The on-again, off-again bid by David Beckham to launch an MLS team in Miami took another turn as the Miami Herald reportedthat Beckham might have found a local owner the group needs for MLS to go forward with the team. Garber cautioned work still needed to be done but he was confident about announcing MLS […]
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Tom Mulroy: 'There's so many people on the wrong page'
Former professional player Tom Mulroy has worn many hats since retiring as a player and touring the country juggling as “Soccer Tom.” He grew up in Spring Valley, N.Y.,and as a youth played for the famous Blau-Weiss Gottschee club in Queens and then at Ulster Community College, where twice he was named a NJCAA All-American. He was […]
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Beckham: Board gives green light to get Miami deal done
MLS commissioner Don Garber admitted he wasn’t certain it would get past Wednesday, but he said the MLS board of governors authorized him to work with an MLS expansion committee of owners andleague executives to finalize the deal for Miami Beckham United to join MLS as its 24th team. There had been reports of concerns […]
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Beckham-Miami deal: 'We're not there yet'
Will MLS pull the trigger and approve David Beckham‘s long-delayed bid to bring the league’s 24th team to Miami? It could happen as soon as Wednesday at the MLS board of governors meeting inChicago. But MLS commissioner Don Garber cautioned that work on the project still needs to be done. The three pieces to the […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Matheson
“Twenty-five thousand people entering that neighborhood will wreak havoc with noise, traffic, and pedestrian congestion, because it’s not only a proposed soccer stadium, it’s a proposedconcert stadium.” — Bruce Matheson, the heir to one of Miami’s richest and oldest families, who filed a lawsuit to try to kill David Beckham‘s land deal needed to build […]
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MLS: Beckham finally secures Miami land deal
A home, finally, for David Beckham‘s soccer stadium moved a lot closer to reality when the Miami Beckham United received approval, by a 9-4 vote of Miami-Dade County commissioners, to buythe third parcel of land it needs to build a 25,000-seat stadium in the Overtown neighborhood of the city. The agreement would be a no-bid […]
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What They're Saying: Joe Martinez
“The people of the 305 don’t like to walk a lot. The people in Europe may walk to games. We don’t.” — Miami-Dade County commissioner Joe Martinez on theplan for the Miami soccer stadium in Overtown that doesn’t include parking, testing the strength of “march to the match” in South Florida. (Miami Herald)
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Expansion: Leiweke makes pitch for Miami stadium
Miami residents got the latest pitch from David Beckham’s group for a soccer stadium, a $300 million plan for a 25,000-seat stadium in the Overtown neighborhood of the city. TimLeiweke, who brought Beckham to the LA Galaxy a decade ago, was among the Miami Beckham United presenters at a town hall at the Overtown YWCA […]
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What They're Saying: Miami-Dade commissioner Xavier Suarez
“How long are we going to negotiate for the use of that [county-owned land] before we decide that maybe that ought to be made available for some affordable housing? Are we going to wait forthese folks forever before we use that property for something more?” — Miami-Dade commissioner Xavier Suarez, asked during a meeting of […]