Yes. It was very short, in fact, but I guess that the very fact that the book became the subject of a single thread can be considered meaningful in itself.
Dan Lauletta @TheDanLauletta #NWSL season will be 24 matches again, opening weekend March 24-25, closing weekend September 8, 9, then playoffs and final to be held September 22 10:35 AM - 16 Jan 2018
I like that they are starting the season early. Barely anytime after the end of SheBelieve and other world wide tournies the season starts
It also lets them test the waters for an expanded season or as a way to deal with WC/OG breaks. I would expect the schedule will place the early matches in warmer weather cities
I'm on the east coast and one week its in the 50s like last week and the next its cold. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think it will be an issue to host a game on the east coast in late March
I don't think ill see March games in Chicago or SLC. When there was a team in WNY they generally had their home opener in May each season. They might still hit weather problems but if they could run from SBC to the first week in November, that's an eight month season
FourFourTwo Q&A with Yael Averbuch (NWSL PA president) on development in woso, both in respect to the NWSL and the national team program. Also a bit on the NWSL front office needs.
Nice article. Also, I didn't know Yael Averbuch was president of Players Association. I am happy that Seattle recently signed such an important personality.
No reason given at all, though the Presserazzi were enjoying the situation. But, in the time since my last post, it's been reinstated after being down for nearly 20hrs. Enough people complained I guess. X-D
Q&A with NWSL PA president Yael Averbuch with comments on the state of the NWSL post-Boston, potential future expansion as it relates to MLS, areas of improvement, small roster sizes, and ways fans can support the NWSL. She repeats some of the stuff seen in the FourFourTwo Q&A about front office needs. She also makes good suggestions on ways to add value for players that are not just increasing salary (e.g. subsidizing coaching education). On the expansion note though, its interesting that this interview was with a blog based in Minnesota.
News in @sbjsbd this morning: @UtahRoyalsFC have signed a three-year jersey partnership with @Conservice. Valued at roughly $2m over the length of the deal, it's the most lucrative jersey-front deal in U.S. women’s soccer history https://t.co/yxjatsVcut— Ian Thomas (@byIanThomas) February 5, 2018 Utah ain't f*&%ing around!
I can't believe 6-7 weeks left before the NWSL season starts and no schedule, no news, no talk, little information, you have to go to people's twitters just to get an inkling of some sort of news. - ridiculous! How are you going to get to a level of popularity, keep people interested, put butts in the seats if you are so tight-lipped about everything. Hey NWSL, get a fricken schedule out so people can start making plans to go to your games!
This is the General News and Info thread - so pretty much any discussion point belongs here. Some might say having a separate thread for just schedule talk is extraneous.
Well then, if we have a thread where anything can be discussed, why have separate threads for anything at all? Let's just pile everything in one thread. Any other specific threads are extraneous. Maybe it's just me, but "general news" is different than "all news", with "general" implying anything that doesn't fit anywhere else yet. Having separate threads for proper discussion is the reason we have a full forum instead of one giant thread. Besides, my criticism was two-fold - if MRAD had looked at the schedule thread, (and maybe he did but just felt like complaining here anyway,) the reasoning for the delay AND some hints as to the league's progress on the schedule are already discussed there.
To be fair, MRAD's point about the league being too tight-lipped is something that I *have* mentioned in other threads, more in the context of the league not doing nearly as sufficient a job as it could in "controlling the narrative". Simply saying "we're talking to X" or "we're reviewing Y" is not that hard and it's better than saying nothing. But the league doesn't do that, and it certainly seems to apply to multiple aspects of how the league chooses to run, which isn't a good PR mode in general.
The corpse of the Boston Breakers is still warm. I think it's pretty obvious why the schedule hasn't been released.