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FC Barcelona signs MLS deal to tour US
The two-time European club champion will play six games in America over the next half-decade. No dates or other details of the tour were disclosed. But officials of MLS' marketing arm, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), and of the 18-time Spanish league champion said the contract also included the U.S. soccer league negotiating the club's sponsorship rights, and handling the public relations and ...
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Long-Term Pocketlining Plan
Unprofessional Foul — ... Elite European clubs, and even lesser European clubs, look to line their pockets during the summer season through international tours. The holy grail of these tours seem to be rich middle eastern countries and the U.S. Barcelona is tapping the U.S. vein...long term...signing a five-year agreement to play 6 games over five years with the MLS. ...

REPORT: BarcaNY? BarcaMiami? FC Barcelona Has Option to Operate MLS Club
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the gamesThis report comes to us courtesy of USA Today: "If you want to be a global brand, you have to be in the United States," said FC Barcelona vice chairman Ferran Soriano, the club's executive responsible for marketing. "We want to have a permanent presence here, and maybe that permanent presence will mean a team here someday." The concept is not unprecedented. Jorge Vergara, who owns Mexico's Chivas de Guadalajara, founded MLS club CD Chivas USA in Los Angeles in 2005. Previously we had reported that a ...

Barcelona Looking To Own A MLS Club?
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog — Yeah, its possible. Yesterday we talked about the deal that Major League Soccer and FC Barcelona signed. While it was a commercial agreement between the two sides that will yield friendlies and probably some youth camps or other sorts of things of that nature. The big talk now is that the La Liga giants are hoping to put their stamp on the US with a potential club. “If you want to be a global brand, you have to be in the United States,” said FC Barcelona vice chairman Ferran Soriano, the club’s executive ...

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