Category: New York City FC

A look at MLS parity compared to other leagues using the Gini coefficient

Post author By Tutul Rahman
Post date February 17, 2018

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”23″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Major League Soccer is well known for its parity. League executives, including commissioner Don Garber, regularly tout it as one of the league’s strengths. This iteration of MLS, though, has new salary mechanisms and a seemingly widening gap between clubs with considerable resources (e.g. […]

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MLS Trade Value: Ranking the league’s top assets

Post author By Tutul Rahman
Post date February 13, 2018

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”21″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] This Major League Soccer offseason has been the most newsworthy and crazy silly season in recent memory. Two former MLS MVP candidates were traded in two days and that probably doesn’t even make the top 10 most captivating stories of the offseason. The massive […]

Tags featured, Miguel Almiron, MLS Trade Value

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NYCFC continues to evaluate replacements for Jack Harrison

Post author By Glenn Crooks
Post date February 12, 2018

NEW YORK — Candidates to replace Jack Harrison on the wing for New York City FC are plentiful, but questions about who will replenish his production from a season ago remain unanswered through half of the teams’ pre-season matches. NYCFC will conclude a stretch of three games in six days with a Tuesday visit to […]

Tags featured, Jesús Medina, NYCFC, Patrick Vieira

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How the Athlete Council decided the U.S. Soccer presidential election

Post author By Contributors
Post date February 10, 2018

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Tags Athletes Council, Carlos Bocanegra, Carlos Cordeiro, featured, Hope Solo, Jonathan Spector, Stuart Holden, US Soccer presidential election

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LAFC plays New York City FC to 1-1 draw in second exhibition

Post author By Contributors
Post date February 10, 2018

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Football Club remained unbeaten — and winless — two games into its first MLS preseason after playing New York City FC to a 1-1 draw Friday at UCLA. LAFC, which will make its regular-season debut next month, tied Toronto FC 2-2 last week in the first game in the expansion team’s history. Costa […]

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Carlos Cordeiro is U.S. Soccer’s new president

Post author By Alicia DelGallo
Post date February 10, 2018

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Tags AGM, featured, National Council Meeting, US Soccer presidential election

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US Soccer will elect its president next to an amusement park in Orlando

Post author By Contributors
Post date February 10, 2018

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s entirely fitting that the U.S. Soccer Federation’s presidential election will take place Saturday in a hotel with clear views of Sea World’s rides and roller coasters. The description of the hyper-coaster Mako – “high speeds, deep dives and thrills around every turn” – could certainly apply to a campaign with […]

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Future of U.S. Soccer hangs in the balance as presidential election approaches

Post author By Contributors
Post date February 9, 2018

The U.S. Soccer Federation will hold its first contested presidential election in 20 years Saturday in Orlando. But given the tenor of the three-month campaign, picking a winner may do more to inflame than heal a federation still battered by missing the World Cup for the first time since 1986. In the run-up to the […]

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New York City FC reveals 2018 away kit

Post author By Alicia DelGallo
Post date February 7, 2018

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”19″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] New York City FC unveiled its 2018 away kit Wednesday with a video documenting the jersey’s journey from adidas headquarters in Germany to Yankee Stadium. The reveal begins with, “A jersey is more than a piece of cloth.” Along the way, the new kit […]

Tags 2018 kit, featured, NYCFC

MLS makes gains during busy winter transfer season

Post author By Contributors
Post date February 5, 2018

The heart of winter is a time of year when soccer makes more news off the field than on it. It’s the middle of the club campaign throughout almost all of Europe, and with team needs and expiring contracts at the forefront, the twice-annual transfer season furnishes a heavy dose of hysteria and spending. […]

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