Coming Soon: Blaugrana West?
Unprofessional Foul —
... If reports are to be believed, FC Barcelona will be tossing its proverbial hat into the ring for the chance to land an MLS expansion team. There had been rumors of this previously, but it appears legit now as The Miami Herald is now reporting that they will indeed buy an MLS lotto ticket. ...
MLS Expansion: FC Barcelona Submitting Bid for Miami Team
TheOriginalWinger.com —
... Barcelona announced on its website that it would partner with Miami resident Marcelo Claure, a Bolivian cellphone magnate and owner of FC Bolivar, to launch a team in Miami. Claure is the CEO of Brightstar Communications, a multibillion-dollar company that is one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States. Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona, and Joan Oliver, the club’s general director, plan to be in Miami Wednesday to present their plans. ...
FC Barcelona to make bid for MLS expansion team in Miami
Soccer By Ives —
... The Miami Herald is reporting that Barcelona will formally apply for an MLS expansion team in Miami. The news comes the day before the MLS deadline for prospective ownership groups to apply for one of the two expansion slots to be filled by 2011. ...
Piper For Peace News
du Nord —
... are our ranked candidates: 1. Sigi Schmid 2. Preki 3. Dominic Kinnear 4. Steve Nicol 5. Frank Yallop ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Rumor City - Don't Tease Me Bro! The Examiner says Seattle is chasing after former Arsenal great Freddie Ljungberg. I hope they don't pay very much for him cuz he is not going to sell tickets. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Expansion News Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald with more on the Barcelona plan to start a new MLS team in Miami. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...
Wednesday pre-game press wrap
Center Line Soccer —
... by what they have accomplished in their first year. People in the Premiership can often come off as quite arrogant and have often been accused of having preached to people that they don’t know what they’re doing. The Quakes know what they’re doing. We only want to help accelerate that development.” Speaking of European teams taking an interest in MLS, FC Barcelona is eyeing an MLS expansion team for Miami, according to a press release on their web site and a story by the Miami Herald ’s Michelle Kaufman (who is also the wife of humorist Dave Barry ). The ...
MLS Expansion Draws Interesting Bids
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
... The seven bids included three cities in Canada, two expected bids from Portland and St. Louis and the biggest surprise, a bid for Miami. The Miami bid was submitted on behalf of a partnership of FC Barcelona and a Bolivian businessman, Marcelo Claure, who is the owner of a multi-billion dollar telecommunications company that is the largest Latino owned business in the US. While MLS shuttered the Miami Fusion several years ago, that was probably due as much to ownership and stadium issues as it was to the interest in soccer in Miami. This potential club would have one of the ...
