US Open
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Will Parchman: A statistical look at MLS Week 1
- MLSSoccer.com: MLS announces partnership with French Football Federation
- Kyle McCarthy: Buying or selling? MLS seeks the best of both worlds
- SI.com: MLS fills spring training void left by MLB teams in Tucson
- Earl Reed: The Designated Player Rule: How Is It Working?
- Steve Goff: Major League Soccer’s second generation
- Matthew Doyle: Why we often miss the point when we talk formations
- Alex Labidou: Five observations from MLS Commissioner Don Garber’s press conference
- Tropics of Meta: An MLS Moment: What the Chivas USA Controversy Tells US About the State of US Soccer
Interesting Reads
Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- MLSSoccer.com: How much is a consistent lineup worth?
- J Hutcherson: Major League Soccer’s mixed message
- Tony Edwards: Styles of Play
- US Soccer Players: MLS and the Transfer Window
- ESPNSoccernet: NBA’s Sixers owners in on MLS team
- Alex Labidou: Thierry Henry admits MLS is a tough sell to America’s young premier athletes
Interesting Reads
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Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- J Hutcherson: The Era of Soccer Specificity
- MLSSoccer.com: Church of Bielsa comes to MLS in 2012
- Philly Soccer Page:
The great allocation money chase - The Bent Musket: The Tribalism of MLS
- Tony Edwards: Tony presents a little potpourri of his own
- MLSSoccer.com: How advanced stats are changing our game
- MLSSoccer.com: Can soccer analytics explain art of game?
- MLSSoccer.com: MLS stats gurus take on the salary cap
- MLSSoccer.com: How valuable is possession anyway?
- Matthew Doyle: Picking the perfect MLS All-Star squad
Interesting Reads
- Guardian: China soccer match-fixing: former football chief and top players jailed
- Independent: Euro 2012: The intelligent person’s guide to football tactics
- Will Parchman: The Fair Trade Way
Player Development
- Barcelona: Barcelona announce huge expansion in US youth camps
- Shin Guardian: Toting The Old Ball ‘N’ Chain: Player Development In America
- Shin Guardian: More Conclusions In Progress: The State Of The Homegrown Program
The Business of Soccer
- Guardian: English Premier League lands £3bn TV rights bonanza from Sky and BT
- David Conn: High-fiving at bloated new Premier League TV deal would be a mistake
- David Conn: How football has kept the Murdoch empire afloat
Tournaments
- Copa Libertadores: Boca Juniors v Corinthians for the Title
- US Open Cup: US Open Cup – It’s all MLS into the Semis
- EURO 2012: EURO 2012 Down to the Wire
Soccer Potpourri
Reader Note
- I’m heading out on the road for a few weeks. Take Me Out to the Ballgame will get posted, but not much else until I return. Thanks to all of you that take the time to visit OLR.
Interesting Reads
- Guardian: Euro 2012: Antisemitic Echoes that Threaten Celebration of Football
- Louise Taylor: Released players face prospect of adapting to life at a lower level
- Brian Quarstad: NASL Commissioner Downs Says League Expansion is Delayed but Still on Track
- US Open Cup: 99 years of the US Open Cup
- Kenn.com: US Open Cup – Moneyball
- Truly Outside the Box Thinking: An Alternative to Shootouts: A Better Way to Resolve Draws in Knockout Competitions
The Business of Soccer
More on Match Fixing
- SI.com: Italian PM Monti wants Italian soccer halted for 2-3 years
- Soccer by Ives: Three Guatemala regulars under CCL match-fixing investigation
Tournaments
- CONCACAF Champions League: CCL New Format and Draw
- EURO 2012: Euro 2012 earns elite-level income and TV ratings
Soccer Variety Pack
MLS
- MLS Players Union: 2012 MLS Salaries
- John Godfrey: M.L.S. Salaries: A Bigger Pot, but Still Half Full – A theme I wrote about when I was posting for the good folks at MLS Talk.
- Steve Stoehr: Revolution, MLS Academies And The Pitfalls Of Losing Players To Foreign Clubs
US Open Cup
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
MLS
- Bleacher Report: 10 Things the MLS Can Do to Get Bigger
- Alex Labidou: Is Major League Soccer falling behind? A look at the league’s new direction
- When Stats and Soccer Unite: Infographic: The History of Major League Soccer
- JR Eskilson: MLS’ Home Grown rule is not for your eyes – MLS’ Home Grown rule Part II
- Michael Lewis: The Academy or High School?
Top teenage boys players face a decision as Academy moves to 10 months a year
Interesting Reads
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