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It was a week of soaring highs and crashing lows for Detroit City FC. Last week le Rouge advanced out of the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup by knocking out bitter rivals the Michigan Bucks by advancing on penalty kicks. Then on Sunday, City opened its NPSL league play by dropping a point late to AFC Ann Arbor. I spoke with Midfield Press and TheCup.US …
"There's not a lot of small business owners out there who wake up in the morning knowing that there's three billionaires teamed up who potentially are working against you on a daily basis, right? So that certainly weighs on us. But it's also the realization that yes, in the legal standpoint, as a Michigan L.L.C. we own equity in this corporation, but we have definitely come to …
This is you Daily Detroit News Byte for Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Our stories: A new plan emerges for the fail jail Detroit City FC will be broadcast on Fox Sports Detroit for the first time Mexicantown in Detroit is getting support to grow its business district Mirror, mirror on the wall.. what are the best Metro Detroit suburbs? And two conversations. One …
Detroit's bid for a Major League Soccer team continues to have signs that, despite all of the positive press Team Gilbert/Gores want to foist on the local media around this, it is not going anywhere. The latest is in a report by Grant Wahl in Sports Illustrated that cites industry insiders that Cincinnati, Nashville, Sacramento and a fourth entrant, Miami, with another bid …
The fight over the soul of Detroit soccer — or football, depending on your perspective — is heating up. It's moved to similarities in naming. It's clear that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is just fine with filing for federal trademark protection of a name that's super similar to the locally-owned, crowdfunded Detroit City Football Club. They're going for the "Detroit …
Although here in Detroit there are the twin stories of should Wayne County trade with billionaires Dan Gilbert and Tom Gores for the incomplete jail site downtown, as well as the recent heckles among some passionate fans that were raised by Palace Sports & Entertainment purchasing web addresses like "DetCitySoccerClub.com," just one word away in name from the locally …
Soccer. Futbol. Whatever you call it, Detroit and Hamtramck have something very special in the Detroit City FC. Le Rouge as they're affectionately known have garnered the loyal support of thousands - all without giant in-your-face ad buys, without network television deals. Just the heart and soul of Detroit embodied on a rehabbed Works Progress Administration-era Keyworth …
Updated: A press conference including Tom Gores and Dan Gilbert is now scheduled for Wednesday - and there's confirmed talk by the mayor of a MLS stadium being built downtown. More here. Speculation is heating up today around the idea that Detroit's going to get a Major League Soccer team. Here's where we're at right now. Two billionaires with holdings in the area - Dan …
Detroit City FC made a big move on Wednesday, submitting a proposal to the Hamtramck School Board to fund renovation work on the 79-year-old Keyworth Stadium. The goal of the project is to turn the statdium into the new home field for the football club. Detroit City FC started four years ago and have enjoyed a steady climb in popularity since its launch, consistently drawing …
Welcome to Tuesday, March 19 — and the final day of winter, YAY! On the show today, we run down the news that not only does Detroit have a homegrown winery, but Detroit Vineyards aims to open a tasting room in the Stroh’s Ice Cream building on Gratiot near Eastern Market this spring. Will wonders …
