Big soccer night planned for Soldier Field - Chicago Daily Herald Old United Rivalry Could Heat Up in Coming Week - Washington Post Litvack to play professional soccer in Italy - Norhtbrook Star What's next for the Sounders? - Seattle Times Pro soccer finds home on Island - Harrisburg Patriot-News
68 days??? Wizards Long for a Victory - KC Star Rapids' new owner Kroenke good news for MLS - Daily Herald What the Rapids are saying - Rocky Mountain News Fire in Focus - Naperville Sun New playoff format having little effect on the Crew - Columbus Dispatch MetroStars Scouting Report - Daily Record MetroStars prepare for a heavy dose of D.C. down stretch - NJ Herald
Good to see they aren't jumping right into the A-leauge, although eventually the area probably could support a team. They have picked the right location as well, far more centrally located than Hershey, and you won't get charged $7 for parking.
I found this paragraph from the Kroenke article annoying. Not saying it's not accurate, just that it annoyed me:
I bet if you asked Lieweke and AEG, they believe in the end they're going to make a boatload of money on MLS and soccer in the U.S. Whether Mr. A. is still around to spend some of the profits, who can say.
In the Daily Herald's article on Kroenke: Are there other sources that also indicate that Vergara'll be buying into MLS in "a few weeks" time?
I found this interesting. and also http://www.mlsnet.com/content/03/mls0923kseteleconf.html I think this all hints of a done deal.
I had heard a rumor that all the major announcements will be made at MLS Cup, including 2-3 new I/Os, expansion, and sponsorships. I believe, like many others here, that the Rapids announcement was rushed up to counter any negative fallout from the WUSA collapse. Look for everything else to be announced at MLS Cup. Sachin
You're right. A close friend in Guadalajara tells me Vergara is getting ready for the luncheon at L.A.. He was told by MLS the affair will be a gala with all the props... My friend wonders if he is going to wear socks for a change...
If Vergara is serious about having his San Diego Chivas team start up in 2004, wouldn't he need to get things rolling very soon, as in the next few weeks? If so, I would think Vergara would want to make the announcement sometime next month so that the new Chivas team doesn't have to share the limelight with the 2005 expansion cities that are supposed to be announced at MLS Cup.
Now, all we need are announcements about a stadium or two, and I will be feeling real good. However, given the usual MLS press conference game of building up something big and then announcing that they are announcing they will have a press conference in 60-90 days to announce they are going to announce something important real soon, I think Garber will simply announce that he saved a bundle on car insurance through GEICO
Who's to say he hasn't gotten things rolling already? There are a lot of things needed to get an MLS team up and running that wouldn't necessarily have to been after an "official" announcement is made. And Anschutz is not an idiot. He's going to make money on MLS, and a lot of it if things go according to his plan. It may be 5-7 down the road before he sees the profits, but he could legitimately see 200-300% returns on his investments in MLS. Not bad percentages with the way the economy's been the last 2-3 years.