Is it necessary to have 70,000 seat stadiums? Can 50-55,000 do the trick?
It's common knowledge that people aren't always in the mood to rush out to the stadium fighting
traffic, paying parking and high ticket prices.
Indonesia Super League clubs are facing problems over International Transfer Clearances. Deltras
new signing Sean Rooney was told he couldn't play against Persija just minutes ahead of the kick
off the other day while Persija had a similar problem with Pedro Javier.
The ISL of course is this year's rebel league so in theory they don't even need ITCs because they
are not recognised by the local FA, the AFC or FIFA.
As part of the agreement that sees the daftly named LionsXII play in the Malaysia Super League, the
Singapore team won't be relegated.
So the 13 Malaysian teams can go down but even if the daftly named LionsXII, what will any fans
sing or chant with that daft name, but one team has preferential treatment.
The Vancouver Whitecaps have won the lottery to acquire winger/forward Lee Nguyen, who most
recently played professional football in Vietnam.
The Whitecaps beat out FC Dallas, Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, the Houston Dynamo, and Real Salt Lake
to Nguyen's services.
Vancouver had a 47.6 percent chance of landing Nguyen in the lottery, the best odds of all of
the teams who participated.
Fans of the New England Patriots can't be feeling too happy right now. Tom Brady, the Patriots
franchise quarterback, has a shoulder injury that was serious enough to warrant a shoulder X-ray.
Brady also sat out practice on Thursday.
The good news for the Patriots and their quarterback is that Brady's injury isn't considered
serious.
