Avec le début de la MLS ce week-end, c’est un bon moment pour analyser et évaluer la ligue et son avenir. À mon avis, l’aspect le plus important dans cette discussion est la croissance des académies pour les clubs de MLS et l’organisation de la ligue autour des jeunes. Il y a plein des options… Read More »
Hay que dar la bienvenida a uno de los mejores jugadores de su generación – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – a los Estados Unidos. El delantero sueco de 36 años rescindió su contrato con el lado inglés Manchester United el 22 de marzo, al medio de su campaña en la Barclays Premier League. Poco después, firmó con… Read More »
Every big soccer league has their iconic derby. It’s the kind of game that you mark down on your calendar months in advance. It’s the kind of game that the whole city pauses for. If you live in Madrid or Barcelona, there’s nothing more important than watching Messi go head to head with Christiano Ronaldo… Read More »
Miami, Florida es el octavo área metropolitana más poblado en los Estados Unidos, englobando a más de 6 millones de habitantes.1 Entre estos millones de habitantes, 41,6% identifican como Hispano o Latino2, y muchos tienen un amor fuerte para el fútbol, arraigado culturalmente en ellos desde niñez. Yo soy uno de esos amantes de toda… Read More »
Many would agree soccer’s popularity in America has increased slowly but surely over the last decade mainly due to the influx of aging overseas players seeking to broaden the sports brand in the globe’s largest sports market. Many of these aging stars come to America for large transfer fees hoping to show the American fan… Read More »
In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Eduardo Galeano proclaims the United States to be “the home of baseball” and sarcastically describes efforts by the American media to herald soccer as “the sport of the future” during the 1994 World Cup. Americans, however, do not necessarily appreciate soccer to a lesser extent than others. As of… Read More »
On May 26, 2013, Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay male to compete within a major North American professional sports league, stepping onto the pitch in the 77th minute of his club’s match against the Seattle Sounders and demonstrating, even if for only several minutes, a liberation he had never… Read More »
El estadio como representación del equipo y de la cultura Mi primera (y sola) experiencia con un partido profesional de fútbol pasó cuando tenía dieciséis años. Una prima me invitó venir para un partido entre el Philadelphia Union y el San Jose Earthquakes. No sabía que esperar porque no era una fanática del MLS;… Read More »
With the start of the 2015 Major League Soccer (MLS) season and the newly signed Collective Bargaining Agreement, there are many notable things going on for soccer in the United States. Specifically, it is important to note the increasing presence of foreign soccer stars playing in the MLS. Now more than ever before, foreign players are scattered throughout the… Read More »
Earlier this month, much hubbub was made that the Major League Soccer Players Union had yet to reach an agreement with the MLS regarding the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Up until the third day of negotiations on March 4th, the players were still maintaining their demand of free agency. It seemed that the games that… Read More »
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