Not sure how much respect I have for that article. As I've seen pointed out elsewhere, the owner/editor of that mag is the son of the guy running an NASL club. Everyone has denied what was said.An interesting article about the miami bid. (Its a pretty long read)
http://reprints.longform.org/howler-miami-marcelo-claure
What really made me question it was the Heineman quotes. Does anyone really believe he would say something so inflammatory around someone who just introduced himself to him as a reporter? If he did actually say those words, then I would imagine they were taken extremely out of context.
Other than that, it was an interesting read, but I think it's clear that the author had an agenda. I believe his meeting with Claure most likely did not go as well as he wrote it and Claure most likely sensed that this guy had some type of agenda and choose not to continue the relationship.