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Here, its very evident where you have people once spending money over there now spending money over here. not like this area got a whole bunch richer. it stayed in the same place. >> looking at the numbers, $4.7 billion in taxpayer money across this nation has gone into building 20 new nfl stadiums since 1997. so if youre saying it doesnt make economic sense, why does it keep happening? >> thats one of the things theres just a lot of ignorance out there about it. economists have been trying to g...

Payouts from cities make economic sense for the communities that these stadiums are housed in? we decided to ask a man who knows this topic extraordinarily well. economist j.c. bradbury as he stood in front of the $1.5 billion atlanta falcons stadium under construction. for the record, we at cnn did reach out to the falcons multiple times for a statement on the public funding and invited them on the program. we did not hear back. >> what we have over here, we have a nice new shiny stadium where ...

The sponsors and the viewership has been there. with the mls, they were getting a .1. they had to pay their way on to espn, now all of a sudden they are getting huge contracts. if the women can disperse these great players throughout the league and get the doocy family and everybody else to watch, nonsoccer families to watch, the money will comcast kading in. i dont think theres a sexist element to this. >> you are saying its a viewership. >> what do you think about the disparity? $35 million ve...

There was a hint of handball aguero is trying to break away a few minutes ago. no whistle in the end against bertrand. lampard foul. lampard, 609th appearance this in the premier league today. a wonderful servant here. over so many years for chelsea. before that breaking through at west ham united. finally making his move to the mls after this seasons done. the corner won there bile kolarov. shane long trapped back. >> shane long has been a threat

Heres elia. bertrand. waiting. a header which came in was off mangala. kept in play by clyne. in towards pelle again. long was there, too. with interest. bertrand. his first involvement off the bench for city. to bonny. city fans. lampards career. will now watch from afar. on the pls. mls. a hit there by zabaleta.

Competition there. in major league soccer, the l.a. galaxy won their fifth mls cup. it is also american soccer star landon donovans final game of his career. hes the mls leading scorer and the most accomplished soccer player in u.s. history. congratulations to him. get down to business, shall we, landon downey, good morning to you. >> good morning. if youre done with the holiday shopping, retailers want you to keep going. its green monday. in 2009 it was marked by ebay to mark the biggest da...

That you have to play at once you get to the world cup. you play for the kc team. you are, i think, in montreal right now on the road. do you think this is gonna have a big impact on the crowds you see and the number of people watching your games on television, listening on radio? >> i do. i really do and we have already experienced it. the support that we received, you know, while we were in brazil from back home and actually in brazil, what was unbelievable. and it was something that ive never...

Four years to be as awesome as hes been this time around? >> goalkeepers are an interesting thing. they actually get better as they get older. they dont peak at 27 when field player start to peak. they can peak into their 30s a lot. at the same time, theres some very good young goalkeepers. the man behind him is ready to step up. some great goalkeepers in mls coming up as well. theres a strong future here. >> the paper is just holding up one, its over, and im here to say it aint, this is only th...

Weve invested over $60 million in programs and field building projects in all 50 states, and were continuing to work to grow the game to introduce the game to young people who dont have the opportunity to play. >> still mls games are broadcast in the united states but the ratings arent so great. any idea how they could be improved? >> well, i think when you have an exciting event like the world cup, where you have players like deondre who plays in mls, clint dempsey, michael bradley, who play in...

Coaching you do during the game. you were trying to organize the defense differently. so what are you going to do with this? youre man of the match. you say its the worst award youve ever been given. but youre the man of the match. theyre framing you up as captain america. your the secretary of defense on wikipedia. what are you going to do with all this? >> take it in stride, you know, im going to go hope and im going to relax and hide away, hang out with the kids, get some more tattoos. >> han...