I meant to do more with this quote yesterday but I was a little busy. Anyways, MLS commissioner
Don Garber finally put a price on the long-rumored 20th MLS club in New York.
That price, $100 million big ones. Wowzers.
"We have put a $100 million price tag on a New York team. We haven't sold it to anybody yet ...
but I don't believe the fact that we haven't closed a deal has anything to do with price."
via our friend's at SB Nation Soccer.
Quite a haul!
- Jason Davis
In 2011, after Seattle and Philly and Portland and Vancouver and Montreal and the wave that came
before them (yes, San Jose counts) and all of the talk of candidates and fees and ownership groups
and stadium plans and color schemes and whether names should be "historical" (since 1975!
French newspaper La Voix du Nord are reporting that Liverpool will be given first refusal to sign
Eden Hazard next summer as Joe Cole's loan move has now been completed.
The highly rated Belgian winger has been highly coveted throughout Europe this summer with Arsenal
been heavily linked with a move for the 20-year-old but now Cole's move to Lille has gone through,
Liverpool have been given the opportunity to sign Hazard next summer.
Nothing screams "SWAAAAG!" more than that platinum gold watch,
Cristiano! Here he is at the premiere of his own documentary entitled :
"Cristiano Ronaldo Al Limite" in Madrid yesterday. The project claims to follow the
Portuguese as he is 'tested to the limit', which involves smashing balls through glass, shooting
and acceleration skills (some of his favourites).
Nothing screams "SWAAAAG!" more than that platinum gold watch,
Cristiano! Here he is at the premiere of his own documentary entitled :
"Cristiano Ronaldo Al Limite" in Madrid yesterday. The project claims to follow the
Portuguese as he is 'tested to the limit', which involves smashing balls through glass, shooting
and acceleration skills (some of his favourites).
The day has come ladies and Gentleman!
After all struggles,crises and broken promises,Turkish Spor Toto Super League will finally get
going, this weekend, starting this Saturday.
First, TFF officials said the league was suppose to start on August 5th!
But that did not happened because of the scandal in Turkish Football!
Although he doesn't have much hype, Matt Moore is one of the best pitching prospects of the last
decade. The Tampa Bay Rays have been patient with the 23-year-old until now. With the Boston Red
Sox and the AL Wild Card within reach, the Rays have called up Matt Moore.
Moore's minor league stats are sick.
Via Footiebusiness, the Sports Business Journal reported today that Major League Soccer is
looking to sell a 25% stake in Soccer United Marketing for around $150 million. That would value
SUM at around $600 million, a valuation that seems at least somewhat in line with the stated annual
revenues of about $100 million.
Benfica forward Oscar Cardozo is set to pen a deal keeping him the club until at least 2016.
The Paraguayan's current deal will keep him at the club until 2014, how an offer of a two-year
extension is expected to warn off interest in the striker.
Liverpool had reportedly been interested in the 28-year-old, however the player's agent Pedro
Aldave says he is currently negotiating the extension.
All the news that's fit to drink.
And because you'd rather have a beer than be reading all the time... we've taken the day's top news
and given it the Reader's Digest-treatment so you can get to that post-work pint quicker.* Timothy Chandler might not be a Nat after-all.
By Chris Wright
As you may have heard over the past few days, Man City are currrently immersed in plans to
develop the 80-odd acres of derelict wasteland currently lying vacant next to the Etihad
Stadium...
...into a new, £100-million training complex complete with 15 full-size pitches (including one
indoor pitch), on-site sleeping accommodation for 72 players (40 youth teamers and 32 members of
the first string), a medical/rehab centre (for Kolo Toure) and a 7,000 capacity stadium
for reserve and youth string matches.
The biggest news of the day came in the form of a tweet from the Seattle Sounders:
An MRI has revealed a small tear of Mauro Rosales' right MCL with no additional damage. Mauro is
expected to miss 2-4 weeks.
With that, Seattle Sounders' MVP and MLS MVP candidate Rosales will likely be out for the U.
Union
The Union reserves lost 2-1 to Columbus yesterday. Jack McInerney scored in the 14th minute for
the U.
PennLive has videos and info on Harrisburg goalie Chase Harrison, who will be training with the
Union today. Harrison also runs AskTheGoalkeeper.com.
The Shin Guardian offers up a wonderful breakdown of the current MLS playoff picture.
Liverpool have been handed an extension by the city council to make a decision regarding their new
stadium, according to The Daily Mail.
A decision over whether the club wishes to build a new ground at Stanley Park, or redevelop parts
of Anfield was expected at the end of the month.
However, Liverpool have been given extra time to make a decision, that if the club move, with cost
in the region of £400 million.
