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Detroit is 4th in a field of 4 for the next 2 franchises... essentially because the other 3 have soccer stadium plans and Ford Field doesn't have Atlanta's "wow factor."

I had a feeling, and kind of an interesting think-piece exercise of sorts, about the possibility some years/decades down the road if USA failed to qualify for a World Cup. Well, that happened tonight. Couldn't beat Trinidad & Tobago (population roughly equal to Idaho). As much as I (and many oth...

[quote=""nksports""]Sporting KC played all of their cup games except one at home. And the road game was at Houston.[/quote] Home team is now decided by coin flips (the old bidding process is supposedly gone). What I'm saying is there's a chance. The issue with the cup is that luc...

One of the benefits in being in a lower league in American soccer, as opposed to any other sport, is access to the US Open Cup. Giving up that possible home game against NY or KC or LA... not the smartest idea. That's often a serious money game. The counter to this is that NASL teams haven't even fa...

[quote=""suge night""](giving up their US Soccer membership and sanctioning), which means they would be cut off from the open transfer market worldwide. NK, do they really need it? if the model is to sell player contracts as value added edition to the team probably, but as an out...

I'm of the belief that USSF doesn't openly court lawsuits against it. Hence the screwy 2010 compromise league and then last year's dual D-2 sanctioning. This doesn't happen without a majority of the owners telling USSF they're out. At least that's my semi-educated guess. As long as most of the teams...

http://www.kgw.com/news/investigations/arena-football-league-leaves-trail-of-unpaid-bills-in-portland/471663360 This is about what you'd expect. A bit of a Terry Emmert kiss-up (why bail after two years, eh?), and KGW doesn't mention (chuckle) how "prosperous" the league (chuckle) really ...

The big cheese TV station in Portland just teased a report to be aired this Thursday about the disappearance of the Portland Steel/Thunder. Not as some sports memorial by what remains of the sports department. The report will come from the main investigative reporter (usually exposes petty scams aro...

[quote=""Sam Hill""]So, wait, wait, wait. A system that would, at most, impact two of the 24 or 26 or 28 MLS investor/operators in a given year (and potentially fewer going forward as lower level teams likely yo-yo), would result in the other 22 or 24 or 26 just giving up and goi...

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mls/article165360022.html Let this be known... the statute immediately after the one cited in the lawsuit gives wide latitude to national associations and regional associations to do as they see fit. The lawsuit is a joke. This news after news broke of an attempted...