Some Soccer News for Aug 24, 2016
du Nord, August 24, 2016
It's Day 237 of 2016. Minnesota United begins the task of building a team for MLS: Peter Vermes and Taylor Twellman give their perspectives on how this can be done. By Jeff Rueter of Fifty Five One. There are plenty of expansion examples out there to show the new boys how to avoid disaster. By Steve Davis of Four Four Two. Here is my formula for a MLS expansion team: Defense + Defense + Defense + Defense = Not embarrassing. dN Former Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid talks about what lead to his demise with the team this season. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC. dN LAFC has signed a massive deal for stadium naming rights with Banc Of California worth $100M. That is staggering. By Eben Novy-Williams of Bloomberg So why do I immediately think of this from Colorado just 2 years ago: "Rapids partner with Ciao Telecom for historic jersey partnership," which turned into missed payments and a dropping of the sponsorship only 9 months later... I am not saying this is that kinda deal for LAFC, but when things look to