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CHN Links: Tuesday Edition
Good morning, Toon Army. Plenty of news and transfer rumors to go around today - so much so that I ran out of room to tag people in this post. (Sorry Andy Carroll and Tim Krul...)Rumored target Adel Taarabt's playing style has been compared to Hatem ben Arfa. The difference is, Taarabt has two good...
Pulling back the curtain on player acquisitions
One of the more notable additions to Major League Soccer this offseason was undoubtedly the signing of teen-standout Luis Gil. What should have been seen as a coup for MLS -- and Real Salt Lake which ultimately ended up with his services --was instead viewed by many detractors as yet another...
Financial Impact of the DP
With MLS having very closed finances, and Forbes only doing a report on the 2007 revenue streams, judging financial impact is rather difficult. The sole set of numbers that can be looked at are attendance. Those that think the DP has an impact might be surprised, as the Beckham effect was big,...
I wonder if MLS HQ wrote the spin for WSS?
So in my email today I got an ad from World Soccer Shop, it was titled "Our 2009 Year in Review" and while it was mostly dedicated to European teams, as it should be the did give a little love to the USMNT for their Confederations Cup run, but when it came to MLS, well it was Seattle and Beckham. ...
2 DP's in MLS is fine with me, as long as everyone plays by the same rules
I get that many people think I am against the move by MLS to add a second DP slot to each team, I am not, but I think it is a silly move and unless it is done where every team has to follow the same rules, it could be a disaster. If a team wants to sign two "DP" players who count for a cap hit of...
Designated Players - worth their weight in meh
Once upon a time I critiqued the man who is now the manager of SBNation's soccer network and his stance on the DP. I ran some with or without you numbers and titled it really poorly. I was learning the whole blogger thing back then, trying too hard to make a dent in the world. In general it was...
Today in Sports History: July 21st
(Beckham kicks the ball in his MLS debut. Photo by Shaun Botterill, Getty Images) 7/21/2007 - Beckham makes U.S. debut In January 2007, the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer announced that they had signed David Beckham to a five-year deal worth $250 million. The deal, which was later...
The Galaxy You Know
Earlier we opened up the pregame analysis with a look at the defensive five in Bruce Arena's current 4-1-3-2 system. Those five have been quite effective defensively, limiting their opposition to the second fewest shots and second best goals against average in the league. But this match is a...
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