FiftyFive.One
• Voices From Soccer's North •
Tag: MLS
-
News in Brief: Sunil Gulati Rules Out Re-Election, Diego Valeri Wins MVP, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Sunil Gulati Rules Out Re-Election, Diego Valeri Wins MVP, and MoreSunil Gulati rules out re-election bid Sunil Gulati has announced that he will not seek re-election as president of U.S. Soccer. This will bring his 12-year tenure to an end. Calls for him to step down resounded throughout the US Soccer world after the USMNT failed to reach the 2018 World Cup. Even though he…
-
News in Brief: NWSL in Minnesota, Wahl Knows Nothing, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: NWSL in Minnesota, Wahl Knows Nothing, and MoreMLS doesn’t have a monopoly on confounding decision making. Amongst the turmoil surrounding Columbus Crew SC, the NWSL has made some changes already as well. Minnesota businessman Elam Baer bought FC Kansas City, with hopes of moving it to the North. Instead, the league bought it back from him, closed it, and is opening a…
-
Guest Post: Two Defensive Targets for Minnesota United’s Offseason
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Guest Post: Two Defensive Targets for Minnesota United’s OffseasonEarlier this month, University of Minnesota’s professor Michael Lower invited me to speak to his class “Soccer: Around the World with the Beautiful Game.” One of the projects in the class asked students to come up with a transfer target report for particular teams. One of those groups put together two transfer targets for Minnesota…
-
News in Brief: Toronto FC Advances, MLS Expansion Finalists Announced, Allianz Field Partnerships, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Toronto FC Advances, MLS Expansion Finalists Announced, Allianz Field Partnerships, and MoreMLS Playoffs resume Toronto FC are returning to the MLS Cup Final after winning at home over Columbus SC 1-0 with striker Jozy Altidore scoring the game winning goal in the 60th minute. Toronto, returning to the MLS Cup Final for a second straight year, awaits the Western Conference champion to be decided Thursday night…
-
WCIS 130 – Turn Down for CUTS
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: WCIS 130 – Turn Down for CUTSWe return from a week long break to find that MLS has announced its end of season roster cuts. Colin and Kaleb discuss the implications for the Loons before talking about the MLS playoffs, EPL and much more! iTunes Feed Google Play Podcasts Listen now:
-
MLS Roster Deadline Round-Up: Here is Who’s Available
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: MLS Roster Deadline Round-Up: Here is Who’s AvailableOn Monday, November 28th most MLS squads made some big roster announcements. Clubs that weren’t involved in the playoffs announced whose contracts had been extended, declined, or just expired. There are a number of players now available that stand out: Mattias Laba, Nick Rimando, Kyle Beckerman, Mike Grella, Jose Villareal, Teal Bunbury, and the legendary…
-
News in Brief: Hamish McAlpine, NASL Woes, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Hamish McAlpine, NASL Woes, and MoreWhat with all the depressing news around the league, what with the NASL’s woes in court and folding teams, Columbus’ possible relocation to Texas, and various other sundries, here’s a happy tale of a Scottish keeper. Hamish McAlpine (yes that’s his real name) had a penchant for scoring goals, despite his position as goalkeeper, that…
-
Death to the Myth of MLS 4.0
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Death to the Myth of MLS 4.0Are we in MLS 4.0, yet? Have we moved past the academy revolution of 3.0 and the designated player plus supporters culture iteration of 2.0? The only thing that remains clear is that we have not transcended the delusional Silicon Valley fad of speaking of American soccer in terms of teleological progress. Anthony Precourt, however,…
-
The Value of Possession
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: The Value of PossessionAs statistics begin to play a larger role in watching and analyzing soccer, the role of possession provides context for the action on the field. Dave Laidig argues that we can use possession data to understand how likely one is to score a goal. Soccer is a dynamic team sport of constant movement over 90 plus…
-
News in Brief: USSF-NASL Deal Collapses, Porter Out in Portland, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: USSF-NASL Deal Collapses, Porter Out in Portland, and MoreDespite rumors circulating of an agreement between USSF and the NASL being close, Front Row Soccer reported on Saturday that there will be no deal. The leaked story is that there was a verbal agreement in place and the written deal did not reflect that agreement. The 2017 MLS playoffs are set to continue this…
-
Best of MNUFC: Top 10 Things the Loons Brought to MLS
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Best of MNUFC: Top 10 Things the Loons Brought to MLSWhat are the top 10 things the Minnesota United brought to the league in their first season in MLS? There were plenty of on-field moments for the Loons, but Clint Warren looks deeper into the organization and finds the biggest stories that solidify the teams place in the league and the Minnesota sports market. The…
-
WCIS 129 – Qualified Praise
Categories: MediaContinue Reading: WCIS 129 – Qualified PraiseWell it’s no USMNT but Italy out of the World Cup. We temper our shock with a year end review of MNUFC’s 2017 and a recap of the two Division 2 finals. Then we get to discussion of the final World Cup qualifiers before Colin presents a brand new conspiracy theory. iTunes Feed Google Play…
-
News in Brief: Deltas Take NASL Trophy, Cloud City From the Clouds, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Deltas Take NASL Trophy, Cloud City From the Clouds, and MoreNASL The San Francisco Deltas won the NASL Soccer Bowl in the team’s first—and what looks like only—season in the league. They defeated the New York Cosmos 2-0 on a first-half penalty by Tommy Heinemann and a second half stoppage time goal from Devon Sandoval. #SFDeltas score their second with the final kick of the…