Some Soccer News for Feb 24, 2017
du Nord, February 24, 2017
It's Day 55 of 2017. In a stunning move Turner Broadcasting and Univision have outbid Fox and NBC for UEFA Champions League rights starting in the 2018/19 season. By John Ourand for Sports Business Journal. Gotta be a real gut punch to FS1 and their crew. dN Several teams have taken the same path as Minnesota United into MLS, from the second division. What did those teams do and what can we expect? By Andy Greder for the Pioneer Press. Some first year bench marks for MNUFC to shoot for. Also by Greder. What point total is Minnesota aiming for? Only 1 of the past 11 expansion teams have made the playoffs in season 1 - Seattle. So don't count on that happening. Notice that the #2 team on the list has a direct connection to MN. Here are the First Season Point Totals for the last 11 expansion teams: (pro-rated for 34 games) 53 Seattle '09 44 Orlando '15 42 Montreal '12 42 Portland '11 37 NYCFC '15 37 San Jose '08 35 Phila '10 28 Vancouver '11 28 Toronto '07 21 Salt Lake '05 19 Chivas '05 dN Atlanta has crossed t
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- Aarón Herrera
- Abu Danladi
- Auston Trusty
- Bashkim Kadrii
- Bernardo Añor
- Bobby Shuttleworth
- Bobby Wood
- Brent Kallman
- Brooks Lennon
- Bruce Arena
- Christian Ramírez
- Chris Wondolowski
- Collen Warner
- Collin Martin
- Coy Craft
- Cristian Colman
- David Villa
- Emmanuel Sabbi
- Erik Palmer-Brown
- Eryk Williamson
- Fabian Johnson
- Francisco Calvo
- Ismaila Jome
- Jeremiah Gutjahr
- Jeremy Ebobisse
- Jermaine Taylor
- Jerome Thiesson
- Johan Venegas
- Jonathan Gonzalez
- Jonathan Klinsmann
- Jonathan Lewis
- JT Marcinkowski
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Justen Glad
- Justin Davis
- Kellyn Acosta
- Kevin Molino
- Kevin Venegas
- Luca de la Torre
- Marco Carducci
- Michael Barrios
- Miguel Ibarra
- Mohammed Saeid
- Patrick McLain
- Rasmus Schuller
- Raul Gonzalez
- Sebastian Saucedo
- Steven Gerrard
- Tab Ramos
- Terrence Boyd
- Thomas De Villardi
- Tommy Redding
- Tyler Adams
- Vadim Demidov