Here is the global business of soccer recap including the highlights from the previous week including Twitter in Brazil, Puma’s new CEO, and MLS player compensation trends. Premier League Kit ...
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Puma’s New Chief Up For The Challenge
After a four-month long search, Europe’s second largest sporting goods manufacturer, Puma has named Bjorn Gulden, formerly the head of Dutch jeweler Pandora, as its new CEO, effective July 1. Gulden will take over for former CEO, Franz Koch who left Puma at the end of March after only two years with the company. Gulden, a [...]
FIFA Imposes Sanctions in Lebanon and Estonia for Match Fixing
In what is one allegation after another in the world of soccer, on the pitch and off, the negative press among players, agents and executives continues. FIFA announced the suspension of eight players from Estonia and one from Lebanon for their roles in match manipulation and fraud. The Estonian players were suspended from matches and [...]
DC United and DC Brau Create Team Specific Beer
DC Brau Brewing Company LLC and DC United announced today that they are partnering up to bring the DC metro area it first ever team specific beer. DC Brau President and Head Brewer Jeff Hancock says that his “motivation for making this particular beer with D.C. United came from a willingness to make an ale that [...]
ESPN FC to Replace ESPN Press Pass
On August 11th, ESPN is set to debut its newest addition to their programming lineup: ESPNFC. ESPNFC will be a daily highlights show from leagues around the world including Europe and MLS as well as coverage of the US and Mexican Men’s National Teams. The new studio show will be half an hour Monday through [...]
Goal.com’s North American Makeover
Goal.com has a reach covering two hundred countries in thirty six different languages and has a strong argument for being one of the largest soccer website out there at the moment. Out of those two hundred countries and thirty six languages though, two countries and one language currently take the spotlight, and probably a large [...]
Twitter Sees Big Opportunity In Brazil For FIFA World Cup 2014
As an investor, one of the most pressing questions either on your mind or being asked of you is, “What’s the next, best big bet?” For Adam Bain, Twitter’s President of Global Revenue, one answer that satisfies this never-ending question, for the time being, is Brazil. In fact, Brazil has been on the radar of [...]
Global Business of Soccer Recap
Here is the global business of soccer recap including the highlights from the previous week on FIFA and EA Sports, MLS compensation and USL youth development to the booming soccer industry in Brazil. FIFA and EA Sports Extend Partnership Through 2022 (Business of Soccer) One of the world’s most popular video games, EA [...]
MLS Regular Season Attendance Down 1.3% to 17,053 in Week 11
MLS week eleven average attendance is 15,812. The regular season average has decreased 1.3% to 17,053 from 17,272 last week. Stadiums were 73.1% filled throughout the week and now 79% on the season. Four matches were sold out this weekend – Kansas City versus Seattle at Sporting Park on Wednesday, and Seattle versus San Jose [...]
State Of The Game: USL And Youth Development
In the past couple of years, the lay of the soccer land in the United States has been confusing and rocky at times. The disagreement and controversy surrounding USL 1 teams breaking away and forming the NASL and then the USSF coming in and temporarily running a co-opted D2/D3 of the US soccer pyramid was [...]
FIFA and EA Sports Extend Partnership Through 2022
One of the world’s most popular video games, EA Sports’ FIFA 2013, will officially see a next version in 2014, and the following year,and so on for the next 9 years. An article from Soccerex released on May 9th announced that FIFA has extended its licensing agreement with EA Sports through December 31, 2022. This news will [...]
Top 25 Highest Paid Players in Major League Soccer
Note: The annual average guaranteed compensation number includes a player’s base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, including option years. For example, if a player has a base salary of $50,000, has a two-year contract with two one-year options and received a $10,000 bonus when [...]
David Moyes Officially Named as Sir Alex Successor
Manchester United’s Official website has officially announced who Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor will be and it turns out it is another Scotsman who has signed a 6 year contract with the Red Devils. David Moyes has been on the lips of everyone since it was announced Sir Alex would step down at the end of the season [...]
Internal and External: MLS And The World Of Soccer On LGBT Inclusion
The City of Chicago just yesterday unanimously supported a resolution asking the commissioners of Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Soccer to “state in a public interview their support for LGBT players and invite them to come out and, once they are out, pledge to make them safe and accepted.” This type of unanimous support from a city [...]
Farewell Fergie: Simply The Best
Hearts are breaking all over the globe today in Manchester United Nation as Sir Alex Ferguson shocked the football world by announcing that he will retire as Manager of the club at the conclusion of this season. Both club and supporters will sorely miss the most successful manager in British football history at the helm. [...]
Grassroots Gem: LifeSkills Program created with Barclays
A term thrown around more and more today is “Grassroots” marketing, yet often times when asked for a definition, a surprising amount of professionals can’t give a decent one. The concept is actually not that complicated when you remove the “botanical” name and simply call it “Ground-up” marketing instead, because that’s exactly what it truly [...]
MLS Compensation Average is $159,849; Down 10.8% from 2012
The Major League Soccer Players Union released the latest player salary information last week. All player salaries are presented as the player’s current base salary, as well as the annual average guaranteed compensation for the player. The Players Union provides the following understanding for the salary information provided: The annual average guaranteed compensation number includes [...]
MLS Regular Season Attendance Down 0.6% to 17,272 in Week 10
MLS week ten average attendance is 16,267. The regular season average has decreased 0.6% to 17,272 from 17,377 last week. Stadiums were 86% filled throughout the week and now 80% on the season. Two matches were sold out this weekend – Portland Timbers versus New England Revolution at JELD-WEN Field (39th straight home sellout) and [...]
Official logo unveiled for 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Sporting Park on July 31
The 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star Game logo was unveiled on Sunday at Sporting Park during halftime of Sporting Kansas City’s nationally televised match against Chivas USA. In conjunction with the logo’s launch, the first edition of 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star Game merchandise was made available to purchase in-stadium at Sporting Park on Sunday. The gear [...]
Continental Tire to Expand North American Soccer Presence
Continental Tire renews partnership with MLS, announces partnership with U.S. Soccer FORT MILL, SC and NEW YORK – Today, Continental Tire announced that they have extended their agreement with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), Major League Soccer’s commercial arm, to continue as an official partner and the official tire of MLS in the United States and [...]
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