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Quick Note
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame, my weekly MLS attendance report, will not post on Monday after Week 8 as I will be otherwise occupied. I will post it along with Week 9 sometime around April 29 or 30.
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MLS
- Through 7 games Sporting KC have yet to yield a 2nd half goal
- Through 5 games New England have yet to yield a 1st half goal
- Through 7 games Dallas has conceded 7 goals, all in the 2nd half and 6 in the final 15 minutes
- MLSSoccer: MLS introduces intra-league loan system for first time in league history
- Graham Parker: Can MLS escape the violent side of soccer’s globalization?
- Kyle McCarthy: Recent revelations about the top Mexican earners obscure the financial differences between Liga MX and MLS
- Dave Zeitlin: Is the Philadelphia Union’s Amobi Okugo the future of the US national team defense?
- medium.com: Perception versus reality in Major League Soccer – Thanks to Drew Epperly for pointing me to this.
- Earl Reed: Quantifying early 2013 MLS season ugliness
Interesting Reads
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MLS
- Through 6 games Sporting KC have yet to yield a 2nd half goal
- Through 4 games New England have yet to yield a 1st half goal
- Through 6 games Dallas has conceded 7 goals, all in the 2nd half and 6 in the final 15 minutes
- Hot Time in Old Town: Scoring Goals in MLS Part 1: The “true goal scorer”
- Bill Archer: Field of Schemes
- Jason Davis: Once Again, it’s MLS in the Champions League – I’ve read a bunch of the post mortem pieces after the last two MLS teams fell out of the CCL. This one works for me.
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Kyle McCarthy: Squaring up to the difficulties of cutting ties with a Designated
- LA Galaxy: LA Galaxy create Academy Alliance – No favoritism towards the Galaxy here. MLS teams are finding their way in developing their organization’s development model. Here is LA’s vision.
- Shin Guardian: MLS 2013: A Technical Evaluation of Strength of Schedule
- Hot Time in Old Town: Goal Scoring From A Positional Perspective
- All Things Football: MLS Salary Analysis
Interesting Reads
- Simon Kuper: Why I’ve fallen out of love with football
- Doherty Soccer: Comparing USL-Pro and NASL Schedules from 2012 and 2013
- Soccer Newsday: New Directions for NASL, USL PRO & NPSL
- SoccerLens: The resurrection of a footballing genius: Ronaldinho
- All About Angles: FIFA Works ‘Just Like a Little Mafia’
- Will Parchman: American Soccer in 1985: The End of the Beginning – Part 1 of a 3 part series
- Sporting Intelligence: Barcelona No1 for producing players for clubs in Europe’s elite leagues
The Dark Side
- David Conn: Europol’s match-fixing bombshell leaves football authorities in the dark
- Grantland: Soccer’s New Match-Fixing Scandal
The Business of Soccer
- Owen Gibson: Premier League vote on controlling wage inflation on a knife-edge
- Guardian: Majority of Premier League clubs vote to introduce spending controls
- David Conn: New Premier League rules derived from self-interest, not fair play
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Greg Seltzer: The MLS Grinder: Chivas!!!!!!!!
- Tweed Thornton: MLS Carryover Minutes: What does this mean and why does it matter?
- MLS Talk: Tactically Speaking: 3 At The Back
Interesting Reads
- Brian Straus: Klinsmann knows the Americans’ problems, and patience is needed to break the chain
- David Hills: Said and Done
- Sid Lowe: Villarreal’s plight: an emergency board meeting in a dugout says it all
- The Offside: Congo Tragedy: Team Loses Twenty Returning From Friendly
- EPL Talk: Norwich And Swansea Create Blueprint For Future Clubs Promoted from Championship
Tournaments
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- RBNY: Red Bulls to receive 2/3 of sale of Tim Ream – Good for a better understanding of transfer money
- Zach Woosley: MLS 101: New Player Drafts, Generation Adidas, Trades, Waivers and Roster Exceptions
- Seth Vertelney: For young American players, signing with MLS isn’t always the best option
Interesting Reads
- John Godfrey: Player Ratings: One Man’s Rules
- Josh Brodesky: Tucson soccer goes for big goal: Sonora fans
- Grant Wahl: Life in Mexico a very different experience for three U.S. players
- Leander Schaerlaeckens: How to improve U.S. soccer
- David Hills: Said and Done
- CONCACAF: Average FIFA Ranking Table 1993-2012
- Turkey: Choas reigns as Turkish Super League under scrutiny
For Fun
- Jeff Maurer: Write your own ‘D.C. United signed a striker’ story
The Business of Soccer
- ESPNSoccernet: UEFA reveals €1.6bn losses for clubs
Soccer Potpourri
Happy Holidays to All
- Peace on the Western Front, Goodwill in No Man’s Land — The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce – Thanks to Pitch Invasion for picking up on this via Ryan Reed. I had seen a piece about this on TV but this is a great read that filled in the blanks.
MLS
- Kyle McCarthy: MLS West
- Kyle McCarthy: MLS Eest
- Will Parchman: MLS West – Part 1 – MLS West – Part 2
- Will Parchman: MLS East – Part 1 – MLS East – Part 2
- Ives Mock SuperDraft: Ives’ Mock Draft version 1 – Thanks to Ives I learned that the SuperDraft is not open to undergrads, unless they’ve been signed to Generation Adidas contracts.
- Drew Epperly Mock SuperDraft: Drew’s Mock Draft version 1
- Top Drawer Soccer Mock SuperDraft: Joe Mauceri’s 2012 MLS Mock Draft
Interesting Reads
- Shin Guardian: On The US Foreign Services With Greg Seltzer Part 1 – Part 2
- Steve Davis: Pickup game magic on a chilly Barcelona night
- Tactics: The football tactical trends of 2011
Tournaments
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Tactics: Talking Tactics from MLSSoccer.com
- Sounder at Heart: A Closer Look at Designated Player Strategies (Eastern Conference)
- Full list of MLS players called for September FIFA dates(8/26)
- Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders FC advance to 2011 U.S. Open Cup final
Around the World
- EPL: Team by Team Transfers
- Turkey: Fenerbahce relegation request rejected
- Barca: One defender, nine midfielders: Barça’s thrilling formation
Interesting Reads
- David Hills: Said and Done
- Tom Marshall: Postcard from Mexico: Dark side of life South of the Border
The Business of Soccer
- SI.com: European football clubs facing financial problems
- Guardian: How football transfers have come to resemble big company acquisitions
- Guardian: Uefa president, Michel Platini, worries game is going pear-shaped
- J Hutcherson: The Shape Of European Soccer
- Owen Gibson: Premier League clubs take risks with new rules in rush for riches