Major League Soccer (MLS) announced today that it has partnered with China Sports Media (CSM), a leading sports marketing agency, to offer live coverage of League matches throughout China with the premier streaming video platforms, K-Ball and PPTV. The two-year partnership, which marks the first time CSM will have MLS rights, covers distribution of at least three regular season matches per week on K-Ball and one regular season match per week on PPTV, as well as the MLS All-Star Game presented
Lamar Hunt is a legend among legends, the most decorated man in all of American sports. He was an innovator that brought sporting diversity to America. He created a professional league that would take on the NFL, forcing one of the most incredible mergers in the history of sports. He made professional tennis relevant and saved American soccer twice. Lifetimes of accomplishments could be found in a man that saw work and pleasure as the very same thing. He
All of us here at ISN have been feeling a bit nostalgic lately. So we came up with a two-part promotion that should get people talking. It is as follows: 1. Create your own All-Time All-MLS Starting XI In other words, build a dream team of players that left their mark on MLS. It can be players from Season 1 , this season, or anything in between. Google it, dust off your old issues of Soccer America, talk to your fellow fans, whatever it takes. Send your
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC today announced that EA SPORTS has become a Whitecaps FC Founding Partner and the club’s Official Videogame Partner. The deal marks EA’s first partnership with a North American soccer club and places Whitecaps FC alongside world-class European clubs like Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC, and Real Madrid CF, all current partners with EA SPORTS. Through this relationship, EA SPORTS will showcase its FIFA Soccer videogame franchise through Whitecaps FC, including signage, broadcast, and
I don’t mean to be dramatic, but the future of the beautiful game in America is in jeopardy. Officials from the league office and the players union have not been able to come to a new agreement. Extended deadlines have come and went and even a federal mediator has stepped in. A prolonged strike/lockout/work stoppage would be simply devastating to a league that is finally gaining the respect and admiration of casual fans and the mainstream media. Even a delayed start