operation. Major League Soccer announced the formation of the MLS National Sales Center to assist MLS teams with ticket sales and staffing last May. The Center was slated to offer a [...]
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Over the last couple of weeks, we posted our Q&A with Timbers VP of Marketing Cory Dolich our interview with Revs COO Brian Bilello and our chat with FC Dallas Director of Marketing and Digital Media Justin McCord. Today we are lucky to have an interview with Emigdio Gamboa, the Fire’s VP in charge of [...]
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