Sylvae
19Apr/100

MLS Teams Negotiating High-Profile Friendlies is a Win for the League

Major League Soccer has revised the Designated Player rule, allowing teams to sign up to three players for more than the maximum salary in hopes to bring in more of the game’s most popular/talented players.

However, teams are doing other things to bring more of the world’s best stateside.

MLS franchises will host a number of European clubs this summer in friendly matches. D.C. United announced they will square off against Italian giants AC Milan on May 26th. The Chicago Fire will take on Paris Saint-Germain and either Legia Warsaw or Red Star Belgrade in a friendly tournament. The Philadelphia Union has an agreement to play Spanish La Liga’s Valencia. D.C. United is also rumored to be pushing for a match with Scotland’s Glasgow Celtic.

The idea of these international club friendlies isn’t new. The Seattle Sounders and New York Red Bulls have both previously hosted Barcelona, and the Los Angeles Galaxy have taken on AC M...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - MLS
Article is property of BleacherReport.com

Filed under: MLS News Leave a comment
Comments (0) Trackbacks (0)

No comments yet.


Leave a comment


No trackbacks yet.

« Seattle Sounders Lacking a Scoring Punch Magnificent Seven Meets Magnificent Edson Against Real Salt Lake »

Categories

Archives

Featured Sponsors

Be part of the Europe vs. US at the Ryder Cup Tickets this year. Or visit some of the most famous events and get your: US Open Golf Tickets, Masters Golf Tournament Tickets, PGA Tour Tickets and a very famous golf eventPGA Golf Tickets.

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. Get your Australian Open Tickets today to be part of the event. Some of the other great events this year will be: Wimbledon Tickets and the US Open Tennis Championship Tickets.

If you love wrestling get your WWE Tickets and WWE Survivor Series Tickets today.

If you are looking for great Buffalo Bills Tickets don't look any further. Some of the best match-ups are putting you in need of Denver Broncos Tickets and Pittsburgh Steelers Tickets this season. It is going to be hard to beat the 2009 super bowl champs, but if you can get New Orleans Saints Tickets that would be great! The teams that are last but not least are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tickets, Dallas Cowboys Tickets, Arizona Cardinals Tickets and we don't want to forget the Green Bay Packers Tickets and Indianapolis Colts Tickets. Outside of the sports season, get involved in-house with Grease Tickets, WWE Tickets, U2 Tickets and Jonas Brothers Tickets.