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MLS has just released both the league and TV schedule * As could be expected, the league schedule will allow Becks to visit each city at least once. * Also, 16 of the 17 games Becks is expected to appear in will be nationally televised. * Each of the league's 195 games will be broadcast...

Youri Djorkaeff retired last year and is not with the NY Red Bulls anymore. The only Zidane rumors I have heard have come from fans so I don't know if there is anything concrete to them. Andy

MLS has not yet released the schedule. Traditionally it is released anywhere from mid Jan to Mid Feb. But with the uncertainty of when Becks arrives, it is likely going to cause a slight delay as that will affect everyones scheduling. Andy

No problem Scott and I hope you enjoy the games. The atmosphere at DC United home games is amongst the best in the league. If you have any questions about the league or DC specifically, please post them and I will be happy to answer what ever you list. The following is probably the best DC...

You are not comparing like items. The soccer stadiums being built in the US range in size from 18,000 to 27,000 in capacity. If you are looking to compare dollar figures, you should compare the new Wembley to a new NFL stadium, since they would be more similar in size and therefor cost. Andy

The breakdown of the contract was delineated in numerous national articles the day after the announcement. The only people who believe that its $250M in salary alone are the people who only read headlines. If the sports agents were silly enough to do that little duedilligence, then they will...

You would think that, but the deals at RFK and Giants Stadium were bad ones from MLS from the get go (simply because MLS did not have a lot of choices in those areas and the stadiums took advantage of their lack of choice by driving good deals for the stadiums). At both stadiums, MLS teams...

I can answer this question for you and will break them up into categories 1) The following teams are at break even or profitable LA Chivas Columbus Chicago Dallas 2)The following team loses a very small amount of money (under $100k) per season NE 3)The following teams lose money...

Thanks for the info! Hard to be an American soccer fan these days and not be a fan of Fulham!! :) Andy

The NHL is to blame for many of their own problems, IMO. First they chose to run away from hockey hotbeds to take the easy money in expansion in the south and other places. Then they moronically shut down for an entire season, pissing off the vast majority of their fan base. Then they...

I am not sure that is a good comparison because there is no audiance for bicycling in this country already at a certain level to grow. You are basically starting at scratch. It would be more akin to Pele coming in the mid 70's when soccer was just starting out and had no real audiance or...

Hi Mark, There may be something to that. Look at Formula 1 vs NASCAR as a perfect example. Even hockey (which is certainly more Canadian than American) has slipped significantly over the past couple of decades. It used to be a rock solid 4th major sport, but now many only talk about...

The "contract" is actually nickels and dimes for AEG. This is what most people fail to realize. The vast vast vast majority of the contract is being paid by sponsors, jersey sales, an option to buy an MLS club when he is done and such, not from MLS pockets. I think too many people got hooked...

Hi Yee, Your knowledge of the english league seems stronger than mine. I love this piece of trivia and has made my mind whirl! I was thinking through the teams and the only one that I could come up with that I did not understand was Crystal Palace. I seem to remember reading that it was...

Great ones! And of the all time classics, Joe Public from T&T. And Bermuda's very first club team picked an interesting name, Bermuda Hogs (should be interesting to see how selfish that team is :) ) Lets face it, depending on anyone particular case, there are dumb sounding names in...

Not even close. I don't mean to be harsh, but you don't seem to have a grasp of MLS finances in the least. 1) First off MLS does not make a dime on shoe sales, that money goes to the individual player as stipulated in the union contract. 2) Every soccer stadium built and up and running is...

I am confused? What is Beckham saving MLS from? Is it from the billionaires who have bought into MLS the past couple of years? Is it from the soccer stadiums being built all over the country? (Columbus, LA, Dallas, Chicago, Toronto, Denver, NY etc) Is it from the huge sponsorship deals...

One thing that is taking off in my area is the NFL sponsored two hand touch league for kids. The growth has been phenomenal and I bet it will start to take kids away from soccer and baseball (the two youth sports kings right now). Andy

Most of those breaks are forced and kill the action (especially if you watch hockey live). Hockey never had anywhere near the amount of breaks/commercials 30 years ago that it has today Soccer could have a ton of breaks as well (the balls goes out side line and end line, injuries etc), but...

When he came through the US with Real Madrid last year, he was treated somewhere between a rock star and a god every where he went. When he came to Salt Lake City, it was a surreal event. His signing by MLS was featured on the front cover (not the sports section but the front cover) of over...

[edit]Whoops - I answered this question orginally thinking you were asking about american soccer teams, not american football teams, sorry about that. Scott's answer below is the correct one Andy

I agree with this. There was some hope that Freddy Adu would be this type of player, but its looking more and more like he will just be a good to very good player, and not a player of the ages type of guy. Andy

You might be thinking of the Hartford Hellions, who played in Hartford between 1978 and 1981 in the MISL. There was also a brief NASL team in Hartford called the Bicentennials I think. Andy

Hi Scott, If you are ever interested in reading more, the Colin Jose book on the NASL is the best book ever written on the league http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Recor...e=UTF8&s=books As for online, the best source of NASL information (and basically all US soccer history) is here...

absolutely true. All sports have to deal with this added competition. It is analogous to why the most popular TV shows today get significantly smaller ratings than the most popular tv shows of 20-30 years ago. Andy

Fair point. Hopefully you will recognize that the difference between the 1970's and today is enormous. I will delineate some of the differences below: TV Coverage: Due to the lack of channels, the NASL had near zero tv presence. Via the new TV contracts with ESPN, Univision, HDNet and Fox...

And as a soccer nut myself, I would completely agree with you. It is no where near (and likely never will be near in my lifetime) basketball, football or baseball. I do think though that the sport (and MLS specifically) has a chance to grow over time to get to the level of the NHL (some...

Adult soccer leagues (both indoor and outdoor) are quite large and growing all over the states. In my area(Boston) there are more adult soccer leagues than you could imagine ranging all the way up to 50 years and over leagues. I would bet its similar in many areas of the country but YMMV...

John Daly has had some issues, but out side of him and the occasional whining about a camera going off, the fan player relationship is excellent. And also as you mentioned, golf has one thing that no other sporting event has (even Tennis), where in the majority of the viewers also actively...

Almost all sports are considered "kids games" by most american adults. Why else do you think that 97% of Americans choose to tune out golf or why 96% of Americans choose to tune out NASCAR? And these are relatively "popular" nationally watched sports. The number of people who watch any...