MLS 101
Soccer Econ 101 (Part 2): Grey Market Values and the Ticket Resale Market
By: Laurie |
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This is Part 2 in my Soccer Econ 101 Series. Part 1 is here.
I’m pretty sure I was going to write something brilliant on soccer economics today, but I have a nasty cold and my brain is fuzzy, so instead I’m going to talk about a tangent that fascinates me: the [...]
Category: MLS 101: The Sins of NASL, and How We’re Still Paying for Them
By: Laurie | 6 Comments
Want to sound like a pro when you talk about all of the quirks and oddities of MLS? Just memorize this one-size-fits-all answer:
“So we don’t end up like NASL.”
(That would be the long-defunct North American Soccer League. You remember. Short shorts? Porn ’staches? Home of Pele?)
(Right. That [...]
MLS 101: Hooligans and Fan Bans. (Or: Where Did that Code of Conduct Come From?)
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Did anybody else sit down in your seats for the first game and pick up that little flyer thing detailing your rights and responsibilities as a fan and think, Wait, what?!?
Was this a PC Seattle thing? Or an acknowledgement that our fans are so amazingly and awesomely bad that we needed a [...]
MLS 101: US Open Cup Time!
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Tickets are now on sale for the April 28 first game of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup against — yet again — RSL. (Starfire, not Qwest, so buy early. Only $15.)
I love the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Just want to state that right off. And I can say this [...]
MLS 101: The Conferences and How They Affect the Playoffs
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Johonna — a big fan of European football and our Inter blogger here on the site, who is just learning to love MLS — had a couple of good questions:
1)what is a conference and what does that mean for who we play or don’t play?
2)what do points have to do with play offs and [...]
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