2017 - 2018 Football Thread - Page 26

The LA Galaxy is now the league's most valuable team with a value of $315 million, a 19% increase from last year. The five-time MLS Cup winners generated an estimated $63 million in revenue last season, far and away the most of any team. Los Angeles is one of the league's founding franchises, and in its two-plus decades the club has provided the model for long-term success. The Galaxy currently boast the league’s most valuable broadcasting ($5.5 million per year) and stadium naming rights deals ($10 million-plus per year).

The Sounders, now worth $295 million, remain a close second, which ought to be no surprise considering that the team is coming off its first ever championship victory in 2016. And that timing couldn’t be much better: The Sounders recently announced that they have partnered with WME-IMG to sell a sponsorship package that will include the team’s jersey-front, match-day field and training ground rights after the team’s current deal with Microsoft’s Xbox expires following next season. Rounding out the top five are Toronto FC ($280 million), New York City FC ($275 million) and Orlando City SC ($272 million).

Toronto, last year’s MLS Cup runner-up, recently completed stadium renovations to expand capacity and is showing how significant player investments – the club’s $16.5 million in total designated player salary is tops among MLS teams this year – can pay off. New York and Orlando have meanwhile been sterling examples of the league's recent expansion success. The two teams remain top-five in attendance in their third season of play. And as noted above, Atlanta United is off to such a tremendous start that even the most bullish supporters have been blown away. “Atlanta is really remarkable,” says MLS commissioner Don Garber, “We never expected to see that level of support. It’s just absolutely stupendous, breaking records and showing that soccer can succeed in any part of this country.”

On August 17 2017 02:08 nojok wrote:
Can you help me to complete this drama eleven of players who cut contacts with their club in order to force a move or missed training either because of strike or "illness"? Bonucci is included for obvious reasons.

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Kondogbia
Verratti Coutinho
Dembélé Sanchez
Costa

On August 17 2017 02:55 RvB wrote:
Fc Utrecht beat zenit st petersburg 1-0 is EL qualifiers wtf. Deserved win as well.

On August 17 2017 06:39 Faruko wrote:
Are people going to keep doubting Zidane ? At this point we might as well change the name from football to Zidane honestly.

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