{"id":48360,"date":"2018-12-13T18:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T23:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/?p=48360"},"modified":"2018-12-13T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T23:18:17","slug":"atlanta-united-builds-a-latino-wall-of-stars-will-they-follow-the-dollars-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/sports-marketing\/atlanta-united-builds-a-latino-wall-of-stars-will-they-follow-the-dollars-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta United Builds a Latino Wall of Stars; Will They Follow the Dollars Abroad?"},"content":{"rendered":"
What: <\/strong>Off its MLS Cup victory, Atlanta United FC faces some tough decisions regarding the retention its young Latino stars. What if Stephen Curry<\/strong>\u00a0(@StephenCurry30<\/b><\/a>),\u00a0<\/span>after leading the Golden State Warriors (@warriors<\/b><\/a>)<\/span> to the NBA title, left for Maccabi Tel Aviv (@MaccabitlvBC<\/b><\/a>),<\/span> or Alex Cora<\/strong>, after leading the Boston Red Sox (@RedSox<\/b><\/a>)\u00a0<\/span>to the World Series Championship, took his young, personable and marketable style to the Tokyo Giants (@TokyoGiants<\/b><\/a>)<\/span>? The upheaval and brand damage that could be done to those storied American franchises would be massive.<\/p>\n Yet those are the decisions, and the choices that Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD<\/b><\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0stars have, coming off an epic season not just in Major League Soccer (@MLS<\/span><\/a>) but in North American sport<\/strong>. For MLS still, stars bring dollar value<\/strong>, more so abroad than to have them stay, pay and build a brand here. In the case of no fewer than two prominent Latino stars who are reaching new heights well beyond Atlanta, that\u2019s not great news for anyone but their potential buyers.<\/p>\n [comillas]The great Latino experiment shines brightly but may fade quickly, at least for this cycle.[\/comillas]<\/p>\n
\nWhy it matters:<\/strong> It is a challenge and an opportunity not lost on the powers that be in MLS, and one which will be key in the next level of development as a league.<\/p>\n