The fledgling league is hoping to strike a chord with casual soccerfans by rescuing some of its teams from monstrous football stadiums--mausoleums to a soccerclub playing to less than half capacity much of the time--and into soccer-only venues that bring fans closer to the action.
The sanction was imposed Wednesday by UEFA, European soccer's governing body, after it investigated the Ukrainian club's fans in recent games against Paris Saint-Germain and Bordeaux.