David Beckham scores a court win on a Miami stadium deal he no longer wants

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article219784880.html

David Beckham scores a court win on a Miami stadium deal he no longer wants

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday sided with Miami-Dade in a no-bid deal with David Beckham and partners to buy county land for an Overtown stadium the retired soccer star no longer wants.

The Third District Court of Appeal ruled against Bruce Matheson, a wealthy landowner near the former stadium site who last year sued the county over the legality of selling public real estate without inviting other bids.

At the time, the Matheson suit was considered the last big hurdle for Beckham finally securing a Major League Soccer stadium. But by the end of 2017, Beckham had new partners in Jorge and Jose Mas, Miami executives who were against the Overtown site and quickly engineered a deal with Miami for a stadium, mall and office park at the city-owned Melreese golf course. City voters are being asked to authorize the agreement in a November referendum.

In its unanimous decision, the appeals court ruled state law allows county governments to award no-bid land deals in the interest of economic development. Miami-Dade cited the state’s economic-development statute in justifying the $9 million sales contract, which was based on appraisals commissioned by the county. “We adopt the trial court’s reasoning that the county had no clear legal duty to offer the 2.79 acres for competitive bid,” the opinion reads.

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https://www.sounderatheart.com/2018/10/10/17958318/major-link-soccer-st-louis-is-back-in-the-expansion-game-for-reals

Major Link Soccer: St Louis is back in the expansion game, for reals

Also: Cinci stadium renderings revealed; Sounders on radio, more

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http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/st-louis-mls-franchise-enterprise-female-ownership

St Louis revives MLS franchise bid with majority female ownership

Enterprise Holdings puts forward plan to build privately-funded US$250m soccer stadium.

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http://www.espn.com/soccer/major-league-soccer/story/3662201/bournemouth-forward-jermain-defoe-wont-rule-out-mls-return-i-enjoyed-it

Bournemouth forward Jermain Defoe won't rule out MLS return: 'I enjoyed it'

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https://www.reddit.com/r/TampaBayRowdies/comments/9mzhqm/colombia_national_team_trained_at_al_lang_last/

Colombia National Team trained at Al Lang last night (pics of James, Cuadrado, Falcao, etc.)

This is really cool in so many ways!

I wrote about this on Twitter, but it really is crazy. Some of the best players in the world are on our home pitch down the road.

We've seem James, Lampard, Drogba, Raul, Pirlo, Chicharito, Villa all in what only 5 years ago was a rotting Spring Training stadium. That's insane. And kind of unique - especially at our level.

i wonder how much orlando can say on this front...

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