The loss of Berhalter, combined with Whitecaps player injuries, will make the rest of the MLS season challenging for Vancouver. He will be missed on the corner kicks especially. I am going to the LAFC match on Saturday but am not optimistic.
I expect the transfer fee was modest as Vancouver is desperate for cash. The threat of relocation looms.
Challenging, but they will still be in the league next year.
Where? Thatâs anyoneâs guess. It is the North American Sports Ownerâs privilege to play wherever they want, according the oligopolistsâ agreement not to infringe on another.
But, where? All the soccer-hot sites are taken.
I mean, there canât be 47 teams in one metropolis, after all. That would require several tiers and a variety of unworthy owners.
In Las Vegas probably. That seems to be where pro sports teams are going.
ESPN trying to keep the Neanderthals on the evolution train:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49523086/world-cup-love-premier-league-bundesliga-laliga-season-preview-liverpool-man-city-barcelona-bayern
Surprised they are not touting âESPN+â as the place to watch many of the leagues they note. But they donât note ANY of the streaming services to watch these. So, weâre just supposed to follow along⌠by reading newspapers? Foreign ones available only at downtown newsstands, and they are a week old?
Also, among all the interesting and risky leagues, they point out the risk-free one, too:
MLS combines familiar faces with the future of the USMNT in a way you might find awfully appealing, though the fun continues further down the ladder. The USL Championship has both recognizable talent
Uh, wait: there is no âladderâ in American soccer. There is an unfinished basement with no flight of stairs, and no ladder, either.
Thereâs a ladder. Itâs just that itâs individuals that move up and down the ladder, not teamsâŚand the top of the ladder isnât in the US.
Best not to have a psychopath as a manager that repels stars from your club.
Barcelonaâs âtriangularâ match? Unusual preseason fixture explained - ESPN https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49560010/barcelona-playing-triangular-match-vs-udinese-nottingham-forest-unusual-preseason-fixture-explained
Not gay, if itâs in a three-wayâŚ