New M.L.S. Team Picks 10 in Expansion Draft
Goal (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Philadelphia Union, the 16th Major League Soccer team, which will begin play in 2010, selected 10 players in Friday's expansion draft.
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Soccer: Owner working to sell 49 percent of RSL
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
While Real Salt Lake prepares for the game that could send it into the league championship, owner Dave Checketts is negotiating to sell nearly half of the Major League Soccer team to local real estate developer Dell Loy Hansen.
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How Sounders FC turned 2009 into Seattle soccer celebration
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Seattle's Major League Soccer team hit all the right notes to turn its inaugural season into a thrill ride.
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Blues owner Checketts selling half his Utah soccer franchise
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
St. Louis Blues owner SCP Worldwide is closing in on the sale of 49 percent of its Major League Soccer team in Salt Lake City, Real Salt Lake.
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Wizards' roster untouched in MLS expansion draft
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Wizards were one of five Major League Soccer teams that did not lose any players in Wednesday's expansion draft to stock the league's 16th team, the Philadelphia Union.
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David eyes American dream
The Sun (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
DAVID BECKHAM has been offered the chance to own a Major League Soccer team
- David Beckham has option to own 20th MLS team: Commissioner - Daily News Analysis
- Beckham to own MLS team? - IOL
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Football Rumours on Tuesday 24th November
Fulhamweb.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Los Angeles Galaxy and England midfielder David Beckham is struggling to be fit for his New Year move to AC Milan after needing three cortisone injections in his right ankle before Sunday's MLS Cup Final defeat to Real Salt Lake. (The Sun) Beckham is ready to move into club ownership after expressing his wish to buy a Major League Soccer team. He has the right to invest in a future...
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InterLiga pairings announced
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I kind of wish this would come to Seattle. But would it draw good crowds? The Federacion Mexicana de Futbol (FMF), together with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), today announced the teams, groups and schedule for InterLiga 2010. The seventh edition of InterLiga will be played from January 2-13, 2010 in Houston and Dallas, Texas, as well as Los Angeles, Calif. Tickets for InterLiga 2010...
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Toronto FC appoint Radosavljevic as coach
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TORONTO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Former Everton midfielder Predrag 'Preki' Radosavljevic has been appointed head coach of Toronto FC, the Major League Soccer team said in a statement on Thursday.
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Inqlings: Bonaduce: A head for the game
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Danny Bonaduce, pro soccer player? "No, but I'm better than I was," says the WYSP morning man, who is training for a tryout in about two weeks with the Philadelphia Union, the Major League Soccer team.
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The Sweeper: MLS is a Suburb of Detroit
Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
MLS in an 80,000 indoor stadium? Maybe it's Sepp Blatter's dream come true. Related posts: The Kansas City Wizards New Home, Handily Next to a Shopping Center Readers who like to characterise MLS as a Mickey Mouse league (don’t be shy about it, folks) have a little... The Sweeper: Shootout Our occasional roundup of what's worth reading on the interwebs about the occasionally beautiful...
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Silverdome fetches $583,000
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Pontiac Silverdome and its 127 adjacent acres could become home to a Major League Soccer team now that the city has accepted a bid of $583,000 from a Toronto-based real estate company to buy the facility.
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SVSE negotiating with A's over Diridon
new A's ballpark (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
December's Forbes magazine has a feature piece on the Sharks and Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment , the umbrella organization that owns the team and runs HP Pavilion. The magazine praises SVSE for keeping debt manageable while expanding its holdings, making the company not beholden to a single income source. Of SVSE's revenue of $155 million, NHL hockey brings in $84 million. The rest...
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Canadian firm submits winning bid of $583,000 for Silverdome
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The winning bidder, one of four and whose identity has not yet been released, plans to use the facility for a men's Major League Soccer team and women's professional soccer teams, Fred Leeb, Pontiac’s emergency financial manager, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview.
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Canadian company submits winning bid for Silverdome
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The winning bidder, one of four and whose identity has not yet been released, plans to use the facility for a men's Major League Soccer team and women's professional soccer teams, Fred Leeb, Pontiac’s emergency financial manager, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview.