Liga MX
Soccer Potpourri
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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Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Black and Red United: Is MLS’s Unbalanced Schedule also Competitively Unequal? “Third Games”
- Brian Strauss: Reborn to run: Sporting Kansas City finds glory with innovative approach
- US Soccer Players: Questions: Rosters, Limits, and Markets
The Business of Soccer
- ESPN FC: Clubs demand more World Cup cash
- Liga MX: Slim buys stake in Mexican soccer
- 200 Percent: Financial Fair Play, Salary Caps & The Polarisation Of Footballs Financial Model
- Guardian: UEFA withholds prize money from 23 clubs in first fair play sanctions
- SoccerBlog.com: Salary cap restrictions on the table for the Premiership
- ESPN FC: Footballers not exempt from 75% tax
- La Liga: Valencia’s Academy Generates €159 million In Transfer Fees
Soccer Potpourri
Of Special Note
MLS
- Top Drawer Soccer: Tracking MLS Home Growns in 2012 – I have Top Drawer Soccer in my Blogroll, you should have the site bookmarked if you follow MLS player development.
- Timbers: Portland Reserves in front of record crowd at JELD-WEN Field – Over 14,000!
- Boston Globe: MLS tries to build through Euro club visits
- Martin Rogers: Former phenom Freddy Adu running out of options
Interesting Reads
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Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Jason Davis: MLS Puts On The Breaks
- Greg Seltzer: MLS breakout players, redux
- Mike Firpo: The quickest, cheapest & easiest way to improve MLS
Interesting Reads
- Zonal Marking: Graphical Representation of the Stats from Chelsea v Bayern Munich
- Brett Forrest: All the world is staged – On Match Fixing in World Soccer
- ESPN Outside the Lines: Great piece on Bob Bradley and his Egyptian adventure
- Grant Wahl: Bayern Munich: A Model Franchise
- David Conn: Kenny Dalglish is gone but has Fenway taken on too much at Liverpool?
- Hexagonal Blog: A roundup of Central American action
- Bundesliga Talk: How the Bundesliga Is Having an Impact On the English Premier League
- SoccerLens: “Fans Without Borders” Spend €35bn Playing Away Each Season
- Big Lead Sports: The Dominance of Messi and Ronaldo is Historic, But Also the Product of Circumstance – An older piece, but still a good read
The Business of Soccer
Tournaments
- US Open Cup: 2nd round US Open offers some surprises
- Copa Libertadores: 1st leg of Quarters completed
- Mexican Liguilla: Santos Laguna claim Clausura crown
Soccer Potpourri
Note
The Week 6 installment of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” won’t be published until Tuesday
MLS
- US Soccer Players: MLS And The Value Of Creativity
- Jeff Carlisle: Why MLS takes a backseat to Mexico
- SI.com: A Bit of MLS History
- J Hutcherson: Moving On In Major League Soccer
- Ridge Mahoney: Western Conference is barely recognizable
Interesting Reads
Soccer Potpourri
Starters
- Arizona: Can Soccer Heal Tucson’s Wounds?
- NASA: Soccer Balls in Space
MLS
- World Soccer Reader: 2012 MLS Team Previews
- WV Hooligan: 2012 MLS Roster Rule Changes
- US Soccer Players: Putting A Value On The Designated Player – A very interesting idea.
- Free Beer Movement: Soccer Marketing 101 – Turning Around the Chivas USA Brand
- Jason Davis: Major League Soccer’s Player Search
- Brian Quarstad: MLS Reserve League Possibility of Integration into America’s Lower Divisions; Continuing the Discussion
- US Soccer Players: Simplifying MLS
- Chicago Fire: Chicago Fire cuts ties with and sues youth soccer league
Interesting Reads
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Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Impressive: 11 Fire Premier Players taken in MLS Draft
- MLS Soccer: And then there was the supplemental draft
- US Soccer Players: Coming Back
- Tweed Thornton: Wilman Conde’s Rights? What about the Chicago Fire’s? – A very good read.
Interesting Reads
- US Soccer Players: Tony Edwards offers his own potpourri of stories – A good catch-up read if you’ve missed the news
- Martin Samuel: How do you cope with vile abuse from crowds, lousy refs, racism, the risk of match fixing …and still sell Premier League rights?
- Dave Clark: CONCACAF Champions League Changes Similar To MLS Structual Changes
- David Hills: Said and Done
- ESPNSoccernet: Indian football set to get its own IPL
- J Hutcherson: The Premier League’s Self-Assessment
- David Conn: Sepp Blatter and Fifa facing a moment of truth – or another whitewash
The Business of Soccer
- Fox Soccer: Government seizes Puebla’s stadium
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Jason Davis: The Evolving Role Of The MLS SuperDraft
- Tweed Thornton: A look at how each Eastern Conference team has done between 2008-2011 – Western Conference
- Steve Davis: At the 10-year anniversary of very dark MLS days
- Kyle McCarthy: Application of the Home Grown player rule keeps the overarching goal in mind
- TFC Blog: MLS can Learn from the CHL – a Case for Single Entity Player Development
- Las Vegas Review Journal: Five years later, Beckham’s U.S. impact up for debate
- Duane Rollins: A MLS mockery draft
- Dynamo Theory: Implications of the Richards Decision for Major League Soccer & Houston
- Brian Quarstad: Etienne Barbara Frustrated with Montreal Impact and MLS Rules
Interesting Reads
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