Oct
03
Here is a preview of tomorrow’s big US Open Cup between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire that I wrote for SBNation.com. I’m taking the Sounders tomorrow to win their third straight Cup, who do you all have?
Oct
03
The Montreal Impact may be months away from taking the field as a MLS club but manager Jesse Marsch and company are already beginning to make the transition a big one for the club. Today they have announced the signing of Colombian defender and former Inter Milan man, Nelson Rivas. Rivas will be eligible for…[continue reading]
Oct
03
My weekly ‘What We Learned’ post is up over at SBNation.com. Feel free to kick it out as I dive in to what took place in Week 29 in Major League Soccer.
Oct
03
“I, for one, am a supporter of it. We’ve gotten to the point in our league where our fans on short notice would support their club and attend a championship game even if they had only two or three days to buy tickets for that match. Years ago we wouldn’t have been able to contemplate that when we weren’t convinced the support was there to sell out a stadium for a championship game. Now I have no doubt we could. I think it’d be fun for the fans. I’m a big proponent of it. Although there is no timeline on a potential change in the format for the title match, Garber did hint once more that the new league schedule for 2012 – which he said would be released a lot earlier than last season -- will likely not be balanced and instead the league may adopt a format that “can take advantage of a number of key rivalries.”~ Don Garber
Higher seed hosting the MLS Cup? Sounds like it could be a real possibility when you hear MLS Commissioner Don Garber talk like this. My bet, it happens when the league gets to 20 clubs but who knows, maybe it will happen this year.
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