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I want to be stoked for USL Pro/Rel, but I read this stuff and worry that it’s a Hail Mary for a struggling league. I’m sure there are clubs doing well, or even great in USL, but there are also plenty that are on the verge. (1/9)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
Bad turf, cold showers, wash your own kit: life at the top of US minor league soccer
Turbulent times at minor league Loudoun United, where player say they have succeeded despite uncertainty and upheaval.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I want to be stoked for USL Pro/Rel, but I read this stuff and worry that it’s a Hail Mary for a struggling league. I’m sure there are clubs doing well, or even great in USL, but there are also plenty that are on the verge. (1/9)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
I’m sorry “skeet” is a terrible word and needs to die
April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m sorry “skeet” is a terrible word and needs to die
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Porter has the second-lowest PPG of any coach in MLS history with 10+ seasons in charge, and has never made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. So you probably need to update your priors.
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I’ve always thought of Porter as a good coach, but something hasn’t been clicking the way it did elsewhere, specifically Portland and partially with Columbus
March 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Porter has the second-lowest PPG of any coach in MLS history with 10+ seasons in charge, and has never made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. So you probably need to update your priors.
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Very cool how Dallas gave us two great players in exchange for Leo Chu. Why spend 8 figures on the global market when you can take advantage of dumb MLS teams instead
February 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Very cool how Dallas gave us two great players in exchange for Leo Chu. Why spend 8 figures on the global market when you can take advantage of dumb MLS teams instead
This all ties back to the fairly obvious truth that people are fans of a *team*, not the league as a whole. MLS seems to not quite grasp this and it leads to nonsense like MLS forcing fans to listen to Max Bretos and Brian Dunseth yap about the USMNT and growing the game
When you map out how people become MLS fans, no matter the demographic, it all starts at coming to your first match.
This is somewhat unique in American sports, where you can become an NBA fan through content first, for example.
But in MLS, the most casual way to interact is actually going.
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This is somewhat unique in American sports, where you can become an NBA fan through content first, for example.
But in MLS, the most casual way to interact is actually going.
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The Seattle Sounders have announced a new "First Match On Us" initiative.
Essentially, it's free tickets to select matches for anyone who hasn't attended a Sounders game before. Seattle say they want to grow the game.
This is a great way to do so. Awesome idea 👏👏
Essentially, it's free tickets to select matches for anyone who hasn't attended a Sounders game before. Seattle say they want to grow the game.
This is a great way to do so. Awesome idea 👏👏
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This all ties back to the fairly obvious truth that people are fans of a *team*, not the league as a whole. MLS seems to not quite grasp this and it leads to nonsense like MLS forcing fans to listen to Max Bretos and Brian Dunseth yap about the USMNT and growing the game
Morris is going to become the all time leading Sounders scorer and his teammates are going to let him down ffs
February 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Morris is going to become the all time leading Sounders scorer and his teammates are going to let him down ffs
Craig Waibel you know what to do
Julian Gressel is not named to Inter Miami's matchday squad.
MLS clubs have called about a potential trade... but this absence is due to a coach's decision rather than a trade being close, I'm told.
Potential exit likely depends on Miami's appetite to hold some of his salary.
MLS clubs have called about a potential trade... but this absence is due to a coach's decision rather than a trade being close, I'm told.
Potential exit likely depends on Miami's appetite to hold some of his salary.
February 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Craig Waibel you know what to do
It would be very funny if every MLS team just agreed to not trade the Galaxy any GAM and see how much they could extort from them
February 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It would be very funny if every MLS team just agreed to not trade the Galaxy any GAM and see how much they could extort from them
Arriola and Ferreira have been the best players on the field. Yeimar, DLV, Morris have been pretty bad
February 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Arriola and Ferreira have been the best players on the field. Yeimar, DLV, Morris have been pretty bad
Who’s going to play wide left for Seattle in possession? Of the “big 4” only Pedro can actually do that, but Schmetzer seems to insist on playing him on the right. The Pauls and Georgi can play wide left, but none of them will be a LB OOP, so you’d have to bench one of the “big 4” to do that.
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Who’s going to play wide left for Seattle in possession? Of the “big 4” only Pedro can actually do that, but Schmetzer seems to insist on playing him on the right. The Pauls and Georgi can play wide left, but none of them will be a LB OOP, so you’d have to bench one of the “big 4” to do that.