There are officially no sure bets in the MLS expansion race. Not after shaky developments out of
Spain put the FC Barcelona-backed bid for a Miami team, the top bid in the race, in jeopardy.
So what's the issue now? Barcelona club members have voiced concerns over the team investing a
large sum of money in MLS at a time when the global economic crisis is impacting even Barcelona's
bottom line.
There are officially no sure bets in the MLS expansion race. Not after shaky developments out of
Spain put the FC Barcelona-backed bid for a Miami team, the top bid in the race, in jeopardy.
So what's the issue now? Barcelona club members have voiced concerns over the team investing a
large sum of money in MLS at a time when the global economic crisis is impacting even Barcelona's
bottom line.
