At the annual retreat for work, one of the sessions involved presenting about organizations we found interesting or good models. Finally, all my knowledge and time spent on BigSoccer and MLSNet paid off. Not all of us were tagged to present, and I felt really bad for eveyone else who actually spent some time researching …
This week’s sudden announcement that the women’s professional league in the US was folding prompted a lot of discussion in the soccer world. A good analysis of the situation is at the LA times. While this piece on dailycamera.com hopes to silenece the folks who think this is a sign that soccer in the US …
In a telling sign that Major League Soccer has a little more business acumen than the WUSA is this article in USA Today. The USSF staff and MLS’ central office and teams are providing virtually all of the tournament’s organizational and business-side structure. The league’s investors also took considerable risks when they built soccer-specific stadiums …
If the USA does get it, it should only help the dying WUSA which has burnned through it initial investment money, has two of its media funders – Time Warner & Comcast – pulling out their involvement, and had its founding member take a paycut. I hope Women’s Soccer can make it as a pro-sport …