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Today MLS commissioner Don Garber held his State of the League address. Two of the main topics were
were the schedule for the 2012 season and the league's 20th franchise.
In regards to the schedule, Garber said that the league will not expand the number of games played.
There will be 34 games for each team next season, which means we've seen the end of the balanced
schedule.
How's your French? Merde? Better ask for Rosetta Stone for Christmas then because if you really
want to know what's what with the Impact you're going to need to read and listen to a lot of it.
But if you are like me and only speak French after a bottle & a half of Bordeaux (and poorly even
then) you can check out the latest episode of the SoccerPlus podcast because it features an
English-language interview with Montreal coach Jessie Marsch.
Should the Impact place their maiden MLS voyage in the hands of the elderly? One Montreal writer
dares to brave the icy, Italian-flavored waters of the DP dilema and what it could mean for the
2012 expansion side if they dare to splash the cash on a slew of Azzurri players old enough to get
birthday shout-outs from Willard Scott.
This landed in my inbox last night:
Management Update from the New York Cosmos
November 2, 2011 (New York, NY) - There has been a buyout at The New York Cosmos and
management changes have taken place in various areas of our organization.
Now this is interesting. According to SoccerAmerica -remember SoccerAmerica?-- the current
iteration of the New York Cosmos front office is getting blowed up. Paul Gardner's latest,
quasi-bizarrely written treatise for the old-school footie mag throws forth a tale of upheaval
around the MLS expansion pretenders and leaves you with more questions than answers.
Y'all seen then stadium proposal in Detroit? Looks crazy but if they can pull it off more power to
them because I actually think The Mitten would be a better spot for an MLS club than The Wang. Not
nearly as fun of a roadtrip -mojitos and beaches top all- but a better home for a soccer team.
- Jason Davis
In 2011, after Seattle and Philly and Portland and Vancouver and Montreal and the wave that came
before them (yes, San Jose counts) and all of the talk of candidates and fees and ownership groups
and stadium plans and color schemes and whether names should be "historical" (since 1975!
The Frenchist thing you'll see all day this side of a Gauloises at a Jean K Jean stand-up set.
Also, start your Seba-to-Quebec trade conspiracies right...about...now.
This may be a LONG way from reality but damn, just think of the road trips? Every supporters group
and it's mother will be out to recreate The Hangover without missing kick off. If this happens
somebody's gonna get pregnant.
[H/T @BrianStraus]
"Although talks this week about a roof for the proposed stadium moved from retractable to fixed to
reduce the cost, the Vikings would prefer a moving roof because [owner Zigi] Wilf wants to get a
Major League Soccer franchise. None of the 18 MLS teams plays in a fixed-roof stadium."
More from TwinCities.
I don't know about y'all but I better tighten up my French game before next season if I'm going
have any clue WTF is going on in Montreal. The Impact just released their new, MLS-ready logo and I
feel like I just watched an exchange student's final project for a design class. No idea what half
of that was about.
You know you are a baller if you give interviews on a golf course and you are not a player in the
PGA. Check out The Don getting all Big Willy and talking expansion, the D.C. stadium saga and
various other messageboardy topics in between working on his short game. Play on boss.
Welcome to
The Weekly Five. Each week I address a topic by presenting a list of five
examples that support, oppose or simply relate to the subject.
Last week I looked at what the Premiership could learn from MLS. This time around I'm gonna
investigate the flipside of that very same coin; what is it that MLS could learn from the
Premiership?
EQUILIBRIUM AT QUARTER MARKJustin Braun destroyed New York with a hat-trick.Week nine marked the quarter mark of this 36-game MLS season. There's still a long way to go, but
what's the early analysis? This league is very, very close.
With no one team outright dominating and few falling too far behind, it's fair to say that
everything is still up for grabs.
Half-naked flesh, leather-clad Italian guys and beats: are these Vancouver Whitecaps videos
promoting a soccer team or a discotheque? I don't care either way as I have a thing for both but if
it is a nightclub I need to know the dress code. I refuse to dance in any establishment that will
not let you in wearing sneakers; you only dance in church shoes at wedding receptions.
How about a quick, informal straw poll in the comments: has Bryan Adams aged well? I'm inclined to
say "yes" because he looks like my friend Doug and if I say "no" I am also saying in way that Doug
has not aged well and then I'll have to deal with that. But you guys don't know Doug so use your
words and make your own call.
*** Zinedine Zidane claims, in interview with sports daily L'Equip, that he backed Qatar's
2022 World Cup bid to help grow the sport in the Middle East. Zidane denied that his involvement
was purely for the money. In fact, he claimed to have received no personal benefit at all,
stating that the millions of Euros he received were distributed entirely to charities, such as the
Zinedine Zidane Tahitian Beach House Foundation, and the Zinedine Zidane Center for the
Furtherance of his Personal Automobile Collection.
TORONTO, Ont. TSN has acquired the broadcast rights for Major League Soccer previously held by CBC
and Rogers Sportsnet, sources say. The public broadcaster and Sportsnet have been carrying Toronto
FC games and league championship matches since the team was formed in 2007, but the national
package has now been purchased by CTV/ TSN.
NEW YORK Wayne Rooney's younger brother John has signed with Major League Soccer and will be
eligible for selection at next week's draft. The 20-year-old forward will be at the MLS combine of
prospects from Jan. 7-11 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. MLS spokesman Will Kuhns said Tuesday that Rooney
has already signed a contract [.
