https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/18/major-league-soccer-viewership-is-up-now-it-needs-networks-to-pay-more.html
Good review of state of TV viewership and network money in MLS
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/18/major-league-soccer-viewership-is-up-now-it-needs-networks-to-pay-more.html
Good review of state of TV viewership and network money in MLS
It's also hard to know who's making the calls on player decisions, Bob Bradley or John Thorrington. Or both?
LAFC had big salary cap issues, and some trades they did, because they thought they can...
Ryan Gauld, the playmaker they've not had for quite a while, has been a revelation.
This is also despite Cavallini not being good, but Brian White, which they got for scraps in a trade, has been on...
It can take a while for a player to get used to a new league and esp with dumpster fire that is TFC rightnow.
If Soteldo still isn't that good by mid next season and no signs of significantly...
which means, Laryea will be ok at best for TFC. fatigue and lack of motivation
https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-united/breaking-atlanta-united-heinze-part-ways-after-13-mls-games/VIF36PRI4ZCFZAHSAK3MO33LWE/
Gabriel Heinze fired at Atlanta
https://torontosun.com/sports/soccer/mls/toronto-fc/tfcs-quentin-westberg-keeping-the-faith-in-face-of-many-adversities
Hard to concentrate on football when family life is a bit of a mess due to...
https://www.wakingthered.com/2021/6/2/22465058/the-zoom-press-conference-era-joshua-kloke-on-the-challenge-of-reporting-tfc-from-afar?fbclid=IwAR20eA_63Vcoywst52t5TamtkVFGDf7zIL59JTDZikvasym069IOm0CK_...
I kinda want one...
The Crew is about stupid sounding name as Sounders or Timbers or Earthquakes or Real Salt Lake etc.
But those names stuck and somehow works for them.
https://theathletic.com/2530082/2021/04/19/jahkeel-marshall-rutty-toronto-fc/
For those of you with an The Athletic account, nice article on JMR. One bit of interesting info is that JMR's GA...
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/mls/toronto-fc-families-florida-1.5992509
Some families and staff of TFC move to Florida, because Ontario sucks for COVID
On the other hand, nice of MLSE to...
me too. 50 bucks is nothing for good TFC stuff.
Seattle somehow got Brad Smith from Bournmouth that worked out well for them.
https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2021/03/23/dichio-named-canadian-national-team-coaching-staff-concacaf-qualifiers
Danny Dichio (temporary?) assistant coach with CMNT
I don't care for super snazzy stadiums (functional is good enough for me), but Cincy's new stadium is super snazzy
https://twitter.com/fccincinnati/status/1372720341718609920
Too late. Data driven decision making has been part of football for a while now. And esp with COVID's effect on economy, teams will be looking for ways to be more efficient with their money. Sifting...
Sure.
You do need a balanced approach that takes in all the variables, such as taking rare shots from outside the box to keep the opposition from crowding the box.
But factoring in a lucky...
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56164159
Interesting article on how teams are using data.
One interesting tidbit is that a lot of teams aren't taking shots outside the box as much, because...
You need players with defensive smarts and athleticism to do a press. I get a feeling at Armas will have to go something half assed press with current TFC roster mid season.
With travel fatigue,...
https://aftn.ca/soccernomics-mls-moneyball-and-the-vancouver-whitecaps/
For those MLS nerds who like reading about salary cap and stuff. Good read, using Whitecaps as example
https://mobile.twitter.com/ultrasmontreal/status/1352413672832970752?fbclid=IwAR2vJm9WILqtNA-cpRt4mz1vD4lzJLALvI8uyEC2MfkFbHF5wOohcAgyT7s
UM02 is really mad about the name change to Club de Feces...