pan-pacific-championship Stories - Sounder At Heart
PreSeason Mini-Tourneys and MLS
Personally I love them. The Carolina Challenge Cup, the PanPacific Championship, the Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, even La Manga with the Sounders! In fact one of the things I love about Major League Baseball is the annual tradition of Spring Training. It would be nice to see MLS develop a...
A good idea lost in a Galaxy of idiocy
So MLS had a good idea once. Really and truly a good idea for a tourney between teams around the Pacific Rim. A little one weekend thing with just two games for each of the four participants. The Pan-Pacific Championship had two MLS clubs in it first year. One an actual champion, the other the...
How good is MLS?
Recently in a Seattle Times comments discussion the question of how good MLS is and why players don't seem to want to come here to the USA in their prime. Simply, it isn't just about money, but also about the overall quality of the league. Currently, it is difficult to rank MLS in comparison to...
MLS Worldwide - And let's raise a glass for Schmetzer!
You have likely seen the announcement that MLS, SoccerUnitedMarketing and ESPN sold the international rights for MLS to MP & SILVA for "Eight Figures." I'm going to assume that they aren't counting pennies and that would mean that the league gets an extra 10 Million+ dollars. In essence the new...
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