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Evening Links and Thoughts: Garber, Detroit, and more

WVHooligan 16 November @ 07:23 PM EST

Garber sees growth in MLS. (Getty Images)

I've spent a good portion of the day collecting my thoughts on a couple subjects and then it happen to be the same day that MLS commish Don Garber had his State of the League address. Yeah, let's just say some of his comments just made my head go nuts (and your's too judging by some emails).

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Onward Christian Athletes? Faith in the Game

Pitch Invasion 09 November @ 10:42 AM EST

Photo credit: zz77 on Flickr

Does God care about soccer? There are certainly a good number of players, fans, and teams who think it likely. Take Diego Maradona bringing "his Argentina squad to mass to pray for a World Cup miracle." Or take Fred earning a yellow card for celebrating a DC United goal with the message "Jesus Loves You.

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Chelsea Can Go Back To The Office…

English Premier league 07 November @ 02:07 PM EST

Because with live in a world of litigation and because people get all bent out of shape over the smallest things (that could easily be explained) and because litigation takes forever and lawyers are expensive (otherwise they wouldn't bother to take forever) and because you can get any kind of suspension lifted while you're waiting for an appeal it appears that Chelsea can do business as usual since the Court of Arbitration for Sport won't be able to set a date for a hearing until February.

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Possible Study In Baltimore To Construct Two Stadiums

Major League Soccer Talk 04 November @ 03:09 PM EST

The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland; has everything you want in a fabulous downtown area. The seafood in the marina, historic buildings and museums, the Aquarium and of course their great history in their professional sports teams like the Oriorles of Major League Baseball & currently the Ravens of the National Football League.

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The Orange Ring of Death

Nutmegged 29 October @ 12:06 PM EST
After a second half of the season that was a tad weird to say the least, Dynamo get a chance to put on their Tri-umph faces and Lay It on the Line for that third title.
I think this video above truly expresses my feeling about Seattle tonight. And while the truth is I have never once flipped the toggle on an XBox, or done a 360 on top of one, I know for a fact that an Orange Ring of Death exists on those consoles, and that's what I am expecting to see over these two legs, starting tonight. Click to continue reading...

MLS Attendance in Decline: The Old and the New Diverge

Pitch Invasion 28 October @ 11:28 AM EST

No surprise there, then: in a tanking economy where even the nation's most popular league, the NFL, has had trouble selling tickets and Major League Baseball's attendance fell 6.9%, it's not a shock to learn that as Soccer America reports, MLS' attendance fell overall by 2.9% in the regular season just concluded, falling from 16,460 in 2008 to 16,037.

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Holy Cow

Center Holds It 26 October @ 09:17 AM EST
Has there ever been a final weekend of league games in the history of the universe where every single match actually meant something?
I bet Don Garber lit himself a big old Red Auerbach style victory cigar last night. All the other commissioners over at the Commissioner's Club are getting set to throw him a roast. Click to continue reading...

The Week Ahead (with baseball interruptions)

Fantasy EPL 21 October @ 10:29 PM EST
With all apologies to the footie-mad world, I have to say I'm a bit distracted by more provincial sporting pursuits this week. As I write my hometown Philadelphia Phillies (that's Major League Baseball if you aren't into the American sports scene) are in a best-of-seven series with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the right to go to the World Series (to presumably face the New York Yankees). Click to continue reading...

Arsenal Footballers Wage Nerf Warfare Against Each Other

EPL Talk 09 October @ 06:43 AM EST

Related posts:

  1. Premier League Should Emulate Major League Baseball's Wage Structure
  2. There's A Little Bit of You Inside English Footballers
  3. Poll: Should Footballers Be On Twitter?


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MLS to Handle Their Own Online Operations

Center Holds It 05 October @ 03:26 PM EST
For years now people have been asking why in the world MLS farmed out their online operations, including mlsnet.com and most individual team sites to Major League Baseball Advanced Media, a subsidiary of, (obviously) Major League baseball.
Although I've never heard anyone go into detail, it doesn't take a genius to figure that it had to do with money, ie. Click to continue reading...

The Future Of Watching Sports On Broadband Is Here

EPL Talk 24 September @ 10:45 AM EST

Now suspend your disbelief for a minute, and imagine the following scenario. What would you say if you had the following service available online?

  • A mix channel where you could watch up to nine games all once on your screen (or you could watch one at a time, or a few at a time your choice),
  • High-quality streaming video compatible on a PC/Mac,
  • HD quality picture (where available),
  • Live game DVR functionality,
  • Live game picture-in-picture,
  • Player tracker,
  • Home and away feeds (where available),
  • Live game radio option (where available),
  • Archived and condensed games,
  • Best of all, all games would be available online (unless you live in the area near the home team in which case, the live Internet streaming would be blacked out), and
  • Last but not least, a very reliable service that would be dependable and would actually work flawlessly.
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MLS Needs a True Fair and Balanced Schedule for 2010

Major League Soccer Talk 23 September @ 12:38 PM EST

MLS commisioner Don Garber seeks a balanced schedule

Last week's press release announcing that MLS will take a two week break during the World Cup Finals group stage has stirred some debate from supporters of the league. However, hidden at the end of that same press release is news that all MLS fans must be pleased to read.

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Home Opener, 2010

The Offside - NY Red Bulls 21 September @ 04:03 PM EST

Red Bull Arena. The mere thought of what will be has fans going to the bathroom to change their underwear. It is that good.

So what better way to kick off a the new digs than playing our dreaded rivals in what should be the hottest ticket in town? That is right! Batton down the hatches, hide the wives and kids folks, because here come THE RAPIDS!

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Supporters Will Be Wondering What Will Happen To Money From New Liverpool FC Shirt Sponsorship Deal

Anfield Talk 19 September @ 01:52 PM EST
Liverpool's new shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered is undoubtedly a major coup.
Few clubs could attract such a lucrative agreement, especially considering the recent economic downturn.
It highlights that after years of underachievement Liverpool now possess a commercial team capable of ensuring that off the pitch the club realises its potential. Click to continue reading...

Tom Hicks: Liverpool Won’t See A Penny Of Rangers Sale

Anfield Talk 07 September @ 12:20 PM EST

American businessman Tom Hicks, the co-owner of English soccer club Liverpool, says the team will not receive increased investment after he sells his Texas Rangers Major League baseball franchise.
More specifically, the proceeds of the sale - certain to be over US$500 million - will not go towards the financing of the club's proposed new stadium in Stanley Park, which is unlikely to be ready much before 2018.

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Liverpool To Benefit As Tom Hicks Lines Up Buyers

Anfield Talk 03 September @ 11:03 AM EST
The financial concerns that have dogged English soccer club Liverpool could be a thing of the past if the club's co-owner, Tom Hicks, completes the US$600 million sale of the Texas Rangers, and focuses his interests on the Premier League.
Hicks, who dissolved Hicks Sports Marketing Group earlier this summer, was reportedly forced to depend on US$15 million from Major League Baseball to help pay wages at the franchise in August. Click to continue reading...

MLS to Buy USL? The Implications of Minor League Soccer in the U.S.

Pitch Invasion 18 August @ 10:37 AM EST

I was intrigued by Don Garber's comment a couple of weeks ago to Reuters Soccer Blog when asked about the future of the relationship between MLS and the second-tier, independent USL: "USL is going through some transition on their own. . . I am not sure what the future holds for that league or our relationship with it.

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The Premier League and Internet Streams

Pitch Invasion 12 August @ 01:33 PM EST

Here in the U.S., followers of the mighty MLS have a marvelous option that negates the need to go fishing for illegal internet streams to watch games the league offers an affordable (only $20 for the season), high-quality (up to 800k) stream on their website.

Now, if we scoff and say MLS is small-time, consider that Major League Baseball has an even better internet broadcasting set-up which has proven to be enormously profitable for the league, with over 500,000 fans forking out $110 for the season, and even offering streaming to the iPhone.

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Soccer growing in the US...is MLS?

MIKE JACOBS 06 August @ 03:12 PM EST
After stressing the growth of soccer enthusiasts all over the United States - justified by attendance figures and TV ratings over the summer - The San Jose Mercury News' Mark Purdy feels writes how that growth is about soccer...but just not Major League Soccer.
Over the past decade, soccer telecasts from around the globe have found their way onto American television sets through satellite or cable. Click to continue reading...

Jose won’t talk

Dirty Tackle 21 July @ 01:43 PM EST

Following Inter's defeat to Club America on penalty kicks that no one seemed to know were supposed to take place (and also included an angry Mourinho on the pitch, arguing with the refs) on Sunday, Jose has apparently stopped talking to the press. Instead, his assistant, Beppe Baresi has taken up those duties, while Jose pouts over a few issues.

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Seattle Sounders FC and attendance

The Beautiful Game (2) 16 July @ 03:21 PM EST
A great post over The Offside: Seattle compares the glowing attendance totals at Qwest Field to those around the world's leagues.
12th in the Bundesliga (top attended league in the world)
12th in the Premiership
8th in La Liga
6th in Serie A
3rd in the Scottish Premier League
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Capitalism in European soccer compared to American sports

Intelligent Soccer » Smarter soccer is better soccer 15 July @ 07:48 PM EST

On June 26, Cristiano Ronaldo completed a $132 million transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. In strict business terms, Real Madrid bought an asset from another business in hopes of improving its own product. No government, federation or league was going to stand in the way of what Real Madrid thought was a smart business decision.

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Attendance Comparison: MLS vs. MLB

MLS Daily 08 July @ 06:51 AM EST
Those of you who follow Major League Soccer's attendance numbers week-in and week-out - and there are plenty of you out there - already know that the league has experienced a modest drop in the average crowd size when comparing this year's numbers to 2008. Several factors have led to the overall decline, including poor weather conditions in some markets and the absence of David Beckham. Click to continue reading...

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-07-06

Springfield MO Soccer 06 July @ 10:30 AM EST
  • Imagine if the BBC won the right to broadcast Major League Baseball http://bit.ly/xLU2F #
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SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-07-06

Springfield MO Soccer 06 July @ 10:30 AM EST
  • Imagine if the BBC won the right to broadcast Major League Baseball http://bit.ly/xLU2F #
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More Financial Fears For Liverpool FC Co-Owner Tom Hicks

Anfield Talk 04 July @ 09:21 AM EST
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks could be forced out of one of his American sports teams, as reports in the USA claimed his financial position is becoming increasingly acute.
Hicks is owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, but it has been claimed that Major League Baseball, the sport's governing body for the USA's national sport, has been forced to step in and loan Hicks millions of dollars in the last week to pay his players. Click to continue reading...

Steven Wells: A NAFF's NAFF

A More Splendid Life 25 June @ 08:36 AM EST
North America needs about ten thousand more like him, punk rock, inner city, ex-pat, lover of the Real American Game: sah-ker. Too often coverage of the sport in North America is either clouded by insiderish earnestness, or worse, ESPN talking head bile. Some want the game to shirk its roots in the barren New World to suit the childish anglophilic crushes of Williamsburgs and Mission District Arsenal-scarved hipsters; others are satisfied to make moronic, homphobic jokes about the European disease invading America. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool Close To Bank Debt Deal

Anfield Talk 23 June @ 06:02 AM EST
Liverpool Football Club - which owes two banks £350m - is close to renegotiating its debt with the Royal Bank of Scotland, the BBC has learnt.
RBS has told club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett the debt, due to be repaid in July, will be refinanced.
BBC business editor Robert Peston says RBS will insist on significant payments in the subsequent six months. Click to continue reading...

Most valuable sports property: EPL does not find a place

Soccerblog 20 June @ 07:46 AM EST
SportsPro magazine has published the world's first value ranking of sports properties in its July issue, out now. They have listed 200 properties. Here are the top ten.

1. National Football League (NFL) - $4.5 billion
2. Major League Baseball (MLB) - $3.9 billion
3. National Basketball Association (NBA) - $3.

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MLS Uni Watch

The Offside - Houston 18 June @ 02:29 PM EST

I am a frequent visitor of a website called Uni Watch: The Obsessive Study of Athletics Aesthetics. Yesterday, there was a post about a guy that keeps track of the different uniform combinations worn during each MLS game this season. Check out the excerpt and link from Uni Watch.

Uni Tracking, MLS Style: Many of you, myself included, have been tracking Major League Baseball uniforms.

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More WPS games to be broadcast

Soccer By Ives 11 June @ 03:30 PM EST

By CHRISTA MANN

Fans of Womens Professional Soccer can look forward to some additional broadcasts and webcasts of future WPS games in the coming weeks. This comes after a positive response to the Chicago Red Stars' web productions and will also include WPS coverage on both Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) and regional sports networks.

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More WPS games to be broadcast

Soccer By Ives 11 June @ 03:30 PM EST

By CHRISTA MANN

Fans of Womens Professional Soccer can look forward to some additional broadcasts and webcasts of future WPS games in the coming weeks. This comes after a positive response to the Chicago Red Stars' web productions and will also include WPS coverage on both Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) and regional sports networks.

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Holding Fast to My Disdain of the 6+5 Rule

Starting Eleven 07 June @ 08:22 PM EST
So I got a very thoughtful reply to a year-old post I made on the 6+5 rule "FIFA Approves Blatter's Rule: Or When 6+5=0". You can read the post for yourself, but the gist of it is that I think 6-5 rule sucks and is an affront to free trade, capitalism and economics.

The letter-writer, Michael, disagrees.

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USA-Costa Rica now on ESPN2

Hillcrest Road 03 June @ 02:02 PM EST
Bob Bradley addresses the U.S. team yesterday at Estadio Saprissa. Photo courtesy of the Men's National Team blog. Head there for more photos and great information.
ESPN has switched coverage of tonight's USA-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier to ESPN2 to avoid a potential run-over by Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox visiting the Detroit Tigers on ESPN original recipe. Click to continue reading...

REPORT: Capital Losses - United's Will Chang Becomes the Sole Owner After MacFarlane Bails...

MLS Rumors 21 May @ 06:08 PM EST
Chang has attended the Lot 8 tailgates and is a big fan of United.
In what United fans likely see as an ominous sign, Will Chang appears to be the last man standing.
Courtesy of MLSNet:
Washington, D.C. -- Victor MacFarlane has announced his sale of his ownership interest in the D. Click to continue reading...