Marcelo Claure is optimistic about Miami's Major League Soccer bid

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EXPANSION: MLS to Miami FCB - "Not so fast.", Miami FCB Media Blitz Planned
Published 11/30/2008 by Rumor Mill (noreply@blogger.com) at Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games
... It appears that unlike many online pundits, MLS has some reservations about the Miam-FC Barcelona expansion bid according to this article: ...

MLS Brass Consider Miami Bid…
Published 11/30/2008 by FC Uptown at TheOriginalWinger.com
... Major League Soccer executives apparently still need some convincing that Miami will support an MLS team despite its reputation as a fickle sports town. . More after the jump… Marcelo Claure, the Bolivian cellphone mogul trying to bring MLS back to Miami, was in Carson, Calif., last week with his partners from Spanish giant FC Barcelona, and they made their pitch to MLS owners. He said that the meeting went ”really well,” that everyone seemed excited about Barcelona’s backing and that he left feeling Miami is ”a frontrunner” for an expansion team. But, he said, owners asked ...

Turn Things On Their Side News
Published 12/1/2008 by brucio (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald talks to the lead investor of the Miami bid. ANOTHER STADIUM WITH FAKE TURF!! NOOOOO! Includes some very interesting quotes from MLS commissioner Donald V Garber. ...