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Miami is getting waaay more serious... FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure, President of Bolivar Futbol Club are in discussions with FIU about possibly bringing a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to FIU Stadium. Before FIU's football practice Tuesday afternoon, a ''Welcome MLS'' sign was playing on the FIU Stadium video jumbotron. FIU built ...

High-ranking officials of Pachuca, Mexico's oldest professional soccer club, might announce today whether they picked the Valley as the home of their first expansion team in the United States. Pachuca's officials are meeting with the mayors of Mesa and Tolleson and probably Gov. Janet Napolitano today to discuss bringing the Valley its first ...

Vancouver's outgoing mayor Sam Sullivan was in New York to shore up support for his city's bid for a new Major League Soccer franchise on Tuesday. "There certainly is a lot of competition, and that's why I'm here," said Sullivan. "I think I can add that little extra to show that, to give the good reasons why Vancouver is a great opportunity for the ...

"MLS is looking to expand further, with potential teams in Ottawa, Portland or St. Louis on tap. And you know what? I'm sick of getting overlooked..." Is MLS ignoring the Southern US? One writer takes a look. Image via Time

Like the other DP sites are reporting, a group of Vegas investors are interested in buying into the Columbus Crew. No one knows the direction this is going, but MLS expansion talk is all the rage ahead of October 15th. Mark Noorzai is the key investor here and they sound ambitious. Could this proposed Harrah's Las Vegas Arena - built in partnership ...

As reported here a couple days ago, MLS brass have been in Chicago the last few days discussing how to grow the business. MLS commisioner Don Garber was watching him some Blanco Rolfe and Becks Eddie Lewis and he discussed a few issues in the press box of Toyota Park. Take-aways? No promotion/relegation, not many schedule changes for 09, and a ...

From today's Herald Tribune: There were crews all about Florida International University's new on-campus football stadium this week, doing everything from installing a $2 million scoreboard to painting logos on the freshly-installed turf. It'll finally be ready Saturday, in time for a visit from No. 12 South Florida. ....The stadium, much like ...

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is making a forceful pitch for a Major League Soccer franchise as part of a political and financial power play that would likely force municipal officials to choose between chipping in for a soccer stadium or a Canadian Football League park. Though Melnyk's grand vision for an MLS team has clearly energized the ...