This week, Audi announced its decision to partner with the MLS. In this weekend’s article on the decision Forbes magazine predicts that this is an early sign of a trend in which sponsors will start shifting from the MLB to the MLS. Audi will be creating a commercial including MLS highlights. In exchange for their sponsorship,… Read More »
With the beginning of the MLS season rapidly approaching on March 6, the threat of a Major League Soccer (MLS) players’ strike is becoming increasingly likely after the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expired on January 31, 2015. The major issue currently being discussed is the idea of free agency, as the Major League Soccer Players Union (MLSPU)… Read More »
On Thursday, July 24, New York City F.C, a new MLS franchise, announced that Frank Lampard was signing for the new club. On their website, they posted an article entitled, “Welcome to New York City: Frank Lampard” writing that they were “thrilled to announce the signing of England National Team and Chelsea FC legend Frank Lampard.”… Read More »
As Andrei Markovitz’s classic article “The Other “American Exceptionalism” – Why Is There No Soccer in the United States?” makes clear, individuals have long been debating the reasons for the U.S.’s lack of interest in soccer. One of the statements made in Markovitz’ 1988 article struck me, as he wrote that “soccer’s marginal existence as… Read More »
This past Thursday, New England Revolution youngster Diego Fagundez started for Uruguay in the South American Under 20 Championship, which, under current FIFA rules, will permanently exclude him from suiting up for the United States Men’s National Team in the future [1]. Many fans of the USMNT were hoping that the 19 year old… Read More »
Satire can be a fantastic way to stimulate discussion about real issues; often, it can be more revelatory than straight discourse. Laughing at a joke compels understanding and examining why the joke was funny– and in satire, the humor is derived from revealing precisely how ridiculous certain serious subjects truly are. Satirists are… Read More »
The soccer “Dive” has become rather infamous in the football world. Many media outlets, critics, and fans alike view the act of diving as a sort of sacrilege to the game. Which is why, for a long time, I held the belief that pretty much everyone in the world hated soccer dives. That was until… Read More »
The MLS has announced its plan to add four new teams, expanding the league to 24 teams by 2020. Is this a bigger push to get more Americans involved in the league? While there are many programs vying for the spots, one of them was recently given to Orlando City. With that in mind, it… Read More »
In the debate on how to best achieve the first World Cup title for the United States, the differences between how youth are filtered into professional leagues in the U.S. verses other nations who have had World Cup success is often the main topic of conversation. All other national programs outside of the U.S. have youngsters… Read More »
A recent article in the The New York Times about “an American boy wonder in Barcelona” caught my eye this morning. The wonder boy is Ben Lederman, age 13. The Lederman family packed up everything and left their lives, family, and friends in California to move to Barcelona in 2011 when Ben (who was then… Read More »
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