Saturday night, the Washington Spirit will host the Boston Breakers. It should be a beautiful night at the Maryland SoccerPlex, and the team is celebrating a “Night of Kindness.” Also, both teams […]
Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 4: Pros (positives)
NASL, U.S. Soccer cannot agree on court timeline
U.S. Soccer has responded to the NASL’s antitrust lawsuit — not a full-scale rebuttal of the charges, but a complaint about the NASL’s desire to get to court as quickly as possible. […]
Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 3: U.S. Soccer
There’s no organization in the world quite like U.S. Soccer. That’s not a compliment. That’s not an insult. It just … is. U.S. Soccer is unique among major U.S. sports federations in […]
A complete fact/reality check of the NASL lawsuit (abridged)
Apologies to Reduced Shakespeare Company for the headline. I went line-by-line through the NASL lawsuit and was intending to come back to anything that has yet to be covered in the Pro […]
How do we raise soft, tattooed millionaires? Alexi Lalas on RSD
Alexi Lalas is a Soccer Hall of Famer. He’s also an entertainer, with interests in music as well as riling people up from a soccer broadcast studio. So when he rips the […]
An analysis of the ramifications of the NASL’s antitrust suit
You know that scene in Airplane that’s always cut from the TV broadcast? When Ted Striker says something’s going to hit the fan, the camera cuts to the airport office, and said something does […]
Curling: Huge win for U.S. Olympic hopeful
Yes, it’s already curling season. In fact, we’re less than two months away from the Olympic Trials, set for Nov. 11-18. Curling isn’t the most predictable sport in the world, but the […]
Attendance check: Club over country?
Attendance at last five Atlanta United home games: July 4: 44,974 July 29: 45,006 Sept. 10: 45,314 (first game in new stadium) Sept. 13: 42,511 Sept. 16: 70,425 Attendance at last five […]
Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 2: The players
Like the new production of The Tick, the pro/rel debate sometimes muddies the waters between the two “sides.” Is Overkill a trustworthy ally against The Terror? Are we supposed to root for Miss […]
Promotion/relegation propaganda/reality, Part 1: History
For nearly 25 years, promotion/relegation has been a blood-soaked battleground in U.S. soccer. The worst place to be is in the middle of that battleground. Those of us who engaged in pro/rel […]
