Professional Soccer in Palm Beach County?

Soccer stadium at Palm Beach State college?

A SPORTS MANAGEMENT company wants to build a $50 million soccer stadium at Palm Beach State College for professional and collegiate teams, according to a proposal being considered by the college’s Board of Trustees.

Palm Beach Sports Management is pledging to construct of an 8,000-seat stadium on about 12 acres in the southeast corner of the campus off Sixth Avenue South just west of Lake Worth Beach.

The unsolicited proposal calls for the company to lease the land from the college for an initial term of 50 years, with two 25-year renewals, and build and operate soccer facilities on it. The construction budget is projected to be $50 million to $60 million, paid for with private money.

Palm Beach Sports Management owns franchise rights with the United Soccer League for both a men’s and a women’s professional soccer team in Palm Beach County. The PBSC stadium would be home to those teams, according to the proposal, which includes an exhibit titled “Palm Beach State College Partnership Presented by the United Soccer League.’’

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USMNT Players Just Lost a Quarter Million Dollars Each They Already Earned

The USMNT earned 16 million dollars from FIFA

for reaching the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup on home soil

Millions Sit Waiting for a Women's Roster Nobody Has Picked

• US Soccer skims 20 percent off the top before a single player sees a dime.
• That leaves 12.8 million dollars, split in half between the 26 men who suited up this summer and a women's roster that does not exist yet.
• Each side gets 6.4 million dollars, or 246,153.85 dollars per player, once US Soccer cuts the checks.
• That women's half sits in an interest-bearing account because the team has not even qualified for the 2027 World Cup, a spot they can lock up as early as this November, with the actual 26-player roster not set until next spring.

It is about a federation that built a system where winning on the field stopped mattering for your paycheck.

The men can lose in the round of 16 for the sixth straight cycle and still bankroll a roster that has not kicked a ball.

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Team USA - Its dreams are still alive

Watched the matched yesterday and it was very exciting. We actually made two goals but one was called back. We are doing great for such a young team.

The 1-0 win, means the United States men's national team moves on to the knockout stages. The winning goal for the Americans was scored by Christian Pulisic in the 38th minute who was injured but says he will be back to play against the Netherlands.

  GROUP B

IRAN

0

UNITED STATES

1

Men's and Women's Soccer Team Pay Disparity

 Headlines Claiming Women’s World Cup Final Had More Viewers Than Men’s Are 100% Fake News

Even NBC and Fox Business Network chimed in with erroneous information.

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I believe in equal pay for equal work BUT the men's team brings in more revenue than does the women's team. Last year, the men's World Cup generated $6 billion, and gave about 7 percent to the teams. The 2019 Women's World Cup made $131 million, and gave out more than 20 percent to the teams.

"Last year, the men’s World Cup in Russia generated more than $6 billion in revenue; the participating teams shared about $400 million. That is less than 7 percent of overall revenue. Meanwhile, the 2019 Women’s World Cup made somewhere in the region of $131 million, doling out $30 million, well more than 20 percent of collected revenue, to the participating teams. It seems a pay gap does exist, after all. [The Federalist]

So, should the women's team really make the same as the men's team? Chuckie Schumer and Bill deBlasio think so.