Archive for the ‘Expansion Team’ Category
Saputo Rejects MLS’ Claims
Filed under: Expansion Team, MLS
Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo has given a very interesting interview with Goal.com about the claims that Montreal withdrew their Expansion bid over the MLS Cup weekend.
Jeff Cooper, Letter from LA
Filed under: Expansion Team, MLS, Women's Professional Soccer League
| I am writing from the Hyatt Regency Century City in Los Angeles, where I will be through Monday to attend league meetings for Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) and everything related to MLS Cup, which will be played Sunday at Home Depot Center between Columbus and New York. While I am always firm in my stance that St. Louis is the soccer capital of North America, this week I’d have to say all the action is right here. More after the jump… |
Several MLS Expansion Presentations Today
Filed under: Expansion Team, MLSRepresentatives for all seven groups seeking two MLS expansion clubs, including several FC Barcelona officials supporting the Miami bid, are in Los Angeles for MLS Cup events and four apparently will make presentations to the league’s board of governors Friday. They are believed to be Miami, Portland, Vancouver and Ottawa.
Courtesy Goff
Atlanta Silverbacks of USL “Taking 2009 Off…”
Filed under: Expansion Team, MLS, WTF
The Atlanta Silverbacks announced today that the Atlanta Silverbacks Men’s professional team will take the 2009 season off.
Due to the state of the economy and the potential of an MLS team coming to town, the men’s pro team has decided to sit the year out while the Silverbacks assess the landscape.
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MLS Expansion: Albert Pujols an Investor in STL
Filed under: Expansion Team, MLS
It’s been kept under warps for several months, but the word is now out:
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is one of the investors in Jeff Cooper’s bid to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to St. Louis. Pujols, the National League Most Valuable Player, dropped the news Monday - the same day he was named MVP.
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MLS Expansion Miami: Marcelo Claure
Filed under: Barcelona, Expansion Team, MLS, Stadiums
At 37, Billionaire Marcelo Claure has succeeded in almost everything he’s tried. Now he hopes to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Miami.
Those who know him best say the 37-year-old Bolivian native and South Beach resident has an uncanny knack for pouncing on opportunities at just the right time and the ingenuity to carry out his ideas. While a student at Bentley College in Boston, he ran a lucrative frequent-flier trading business out of his dorm room. He also has the guts to take risks, wisdom to surround himself with the right partners, and a personality as large as his 6-foot-6 frame. In other words, business associates say, the perfect person to bring Major League Soccer back to Miami.
(Repeat, he is 37…)
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Merrit Paulson Reiterates Desire For Help In MLS Push
Filed under: Expansion Team, Portland Timbers
The man behind the Portland Timbers push to enter the MLS Expansion race is placing himself directly in the center of public debate as the conversations about how much Public Funding would be needed in renovating PGE Park into a 23,000 seat Soccer Specific Stadium begin.
With Owner Merritt Paulson and Portland City Commish Randy Leonard meeting with MLS honcho Don Garber last week in New York, it looks as if the tantalizing old school Northwest rivalries of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver could become a reality again one day.
image via Farm1
