PreSeason Mini-Tourneys and MLS
by Dave Clark on Jan 1, 2010 1:07 PM PST
in Major League Soccer
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Personally I love them. The Carolina Challenge Cup, the PanPacific Championship, the Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, even La Manga with the Sounders!
In fact one of the things I love about Major League Baseball is the annual tradition of Spring Training. It would be nice to see MLS develop a history and tradition with these affairs. Every year a team's supporters should know where they will train, and where they will be for these mini-tournaments.
DC and TFC are nearly locked into the CCC, and their fans travel for the first look at trialists. Any club could establish this habit, those connections. They could work with their travel partners and likely even make a buck or two.
With a 20 team league it might be nice to see 4 or 5 of these scattered through the sunbelt every year. Hundreds of thousands go to Florida and Arizona during Spring Training, there is no reason this can't happen in MLS.
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I was able to be at the first Pan-Pacific and I had a great time. All four teams made appearances around Oahu and held some one day clinics. The only thing that was disappointing was Donovan not playing. I wish it was held in Hawaii every year as we don’t get much in the way of live pro sports.
In Hawai'i
Absolutely, have these in places where MLS isn’t yet.
Hawai’i
Arizona
Florida
Carolinas
Orleans/Birmingham/Atlanta?
Vegas
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I am not a Fan
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What about?
North Dakota
Alaska
Montana
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland?
PEI (The “2010 Anne of Green Gables Soccer Jamboree”)
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