Today's News,Monday,Nov.30

[denime]

Mornin'


Reds hancuffed at MLS expansion draft


MLSE Exec Addresses BMO Field Question


Turf Removal Starts At BMO Field



SUNSHINE

[Kaz]

what a beautiful thing to see... almost want to use a picture from the website over the last few days of the turf being torn up as a wall paper, or maybe something to hang on my wall....

[guelphguy1965]

I want to bang SSG on the wall.......... OOPS I meant to hang her picture on the wall -

[Oldtimer]

Several news items involving Don Garber:

MLS owners have taken steps to sign Don Garber to a new, multiyear contract as commissioner, but the deal is contingent on the league completing a new collective-bargaining agreement early next year.

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com...rticleid=64194

For the record, the American contingent to the World Cup draw will be led by the federation president, Sunil Gulati, and will include the men’s national team coach, Bob Bradley; the federation general secretary, Dan Flynn; the M.L.S. commissioner Don Garber; the executive director of the U.S. bid committee for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, David Downs; and several members of the federation’s support staff.

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/1...u-in-the-back/

Many Hispanics hail from countries where soccer -- known there as fútbol -- is a national passion, which Major League Soccer is trying to tap. The U.S. league is sponsoring games featuring Latin American teams in the hope that fans will stick around for U.S. matches the same day.
"For us, the Hispanic market is incredibly important," said MLS commissioner Don Garber.
But catering to "the Hispanic market" is a big challenge for U.S. sports promoters, in part because Latinos here have ties to more than a dozen countries.
Eduardo Carvacho has been navigating the Hispanic market for U.S. soccer teams since 2007. He started out building a fan base for the Columbus Crew in Ohio, where most Hispanics were recent arrivals. To start a "porra," a group of diehard fans who set the tone at the stadium, he relied mostly on personal interactions, like eating tacos with community leaders.
Mr. Carvacho now works for the soccer team in Dallas, a much bigger market with established Hispanic institutions where he can proselytize through businesses such as Fiesta, a Hispanic-food grocery chain that sells FC Dallas tickets.
"You have to customize every single thing," he said of appealing to Hispanic fans, depending on the local community.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1259...WhatsNewsForth

[Redcoe15]

I want to bang SSG on the wall.......... OOPS I meant to hang her picture on the wall -

You ain't alone in that sentiment, Guelph.

[guelphguy1965]

I dont usually coment on SSG but I had to make an exception for this one.