In a bit of a surprise announcement, the San Jose Earthquakes announced Alexi Lalas as their new General Manager. Ordinarily, such an announcement wouldn’t be of interest to anyone outside of US Soccer, but this is Alexi Lalas. He’s just about the only American player that made himself known to the rest of the US […]
Nothing firm yet on a WUSA comeback but it seems that the business minds are triumphing over the go-it-aloners. Payne suggested that MLS and WUSA teams should work together, saying, “It’s silly to replicate the cost structure, the operating and administrative structure that already exists.
From the NY Times, Salaries Provide Window Into M.L.S. For years, it had been assumed that the league’s eight teams operated under a strict salary cap, with maximum salaries set at $280,000 and minimums at $25,000. The facts are quite different. As a single-entity operation, where the league negotiates and owns all player contracts, exceptions
Bet you make more than these pro-athletes. Soccer America is listing the salaries of MLS players circulated by the player’s union. While similar figures have been available in other sports, this is the first time American soccer fans are seeing them. Previously, the players were organized in an association and were suing the league over
The women’s league is hoping to make a limited comeback next year The tentative plan is for the league to have a small presence next summer, before the Athens Olympics. The form would be in a handful of “festivals” featuring games between the original teams and other activities. The festivals would be self-funded, through tickets
FIFA has agreed to broadcast the next World Cup in widescreen format. That is, the letterbox format used in movies. It sounds like a perfect ploy to get soccer fans around the world to upgrade their television sets. If its not broadcast in High-def though, I can’t imagine the extra image room adding much to
Already I’ve had 3 coworkers talk to me about DC United’s new signing for next season – 14-year old Freddy Adu. It’s great that this kid is already generating so much buzz for the team and league. He’ll be joining Bobby Convey and Santino Quaranta who also signed with United while teenagers, 16 to be
Staci and I were suffering through the DC United playoff fiasco this weekend. Luckily, we’d TIVO’d the game which let us fast forward through most of the game which made it somewhat bearable. So DC crashed out of the playoff without a goal to the best team in the league. Normally, I wouldn’t mind a
As a DC United and MLS fan, I was pretty worried about the league two years ago when it decided to contract its 2 Florida based teams. It’s incredible how things have changed since then! The year we had another soccer-specific stadium openened in LA, another breaking ground in Dallas, and plans for the same
This must be a first and of course its golden boy Landon Donovan. He’s got two goals up for Goal of the Week over at MLS.net