On the day WPS was put to rest permanently, remembering a brighter moment for the league.
In this Sept. 16, 2008 photo, Boston Breakers coach Tony DiCicco, left, stands with players Kristine Lilly, Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts, and Women’s Professional Soccer league commissioner Tonya Antonucci during the allocation draft in New York.
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
THE 'GERMAN MODEL' EXPLAINED: SUPPORTER INVOLVEMENT
Really good overview of how Germany’s fan-owned club model actually works from Supporters Direct.
As discussed yesterday, the presence of the ‘50 + 1’ rule in DFB and DFL statutes means that supporter ownership (or majority control) is enshrined in German football. This is supporter involvement at its most clear-cut: the opportunity for meaningful involvement in every aspect of the club - from electing board members to organising community projects - is guaranteed.
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER SUSPENDS OPERATIONS PERMANENTLY
RIP WPS.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 18, 2012) –The WPS Board of Governors agreed today to suspend all League operations permanently and dissolve the League.
“We sincerely regret having to take this course of action,” said T. Fitz Johnson, Atlanta Beat Owner and Chairman of the Board.
The suspension of League operations will be effective immediately as the Board of Governors begins the process of dissolving the League.
Renderings of the future Yongin Sports Park Stadium (37,155 capacity) in South Korea, planned home of Yongin City FC.
Cape Town Stadium, 2010 World Cup stadium (better known originally as Green Point Stadium).
A general view of the goal posts prior to a live Goal-line Technology trial at the Hampshire FA Senior Cup Final between Eastleigh and AFC Totton at St Mary’s Stadium on May 16, 2012 in Southampton, England.
Creative poster produced for the Baltimore Bohemians inaugural game (in USL-PDL). There’s an interesting diary of Baltimore’s unusual branding and launch plans over at The Classical.
(via wongwong)
MLS Supporter Stories
The Guardian takes a look at “a sporting sub-culture that at times has clung on by its fingertips in North America.”
