Recent Premiership Proposal to Play International Round Articles
No Place For Prem But England
by Jeffrey Marcus (Blog Entry | New York Times - )
They don’t want it in Europe. And Asia isn’t exactly welcoming either. Even the United States, the last great frontier for soccer, is cool to hosting competitive Premier League fixtures in North America. more details | go to article

FIFA President Rejects Premier League Overseas Expansion Plan
by Agence France Presse (Article | Yahoo - )
Sepp Blatter, the president of football's world governing body FIFA, said on Thursday that plans to stage English Premier League (EPL) games overseas will never happen. more details | go to article

FIFA Opposes Premier League Expansion Abroad
by John Mehaffey (Article | Yahoo - )
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has opposed plans by the Premier League to play matches abroad and warned that the proposal could harm England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. more details | go to article

Wenger Backs Overseas Matches
by Agence France Presse (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - )
Arsene Wenger on Friday became the first major club manager to express his support for the Premier League's plan to stage competitive matches in cities around the world. more details | go to article

MLS Waiting On Premier League Plans
by Ian Parker (Article | Yahoo - )
Major League Soccer is cautiously enthusiastic over the English Premier League’s plans to introduce a series of overseas games from 2011, but is waiting to see the full details of the proposal. more details | go to article

Platini Brands Premier League Overseas Games Plan A Joke
by Ken Ferris (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - )
UEFA president Michel Platini has attacked the English Premier League’s plans to consider staging league matches overseas, describing the proposal as a joke. more details | go to article

Platini Scorns Global Games Plan
by No Author Listed (Article | BBC - )
Uefa president Michel Platini has poured scorn on the Premier League's plans to play matches around the world. more details | go to article

US Cautious On Hosting Premier League
by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | BBC - )
US Soccer chief Sunil Gulati is undecided on whether the US would host Premier League ties but points out that there are a number of obstacles to be overcome before it could happen. (Audio link) more details | go to article

US Soccer Awaits FIFA verdict On Premier Plans
by SportsTicker (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - )
US Soccer will not endorse the English Premier League’s plans to host regular-season games overseas unless FIFA gives the go ahead. more details | go to article

AFC Chief Rejects Premier League Expansion Plan
by Agence France Presse (Article | Yahoo - )
Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam on Tuesday said the plan to take Premier League matches overseas was "not a good idea" and called for the proposals to be rejected. more details | go to article

No Support Back Home For Overseas Matches - Ferguson
by Agence France Presse (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - )
Controversial plans to take Premier League matches overseas has little support back home in England, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said on a visit to South Africa on Tuesday. more details | go to article

Clubs All Behind Overseas Plan Says Premier League Chief
by Mitch Phillips (Article | Yahoo - )
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said he still has the backing of all 20 clubs to investigate the idea of playing 10 matches overseas from 2010 and stressed fans would be consulted on the controversial proposal. more details | go to article

EPL vows To Press On With Plans For Overseas Matches
by Angus MacKinnon (Article | Yahoo - )
The man behind a plan to take English Premier League (EPL) matches around the world insisted on Wednesday that he remained on track to turn his controversial proposals into reality. more details | go to article

Blatter Opposes Premier League Playing Games Abroad
by Associated Press (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - )
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he won’t let the English Premier League play games abroad and believes the proposal will harm England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup. more details | go to article

Global Plan Not Dead, Insists Premier Chief
by Martyn Ziegler (Article | Yahoo - )
English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has admitted for the first time that plans for an ‘international round’ of matches will have to be scrapped if they are opposed by world governing body FIFA and England’s Football Association. more details | go to article

Popular Premiership Proposal to Play International Round Articles
Earning Respect
by Paul Gardner (Profile/Interview | Sports Illustrated - )
World Soccer's Paul Gardner recently sat down with U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati to discuss the U.S. national team, coach Bob Bradley, MLS and the growing prestige of the game in America -- both inside and outside our borders. more details | go to article


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