Word: chelsea
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...dresses like a still curly-haired Chelsea Clinton, leaves the next morning for a Berkeley-esque college, where she realizes quickly her dream of normalcy—which entails, in her immortal words, “cruising around in a Volkswagen Beetle with a cooler in the passenger seat holding a bologna sandwich and a beer”— will be hard to achieve...
Europe's most famous soccer teams are having a busy summer wooing fans in that perennial soccer wasteland, the U.S. Scottish champion Glasgow Celtic, English powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, and Italian champ AC Milan are among nine teams on tour, playing in such cities as Seattle, Cleveland and Philadelphia, often to packed stadiums...
...players it's a chance for a preseason tune-up in a perfect environment--away from their rabid fans. "The facilities are second to none," says Chelsea Football Club CEO Peter Kenyon. But, more important, the big clubs see the U.S. as a vital market in the race to establish a global brand and cash in an ocean away from home. Only teams that have global reach will be able to afford the star players who ensure winning results year after year. Man U was the first to launch a U.S. strategy, teaming with the New York Yankees...
Europe's most famous soccer teams are having a busy summer wooing fans in that longtime soccer wasteland, the United States. Scottish champion Glasgow Celtic, English powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, and Italian champ AC Milan are among nine teams on tour, playing in such cities as Seattle, Cleveland and Philadelphia, often to packed stadiums. For the players, it's a chance for a preseason tune-up in the perfect environment - away from their rabid fans. "The facilities are second to none," says Chelsea Football Club CEO Peter Kenyon. But more important, the big clubs...
...clubs that could buy the best players from rivals in Germany, France and Britain. Today, however, global capital markets may be starting to play more of a role: Manchester United is traded on the London Stock Exchange, and one of its largest shareholders is American. The west-London club Chelsea look set to debunk the maxim that success can't be bought, following its acquisition by ?migr? Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who has added close to $200 million to the team's war-chest for buying as many of the world's best players as they can find...