Andre Da Costa

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[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@michaelmiraflor Pound their chest*

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@michaelmiraflor Or even worse, when they bump their chests to say they arrived early at the destination 🙄

[Simon Evans @sgevans]

Hearing the USL included five new clubs in its application to U.S. Soccer for (continued) sanctioning for the 2027 season. USL Championship: Atletico Dallas; USL League One: Sporting Cascades FC (Eugene), Port St. Lucie SC, Fort Lauderdale United FC, Ventura County Pro Soccer (name tbd)

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Arsenal created just 0.01(xG) between 45+6’ and 120’

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@_JoshSchafer Argentina in the semis with an old washed squad. Fire those GS analysts. They don’t know ball.

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

MLS numbers are out. Simon and I chat about what that means for the league and state of the union for sports media rights

[Simon Evans @sgevans]

Latest Soccer Business Podcast is out - Seth Bacon EVP Media of MLS on the latest broadcast numbers plus @Andre_DaCosta_ joins me to look at the CL final and the ownership strategies of Arsenal and PSG: https://t.co/CMCWpQfZG8

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

The never ending debate in American soccer about pro-rel.

[Simon Evans @sgevans]

This week's @soccerbiznews podcast discusses whether the pro/rel excitement we saw in Europe this weekend will ever come to the USA? With @Andre_DaCosta_ https://t.co/PxlZOabZVf

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

our lawyers will be in touch

[Richard Williams @rwilliams1947]

Recommended: the FT’s architecture correspondent on the future of San Siro. Best sports piece I’ve read this weekend.

[Carter Donnick @CDonnick1]

I think this is the 1st actual good news I’ve seen about the World Cup

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@theisaacmed Rio is if LA and Miami had a baby. Very tropical and cool because of all the entertainment industry is based in LA

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

150 markets. That is the number MLS believes can support Next Pro clubs. Simon and I had an exclusive sit down with Tom and he laid out exactly what the KKR joint venture is designed to do. Hard to walk away from that conversation and not be bullish on where US soccer is heading

[Simon Evans @sgevans]

Tom Glick, CEO of Hometown Soccer Holdings says MLS has identified 150 markets they think could support a new club in MLSNP. With PE firm KKR backing the radical plan to move MLS2 teams to new markets, the game is on: https://t.co/WzpJe4WAIa

[Joel Franco @OfficialJoelF]

You can watch the Miami Grand Prix on Turnpike traffic cam

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@yuris I drop my 15 all the time. This thing is made of adamantium

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

KKR looking to verticalize the mid-layer of pro soccer in the US. The fragmentized landscape today is the perfect terrain for a PE roll-up strategy.

[Simon Evans @sgevans]

Are we about to see a 'turf war' between MLS Next Pro and USL? Latest pod with @Andre_DaCosta_

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@coreycapoccia Association football and closed leagues are very different biz propositions. + several NFL owners are MLS owners. They are more similar to each other than to the Premier League.

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

@dilanesper Sunset and Fuller. Lived on Fuller. Interesting times to say the least.

[Andre Da Costa @Andre_DaCosta_]

Interesting and smart answer. He knows pro/rel is a hot topic in US soccer today. He also knows the current ownership groups would never approve it.

[Andrew Marchand @AndrewMarchand]

Could MLS one day have promotion & relegation?

I asked commissioner Don Garber ... Interesting answer.

[TBPN @tbpn]

Rick Caruso (@RickCarusoLA) explains why he included curbs and gutters at The Grove as intentional design choices:

"They're there because your eye picks it up."

"If we had built The Grove as a flat plaza without curbs and gutters, you wouldn't read it in your mind as a street."

"The rhythm of the trees, the rhythm of the streetlights. We study all of that stuff."

"We actually had a landscape architect on The Grove who threatened to quit because he wasn't going to design curbs and gutters. He said, 'People are going to trip.' I said, 'People don't trip walking around cities. Why are they going to trip here?'"

[High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry]

LPs “Hey make sure you don’t overpay for any deals.”

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