Thursday, February 04, 2016

Some Soccer News for Feb 4, 2016

It's Day 35 of 2016.


US Soccer has filed a lawsuit against the union that represents the USA Women's National Team. The dispute is over a collective bargaining agreement that the union says is invalid. US Soccer is not seeking damages, just a declaration that the cba is in play. By Andrew Das of the New York Times.
  • The two sides have been negotiating over the disagreement but when the union dug in its heals the federation took legal action. Either way the old collective bargaining agreement expires Dec 31, 2016. -All the documents and a summary of the lawsuit. By Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com.
  • US Soccer, not surprisingly, has no mention of any of this on its website.

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Lee Nguyen is a late bloomer for call ups for the USMNT, so how and why is this the time? By Brian Straus of Sports Illustrated.

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The collective bargaining agreement between MLS and its players was posted on line yesterday by the players union. Some interesting details in there. Kyle McCarthy of Fox looks at win/performance bonuses.

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How to become a celebrity in Iceland. By Dan Bilefsky of the New York Times.

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Christian Pulisic is on the edge of something potentially big at Dortmund. By Samuel Charles of Soccer America.

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Stuart Holden has retired. His open letter. From US Soccer.

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Fans and media are ripping Valencia to tiny pieces after being crushed 7-0 by Barcelona in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals. The team's English head coach Gary Neville is starting to feel plenty of heat too. By Sid Lowe of the Guardian.

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Next for the USMNT:
-Fri Feb 5
USA v Canada - 9:15pm CT on FS1.
  • I will be watching the game at the Crooked Pint in Minneapolis.



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