The Monday After

Another big weekend in Major League Soccer with the ESPN game of the week capping off the proceedings.  While attendance was disappointing (for the much hyped SuperClassico), the match presented a rare opportunity to see 3 US National Team members from the 2010 World Cup Team and David Beckham in a prime time special.  Although [...]

The Monday After: A look at MLS Attendance

We haven’t taken a hard look at attendance in a number of weeks, but this past slate of games provides some food for thought.  The “weekend” started with a small Wednesday night crowd in Chicago, where approximately 13k saw a scoreless draw at Toyota Park.  The mid-week games continued on Thursday night with the usual [...]

The Monday After: Week Four, Week Two & More

Before we get into our look at attendance in MLS and WPS from the weekend, a couple of other business thoughts.  It was a good weekend for MLS MatchDay Live as the online game server seems to have shaken most the problems that beset the new service over the past few weeks.  In DC, the [...]

Soccer Stadium & Expansion Update

With Red Bull Arena (rightly) garnering all of the attention lately, some of the other stadium projects around the league are also moving forward.  In anticipation of the upcoming season, we thought it worthwhile to take a look at some of the other arenas coming through the pipeline.  Before we get there, we recommend checking [...]

Soccer Business Bits: US Soccer Bonuses, WPS Schedule & More

Great stuff from Steve Goff on bonuses for members of the USMNT.  Using data from the last cycle, Goff states that in 2006 players were awarded $37,500 for making the final world cup roster, $3,750 for each cup match played by the team and more money for each friendly.  The article discusses bonuses for moving [...]

MLS Stadium Update

There are stadium updates aplenty as we look around Major League Soccer this week.  Here are a couple of quick hits from the world of soccer specific stadium construction. In Vancouver, the Whitecaps have announced that they will play the first half of their inaugural season in a temporary stadium while BC place (their permanent [...]

More MLS Holiday Promotions

As we said in our post on Monday, we will continue to look at MLS Holiday promotional efforts this week.  Below are some additional promotions.  For more, click here. In Houston, the Dynamo have added a wrinkle to the typical holiday deal by offering two seats to their home opener and one Dynamo “tailgating” chair for [...]

Soccer Business Bits: NASL/USL Fight, ESPN Loves Soccer & More

We have not actively covered the NASL/USL/TOA dispute over the second division of American Soccer.  However, we do believe that it is definitely a subject of significant interest to American Soccer fans.  Lower division soccer aids in the development of American players, provides more exposure to the game in communities without MLS teams and provides the [...]

Soccer Business Bits: Expansion and Stadium Updates

With the MLS offseason in full swing, we thought we would take a quick look at the state of expansion and stadiums around the league.  In New Jersey, Red Bull Arena continues to edge towards completion.  Click here for a look at the lastest interior and exterior webcams.  As we reported recently, Red Bulls have [...]

Red Bull Arena: Will it Matter?

We have repeatedly posted about the excitement surrounding Red Bull Arena and all that it could mean for the franchise and MLS.  The stadium is beautiful, is intended to help revitalize Harrison, NJ and will be a showpiece for soccer in the United States.  However, the questions remains; will the new stadium impact Red Bull [...]

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