Miami Soccer Series set to help attract big names (Miami Herald) If you can't qualify - host it. This is the first indication of a USSF bid and so far only Saudi Arabia has voiced interest in hosting 2011 and beyond. Having Don Garber on the CWC Organising Committee surely can't hurt. 2008 - Japan 2009 - Australia, Japan, UAE 2010 - Australia, Japan, UAE Whoever loses out on 2009 and 2010 next month might also be back with a bid.
Is the same country going to automatically host both 2009 and 2010? Or might FIFA award one year to one country and the other year to a different one?
One association will host both, 2009 and 2010: I have a feeling it's a way to let Japan host until 2010. IIRC Toyota was pushing for that.
Club World Cup seems like a good way to let smaller federations get a FIFA tournament. and seriously, Miami? Thats gotta be fairly low on my list of US cities that would be good CWC candidates
Miami needs another stadium to hold all these matches. The Dolphins could make the play-offs, you know. Hahahahahahahaha ...
I thought the Dolphins played all their games in London. anyway, from the original link on the Miami CWC bid: "The goal is to lure seven to eight matches a year to Dolphin Stadium. The new FIU football stadium also could be used as a secondary venue."
Actually, a SSS in Miami -- like the talked about one at the Orange Bowl site -- would make a lot of sense. Even ignoring the value for a future MLS team, there is a lot of potential there to host international soccer games like this CWC -- plus national team friendlies, "home games" for Carribean teams that don't have FIFA approved stadiums, pre-season games for MLS teams, Gold Cup games, etc..
They used to hold them in the Orange Bowl but now these games go to Lockhart. FIU would be another back-up site. They could "subcontract" some games to Tampa, Orlando or J-ville though. Or even Cuba, when you think about it.
Miami is the perfect location for this tournament. Warm climate. And the Eastern US time zone would allow for a much larger potential TV audience. I also think Dolphin Stadium is a great venue for soccer. It was designed to host World Cup matches. It's the right size. With a roof over the stands it would be better than most venues in Europe.
Miami/Fort Lauderdale, much like the Greater LA, is an immigrant town, with many split allegiances. That's why the local sports don't draw well either. The announced Dolphins attendances are as fictitious as those of MLS. On the plus side, the Euro tourists are pretty familiar with the neighborhood whereas Tokyo probably doesn't draw much from the continent for the WCC alone.
Miami being an immigrant town hasn't much to do with the Dolphins fanbase withering on the vine. First, for the Caribbean and Latin immigrants - split allegiances with whom for the NFL? The home team, hahaha - what home teams? For the snowbirds, sure, but Miami does play a New York team and New England for a quarter of its home schedule - think that'd maybe help a bit? You've clearly forgotten that the Dolphins have been poop (not just mediocre but terrible) for what... six seasons? Their season ticket base has eroded a bit but early season games have looked legitimate while hope has sprung eternal - remembering that they haven't announced an actual sellout in years - and then people dump the team when they're 0-5 or 1-4 and turnstile numbers clearly nosedive. But the NFL also announces tickets sold not turnstile numbers so, really, let's not imply otherwise. Not that a distortionist such as sfs cares about actual facts or context unless they fit the narrative line, of course. SFS, have you considered a propaganda job with a third world dictatorship, the Bush administration or a tobacco firm lately?
"Miami-Dade also would like to hold official matches from South America's Copa Libertadores." Someones going to have to break the news that Libertadores in home-away even for the final.
I'm not gonna declare Miami incpapable of pulling this thing off, but I do think the CWC is a fantastic opportunity for a premier event in the US, that under the right circumstances it could --meaning not automatically--do very very well. So I will feel better about it if the venue is chosen after a competitive bidding process than if it's just "well, Miami was the interested party."
Club America played their 2005 Copa Sudamericana home leg against Atletico Nacional of Colombia at the Los Angeles Coliseum. I imagine Miami is hoping for a similar arrangement.
Miami would be a great choice. And its not just about getting Floridians to go. Fans of the qualified teams would FLOCK to that city. Oh, by the way, the host nation gets an automatic entry to the tournament right? That's why there's always a Japanese team in it right now. Last year, technically, the Asian entrant was Sepahan, even though Urawa won the Asian Champions League. Maybe I'm wrong. So an MLS team would actually get to play in the thing. Did you know CONCACAF has been the 3rd most successful confederation in the club world cup? Truth will set you free.
Not quite. Technically Sepahan entered as the "host" team. The JFA announced that they would not put two Japanese clubs in the competition, so Sepahan, as ACL runners-up, were invited to take the play-in spot against the OFC that the hosts would have played.
So, do tell, what NFL team would a newly arriving Haitian or Peruvian immigrant root for? Nitwit. Split allegiances for a different sport. Thanks for answering your own question. New York, yes. New England, less so. And the Jets game is once a year. Wannstedt was in the play-offs early in his run and was 10:6 in 2003. Saban finished 9:7 in 2005. You don't even know the Miami Dolphins record .... hahahahahahaha ... that was so hard to find. Oh, gosh, what am I doing answering a 12-year old?