MASL News

Discussion in 'Pro Indoor Soccer' started by Scooge, Sep 1, 2016.

  1. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am not sure how they calculate the actual bodies in the arena , There is only one way you can get into the arena and that is through gate E-7 if you are playing on the field that afternoon , If you leave your tickets are marked and if you comeback later you have to go through the main gate.
     
  2. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If you wanted to do a FOIA request on a municipal building, I reckon you could.

    The spreadsheet in question showed the difference betweem announced and supposed actual, and gate receipts.

    It was supposedly an internal league document, so there was no legal reason for it to be audited or to even be accurate. And because it could have been an elaborate prank, I felt it would have been wrong to publish it.
     
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  3. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
    Hopeful news? This just posted today from the Kansas City Comets on their Facebook page:

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  4. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
  5. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  6. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    There are some MASL players from MLS teams who played NO minutes in actual games.
     
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  7. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    SIAP, but is this the new MASL official ball? My son's friend got this from Target. It's Pro Player brand which has been revived by the Perry Ellis company. I just read they started sponsoring a few MLB teams this season and were targeting fall of 2017 for a more national push. It's similar design, but more modern with a neon yellow and navy instead of yellow/black. And no dimples...

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It will shock no one that you're wrong again.

    John O'Brien played five minutes in his only MLS game for Chivas USA in 2006.
     
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  9. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
    As this has anything to do with how Lund might do as an indoor player?

    Troll.
     
  10. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
    [​IMG]

    http://us.puma.com/en_US/pd/masl-official-match-soccer-ball/pna888536716998.html

    Here's the "official" MASL ball from the Puma website. Website says that the product is no longer available.
     
  11. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    #611 firesting81, Sep 6, 2017
    Last edited: Sep 6, 2017
    Yeah, I own that one. But they went on sale for 50% off on puma.com and then were no longer available. I would think that these two developments, the appearance of the new ball and disappearance of the old one, are not purely coincidental.

    EDIT: Target.com has this in size 3-5 as a $13 replica ball. They also have a black one with the MASL logo for the same price. Getting these IN Target is a nice little marketing coup.
     
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  12. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    No and I don't think the MASL will have a Puma/Pro Player ball at all this year.
     
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  13. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    #613 firesting81, Sep 7, 2017
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2017
    So you think Pro Player just has a deal with MASL for use of the logo on replica balls? Not being snarky, I'm just trying to clarify.
     
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  14. NSL2004

    NSL2004 Member+

    Jul 23, 2002
    No Pro Player is some division or affiliate or distributor of Puma and they made the league ball last year. I don't know why they made an MASL-branded ball that doesn't look anything like the MASL ball to sell at retail. I don't know how many Targets the ball was sold in. I always looked for it and never saw it at any Targets I went to.
     
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  15. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My best guess is that the ball they made to sell in stores was leftover material they had to find a use for. So why not put it in target since they buy in a high volume they will not care.
     
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  16. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
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  17. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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  18. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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  19. Scooge

    Scooge Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Big Sky Country
    Club:
    Portland MLS
  20. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of those guys is simply irresistible.
     
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  21. the shelts

    the shelts Member+

    Jun 30, 2005
    Providence RI
    Club:
    Nottingham Forest FC
    Because NOTHING makes sense with this crazy little niche-sport-within-a-niche-sport.

    THIS. THIS. This describes the 100 or so of us in the US and Mexico who follow this sport. I once was driving from Vancouver, headed to Portland, just South of Seattle is Kent, where the Tacoma Stars play. There was a sign off of I-5 to Exit for the ShoWare Center. Whenever this happens, the long-suffering Mrs. Shelts is usually treated to a quick run down of any Junior, Minor or NHL hockey teams that play or played in the arena and if I have ever been (seriously, I have been to 85-90% of the arenas in North America where a team has played). Anyways on going past the ShoWare Center I described the Dion Earl and the Seattle Impact disaster with the dance team. She simply shook her head. Shook her head. Thats all she did, just shook her head.

    Poor Mrs. Shelts was then driven by the Tacoma Dome 20 minutes later

    Agree, yes but with one little addendum, and I know you are a good poster and understand this ahead of time, I'm just re-iterating..........

    Absolutely


    Positively


    Completely


    Unabridgedly


    Unqualifiedly


    Sheer


    Outright


    Utter


    Unconditionally


    Totally


    Flat out


    Thoroughly


    No ifs, No ands, No buts, No strings attached, No fine print, No catch, No holds barred, No Joke.

    NOBODY in America has the foggiest clue who the Major Arena Soccer League is. I would say Baader-Meinhof gang has a higher media presence than MASL.
     
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  22. cardshopmd

    cardshopmd Member

    Sep 9, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  23. NickWISoccer

    NickWISoccer Member

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    Dallas folding means the divisions have to shift. Has there been a ' drop-dead' date posted for Rochester? You'd think that right about NOW would be it. Then again this is the same sport that dredged up the Twisters, Roar and Riot , just to keep the lights on. So adding the Lancers back in, 2 weeks from kickoff, would not surprise me.
     
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  24. the shelts

    the shelts Member+

    Jun 30, 2005
    Providence RI
    Club:
    Nottingham Forest FC
    I don't know. There was 6 in that division with Dallas, now it is 5. That is still bigger than the Pacific division at 4.

    You have to worry about the viability of a sport loses teams like the Rochester and Dallas, then has Kansas City teetering on the precipice for an entire summer.

    On a bright note however things seem fine in Turlock!
     
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  25. firesting81

    firesting81 Member+

    Jan 16, 2001
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Oh, I know. What I was saying was it would be a major coup to get their logo on a ball at Target (in MASL markets especially) just to get some name recognition for the league.
     

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