Perhaps the biggest business news from the soccer weekend was the announcement that storied Scottish club Glasgow Rangers is withdrawing from its 2010 American tour. The tour was intended to include matches against Celtic in Boston and DC United at RFK. The BBC article references the recent Boston Globe article that criticized Rangers’ fans and [...]
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The transfer season is upon us and players are flying around the globe to and from MLS. However, the most notable American transfer to date is the recently announced move of Oguchi Onyewu to world power AC Milan. While this is big news for American soccer fans, this may also be big business for [...]
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With the Confederations Cup in full swing and another MLS weekend behind us (for attendance figures and a nice year by year comparison, check here), we thought we would note some key business moments from the week that was. In MLS, Commissioner Don Garber continued his occasssional “blog” posts with another edition of the “Commisioner [...]
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It’s been a while since we’ve discussed David Beckham in this space, but with the recent statement from MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Goldenballs is back in the news. According to the Commissioner, MLS will receive $10 million from AC Milan and Beckham to extend the loan deal into July. As we have previously discussed, there [...]
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Two years before they kick off, the newly minted franchises in Vancouver and Portland are already competing off the field. As we reported earlier this week, Vancouver had already sold 5,000 season ticket deposits less than one week after the franchise announcement. Now, word comes out of Portland that within the first 48 hours of [...]
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Although we typically focus on U.S. soccer here at footiebusiness.com, the potential legal action in England between West Ham and Sheffield United caught our attention. It was recently reported that the Clubs reached an out of court settlement in the litigation stemming from the Tevez issues a couple of years back. However, the dispute may not [...]
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David Beckham’s long rumored “extended loan” has finally been announced; the Galaxy midfielder will complete the Serie A season with AC Milan before returning to MLS in the Summer. Reports also state that Beckham will contribute a substantial amount of his own funds to the deal. As part of the agreement, AC Milan will play [...]
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