After about 48 hours without power, we are back up and running here (although many in the area may have another week without juice). We are way behind on our business news, but here are a couple of stories from the last couple of days. The George John transfer from FC Dallas to Blackburn fell [...]
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“The Monday After” will be pushed to tomorrow as the power is still being restored in my area after Tropical Storm Irene dumped 6-10″ of rain in the Greater Hartford area.
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We were going to devote this post to one of our semi-regular looks at stadium construction and development around Major League Soccer. However, with Hurricane Irene churning up the coast, it makes sense to put off the stadium discussion until next week. Games in New York and Philly have already been postponed and other games [...]
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Lots of smaller business stories worth noting from the last couple of days. We’ll start with an announcement from MLS and Neulion to increase the league’s mobil device reach. According to the press release, the league and Neulion announced the launch of MLS MatchDay Live on Panasonic Viera Connect TVs and Roku devices across North [...]
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Yesterday we discussed some of the great success enjoyed in year two of the revamped MLSSoccer.com. Page views are up and the site has become a hub for soccer news seeking web surfers. Today, the site launched a great project chronicling North American Soccer. Check here for a link. We thought it worth taking a [...]
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MLS fans curious to see how the league’s new deal with the Peacock would increase the visibility of the league got a glimpse of NBC’s promotional power during the recent Sunday Night Football broadcast. The 20 second spot ran during the Cowboys/Chargers game and teased fans with the upcoming 2012 NBC MLS broadcasts. To see [...]
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Another busy week/weekend in American soccer. Before we get to the attendance picture, here are a couple of other business notes from the last few days. We’ll start in the world of television, where Fox Soccer Plus has announced a free preview from August 22 to August 28. The week long preview will include matches [...]
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Time for a quick look at some business items around MLS and US Soccer. We’ll start in Vancouver, where the Whitecaps have set their season ticket prices for year two. According the Vancouver Sun, season tickets at BC Place will increase by 1-3% in year two of the team’s Major League Soccer tournament. The lowest [...]
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Over the years we have learned that are readers are savvy consumers of soccer media who use multiple sources to check soccer news, keep in touch with other fans and follow trends in the beautiful game. Because a large part of what we cover is the soccer media, we thought it was time for the [...]
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During an afternoon conference call with the media on Tuesday, Major League Soccer’s Vice President of Competition and Player Relations announced a significant change to the league’s Designated Player rule. The call was attended by various print, online and broadcast media outlets and was hosted by Dan Courtemanche, the league’s Senior Vice President of Marketing [...]
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