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Football / Barca plan American expansion
« on: November 22, 2005, 06:21:12 PM »
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=324671&CPID=23&clid=&lid=10&title=Barca+plan+American+expansion
I wonder who they'd get to play for them? their B side? and would that even be beneficial for the young players? and considering that the MLS season is in the summer it is possible for youngsters to play both in MLS and b league
I know Chivas did somthing similar so what players do Chivas put on their Chivas USA team? Are those guys from the youth squad or just guys not good enough for the real team??
As a side benefit with a team there... for example when a player has a serious injury he might tell them to join the MLS team over the summer and make a few guest appearances to recover... like for serious injuries like knee ligament damage.
If this does happen and is successfull, and they last more than a couple years, yuh think we could expect Real Madrid, AC Milan, Man U, Chelsea and all the others courting the US marked to follow suit.
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Barcelona have revealed plans to form a team to play in the American MLS.
The Catalans believe it will help to boost their global appeal and president Joan Laporta confirmed the idea was no gimmick.
"Barcelona have a lot of plans," Laporta declared
"One of them is that Barcelona play their own team in the MLS, but now it is at the development stage.
"The MLS's characteristics are very different from the Spanish league but we want to play in the United States.
"However, we do not understand the rules completely yet."
The MLS is divided into a two-zone format, with 12 teams playing in both the East and West Conferences.
However, it is possible to buy a team franchise as president of Mexican side Chivas, Jorge Vergara did last season.
He then established 'Chivas USA' who played in the Western Conference, but struggled, ultimately finishing the season bottom of the division.
It now seems Barca are planning a similar move, although the plan is some way of coming to fruition.
I wonder who they'd get to play for them? their B side? and would that even be beneficial for the young players? and considering that the MLS season is in the summer it is possible for youngsters to play both in MLS and b league
I know Chivas did somthing similar so what players do Chivas put on their Chivas USA team? Are those guys from the youth squad or just guys not good enough for the real team??
As a side benefit with a team there... for example when a player has a serious injury he might tell them to join the MLS team over the summer and make a few guest appearances to recover... like for serious injuries like knee ligament damage.
If this does happen and is successfull, and they last more than a couple years, yuh think we could expect Real Madrid, AC Milan, Man U, Chelsea and all the others courting the US marked to follow suit.