Report: Government grants U.S. Soccer loan due to COVID-19 crisis https://www.thescore.com/mls/news/1970991 MLS and Liga MX combining for super league is 'best for both' in long term, Mexican club owner says https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ne...or-both-in-long-term-mexican-club-owner-says/ Orlando City coach Oscar Pareja: ‘The soccer world is not going to be the same’ https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/or...the-soccer-world-is-not-going-to-be-the-same/ RSL staff cuts could be the beginning of a murky financial future https://www.sltrib.com/sports/rsl/2020/04/20/rsl-staff-cuts-could-be/ Don't yell at U.S. Soccer this time, since handing over youth development to MLS was the right call https://sports.yahoo.com/us-soccer-...le-and-probably-the-right-call-223613761.html TFC captain Michael Bradley says he "hasn't missed a beat" in his ankle rehab and hoping not to miss any future games https://torontosun.com/sports/socce...ing-well-unwilling-to-readdress-controversies ‘This is a guy I want to be like’: USMNT, MLS vets on their favorite teammates https://theathletic.com/1760639/202...e-usmnt-mls-vets-on-their-favorite-teammates/ Soccer newsletter: Checking in with the USL https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2020-04-21/newsletter-usl-soccer
Here's an aside from a retired local sports columnist, writing in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Bob Barrows retired in 2002 from the sister paper The Lewiston Tribune and today's column is about transcendent moments in his life, and this one is one I wish I was there for: "Serving as sports editor of the Kent (Wash.) News Journal in 1969, I and my photographer Derek Oliver covered an Oakland A's at Seattle Pilots American League game at Sick Stadium. After the A's had prevailed, the two of us went to the hospitality room where we ran into A's coach and Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, who still to this day holds the record for hitting in 56 straight games. Believe it or not, the three of us proceeded to talk about soccer for nearly an hour, and in all that time I never thought about having a photo taken of Joltin' Joe with me and one with Oliver."
That piece on the DA/MLS kerfuffle is a waste of space. Then again, its from Yahoo sports, home of really superb and insightful stuff since - well, never. Aside from the factual errors and the obligatory bow to political correctness - the girls soccer establishment has exactly zero interest in having MLS run things; they've been churning out the best players in the world for years, thanks - he offers no evidence for the opinion that US Soccer " got it right" Not that they didn't, only that this clown has no idea one way or the other.
Petke's lawsuit against RSL has been dismissed after all involved parties filed a request for it to be dismissed due to an agreed settlement. Terms of the settlement weren't released... https://www.sltrib.com/sports/rsl/2020/04/21/former-rsl-coach-mike/