What Happened to the Final Major Team Football Competition That Ohio Introduced?

The other day, FOX Soccer and Relevant Ventures announced the launch of the International Champions Cup, each summertime a fresh membership basketball event which will be played at venues across the globe, with the finals to be played in Miami start this August. The clubs who've decided to participate so far are Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and LA Galaxy, with four different clubs set to be unmasked next two weeks. But what happened to the final significant club football tournament that was reported in Miami? Less than 12 months ago, city authorities in Miami announced the launch of the Miami Soccer Challenge, an annual team competition featuring a number of the biggest clubs in the world that would perform at Miamias Marlins Park baseball stadium. Some of the team crests which were proudly exhibited as the background for the Miami Soccer Challenge press meeting included Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, AS Roma and many more. Nevertheless, EPL Talk has found that most of the Premier League clubs had their crests conspicuously shown, but had never granted permission for Miami city authorities to use their crest, nor had any contracts with English clubs been authorized. There were also rumors of the Town of Miami receiving cease-and-desist letters from the English clubs because the staff crests were applied without their permission, and their use of the crests meant that the English clubs were endorsing the match a again, without their permission. Pictures of the club crests are featured by the press conference backdrop, which can be considered on the Miami Marlins official internet site, along with here. To date, theAMiami Soccer ChallengeAhas failed to appear despite the fact that the match have been touted as starting in January, 2013. Marlins Park did host an agreeable between Venezuela and Nigeria in November, 2012 in front of an audience of 13,000, but up to now no English clubs have released any matches to be performed as part of theAMiami Soccer ChallengeAfor the foreseeable future. I should add that the International Champions CupAhas no organization or relationship withAMiami Soccer Challenge. Theyare two totally separate events run by separate businesses. TheAInternational Champions CupAis supported by Relevent Ventures, which is really a VC fund launched by Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross. The entireAInternational Champions CupAtournament is going to be shown on FOX Soccer (and presumably FOX Sports 1 starting next year). President and publisher of EPL Talk, The Gaffer (aka Christopher Harris) is just a writer who has been included in The Newest York Times, The Guardian and various other magazines in addition to on NPR, BBC World, CBC, BBC Five Live, talkSPORT and beIN SPORT. Harris, who lives in Florida, has recognized Swansea City since 1979. Harris presented EPL Talk in 2005.

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