Phoenix MLS Expansion Bid Adds Wealthy OGC Nice Owner Zheng to Investor Group (si.com)

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Phoenix MLS Expansion Bid Adds Wealthy OGC Nice Owner Zheng to Investor Group (si.com)

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https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/02/10/phoenix-mls-expansion-bid-ownership-group-alex-zheng

Phoenix MLS Expansion Bid Adds Wealthy OGC Nice Owner Zheng to Investor Group
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http://www.themorningsun.com/article/MS/20180210/SPORTS/180219962

Soccer reboots, elects Carlos Cordeiro president

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http://www.vnews.com/US-Soccer-reboots-elects-Carlos-Cordeiro-president-15473528

U.S. Soccer Selects New President

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http://www.standard.net/National/2018/02/11/Cordeiro-US-soccer-s-new-president-was-labeled-the-insider-but-won-the-players-vote.html

Cordeiro, US soccer's new president, was labeled the insider but won the players' vote

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http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/united-states/660/blog/post/3379123/president-carlos-cordeiro-must-bring-positive-change-to-united-states-soccer

New USSF president Carlos Cordeiro must bring about positive change

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http://www.sentinelsource.com/sports/national/cordeiro-elected-president-of-us-soccer-federation/article_36f1c4ae-91c5-5e2a-9565-0d21b651ab8a.html

Cordeiro elected president of US Soccer Federation

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http://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3376575/carlos-cordeiro-elected-new-president-of-us-soccer-federation?src=com

Carlos Cordeiro elected new president of U.S. Soccer Federation

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2018/02/11/this-week-in-sports-law-derrick-roses-deal-josh-mcdaniels-drops-colts-nasl-sues-soccer-directors/#60203955419b

This Week In Sports Law: Derrick Rose's Deal, Josh McDaniels Drops Colts, NASL Sues Soccer Directors

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https://www.soccerwire.com/blog-posts/boehm-lingering-questions-from-u-s-soccers-presidential-election/

Boehm: Lingering questions from U.S. Soccer’s presidential election

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FCC Preseason Starts Strong

FC Cincinnati kicked off their preseason string of matches earlier this week. The club played New England Revolution for the first time on Tuesday and the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday.

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https://www.themaneland.com/2018/2/11/16999966/our-city-why-the-las-vegas-lights-neon-jersey-is-just-what-american-soccer-needs-usl-mls-soccer

Our City: Why the Las Vegas Lights Neon Jersey is Just What American Soccer Needs

Today I will attempt to defend the undefendable new Las Vegas Lights FC neon kits. They are obnoxious, and just what American soccer needs.

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https://mlsmultiplex.com/2018/02/11/atlanta-united-defeat-nashville-sc-in-front-of-sellout-crowd/

Atlanta United Defeats Nashville SC in Front of Sellout Crowd

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http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/man-city-attacker-kevin-de-bruyne-has-mls-ambitions-4219590

City attacker Kevin de Bruyne has MLS ambitions

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https://www.epluribusloonum.com/2017/9/7/16263000/us-soccer-expansion-departure-tracker-2018-mls-nasl-usl-pdl

2018 US Soccer Expansion/Departure Tracker

Soccer expansion is always fun but tracking it is not, so we’re here to help.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/soccer/rising/2018/02/11/phoenix-rising-fc-2018-season-schedule-tickets/327295002/

Phoenix Rising FC fall to Red Bulls of MLS in preseason

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https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/02/11/seltzer-takeaways-another-major-matchday-during-mls-preseason

Seltzer: Takeaways from another major matchday during the MLS preseason

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https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/the-unexpected-city-thats-new-favorite-to-host-amazons-second-headquarters.html

Amazon's New Headquarters: A New City Emerges as the Favorite

This definitely isn't the first place that comes to mind.

Might Amazon choose to go to the home of the Parthenon?

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.

Amazon leaked it, right?

In its recent Super Bowl ad, someone asks for the weather in Austin.

That was a clue, surely.

Or was it?

Regular sufferers of this column will know that I've been religiously following the betting on which city will, indeed, house Amazon's second headquarters, often known as HQ2.

The odds fluttered between Atlanta, Austin and Boston as favorites.

But these were merely the odds offered by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power.

Today, I came closer to home -- Amazon's current home, that is -- to see what oddsmakers have to say.

I drifted to recent odds offered by online site Bovada, a Canada-based online betting operation.

It had installed Nashville as its favorite. Yes, the one in Tennessee.

Few have mentioned it as being near the top of Amazon's consideration list. But it made it to the finals and clearly some bettors believe the darkness of its horse will shade the other runners.

Bovada has Washington D.C as its second favorite, with Atlanta, Austin and Dallas close behind.

Boston -- one of Paddy Power's favorites -- is near the bottom, along with Columbus, Ohio and Miami, Florida.

One should, quite naturally, be skeptical of such odds.

It's entirely unclear whether the money that's being laid is informed cash or merely speculative bill-tossing.

Nashville, though, does have at least some of the slightly alternative tendencies that are so familiar in Amazon's current home of Seattle.

Just as Seattle has an extremely popular Major League Soccer team, so Nashville has just secured an expansion MLS franchise.

But we make such comparisons at our peril.

No one really knows what might be inside the head of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

It's easy to imagine he's already made his mind up, despite the company only saying it will announce its decision some time this year.

Should passionate Amazon-lovers in the other competing cities be downcast at the idea that the company might put its HQ2 in Nashville, I have a small remedy.

Yes, another bookmaker.

This time, Las Vegas Sports Betting. (After all, Amazon has set this up with a sort of playoff format, hasn't it?)

At LVSB, the favorite is Atlanta. It's followed by Austin, Boston and Washington D.C.

Oh, but whom do I see lurking just behind these favorites?

Why, Nashville, Tennessee.

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https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/lights-fc-soccer/lights-fc-lose-preseason-debut-in-front-of-sellout-crowd/

Lights FC lose preseason debut in front of sellout crowd

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https://traveltradedaily.com/americas-sport/item/3665-alaska-airlines-renews-portland-timbers-support

Alaska Airlines Renews Portland Timbers Support