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Designated Report: DC United
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Designated Report: DC UnitedAs MLS grows as a league, the braintrust keeps referring to a goal to become “one of the top leagues in the world” by 2022. Along with expansion, player compensation has seen a massive overhaul in the past five years. Player salaries are increasing thanks to many undefined mechanisms like GAM, TAM, WHAM!, AM, and…
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Safe Standing Takes Shape in Minnesota Stadium Plans
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Safe Standing Takes Shape in Minnesota Stadium PlansLead designer for Populous, Bruce Miller, speaks exclusively to FiftyFive.One about the ‘safe standing’ supporters section planned for the Minnesota United stadium. When Minnesota United FC publicly unveiled its stadium design back in February, primary owner Dr. Bill McGuire made a point of highlighting the club’s plans to incorporate a large, single tier supporters section…
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Miller Returns from Injury and Boston Gets First Win
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Miller Returns from Injury and Boston Gets First WinMinnesota Migration: A weekly recap of Minnesotans in the pros. This weekend began what will hopefully be resurgence in health and form for our Minnesota professionals. Both Eric Miller and Teal Bunbury are nearly back to full fitness while Kassey Kallman and the Boston Breakers ended their losing streak. After picking up a groin injury back…
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Legislature Approves Property Tax Exemption for Minnesota United Stadium in St. Paul: Bill Heads to Governor Dayton
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Legislature Approves Property Tax Exemption for Minnesota United Stadium in St. Paul: Bill Heads to Governor DaytonEdited 8:30 a.m. 5-23-16 In the final hours of the Minnesota State Legislature, the Senate approved House Bill 848 which provides property tax exemption for the Minnesota United stadium planned for the Midway area of St. Paul. The Senate approved the vote 55-12. With the passing of the bill, the measure will now be sent…
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Designated Report: MLS (Series Overview)
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Designated Report: MLS (Series Overview).As MLS grows as a league, the braintrust keeps referring to a goal to become “one of the top leagues in the world” by 2022. Along with expansion, player compensation has seen a massive overhaul in the past five years. Player salaries are increasing thanks to many undefined mechanisms like GAM, TAM, WHAM!, AM, and…
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Can Professional Soccer be Successful in Minnesota?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Can Professional Soccer be Successful in Minnesota?The Minnesota State Legislature will soon decide the fate of a Minnesota United soccer-specific stadium at the Midway bus barn site in St. Paul, Minnesota. Just this weekend the Star Tribune editorial staff wrote a piece that warned legislatures not to squander the opportunity to bring MLS to our state. They correctly pointed out there…
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Offensive Struggles Continue for the Boston Breakers
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Offensive Struggles Continue for the Boston BreakersMinnesota Migration: A weekly recap of Minnesotans in the pros. Minnesota’s representatives in the northeast featured as Teal Bunbury returned from injury for the Revolution while Kassey Kallman and the Boston Breakers extended their losing streak to four. The Boston Breakers are still looking for a way to get their offense going. Sunday’s 1-0 loss to…
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2016 Preseason MLS Continental Tire Fire #POWERRANKINGS
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: 2016 Preseason MLS Continental Tire Fire #POWERRANKINGSWith the rubbery stench of 2015 still acrid-stuck upon our nostril hair, we brave look forward to a new season. It will be a season of goals and triumphs and as Grant Wahl will have you believe, it will be a season of ambition. But for those of us who consider ourselves gourmands of disaster,…
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It’s No David and Goliath: a Minnesota perspective on MLS in Detroit
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: It’s No David and Goliath: a Minnesota perspective on MLS in DetroitYesterday, MLS held a press conference announcing talks with a potential Detroit ownership group. Just like that, a new expansion drama starts, but this time it’s David versus Goliath. More specifically grassroots soccer David versus single-entity Goliath. Where David crowd-funded his stadium and Goliath is an aging European Designated Player. Detroit City FC, for those…
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5-7-5: MLS Season Preview with Haikus
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: 5-7-5: MLS Season Preview with HaikusSunday marks the kickoff of the 2016 MLS season. Fans are coming out a busy offseason that included #DrogbaWatch, a complete facelift to Los Angeles’ defense, and the least-marketable batch of Designated Players the league has seen in years. And yet, I’d argue that last point to be a good thing – rather than bringing…
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How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium Coup
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium CoupAt the beginning of 2015, Minneapolis looked a lock for Major League Soccer. Whether it would be in the ZygiDome or a Minnesota United stadium on the Farmer’s Market site, it was not going to St. Paul. Almost a year after MLS announced Minnesota United FC as a new franchise, Dr. Bill McGuire will be…
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MLS to Experiment with Instant Replay at Portland’s Simple Invitational
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MLS to Experiment with Instant Replay at Portland’s Simple InvitationalThis past January sources reported that MLS commissioner Don Garber was open to instant replay. He said the league would try to adapt it experimentally in 2016. We’ve learned that MLS and PRO will make their first foray into video replay starting this weekend in Portland at the Simple Invitational tournament. “I’m a big believer…
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MLS Says Minnesota United Can Keep Current Players When Making the Jump
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MLS Says Minnesota United Can Keep Current Players When Making the JumpA spokesperson for Major League Soccer has informed FiftyFive.One that players currently on the Minnesota United roster will be allowed to move with the team without restrictions when they make the move to their new league. There has long been speculation about the rules that govern players moving forward with an existing lower league team to…