Some Soccer News for Aug 18, 2017
du Nord, August 18, 2017
It's Day 230 of 2017. My new column for 1500ESPN - The New Loons are here! Rounding up and rating the newest members of Minnesota United. dN Sporting Kansas City has their 100th consecutive MLs home sellout this weekend. Before they opened their stadium they couldn't give tickets away. What a massive difference that place has made. The stadium has probably put a big chunk of money away toward paying for itself. Amazing. The new ownership in 2006 used a long term plan to give fans a reason to come spend their money on this team. And it worked. By Sam McDowell for the Kansas City Star. I am very happy for all the success they have had. Some very good people involved in SKC, inside the team and very much so in the stands. dN Opening Day Across Some Of Europes biggest leagues: GERMANY SCHEDULE: -Fri Aug 18 Bayern v Leverkusen -Sat Aug 19 Schalke v Leipzig Wolfsburg v Dortmund Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen -Sun Aug 20 Monchengladbach v Koln SPAIN SCHEDULE: -Sat Aug 19 Girona v Atletico Madrid Sevilla v Espanyol -Sun