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Sal Lake County in Utah could indirectly continue to help the city of Sandy with funding for the football stadium for MLS Real Salt Lake. The county might extend a deal giving Sandy USD 300,000 a year for the Sandy Amphitheater. The deal was slated to end ...

MLS D.C. United has signed a shirt sponsorship with Volkswagen worth USD 3.7 million a year. Volkswagen will become the shirt sponsor in what is the second-largest shirt-sponsorship deal in league history. Volkswagen, which relocated recently from Michigan to suburban Washington, D.C., also assumes ...

Italian national World Cup qualifying matches will be aired in the United States and Canada by GolTV. A package includes Italy's home matches against Montenegro, Georgia, Ireland, Bulgaria and Cyprus. GolTV will exclusively televise six of Italy's friendly matches. RAI Trade will handle the ...

BMO Financial Group acquired the title sponsor rights to all 30 Toronto FC Major League Soccer TV broadcasts during the 2008 season, on CBC, Rogers Sportsnet and The Score. The one-year agreement marks the first broadcast sponsorship for Toronto FC, and a further extension of BMO's relationship ...

Argentine players are making an exodus for MLS at a higher percentage than any other international players. Eighteen players have made the move, which is more than any other nationality. Agent Alejandro Taraciuk, who worked for the MLS before returning to Buenos Aires, has been facilitating the moves. ...

MLS Real Salt Lake has its founding partners in line. The club sought five founding partners for its stadium sponsorship. The deals are estimated to be worth more than USD 3 million a year over five years. The founding partners had to sign on for at least ...

The gap between the haves and the have-nots has expanded in the MLS. The MLS players' union published its salary list. Obviously, L.A. Galaxy import David Beckham is the main money man, and salaries have increased an average of USD 129,395 thanks in part to his contract, ...

MLS deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis believes his league can touch the big time. Gazdis wants his league to follow in the footsteps of the English Premier League. Gazidis called the Premier League the most dominant sporting group in the world. Its income is exceeded only by North ...

MLS Real Salt Lake is lining up its first major sponsors. The club has said it wants to line up eight to back the new franchise, and is claiming five already are on board. Sony, Fiji water, America First Credit Union, Pepsi and Anheuser ...

Austrian Football Association (OFB)struck a deal with Kentaro for marketing the television rights of the country's national team. The agreement will last for 18 months from 1 July 2008 to the end of 2009. It covers Austria's qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup. ...