MLS/USA Soccer Business Notes

[Kyle Feller]

Big weekend of games in MLS, with playoff spots on the line in almost every game. The crowds did not dissapoint, with about 11k in New York and 10, 500 (sellout) in San Jose for a pair of Friday Night games. Elsewhere, Seattle brought its usual 32k plus while more than 18k were at Robertson stadium for a thrilling RSL/Houston matchup. The Wizards got their ususal 10k plus sellout and more than 18k were at the Home Depot Center to see the Galaxy severely dent TFC’s playoff chances. Finally, on Sunday the East’s two best teams played to a 2-2 draw in front of about 15,500.

Also, San Jose revealed plans for their new stadium that should be up and running in two years, another boost to the beautiful game in the United States, you can see the plans be clicking the link: sjearthquakes.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090918&content_id=7034630&vkey=pr_sje&fext=.jsp&team=t110

[Kyle Feller]

Seattle, who is already crushing MLS attendance records has confirmed that there is a waiting list of over 6,000 people for tickets...............so they have decided to open more the 70,000 seat Qwest Field for the 2010 MLS season.

Wow

www.thenewstribune.com/sports/sounders/story/889646.html

[Kyle Feller]

Spanish language ratings from MLS Cup 2009 on Galavision are in and the news is quite good. Almost 500,000 watched the match on Galavision. When that number is combined with the ESPN rating for the same night, the numbers indicated that more than 1.5 million peopled watched the final.