designated-player Stories - SB Nation
Financial Impact of the DP
With MLS having very closed finances, and Forbes only doing a report on the 2007 revenue streams, judging financial impact is rather difficult. The sole set of numbers that can be looked at are ...
Designated Players - worth their weight in meh
Once upon a time I critiqued the man who is now the manager of SBNation's soccer network and his stance on the DP. I ran some with or without you numbers and titled it really poorly. I was learni...
Missed Opportunities
On May 26th, 2009 the whole world found out that this player would be available on a free transfer: For those of you not familiar with him, Juninho Pernambucano is probably the world's best free k...
Freddie speaks up, asks for the impossible
Freddie asks for something we'd all like to see: A good example is Paul Scholes who I personally saw as the best player in United for many years. He never got as much media attention as he maybe deser...
No Tougher Test - SSFC @ Houston Dynamo
Let's test something this week. Sounders FC has a recent (last 5) form of 1-3-1 (0/8) and Houston has a 2-2-1 (7/7) form in the same stretch of league play. Recent form would make you think that Hous...
The Designated Player - MLS needs more
Not just because stars sell (see the 80s/90s for NBA, 90s for MLB), not just to improve overall quality, but the fact is that there are Europeans that want to player soccer in America, to live here. ...
Designated Player Value in MLS 2009
It looks Seattle is likely to add some depth at the Forward position in June. Yes, this is outside of the transfer window, no I can't yet say who the player is. The player would be rotational (meani...
Filling Team Needs
Sometimes the question you ask leads to an unexpected answer. In my efforts to suss out the status of LWB Jared Karkas and LW Mike Fucito I made an unexpected discovery. Now some readers may have kn...
Heavy Burden of High Expectations
The sky isn't falling. The honeymoon is not over. Quite simply there are a few issues that have been displayed in the last two matches for Sounders FC, but the situation is certainly not dire. The de...
Ljungberg out until mid-April?
Well, while that was just a short time ago, now things are very different. In reading Jose Romero's Q&A with Nate Sturgis today I read some disturbing news. Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg is in Sweden r...
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