soccerticketsonline.com - 12/27/2008
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FC Barcelona has confirmed that they will be touring the U.S. again in 2009. Barcelona is determined to have a presence in Major League Soccer by 2011, through an ownership stake in the the potential MLS expansion franchise in Miami. Miami FCB would play at Florida International University and ...
sportbusiness.com - 12/22/2008
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sportbusiness.com —
International sports media company, MP & Silva, signed
a long-term, broad partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS),...
North America’s top-flight professional soccer league. As part of the agreement, MP & Silva acquires the exclusive television rights ...
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MP & Silva strikes MLS deal
soccernet.espn.go.com - 12/22/2008
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soccernet.espn.go.com —
Barcelona go off for their Christmas break ten
points ahead of their nearest rivals, Sevilla, after coming...
back from one-down in an awkward game at Villarreal. In this final column for the season, I would expect to be able to say for certain that the ...
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ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Ball: Hasta la Vista
mls-rumors.net - 12/26/2008
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mls-rumors.net —
Well Miami haters, Miami FCB may be even
closer. In fact so close that Barcelona is planning...
a series of friendlies to take place in 2009 to herald the new Miami based club. According to a nugget found in this MLS en Español translation of an ...
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EXPANSION: FC Barcelona Friendlies Planned to Coincide ...
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Soccerlens.com —
... 20:20 - This news is a couple of days old, but in case you hadn’t heard already, Barcelona will be back in the U.S. next summer. According to the report, one of the cities they’re certain to be in is Miami to help further their goal of helping the MLS return to Miami in the next few years. The opportunity to see Messi in person is one not to pass up, so you may well see me in Miami next summer. ...
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Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 12/26/2008
Chad Marshall defender has re-signed with the MLS champion Columbus Crew. The club said Friday he agreed to a multiyear contract. Marshall missed 17 games because of concussions in 2007 and was the 2008 MLS Defender of the Year. He helped the Crew ...
