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/ 4061 days agoWhy MLS can be a globalized success story like the EPL
This week’s news that the Premier League has sold its three-year domestic television package for a record-shattering $7.7 billion dollars highlighted once again the dominant position the EPL has gained in the global game, which makes Major League Soccer’s most recent record deal look like spare change. But while the vast economic gulf between the […]
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/ 4068 days agoDon't blame Klinsmann for US's shortcomings, by Simon Evans
Jurgen Klinsmann is under-fire from his critics in the US once again, this time for his comments that some of his players didn’t return from the long winter off-season in the shape he expects. Yes, remarkably it is Klinsmann who is being criticized, not the unfit players. In most countries, statements such as Klinsmann’s would […]
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/ 4075 days agoCan Luis Figo and co smash the Blatter system?
So for a few months at least, FIFA will become a multi-party democracy. After former Portugal international Luis Figo joined the list of those challenging incumbent Sepp Blatter, there is now a broad range of candidates offering change. The big question is whether FIFA’s member associations will truly embrace the opportunity to listen to the […]
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/ 4082 days ago‘The Big Three’ era has arrived in MLS – I hope it doesn't last
In the space of a week, Toronto FC have gone from the laughing stock of Major League Soccer to headline makers. The club, which has failed to reach the playoffs in any of their eight seasons, has committed a reported $70 million in wages over the next five years to bring in Jozy Altidore and […]