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Posts tagged "MLS"

Tuesday News and Notes

ML$ News The last few days have yielded some interesting news on the MLS financial front.  Firstly Sports Business Journal reported on a possible transaction between MLS and Providence Equity Partners.  The deal would involve Providence purchasing a 25% stake in Soccer United Marketing (SUM) from MLS for a cool $125-$150 million.  SUM is the... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
September 13, 2011 at 4:53 pm
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Rosters Expand, Unlimited Homegrown Players & More

Don Garber announced today that MLS rosters will expand from 24 to 30 in 2011.  Similar to seasons past, the final six spots on the roster are limited to players under the age of 25 and will not count against the salary cap.  The cap will also increase from $2.55 million to $2.67 million.  Other... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
November 16, 2010 at 5:21 pm
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MLS and Adidas Re-Up 'til 2018 for $200 Million

The big MLS story making the rounds today is that Adidas and MLS have agreed to extend their current sponsorship agreement until 2018 to the tune of $200 million dollars.  That is not only a good sign in terms of the viability of MLS for sponsors and advertisers but it’s also a step in the re-introduction... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
August 30, 2010 at 4:58 pm
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Book Reviews : Long Range Goals - The Success Story of Major League Soccer

  For those of you interesed in reading good soccer related material I suggested reading Soccernomics a few weeks ago (Sam also previously recommended it in a post a while back).  Since soccer related books seem to be popping up with some frequency, mostly due to World Cup excitement, I’ve been searching for US and MLS... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
June 20, 2010 at 7:44 pm
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Fire vs AC Milan Game Day & MLS Saturday

MLS Saturday’s slate of seven matches featured plenty of goals and some surprising results. The Los Angeles Galaxy showed why they are the best team in the league this season by beating the Crew in Columbus 2-0 without Buddle and Donovan.  The Crew controlled the game and outshot LA 21-3, but Bruce Arena has put together... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
May 30, 2010 at 11:01 am
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Is MLS Surpassing the NBA & NHL?

Last week mls-daily.com published this piece comparing the average attendance of the five major sports in America http://www.mls-daily.com/2010/04/mls-attendance-moves-past-nba-nhl.html . It correctly listed MLS ahead of the NBA and NHL in terms of average attendance for each sport’s most current seasons.  Although misleading due to the fact that the MLS season is only four weeks old it... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
April 22, 2010 at 12:15 pm
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Sunday Musings

Here are are few Fire related items of interest :   Fire on TV Courtesy of En Fuego: Collins John will be appearing on tonight’s Final Word sports recap show on Fox Chicago.  Fox is actually one of the few local media outlets that has shown that they will cover the team with any regularity.  Carlos De... Read more »
By Guillermo Rivera,
April 4, 2010 at 3:05 pm
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CBA Update: Union will let current CBA expire, Won't strike

MLS and the Players’ Union failed to agree upon a new CBA before last night’s deadline, but for now, there will be no work stoppage.  Here is the Union’s statement: The Major League Soccer Players Union (the “Union”)today announced that the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and Major League Soccer (“MLS”) will not be... Read more »
By SamuelStejskal,
February 26, 2010 at 7:28 am
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Do you believe in miracles?

Last night, some friends and I watched the U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team take on Canada in the round-robin portion of the Olympic tournament. The young American team pulled off the big upset, beating Canada 5-3 to clinch the first overall seed for the knockout phase of the tourney. The game itself was electrifying. It... Read more »
By SamuelStejskal,
February 22, 2010 at 7:59 am
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MLS extends deadline for CBA talks... again

As I’m sure many of you have already heard, Major League Soccer and the Players’ Union have agreed to extend the deadline to agree to a new CBA from today to February 25th.  The new deadline was agreed to after blizzards blanketed the D.C. area — preventing all the necessary parties from being able to... Read more »
By SamuelStejskal,
February 12, 2010 at 9:35 am
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