Don Garber
Don Garber
Don Garberhas served as the Commissioner of Major League Soccer since 1999. Garber is also the CEO of Soccer United Marketing and a member of the United States Soccer Federation board of directors. He has been nicknamed "The Don" or "The Soccer Don" by his colleagues and the media...
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We're a changing country. The people against us are older and not engaged in the game. Our focus remains expanding the dominance of soccer as the No. 1 sport among Hispanics living in the U.S.
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We hope this program will further encourage the millions of soccer fans in this country to contribute to helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport. These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.
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In order to ensure that the team will have the appropriate time to prepare for the 2006 season,
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I never thought we'd get anything like Thursday night, ... I never thought we would sell that many tickets, I never thought we'd get that kind of crowd. Washington is our best market, by far. It's the most authentic, the most passionate.
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Houston is a proven soccer market with a passionate, knowledgeable and diverse fan base. With positive discussions for a new, soccer-specific stadium along with talks with potential investors, the market provides the team the opportunity for success both on and off the field.
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That's something we have not had in the past. I'm very confident that with Willi, Kevin and Tim driving the process, they'll be able to work through the politics of Poplar Point. We're optimistic about a new stadium, more optimistic than ever before.
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It is our intention to bring Major League Soccer back to the Bay Area with a new expansion team as early as 2007. MLS is committed to working with local business leaders and city officials to continue these efforts. With the support of the city of San Jose, a local ownership group and a soccer-specific stadium, professional soccer can be very successful in northern California.
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It's not perfect, but each party is working together in a situation that both wish didn't exist, ... I will always be disappointed that we spent 10 years maintaining that building and giving it some profile and then we're forced to be a secondary tenant. But the situation is what it is, and if we end up in all this with a new stadium, it will have been worth the whole process.
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Not that our current owners don't, because they certainly do, but he appears to be willing to be much more up front and out front than perhaps our current investors over the last couple of years. I think that's fresh and exciting.
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Absolutely. Dallas is not a playoff contender. They had one of the worst seasons in the history of our league. They need impact immediately, and they will get that. Dallas needs to have somebody that's going to help them win some games as they get ready for moving into their new complex in 2005.
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It's very important to note that this is a league that's young, that continues to evolve and we make decisions that we think are in the best long-term interest of the league, ... We have added two new owners into this league both who are going to be in great markets and who at one point are going to be playing in soccer specific stadiums.
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As we've been building these stadiums ... it's really changed the economics for Major League Soccer. Because now we're able to capture far more of the revenue.