A final foothold-Boston Globe Harris keeps going-Boston Globe Llamosa calms storm-Boston Globe France Recaptures a Piece of Glory-LA Times Galaxy Looking to Hit Double in Title Games-LA Times Revolution Head to MLS Championship-NY Newsday(AP) MLS, what about South Florida?-Miami Herald The numbers are striking-Sun Sentinel Revolution: Revs closer to Cup after draw with Crew-Providence Journal Notebook: Officials' ruling spares Llamosa of an own goal=Providence Journal
All or None The List - Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Commentary - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Former GM O'Donovan relishes Team's Success - Boston Herald Totally Revved for MLS Finale - Hartford Courant Revolution Advances to the Final - Washington Post The Boston Herald is down at the moment. Once it is back up, I imagine I will find another story or two there. Plus there will be the Columbus Dispatch and South Boston Patriot Ledger. -jim
lol i'm glad i usually check before i post my list, plus i missed the third globe story and the miami herald one
QUOTE: "They have been selling at a rate of more than 1,000 per day." That's without the certainty that the home team would be in the final. They could probably double that rate now that the Revs are in for sure, right? Which would be around 35 K heading into Sunday's game, not counting walkups.
Draw for Crew is Win for Revolution - Columbus Dispatch Herald still down and Patriot Ledger not updated yet (won't be til around noon or so)
I liked the Miami Herald article. WE should put a team the Orange Bowl!!!!!! Apparently she doesn't follow the league very closely.
Twellman Remains Sidelined - Boston Herald Middle of the Road - Boston Herald Brown is Two Good - Boston Herald Goodbye Columbus - Boston Herald
MLS going to the Orange Bowl? If short-term memory serves me correct, Miami Fusion FC did play there twice last year. In July and/or August. Late in to the season in which they were playing some of the best football in Major League Soccer. A season where they were top of their conference, and the whole table. Orange Bowl/Miami fans had their chance to prove that they wanted pro soccer in their town. What was the attendance for those games? Somewhere around pathetic-thousand and three? Two games to show this league that a Miami team could succeed, and you people decided to hit the midday buffet and tuck in early for that pre-dawn shuffleboard event at the rec center and a walk around the mall. You had a great chance to show our league you would support the beautiful game. You didn't even support a beautiful club. MLS will not be going back to Florida for years, if ever. And besides, the Orange Bowl? Do we really want another club in a huge NFL football stadium? Lockhart (which also didn't get the support for whatever reason) was perfect for soccer. Orange Bowl is not. Build a SSS, sell 15,000-20,000 season ticket promisary notes (or whatever it's called), and then we might consider you. Until then, to quote DeNiro in Copland "You had your chance and you blew it!"
their biggest problem was the owner... they had a really sweet pitch to play on normally... the widest in mls
orange bowl first match: http://www.mlsnet.com/games/01/0630clbmia.html attendance: 14,856 second match: http://www.mlsnet.com/games/01/0707metmia.html attendance: 22,370
Those numbers are not especially flattering for Miami, especially considering that one, if not both, of those games were doubleheaders (I think with a Central American national team?).
The question is not if Miami is a good place for soccer, which I am positive that it is, but whether they can get an owner who gives a crap about them and a SSS in a location where fans have easy access. Sports fans in Miami are basically sick of being ignored by their owners and the league, ie. Marlins, Panthers, Fusion. Miami loves the Dolphins because they know that the franchise has a history and integrity that Heizenga wouldnt dare screw with because Miami fans can also be very fickle. The Fusion had hardly any advertising the few years i watched them play but it doesnt mean the fans werent excited or that there was a lack of interest. I would listen to sports radio 560 in south florida and these guys(especially during that last year) were really pumping up the fusion and getting callers who were avid fusion fans. Every day the Miami Herald usually runs half a page specifically for soccer either recapping games around the world, MLS, or local matches. Under the right circumstances(Stadium in downtown Miami and good ownership), Miami would be a perfect soccer town. But this probably wont happen in the near future, especially considering the problems the Florida Marlins are having trying to get a stadium. That being said I dont expect a team in Miami because its too risky for the league with all of these issues. Besides, Ian Bishop aint coming back.