How is MLS struggling in live attendance? They average around 22,000 a game with many of the stadiums being built to handle only that type of capacity.

Having a large stockpile of young players who may be promising, but not good enough for Chelsea allows Chelsea to have transfer revenue to offset their transfer outlay in any year. It’s a key tool in how Chelsea manages the Financial Fair Play regulations. When Chelsea signs a Matt Miazga, it isn’t because they…

The ZZZZZZZZZen Master.

I’ve always said, give that guy time and space on the ball, and he’ll murder you.

That dog’s heat map is going to look like Kante’s.

Let me lean your body against a parking meter,

Poor journalist should have brought a car door so 'Arry could feel at home.

The world thanks you for coining the term "sub-Gladwellian bullshit."

Costa didn't arrive until Mourinho's second season back. His first season, he was still using Drogba, Eto'o, Demba Ba, or Fernando Torres.

I don’t think it would be that surprising. Normally, a District Court is given great deference by the Appeals Court, but normally an arbitrator is given great deference by the District Court. The Panel is getting into the weeds of the factual record because Judge Berman got into the weeds. It was a weird opinion that…

Seems to me the answer is to make a player's handles factor more into the jump shooting algorithm.

Oh, I agree, both are true. Man U has faced fewer shots. They’ve also conceded less often on a per shot basis (which is often a testament to goal keeping as much as making the opponents try speculative potshots from outside the 18). LvGs style is not pleasing to the fans (or, apparently, the sponsors). But I’d argue…

De Gea has helped, but I’d say facing the 5th fewest shots in Europe has been a bigger contributor to Man U’s “success.”

I suppose one way to read the included chart is that Atletico gives up far fewer quality chances than anyone else in Europe. Another way to read it is that while they've been good at limiting chances, they've also been inordinately fortunate. When teams historically score, on average, about every nine shots, its…

This is kind of a weird article. European leagues don’t have a salary cap, but they do have FFP. Sarver can’t just inject his own cash into the club. He has to match club revenue to expenses. There are loopholes, but the years of anyone being able to pull an Chelsea/Man City/PSG are over. The group that bought Malaga…