David Beckham Picks Miami for MLS Franchise: Nightly Soccer Report

Nearly six months after David Beckham toured Miami and said that the prospect of owning a MLS team in the city was exciting, the Associated Press has confirmed what World Soccer Talk first reported yesterday that a source close to the star reveals that Beckham has selected Miami as his MLS franchise.

World Soccer Talk senior writer Kartik Krishnaiyer reported on Monday that:

“My sources indicate [Beckham’s Miami MLS team] will be announced either in December at MLS Cup or in January at the Superdraft/NSCAA Convention. Either way, Orlando City will have been announced as moving from USL PRO to MLS by that time creating an instant Florida derby in the American top flight. I am hearing the Miami team could start play anytime from 2015 to 2017. “

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

MLS

• Beckham Picks Miami for MLS Franchise — AP
• MLS regular season attendance down 1% compared to last year — Sports Business Daily
• MLS considering continuing playoffs during FIFA international window — Sports Illustrated
• How much will it cost for MLS to expand the league? — FOX Soccer

Premier League

• Chris Coleman moves into the reckoning for Crystal Palace job — The Guardian
• Fulham boss Martin Jol not feeling the pressure despite Leicester loss — Sky Sports
• Jermain Defoe interesting Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen — The Mail
• Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini set to miss two to three weeks — ESPN FC
• Alan Pardew says Newcastle United were correct to ban Chronicle and Journal — Newcastle Journal
• Jose Mourinho eyes free move for Xabi Alonso — Metro
• Robert Snodgrass in hospital after Norwich beaten by Manchester United — Sky Sports
• Ferguson beats Delia Smith to record fastest-selling non-fiction book in history — The Independent

International soccer

• Brazil left to count the cost as hotshot Diego Costa opts for Spain — The Independent
• Univision outperforms ESPN Deportes & FOX Deportes to become no. 1 Spanish-language sports network in US — TV By The Numbers

La Liga

• Searching for the next Lionel Messi: The life of a football scout — BBC Sport
• Sepp Blatter apologises to Cristiano Ronaldo after Real star’s attack — The Mail

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