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Season structure of the MLS
See Season structure of the NHL for model

Profitability

 * Forbes 08 - profitability, soccer specific stadiums, league turnaround from early 2000's
 * Forbes 08 - value, revenue, operating income per team

Player Compensation

 * Player Salary Info
 * USAToday 5.11.07 - League minimum salary discussed and compared to other sports
 * ESPN 5.4.07 - Top league salaries discussed. "Beckham will receive more than double what any other player in MLS is getting this year and more than 50 times the average salary"
 * Players Union 7.12.08 - SuperLiga 08, players in the final will pool their winnings.
 * MLS 6.19.09 - SuperLiga 09, Don Garber: "Working closely with the MLS Players Union, we have addressed some of the issues we had with last year's tournament and have doubled the prize money available to MLS players for winning the competition."
 * ESPN 11.11.06 - $2 million-per-team salary cap
 * MLS 1.15.09 - A huge benefit for the Major League Soccer teams are that Generation adidas players do not count against a club's salary cap.
 * Washington Post 1.13.07 - 2007 salary cap expected to be $2.2 million
 * ESPN.com 8.6.2009 - $2.3 million 2009 salary cap mentioned, DP details for 2009
 * philly.com 11.26.09 - $2.3 million 2009 salary cap mentioned.
 * 11.25.2009 - "RSL now frees up Seitz's salary and also acquires allocation money which boosts the team's salary cap."

League creation

 * Rothenberg bio
 * 6.12.94 - Originally planned to start April 9, 1995
 * Alternate


 * 7.18.94 - World Cup and MLS connection
 * 10.30.94 - MLS was to begin in spring 94
 * 10.26.94 - MLS delayed until 96
 * 5.7.95 - First teams and first season announced
 * 1.5.95 - Tab Ramos first MLS player signed (mention of delayed start)
 * 6.7.95 - March 31, 1996 announced as start of MLS, early league rules, salary cap, teams, and divisions mentioned
 * 6.26.95 - Alexi Lalas signing with MLS
 * 7.31.95 - US player Paul Caligiuri snubs MLS to play in Europe for more money

Random stuff

 * 2.3.08 - MLS attendance and TV ratings for 2008
 * - info about supporters summit 2009

2010 US Open Cup final

 * Seattle Times - ticket pre-sale stats and historical attendance stats

Records

 * News Tribune - record 3 game winning streak to start the season for an expansion team
 * Seattle Times - Kasey Keller scoreless record to start a season
 * Seattle Times - Kasey Keller record ends at 457 minutes
 * MLSNet.com - most season tickets sold

History

 * 1.27.94 - Loads of stuff in here about Seattle and MLS. Example: "MLS officials are less concerned about Seattle's ability to come up with sales of 10,000 season tickets, as required in the May application in the form of $75 adult and $35 youth deposits, refundable if the city is not awarded a team."
 * 1.29.94 - "The nine cities that are hosting World Cup games this summer are expected to get first chance at joining the league, which plans to own and run each of the teams. But Steinbruecher said Seattle is a market the MLS is greatly interested in."
 * 2.4.94 - Seattle soccer summit mentioned and need for a "soccer-only stadium"
 * 2.24.94 - MLS season ticket drive and Sounders division 2 season ticket drive kept separate
 * 5.3.94 - 1,300 season ticket deposits by June 3rd deadline for MLS team
 * 6.15.94 - Seattle bid passed over in first MLS announcement
 * 7.17.94 - Husky Stadium listed as possible stadium for MLS bid
 * 11.16.94 - MLS delayed until 1996, APSL Sounders hurt chances for MLS team, grass field needed too
 * 5.11.96 - "Seattle, considered one of soccer's strongholds, was targeted for one of the 10 original MLS teams. But the region was not awarded a team because it lacked an adequate outdoor stadium."
 * 5.10.00 - Seahawk Stadium built, investor/owner needed
 * 10.19.02 - Seattle listed as posibility for 2006 expansion
 * 6.15.04 - Seattle listed as possibility for future expansion after 2006
 * 4.16.05 - Hanauer needs help after SLC beats out Seattle for expansion
 * 5.3.07 - Hanauer apparently out with MLS looking closely at Portland or Seattle for expansion. Michael Keston listed as likely investor in expansion.
 * 8.22.07 - Roth and Hanauer listed as making expansion bid together
 * 10.11.07 - Paul Allan joins group making bid for expansion
 * 11.9.07 - rumors of Seattle expansion leading up to official announcement
 * 11.10.07 - rumors day before announcement discover Drew Carey's involvement
 * 12.10.09 - note about stadium configuration for playoff game and 2010 season ticket sales.
 * ESPN 3.20.09 - discussion about Seattle-Vancouver-Portland rivalries.
 * Seattle Times 5.16.10 - bits on the history of the NASL Sounders

Social Significance

 * 11.19.09 - economic impact of Sounders FC on Seattle
 * 12.12.09 alt - Don Garber: "Our country celebrated what soccer could be here in Seattle, and now we in the league can take that and show the world that this sport really can matter."
 * 11.30.09 - Leiweke recognized for successful expansion launch in a recession.
 * 12.18.09 - in-depth Leiweke profile
 * 11.1.09 - LATimes - "In fact, were it not for the expansion Seattle Sounders and the MLS-record average of 30,897 fans they attracted to Qwest Field, average attendance leaguewide would have plummeted by 9% rather than by only 2.6%."
 * 10.28.09 - SI - "Without the expansion Seattle Sounders, who set an MLS record with an average attendance of 30,897 fans a game, the league's average attendance would have been down 9 percent."
 * 10.27.09 - Sports Business Journal - "...down 2.6% from 16,460 fans per game a year ago, despite the expansion Sounders FC finishing out their inaugural season with the highest average attendance in league's history."
 * 12.31.09 - Sounders fans discussed
 * 11.4.09 - Headline: "Success story: Sounders FC has been winner on and off the field in first season"
 * - January 2010 Washington State Senate resolution honoring Sounders FC
 * 5.20.10 - Sounders named Pro Sports Team of the Year

Qwest Field and Soccer Specific Stadiums

 * Forbes 9.9.08 - "Seven of the league’s 14 teams play in soccer-specific stadiums"
 * Portland Online - PowerPoint discussing SSS around the league. Note: Qwest is not listed (perhaps because the Sounders FC had not started yet, but they are listed in the shirt sponsor section).
 * USAToday - Don Garber: "Our long-term goal is to own all of our stadiums and facilities." Lots more in this article about Dick's Sporting Goods park as well as SSS and league growth goals.
 * Seattle PI - "It has long been thought the MLS would only enter a market if plans existed for a separate soccer-specific stadium with a grass field, but Qwest Field was built specifically to fit MLS standards and is fit for a club, even with FieldTurf."
 * NY Times - Don Garber: "Having control of Qwest Field really gives us the ability to achieve most of what we hope to with soccer-specific stadiums."
 * ESPN - "Out West, while Seattle will share Qwest Field with the Seahawks, five teams play in a soccer-specific stadium and land has been purchased on which both Houston and San Jose will have new stadiums built. It seems that MLS has not been hit by the ongoing property crisis, with the drive toward teams owning their own homes continuing at a pace."
 * Goal.com 12.8.08 - FieldTurf, football lines, and Qwest field discussed
 * Goal.com 12.19.08 - Chris Henderson: "Gray Wright, head of our business operations for the Seattle Seahawks, guarantees us we aren’t going to see one game with football lines. That’s his quest this year. I believe him. We want to make sure when it’s soccer its soccer and you aren’t seeing any lines. It affects people in the stadium and watching from home."
 * Goal.com 3.13.09 - Don Garber: "I don’t think we ever imagined that this level of success was possible in Seattle in a large football stadium. It proves that when you are a young league, a growing business, you’ve got to continually evolve your thinking."

Random Stuff

 * Seattle Times 2009.9.30 - Good summary of Sigi's career
 * MLSNet.com 2009.9.24 - 2010 home openers announced
 * MLSNet.com 2009.9.24 - Specific comments on Seattle hosting MLS First Kick
 * 2009.9.4 - Adrian Hanauer: "This is one of those goals we set for ourselves and allows us to reach our five-year goal to play in the World Club Championships."
 * SEA at CHI - 2009 MLS game guide
 * SEA at DAL - 2009 MLS game guide
 * CHIVAS at SEA - 2009 MLS game guide
 * SEA at KC - 2009 MLS game guide
 * DAL at SEA - 2009 MLS game guide

Images
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picture of second marquee behind JFK