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Major Link Soccer: No Austin in MLS for 2019

Also: Stars continue to add talent; USMNT loses, NWSL PA takes major steps forward

By Dave Clark@bedirthan Nov 16, 2018, 8:03am PST

F1 Grand Prix of USA - Qualifying — A freestyle footballer performs some tricks in the Paddock after qualifying for the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2016 in Austin, United States.

Puget Sound soccer

My Perspective on 2018 and the Offseason - Sounder At Heart
Right, so as much as that sucked...right or wrong the Sounders' season is at an end. So let's talk a bit about how 2018 was and a bit about what comes next.

Harry Redknapp breaks I’m a Celebrity 2018 silence - and asks one important question - Irish Mirror Online
Harry Redknapp has signed up for this year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, which starts on Sunday night on ITV

JOEY GJERTSEN BACK FOR HIS FOURTH SEASON WITH TACOMA - Tacoma Stars

Puget Sound culture & news

Documentary On D&D Creator Gary Gygax Gets Greenlight
With less than two days left to go on Kickstarter, The Dreams in Gary’s Basement: A Documentary on Gary Gygax has more than tripled its original funding goal.

Niantic’s Pokémon Go-style Harry Potter game is coming in 2019 - The Verge
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic and Warner Bros. Harry Potter AR game, is delayed until 2019. The game was expected to launch in 2018. The studio released a first teaser trailer for the game.

11 new sci-fi and fantasy books to check out in late November - The Verge

MLS

General news

Garber on MLS in Copa Libertadores: 'I don't see it happening' | Pro Soccer USA
MLS commissioner Don Garber said he has enough work to do evolving the league’s schedule without including South America’s prestigious club competition.

Who should LAFC protect in the expansion draft? - Angels on Parade
FC Cincinnati will have their expansion draft next month. Who should LAFC make sure is NOT taken?

Investment value outperforming the Philadelphia Union’s success on the field - Brotherly Game
Forbes released their valuations of MLS franchises yesterday, and while the Union were near the bottom, they’ve still increased in value rather handsomely

Expansion/relocation

Cat’s Out of the Bag: There Will Not be a MLS Team Playing in Austin in 2019
Forbes is out with their valuations for each Major League Soccer team, and buried in the story are some quotes from and interview with Don Garber. Aside from the usual platitudes, there was a discussion about expansion. With Cincinnati coming online in 2018, Garber was asked about the future of MLS expansion.

NWSL and other women’s pro leagues

NWSL Players Association becomes legally recognized as union, opening doors to further improvements | Equalizer Soccer
The NWSLPA is now the exclusive bargaining representative of NWSL players.

Yael Averbuch, NWSLPA President, Weighs In On Historic Day For Union
For Yael Averbuch, the outspoken president of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association, Thursday's announcement that the league had recognized the NWSLPA as the exclusive bargaining entity represents a gesture of good faith that will allow for a better future.

Women in Soccer: Roundtable (video) | OCSC
MLS host Susannah Collins sits down with FOX broadcaster Katie Witham, Orlando City SC founder Kay Rawlins, Atlanta United super-fan Vera Zeigler, and Yael Averbuch of Seattle Reign FC to discuss women’s influence on the game, working in soccer, equal pay, and how women can shape the sport in the future.

USL and other lower men’s pro leagues

NPSL to launch pro league in 2020, eleven founding clubs announced | SBI Soccer
The NPSL will launch their professional circuit beginning with the Founders Cup competition next summer.

'Soc Takes TV' coming to ISC Sports Network, Indiana airwaves | Soc Takes
Soc Takes and the ISC Sports Network have joined forces to launch “Soc Takes TV,” an all-soccer television program presented by Sogility that will cover the sport locally, nationally and globally.

Canadian Premier League acquires Ontario Soccer’s League1 Ontario – Canadian Premier League

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