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

• Abram Chamberlain: Selling US Open Cup Hosting Loses Support for Silverbacks
• View From The Couch: Despite Assurances, The USOC Hasn’t Really Changed
• US Soccer Players: The Cost Of The Cup
• Doncha just love how half the MLS clubs lost to lower division teams. That’s just one reason this is such a great tourney.

The Business of Soccer

• EPL: Premier League season ticket prices
• David Conn: Premier League club accounts 2010/11: how in debt are they?
• EPL: Premier League club accounts 2010/11: Get the data
• Deadspin: Premier League Teams Are Hemorrhaging Money, And TV Revenue Sharing Could Be To Blame
• 200%: The Football Creditors Rule & The Changing Face Of The Insolvency Game

You Already Knew This, Didn’t You?

• AP: WPS dissolves after three seasons
• Financial Times: US Soccer Fights for Viewers

Tournaments

• Copa Libertadores: Boca Juniors v Universidad de Chile and Corinthians v Santos in Semis
• US Open Cup: US Open Cup

What the Hell is Going on in Italy, and Everywhere Else??

• Fox Sports: Lazio Akipper Mauri Arrested
• Independent: Italy’s Euro 2012 Squad in Crisis as Match-Fixing Rears Head Again
• Guardian: Is Italian football more corrupt, or do they just get caught more often?
• Guardian: Italy’s Prime Minister Makes Radical Proposal in Match-Fixing Scandal
• Independent: Scourge of Game-Fixing Disrupts Europe’s Elite for the First Time
• Guardian: Jack Warner to escape prosecution over alleged FIFA bribery scandal