I'd agree! Or it wouldn't have been too soon if meaningful talks about this switch had commenced half a decade sooner. But that's not how MLS (or American soccer, see: USL pro/rel) does things, I guess.

If the question about weather is really "our facilities aren't built to play in those conditions," that could have been avoided in designs and construction (i.e. large enough indoor facility for meaningful training).

Renovations are costly; it's something a few owners don't want to fix so soon.

Feels like something they should've better prepared for, especially when the great training center construction/restoration boom sped up a decade ago.

I think the scale of change might be overwhelming at first. Might need to give them 40 seconds to prepare for each set piece.

Amen!

All season, Minnesota has had two obvious strengths: dead balls and lobs behind the opposing backline. All season, Seattle has had two obvious weaknesses: defending set pieces, and recovering on balls behind the backline.

But! Sounders still very much in this. One hell of a matchup.

Double checked, any "intentional headbutt" has been an automatic red since just after Zidane.

I get it, man. It was an awful time for a call like that with momentum building. But it was entirely by the book.

That's probably a better idea in the middle of a shirt swap imo. More natural setting.

"for a couple years now."

Yeah. Targeted player will always go to ground just to draw the ref's attention if nothing else.

That's always a red in 2025, per IFAB guidance. Any light headbutt into an oppo sent off for a couple years now.

Yeah. I get not showing red card replays while they're being checked, but it should get one silent screening so everyone knows what's up.