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December 2, 2008

Two Percent Home Depot Center Ticket Tax on March Ballot in Carson?

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A 10 percent ticket tax proposal didn't find enough support on the City Council a couple of weeks ago, but now a 2 percent tax is under consideration tonight.

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November 22, 2008

Saturday Soccer MLS Cup Edition (& More)

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Photo by Juan Miranda/Chivas USA

Plenty of media attention for Juan Pablo Angel and the New York Red Bulls Friday, but is the general public noticing?


I pitched my editor (the news, not sports editor) a front page Robbie Rogers profile on Sunday to coincide with MLS Cup in Carson.

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November 21, 2008

MLS Commish Rips Quality of National Team at USC Address

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MLS officials are concerned about the quality of the U.S. Men's National Team and how that could reflect on the league, Commissioner Don Garber told more than 200 students, faculty and guests Thursday at the USC Marshall Sports Business Institute.

"Our national team is struggling," he said flatly.

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November 20, 2008

Crew's Schelotto Named MLS MVP & HDC Ticket Tax Dropped

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Not much of a surprise there.

BTW, Carson shelved the idea of a Home Depot Center ticket tax - for now.

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November 16, 2008

Home Depot Center Ticket Tax Proposed

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A thick, black pall of smoke is mostly blotting out the sun in Torrance this morning, miles from the worst of the wildfires in Orange County where hundreds have lost their homes.

A layer of gray ash is coating cars, sidewalks and everything else.

And there's a muffled, slightly subdued quality to the light and sound of this Sunday Southern California morning, lending a slightly unreal edge to what has been a surreal last few days.

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November 10, 2008

Monday Night Football: Anschutz Reportedly Bidding to Buy Newcastle United, College Tournament Match-Ups Set & More

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No blogging today since I spent the day at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. for the 11th annual Hollywood Symposium (the precursor to Tuesday's Honda Player of the Year announcement).

A mostly tedious event was saved (in part - the muffins helped, too) by the presence of a rumpled and relaxed-looking Alexi Lalas who I chatted with for Tuesday's column about the shaky performance of the Mexican National Team (ever-politic Justino Compeán, president of the Mexican Football Federation, was one of the three speakers) so far in World Cup qualifying.

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November 5, 2008

Midweek Kicks: Pasadena's Yura Movsisyan & More

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Great story in The Salt Lake City Tribune today about the life and death struggles Real Salt Lake striker Yura Movsisyan endured as a child growing up in war-torn Azerbaijan before his family emigrated to Pasadena. His proud parents will be watching their son from the Home Depot Center stands at Saturday's playoff decider against Chivas USA.

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October 17, 2008

How the Credit Crunch is Affecting Soccer Broadcast Rights Fees

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It isn't, at least not yet, as this Associated Press story points out.

The ever-escalating rights fees broadcasters are apparently willing to pay is one reason rich Americans are buying EPL teams, while eyeing similar growth in MLS.

As soccer's popularity grows in the U.S. we'll see a similar situation here - the would-be owners of MLS clubs willing to plunk down a $40 million expansion fee are counting on it.

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October 9, 2008

How the Economy is Affecting the Casual Fan

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This is an excellent SI article that while not specifically about MLS (in fact the article doesn't even mention soccer) has resonance for Galaxy fans.

This season especially has seen many of these, um, symptoms appear in Carson.

Beatlemania like screams every time David Beckham touches the ball.

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