MLS wrapped up its fourth round with a full slate of Saturday games. The weekend was a mixed-bag at the gate with Seattle, Toronto and Houston drawing well and Columbus, San Jose and Salt Lake City disappointing. Los Angeles posted a solid number, but still below traditional “super classico” norms. All attendances for the week [...]
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The week of RSL’s big home opener at Rio Tinto stadium has brought a number of stories about how RSL is functioning as a business in its new digs. From “Behind the Shield, RSL’s official blog, comes word of “ticket insurance” in case of precipation at the home opener. Unlike traditional rain check policies (where [...]
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The United States continued its qualifying campaign in Nashville Tennessee with a match against Trinidad & Tobago. ESPN2 televised the game in prime time on the East Coast and added a 30 minute pre-game show with Stone and Lalas (and an over-hyped cameo from Barack Obama). There was a wide range of national advertisers for [...]
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It was a big weekend for U.S. soccer fans. The National Team was in El Salvador for a qualifier, WPS kicked off in Los Angeles and the MLS completed its second week of games. ESPN2 televised the National Team (after not showing an MLS game this week). Captain Morgan’s featured prominently as an advertisor (I [...]
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