We’ve decided to take a different approach to our Monday After posts from today forward. Rather than focus on attendance, we thought we look at any business issues that arose over the weekend and focus on one or two significant “gates” on either the high side or low side. We are also starting a new [...]
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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 [...]
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In an ESPN.com article about UCONN star Maya Moore, LZ Granderson provides some interesting detail about salaries in the WNBA. Because fans often look at the WNBA for purposes of comparing MLS TV and attendance, we thought the salary numbers would also provide an interesting point of analysis. Here is the passage from Granderson’s article: [...]
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Another weekend is in the books, as both MLS and WPS continue their march to the playoffs. However, perhaps the highlight was the Barcelona/Galaxy friendly that drew more than 93k to the Rose Bowl. Another huge crowd and another sign of the popularity of soccer in the US. Stay tuned the rest of this week [...]
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It has been a very busy last few days in American Soccer. The Confederations Cup has moved through the group stage, MLS is reaching the halfway point, Superliga is under way and the WPS is moving forward in its inagural season. The big soccer business controversy of the week occurred on Wednesday night when the [...]
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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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In a week without an ESPN game, MLS was busy with 14 teams in action in six cities. On the attendance front, the League seemed to have a pretty good week with the notable exception of 8,200 in Dallas. Most interesting was the virtual attendance tie between Chivas and the Galaxy in dueling games at [...]
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