Dan Calichman and Ted Chronopoulos, whom many of us remember from 1990s MLS, are in the news as the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Chivas USA. C&C Coaching Factory had done pretty well with the club’s academy program, only to…
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MLS 2015-18: Future shock
by Beau Dure • • 1 Comment
A couple of related topics on Jason Davis’ new-ish American Soccer Morning podcast over the past two weeks: – NBC has paid eleventy billion dollars to show 45,000 hours of Premier League coverage every week, starting this fall. – MLS, while…
MLS draftee watch: A few games in
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Honestly, I’m just doing this so I can have links to all the MLS draftees in one place. But I figured I’d share. I haven’t looked up every loan deal or injury or reserve game – feel free to add…
MLS: New stadiums already? Slow down
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A hypothetical City Council meeting in Expansionville, 2014. MLS MAN: Greetings! I represent the local owner-investors who are ready to plunk down $80 million in expansion fees to bring Major League Soccer to Expansionville! COUNCILPERSON 1: Sounds good. Should boost…
Monday Myriad, March 4: Nordic state of mind
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Headlines from the week: – Slovenia’s Tina Maze is having the best Alpine skiing World Cup season of all time. – Norway’s Maret Bjoergen had one of the best Nordic World Championships of all time. – Shaun White was back in action with another…
2013 MLS teams, ranked by curiosity factor
by Beau Dure • • 1 Comment
Here’s what happens every Major League Soccer season: 1. Some newcomers will live up to expectation. Some won’t. 2. Some team predicted to finish near the basement will be considerably better than expected. 3. We will continue to wonder what…
Which MLS newcomers will flop this year?
by Beau Dure • • 3 Comments
Let’s look back at the hyped MLS newcomers of 2012, shall we? To remind ourselves of the hype, check previews from Fox (Ives), ESPN (Leander) and Goal.com (Seth). Not picking on anyone’s prognostication skills — these were all players with…
Philadelphia Union: The latest team to mishandle Freddy Adu
by Beau Dure • • 1 Comment
Start here: Very candid letter from John Hackworth to @philaunion season ticket holders: faninfo.philadelphiaunion.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c… — Matthew Doyle (@MLS_Analyst) January 21, 2013 “Candid” is one thing. Another is “telling everyone we have this high-priced player we’re desperate to unload, and if…