Hard to believe the second week of league action is already here, but the weekend provides another round of home openers and thrilling story lines. None is bigger than the first ever home game for the MLS franchise in Montreal. The Impact open the home portion of their schedule on Saturday afternoon with an anticipated […]
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Just a few quick hits from around the soccer business landscape. We’ll start with David Beckham, who is nearing the end of his Galaxy contract while continuing to play at a high level. ESPN.com is reporting (via the Associated Press), that Becks “personal income” from sponsor ship deals rose 30% last year. Revenue for the […]
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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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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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The big story in MLS is the arrival of Montreal as the league’s 19th franchise. Although the announcement is scheduled for Friday afternoon, multiple sources are reporting the news. The Impact are scheduled to start play in 2012 and will join Toronto and Vancouver as Canadian franchises. Long rumored, the move to Montreal immediately […]
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Busy week in Major League Soccer with a host of mid-week games and a packed weekend, so we will jump right into attendance. The early games started in with DC United, with less than 11k at RFK to watch DC fall 4-0 in another disappointing outing for the Black and Red. The Red Bulls fell […]
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Before we get to attendance, a quick look at some disappointing MLS attendance numbers. Even looking at NBCSN numbers, the numbers reveal that the league is struggling to gain viewers. In a week with two MLS games, neither broke the top 20 of NBCSN programming for the week, trailing a number of fishing shows and […]
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Another fascinating week of soccer in MLS, but before we get to attendance, here are a couple of other business items. Let’s start with the kick-off of the inaugural season of the National Women’s Soccer League. After a one year hiatus from the WPSL, the NWSL got started over the weekend. In front of a […]
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Busy weekend in Major League Soccer, but before we jump to attendance, here are a couple of quick business items from the weekend. First, kudos to MLS for introducing its “Stream of the Week” presented by el Jimador. the Stream of the Week allows all fans with an MLSsoccer.com account to access (for free) the […]
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Another weekend of Major League Soccer is complete, but the biggest soccer story of the weekend was the Commerce City based World Cup qualifier between the United States and Costa Rica. Played in blizzard conditions before a sellout crowd at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (recall that the game was a sellout on the first day […]
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