In talking with players and coaches from defending champion Real Salt Lake, second-year club
Seattle and expansion team Philadelphia, it's funny how often the words "New England" and "Houston"
came up.
The Revolution and Dynamo were paired up back-to-back MLS Cup finals with rosters that were
tweaked, not overhauled, as the years went on.
In talking with players and coaches from defending champion Real Salt Lake, second-year club
Seattle and expansion team Philadelphia, it's funny how often the words "New England" and "Houston"
came up.
The Revolution and Dynamo were paired up back-to-back MLS Cup finals with rosters that were
tweaked, not overhauled, as the years went on.
In talking with players and coaches from defending champion Real Salt Lake, second-year club Seattle and expansion team Philadelphia, it's funny how often the words "New England" and "Houston" came up.
The Revolution and Dynamo were paired up back-to-back MLS Cup finals with rosters that were tweaked, not overhauled, as the years went on.
- Players are set to strike, says Toronto defender Nick Garcia. But that's one person, and many of
the commenters on this CBC story were hoping Garcia would be a one-man picket line.
- But it turned out to be more than Garcia. Mr. A. Nonymous told a reporter (not me, and I can't
acknowledge anonymous sources) that the players had indeed backed a strike by a very large margin.
- Players are set to strike, says Toronto defender Nick Garcia. But that's one person, and many of the commenters on this CBC story were hoping Garcia would be a one-man picket line.
- But it turned out to be more than Garcia. Mr. A.
With the countdown clock at two weeks before the season is supposed to start, here are a few
questions that the players and the league could consider answering to give fans a better idea of
where they stand.
For the league:
- MLS has been losing players over the years to mediocre Scandinavian clubs, and its teams are not
competitive in the CONCACAF Champions League.
With the countdown clock at two weeks before the season is supposed to start, here are a few questions that the players and the league could consider answering to give fans a better idea of where they stand.
For the league:
- MLS has been losing players over the years to mediocre Scandinavian clubs, and its teams are not competitive in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Brandi Chastain knows the meaning of the word "retirement." She just doesn't use it.
"The idea of retiring -- it's just not a word that's in my vocabulary," Chastain said in a phone
interview a week or so after she was released by FC Gold Pride.
Birdie! Brandi Chastain celebrates a putt at Pebble Beach.
Brandi Chastain knows the meaning of the word "retirement." She just doesn't use it.
"The idea of retiring -- it's just not a word that's in my vocabulary," Chastain said in a phone interview a week or so after she was released by FC Gold Pride.
Birdie! Brandi Chastain celebrates a putt at Pebble Beach.
The Major League Soccer Players Union (the "Union") today announced that the collective bargaining
agreement between the Union and Major League Soccer ("MLS") will not be extended past the February
25 deadline previously set by the Union and MLS.
The Major League Soccer Players Union (the “Union”) today announced that the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and Major League Soccer (“MLS”) will not be extended past the February 25 deadline previously set by the Union and MLS.
How much confidence does MLS have in its business plan? And how much confidence does it have in itself? Those are two underlying questions as the league barrels into a potential work stoppage this week.
This isn't the typical American league labor situation in which the league (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) exists in a vacuum and, with rare exception, offers players better contract terms than they could get elsewhere in the world.
