Smart. Clever. Advertising. (Photo via Orlando City Facebook page)

I have to give it to Orlando City for this campaign. They want a MLS team and they want it badly. Check out these clever billboards that go with the one above.

On Thursday April 12th Major League Soccer will visit the home of the Carolina Railhawks. The day will include a visit from President Mark Abbott and Will Kuhns, Director of Communications for MLS. League spokesperson, Dan Courtemanche, had this to say on the matter:
"The Carolina Railhawks invited Mark Abbott to participate in a fan forum and meet with a variety of constituents to grow soccer in North Carolina.

Stu Holden is filming his rehab for Kick TV. Highlights include Stu falling into a pool, Stu laughing and Stu doing a multitude of other endearing things in front of his camera woman rumoured to be his girlfriend. Kickette soldier boys and girls gather.

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Also on the Kick channel right now for your viewing assessment is one of our own fearless editors.

Garber visits Orlando to gage their expansion process. (Photo via Orlando City.)

Yesterday was a big day for the city of Orlando and for it's soccer team, Orlando City. Both were on center display to Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber as he spoke to a group of fans at an Orlando pub.

In my time writing this column, I don't ever recall such difficulty in thinking up material to fill my remit. It's quite absurd when you think about it, that on the back of one of the team's best runs of form in the last five years, there really is nothing to say. Professional journalists at least have the advantage of being able to stick a microphone under someone's nose and attempt to extract a comment that can be conjured into a morsel of controversy.

The following is a copy of the letter that Eden Hazard (the budding egomaniac) sent to Chelsea upon tweeting his decision to join the Champions League winners...

What's up Chelsea,

I'd like to congratulate you on winning the most prestigious title in all of European football.

Pelita Jaya's biggest home crowd for many a year saw them beaten 3-1 by Persib. Ok, the game was played at Jalak Harupat which is Persib's home stadium but it used to be Pelita Jaya's though when they played there they struggled to attract fans in what is staunch Persib territory.

The game was moved from Pelita Jaya's usual home stadium of Singaperbangsa in Karawang probably because that stadium would not have been able to handle the travelling support and that makes two consecutive home games played ‘away' from home; they hosted Persija in Solo for the same reason.

The Portland Timbers have released a few billboards across the Rose City. I have to say, most are on par with last year's bunch. Check the rest out here.

The Portland Timbers have released a few billboards across the Rose City. I have to say, most are on par with last year's bunch. Check the rest out here.

That's the campaign for Sporting KC this season, "Live for It". The team debuted their commercial last night during the Grammy Awards. The team will be advertising with the commercial (another that will debut during the season opener), along with online, outdoor, print, and radio. The team will be doing billboards around the city, the billboards will include two of Sporting KC's newest national team players, CJ Sapong and Graham Zusi.

While well short of embarrassing, it's looking more and more like the crowd for the March 7 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal -- easily one of the five most important matches the Sounders have played at home -- will be a bit underwhelming in size. As of Tuesday morning, the Seattle Sounders have sold about 16,500 tickets for their match against Santos Laguna, according to team officials (they also said about 32,000 season tickets have been sold).

EXCLUSIVE: Arsene Wenger to pick 11 players + 7 subs this weekend

EXCLUSIVE: Pat Rice likes to air his knees when the weather's good

EXCLUSIVE: Striker who hardly plays could be set for move elsewhere

EXCLUSIVE: Gervinho signs dome sponsorship deal with Mr Sheen

EXCLUSIVE: Club will sell players in order to fund purchases

Ahh, that last one.

Former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg has revealed the downsides of moonlighting as a Calvin Klein underwear model: women are always fondling him in nightclubs. It seems that Little Freddie is generally considered to be public property since the Swedish star appeared on billboards in his pants.