Post by Soccerhouse on Sept 22, 2014 9:07:32 GMT -5
Sept 22
Here’s what’s going on in the soccer industry this morning…
The FIFA World Cup probably won’t be held in Qatar in 2022 as planned because the country’s heat poses a health risk to fans and players, FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger told Bild in an interview.
Arsenal’s pre-tax profit declined 30 percent as the London-based soccer club spent more on signing players including German midfielder Mesut Ozil and increased its wage bill.
FIFA faced more calls for greater transparency when its own ethics investigator joined the critics and complained of a “disconnect” with the public.
MLS President Mark Abbott received high-level briefings from Sacramento Republic FC owners – and an earful from the team’s famously rowdy fans – as they began an on-the-ground evaluation Thursday of the region’s chances for an MLS expansion team.
Top executives from Major League Soccer got high-level briefings from Sacramento Republic FC owners – and an earful from the team’s famously rowdy fans – as they began an on-the-ground evaluation of the region’s chances for an MLS expansion team.
UEFA president Michel Platini insists he will not return a £16,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Premier League week 5 shows stadiums more full with less fans. Week 5 had an average attendance of 33,172, a 17% decrease from Week 4′s 38,810.
With Saturday’s open house of the Bielenberg Field House in Woodbury, Minnesota United FC is one step closer to a new training facility. United owner Bill McGuire contributed more than $1 million to the $22 million sports complex with plans to move in during July, but construction delays pushed that back.
Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo comments on a soccer specific stadium for New England Revolution.
Residents and community organizers near the proposed site of a new stadium for D.C. United have asked the team and the District government for a community benefits agreement providing $5 million initially and future payments over the project’s 30-year lease.
Traffic Sports, owner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, announced that a group of three Brazilian investors – Paulo Cesso, Ricardo Geromel, and Rafael Bertani – has purchased the team
- See more at: www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/09/22/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-soccer-industry-this-morning-221/#sthash.EzAZVmv8.dpuf
Here’s what’s going on in the soccer industry this morning…
The FIFA World Cup probably won’t be held in Qatar in 2022 as planned because the country’s heat poses a health risk to fans and players, FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger told Bild in an interview.
Arsenal’s pre-tax profit declined 30 percent as the London-based soccer club spent more on signing players including German midfielder Mesut Ozil and increased its wage bill.
FIFA faced more calls for greater transparency when its own ethics investigator joined the critics and complained of a “disconnect” with the public.
MLS President Mark Abbott received high-level briefings from Sacramento Republic FC owners – and an earful from the team’s famously rowdy fans – as they began an on-the-ground evaluation Thursday of the region’s chances for an MLS expansion team.
Top executives from Major League Soccer got high-level briefings from Sacramento Republic FC owners – and an earful from the team’s famously rowdy fans – as they began an on-the-ground evaluation of the region’s chances for an MLS expansion team.
UEFA president Michel Platini insists he will not return a £16,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Premier League week 5 shows stadiums more full with less fans. Week 5 had an average attendance of 33,172, a 17% decrease from Week 4′s 38,810.
With Saturday’s open house of the Bielenberg Field House in Woodbury, Minnesota United FC is one step closer to a new training facility. United owner Bill McGuire contributed more than $1 million to the $22 million sports complex with plans to move in during July, but construction delays pushed that back.
Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo comments on a soccer specific stadium for New England Revolution.
Residents and community organizers near the proposed site of a new stadium for D.C. United have asked the team and the District government for a community benefits agreement providing $5 million initially and future payments over the project’s 30-year lease.
Traffic Sports, owner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, announced that a group of three Brazilian investors – Paulo Cesso, Ricardo Geromel, and Rafael Bertani – has purchased the team
- See more at: www.businessofsoccer.com/2014/09/22/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-soccer-industry-this-morning-221/#sthash.EzAZVmv8.dpuf
