Archive for the ‘MLS’ Category

Friday Feature: Bring Out The Bloodhounds….. The Union Need To Find Some Goals

This is a guest feature by Matt Acconciamessa, founder and editor of US Soccer Daily. All we are saying… …is give us a goal… The chants and pleas of the PPL Park faithful sitting there above this sentence and far too often this young season. The Union are stringing together great results here early in [...]

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Jay DeMerit’s Face Says It All

A lot of press around the Jay DeMerit story and rightfully so. It’s a beautiful tale as a Wisconsin soccer god and good guy grabs his knapsack and heads to Europe in search of a “football” career on the very island that birthed the game. But there is another tale here; one that often goes [...]

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Survey: On MLS Ticketing

A few weeks ago, I questioned the merit of the New York Red Bulls and other MLS teams using Groupon, the popular group discounting site, to move tickets. Working in Silicon Valley (and mind you Groupon is based in Chicago), we’re deluged with tech companies and “tech-hopeful companies” (companies who have one feature, but lack [...]

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A Little Puffery, But: Chicharito vs. Agudelo

Juan Agudelo may not be starting for the Red Bulls tonight (or in the future for that matter), but you knew with the hype surrounding the teenager that, thrust onto the Gold Cup stage this summer, he would be forever linked to Mexican superstar Chicharito. Will the be a tete-a-tete this summer or will it [...]

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TSG’s All MLS Salary Value Team + More MLS Notes…

MLS 2011 salaries came out this week and if you’re a buyer who is the anti-Microsoft (picking up Skype for the cool premium of $8.5B) then here is the team for you! The eleven starters below are not the absolute cheapest at each position, but together with a modest bench they could theoretically achieve a [...]

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Eberted: Okay, You Got Me Dynamo

Okay, Houston Dynamo. You got me. Will Bruin, TSG’s rookie of the year pick, with an absolutely terrible goal celebration this past weekend as he rung up three on the beleaguered DC United defense. Now Dynamo–like most MLS teams–put their PR into overdrive. You have to admit MLS is on the vanguard of this social [...]

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