Minnesota United’s stadium makes progress in the House
The bill that would grant Minnesota United a property tax exemption for its planned Midway stadium, as well as a sales tax exemption on the materials needed to build the proposed $150 million facility, faced no opposition in a Minnesota House panel hearing. Those provisions are identical to the pair included in a larger tax bill that was vetoed by the governor for unrelated reasons last session.
The cost of an MLS academy
Transparency and MLS haven’t always gotten along. So when Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl asked MLS teams how much they spent on their academies over the course of a season, it was a bit of a surprise when nine teams answered. Will Parchman of Top Drawer Soccer dissects those numbers and compares them to clubs around the world.
Feel old yet
Here is a video of 12-year-old American Jack Panayotou. Panayotou is a part of Global Premier Soccer which is a soccer organization that operates across the U.S. and Canada, focusing on developing young soccer players, and has an affiliation with Bayern Munich. Do you feel old yet? I sure do.
12-year-old American Jack Panayotou from @globalpremsocc; official youth partner of Bayern Munich. #USA pic.twitter.com/VcdivQyRe3
— Ben Jata (@Ben_Jata) March 7, 2017
News bits
- Minnesota United played a scrimmage against the University of Nebraska-Omaha men’s soccer team.
Omaha falls to #MLS side Minnesota United 2-1 Sunday afternoon. Elvir Ibisevic scored off an Ethan Bowman assist. pic.twitter.com/490JEGqPas
— Omaha Men's Soccer (@OmahaMSOC) March 6, 2017
- Christian Ramirez made Fox Soccer’s list of breakout players from week one of MLS.
- FourFourTwo has five things for Minnesota United to learn from Friday’s loss to Portland.
- The buzz around Atlanta United’s first home match was dampened by the use of a homophobic chant during the game. In repose, the club issued an official response today.
Today in awesome
Congratulations to former Loon and current MNUFC sideline reporter Jaime Watson on the birth of his child!
When celebrating your last professional goal turns into celebrating your new baby boy! Jamison Kylyn Watson 3/4/17 12:52am 7lb 3oz 21inches???? pic.twitter.com/n6UYNvbj2o
— Jamie Watson (@jamiewatson77) March 6, 2017
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