The Memorial Day holiday is upon us and that includes a full slate of games on national television. In addition to Major League Soccer, the USMNT will play a friendly versus Scotland at Everbank Filed in Jacksonville. The Scotland match will be televised by NBC Sports Network and will feature the network’s lead soccer tandem [...]
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Soccer America is reporting here that the first World Cup Qualifier of 2012 featuring the United States (versus Guatemala in Guatemala City on June 12) will not be broadcast on American broadcast or cable television. Instead, the home federation has sold the rights to a third party vendor who is looking to use Pay Per [...]
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On March 29, 2009 the WPS kicked off its inaugural season with a nationally televised match-up at the Home Depot Center. Pitting the Los Angeles Sol against the Washington Freedom, the opening match featured Brazilian star Marta and U.S. National Team scorer Abby Wambach. At the time, this site was just over one month old [...]
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Another busy weekend in Major League Soccer, but before looking at attendance from the last round of matches, a couple of quick business notes. First, Saturday afternoon saw the telecast of the Champions League Final to a worldwide audience that included the United States. The match was broadcast on over-the-air television via the FOX network [...]
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All is quiet on the expansion front with no new team set to join the league in 2013. Nevertheless, there are a number of potential expansion candidates waiting in the wings. Last week, the Minnesota legislature voted in a stadium bill to keep the Vikings in Minnesota. The stadium project is expected to cost almost [...]
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Tuesday was the date for the annual meeting between Major League Soccer’s defending champions and the President of the United States. The meeting always generates publicity for the league, but the 2012 version was even more high profile than usual. This visit included such big names as David Beckham and Landon Donovan. Beckham might be [...]
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Another busy weekend in Major League Soccer, highlighted by the opening of beautiful BBV Compass Stadium in Houston. Before we get to MLS, “Survival Sunday” deserves a mention. If anecdotal evidence is any guide, the dramatic Manchester City victory over QPR and the remarkable finish to the EPL season certainly drew interest from mainstream sports [...]
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This weekend, the Houston Dynamo will open the 12th soccer specific facility in the league, BBVA Compass Stadium. In honor of the event, today’s post will focus on the Dynamo. Before we get to the stadium, the team has just announced a new partner. The team’s new official energy partner is Direct Energy. The long-term [...]
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Thinking about what to write for tonight it occurred to me that 2012 has lacked some of the big business stories that have been an MLS trademark over the last few seasons. Obviously, the entry of Montreal into the league was a big business story as was the start of the NBC/MLS relationship. Over the [...]
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The Revs have announced a relationship with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Massachusetts Chapter for a year-long campaign through the end of 2012. Per the team’s press release, the Revs will fundraise on the organization’s behalf and will showcase and support three of LLS’ campaigns throughout the season: Pennies for Patients, Team In Training [...]
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