The NY Daily News' Filip Bondy is a soccer man. Unfortunately he has to write more about basketball and other sports more often --hey, a guy's gotta get a check-- but make no mistake, he is down. What he is not down with is Giants Stadium, just like most people.

He blogged today about how he is like most Gotham footie fans and can't wait for the Western Conference Champion Red Bull New York to get into their new digs because "there is nothing worse than viewing soccer from the sealed pigeon roost that passes for the press box at Giants Stadium. Click to continue reading...

When it rains it, uh...gets you wet. So let me just soak down this afternoon with even more stadium p0rn for that ass. Park City TV put together a gorgeous and immaculately-produced piece on the reigning beauty queen of American soccer stadiums, the Rio Tinto. Feel free to watch it above but if you want the full HD effect jump over to Vimeo. Click to continue reading...

I realize that I am probably offending the Google Safe Search gods with the words "porn" and "erection" in the title but hey, I like to live dangerously. Especially if it involves showing off the improbable beauty that is Red Bull Arena. If you've checked out the webcam recently you've noticed that the steel is flying up with all the speed of Dane Richards running from a rabid dog. Click to continue reading...

Feel free to agree or disagree with Johnny Harkes on the following:

D.C. United 2008 = A Bust
U.S. v. Cuba = 80's Babies on parade
Rio Tinto field = "almost Wembley condition"
Designated Players = It could go either way
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Remember when the iPhone first came out and you couldn't get one even if you quite literally camped out and queued for hours. It's just like that...and I love it. LOVE. IT. There are few things better for selling a product (read: putting asses in seats) than having an aire of scarcity and exclusivity around it. Click to continue reading...

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As I watch this clip of last night's broadcast from the ABC's news affiliate in Salt Lake City, all I can really hear in my head is Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan straining out the chorus from his 1996 hit "Tonight, Tonight". Click to continue reading...

The Rio Tinto Stadium countdown rolls on this morning. Today we've got The Great Unwashed himself, Kyle Beckerman, giving the run down on each MLS stadium from a players perspective. Not surprisingly he's more concerned with playing surfaces than with roofs, stages and all of the other design elements that we fans can (and do) spend days discussing ad nauseum. Click to continue reading...

With less than 4 days to go until another MLS side gets it's sweet little ass out of a faux-grassed enormodrome and into it's own appropriately sized, revenue-generating home. So it's Rio Tinto Stadium week with Real Salt Lake being the lucky ladies this time; they'll be walked down the isle by RBNY on MLS Primetime Thursday and it's going be wild times. Click to continue reading...

A bit of Friday stadium porn to get you through the afternoon. Real Salt Lake President Bill Manning took KSL TV's Sports Director Tom Kirkland on a walking tour of Rio Tinto Stadium the other day which resulted in the clip above. I'm going to start lobbying NOW to get an invite into team owner Dave Checketts' baller-ass suite; that would be one hell of a porch to sip a whiskey & lemonade on. Click to continue reading...

You know the one thing that was missing from the RSL stadium advert I posted yesterday, currently the all time sexy MF of MLS stadium porn? The stage end of the park. That's probably because it was still under construction but I ain't mad at that since they were smart enough to fill out their stage area with removable seating, something that Pizza Hut Park & Toyota Park failed to do that will make this place feel as intimate as your lady's special Valentine's Day apparel. Click to continue reading...

Pretty isn't it? This video makes me want to hop on the next flight out of JFK headed toward Sandy, Utah and just sit there in the upper deck waiting for my Red Bulls to come through on Oct. 9th and pop it's lush, green cherry. It also makes me want to buy a Mac, a fine European automobile and something from Starbucks (and I don't even drink coffee). Click to continue reading...

They had a press conference in Ottawa today. They also opened a website. Doesn't that stadium look exactly like the old mock-ups of the stadium in Harrison when the Metrostars 1st floated the idea? Click to continue reading...

In the foyer of the Bull Eye Pub, Red Bull's member's bar at Giants Stadium, there is a n architect's model of Red Bull Arena. It's about the size of really thick, wide cake and to my SSS-starved sweet tooth it looks equally delicious. It's snapped the photo above of it Saturday night; please excuse the glare and spots (the iPhone's camera is it's weakness). Click to continue reading...

So I've been geeking out all week long on the new Red Bull Arena webcam. To most people watching a stadium being built is about as entertaining as watching paint dry but without getting a contact high from the fumes. But if you are a Gotham soccer fan watching this process feels like being introduced to your one true love a single, supple body part at a time. Click to continue reading...

For your information, if you are a resident of the Great Salt Lake area you can now buy individual tickets for RSL's remaining two regular season matches, which will be the first events at the club's soon-to-be completed stadium. Grab a credit card that you haven't maxed-out on Pay-Per-View and really expensive iPhone apps and pony up here. Click to continue reading...

Would-be St. Louis MLS investor Jeff Cooper on the league's $50 million expansion fee:

"We're not going to pay so much...If they're unreasonable with the price, we can go elsewhere".

The 'elsewhere' being referred to is USL 1. If he's able to sell the county, city, state and his fellow investor's that they should shell out $573 million for the mixed-use stadium complex for a minor league team, someone in Obama's camp should get this cat on a flight to Denver immediately. Click to continue reading...

The Kansas City Business Journal published a report today indicating that the construction of a SSS in south Kansas City may hinge on the developers' ability to procure $30 million in state tax credits. Read much more here.

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On one hand I am just excited that they are coming into the league with thier own stadium. On the other hand I look at what Red Bull Arena is going to be and I just want to go "Wanh Wah". What do you think? Click to continue reading...

In conjunction with the erection of the first bits of steel going in the ground in Harrison, Red Bull Park is being officially re-named Red Bull Arena. This is not for the purpose of confusing the average American just for sport, but "to be more in line with other Red Bull properties worldwide" says RBNY GM and honcho Erik Stover. Click to continue reading...

1050 ESPN Radio in New York reports that Steel Construction is finally set to begin for Red Bull Park! More on this development as I receive word . . .

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From today's Kearny Journal:

"While construction of a new Major League Soccer stadium and adjoining parking garage have halted due to an ongoing eminent domain case winding its way through the court system, the Red Bulls franchise is still seeking final approval for steel construction to begin at the site. Click to continue reading...

Oct 9th. Mark it down MLS fans as it will be Juneteenth for RSL, the day that they will be liberated from the shackles of Rice-Eccles Stadium as set free in the green pastures of RSL Stadium. At least that's the plan as club officials are shaggin' ass to get their new house in order for their ESPN Primetime match against RBNY on Oct. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United's epic quest for a stadium at Poplar Point continues. The haters are lining up, voicing their opposition in letters to the DC government officials, in the media and on blogs. DCU and MLS fans, you have the will and the numbers to match this and then some. Below are a few things you can do to help get another team out of NFL stadium hell. Click to continue reading...

If you've got a moment to spare and love for MLS clubs of all types having their own house, go vote 'yes' on this poll. If nothing else it may let the suits that read this publication know that there is some public love for a DC stadium. Click to continue reading...

You may have heard the talk that BMO Field may become home to Toronto's CFL team. This has made some TFC supporters sad. Very sad. Like 'slow motion montage with maudlin Band of Brothers-style music' sad. And if this sadness is a prelude to such a happening I think I might shed a single, dramatic as well. Click to continue reading...

They're lining up, tickets in hand and ready to rock. In about 45 minutes USL 1's Montreal Impact will christen Stade Saputo --their new 13,500 seat SSS-- with a rare matinée game against Vancouver Whitecaps. Call it the battle of the MLS-fixated if you will, as both teams have "promotion" aspirations and a shot at joining the bigs of North America. Click to continue reading...

If you watched Saturday's game, you know there were a lot of corner kicks. There were so many corner kicks, our little section wondered if the Quakes were in the process of breaking a new record. Well whaddya know, we did! The Earthquakes and Columbus Crew combined for 25 corner kicks Saturday night at [. Click to continue reading...

You know the more I look into this whole expansion to Montreal, the more I get behind it. Sure, I think it should still be a few more years away but after seeing the final product of the new Saputo Stadium today, I'm thinking an expansion bid for the city could come sooner than that. As [...] Click to continue reading...

Want to see something that's just as pretty as the Starting XI girls? Check out this huge, scrolling photo of the still-virgin Saputo Stadium up in Montreal. For a USL 1 ground this house is gorgeous...a big TOR congratulations to Les Québécoises. Click to continue reading...

I keep forgetting to mention on this here blog that I went ahead and started the Women's Professional Soccer blog a few days ago. I'm secretly hoping I can grow it to look like the MLS page here – with individual blogs for each team. So please stop by and leave comments and [...] Click to continue reading...

If you haven't had the chance yet, please check out the latest press release from The Offside Rules announcing the Chicago goal post during Saturday's San Jose game the first official Man of the Match for the 2008 season. Its an absolutely brilliant piece of writing so just go read it. The big news [. Click to continue reading...

Do not adjust your monitors. That is not an artist rendition but a real, & existent stadium. It's Red Rull Park...sort of.

It hasn't received much chatter outside of some Metro-centric message boards, but the beautiful baby that is to be Red Bull Park is pretty much a carbon copy --on the surface at least-- of Austria's Hypo Group Arena. Click to continue reading...

Weird to see Crew Stadium enter the land of stage-end stadiums, right? Though it might take some getting used to and is not the most aesthetically pleasing thing it's probably going to be for the best. If this helps them book more concerts it will probably help them get a naming rights deal. Click to continue reading...

Here are Thursday's Earthquakes Odds & Ends to get you through the day:

* According to the economic impact summary for the proposed SSS (and my fandom certainly DOES NOT extend to reading that thing) the new stadium will include a concert stage. Personally, I don't have an opinion about ..

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Wow, congrats to us. And with that in mind, its time to finally get down to business and focus on poignant, serious, and informative posts about the subject manner at hand. So lets begin: * On May 6th, the Quakes will play Stanford University. * The Bay Soccer's Earthquakes page is worth bookmarking. Click to continue reading...