After an exciting and remarkably popular (in the US) month of World Cup soccer, we thought it worthwhile to take a quick look at the business of American soccer moving forward from July 12, 2010. The World Cup was a business success in the States, with ESPN’s significant investment of resources validated by the ratings [...]
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At about the same time I was wrapping up high school in the early 1990′s, SEGA was the premier video game system. Arguably the most popular game of that period was the EA Sports hockey. Whether in high school, college or elsewhere, boys around the country were gathering in basements and dorm rooms for tournaments [...]
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“Soccer is a girl’s game” “There are no goals, it is boring” “It will never succeed” “Why do they roll around on the ground all the time” All soccer fans have heard these statements. We all know people who feel this way about the “beautiful game”. This is part four of our MLS attendance series. [...]
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When the San Jose Earthquakes became the Houston Dynamo in 2005, part of the understanding was that a soccer specific stadium was just around the corner. After years of playing in Robertson Stadium (home of the Houston Cougars), it appears that the dream of a downtown Houston stadium is closer to a reality. The downtown [...]
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We are just days away from the third iteration of the now annual Superliga tournament. The 8 team event features 4 teams from MLS and 4 teams from Mexico’s Primera Division. Placed into groups of four (consisting of two MLS teams and two Mexican teams), the teams play one game against each team in their [...]
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We neglected to comment on a story from last weekend about RSL’s Rio Tinto attendance and its impact on revnue. According to this story from the SL Trib, attendance in Salt Lake City is down this year, but revenue is way up. Despite the lowest attendance in Team history, revenues are up more than 25%, [...]
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Another full slate of games in MLS and WPS this weekend and a world cup qualifier on the horizon. This week represented the return of the ESPN game of the week, and the Worldwide Leader got a good one with the Thursday night Chivas/Blanco match-up. Please see our live business blog of that match here. [...]
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Another week of American soccer is in the books, with a full slate of games in MLS and WPS and the annoucement of a new U.S. National Team Camp for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier. As has been a theme in MLS this season, there were more ties than actual results, with four games ending [...]
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We have discussed the attendance woes in Dallas on a number of occassions. Attendance in Big D (or Frisco) is down this year by almost 40% But for Kansas City and its forced limited attendance, Dallas would be bringing up the rear with its average of 9,300 (that includes an opener of almost 16k) over [...]
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Teams across the League continue to offer creative promotions and deals to entice fans into the stadiums. In New York, the Red Bulls are offering a 4 tickets and 4 T-shirts for $90 deal. Given some of the options we have discussed previously, this one doesn’t seem like much of a bargain. The Red Bulls [...]
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