Most Olympic athletes are paid something by their country and a lot of them also have sponsorship and other stuff that keeps them financed. Rarely is it a literal amateur affair nowadays (at least for the major events like track, soccer, etc.).
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True enough on all accounts. Still is I think something that is important for the issue, in that the pay structure for the men’s and women’s national team is dramatically different because the men are employed by clubs full time and are with the national team on a more part time basis, while women are with the team…
It is also kind of complicated because the USWNT, unlike the USMNT, is paid pretty much solely by the USSF. Theirs is a salary, unlike the USMNT whose salary is covered by their clubs and who only receive benefits per game played from the USSF. Plus pretty sure more women are covered under the USWNT than under the…
Just a small point, but the DC government is actually only covering a bit over 1/3 of the $300 million (more like $120 million) for the DC United stadium. Their costs are primarily for obtaining the land and preparing it for construction. Actual construction costs will be covered by the team and their owners.
Well, glad to say i didn’t have to deal with any douche bags like that when I was there. It’s too bad you did.
This was super clever.
I went to a DC United game at Century Link and the fans there were pretty fine to me. Some minor taunting, but all in good fun.
Haha yes. It’s why this kind of “journalism” isn’t a surprise. still irritating though.
Youtube personalities are almost always awful.
I don’t know. Fans don’t like it when they see players deliberately not try to get rid of a coach. Fans, who care for a team and spend money on a team, really just want to think that players feel the same way about the team as they do. When they get a dose of reality and see that the players don’t give a damn about…
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“better” is probably the best word to use, but still feels painful to refer to any team in this division with a word that could be confused with good. The less toxic appearing dumpster fire might work better.
Yeah, money talks and when they decided to strike in solidarity with him that seems to have been the deciding factor. Still curious to see if the next president does anything to satisfy their demands.
This is more of a PR move than anything else. Whether or not he agreed with her legitimately or if he didn’t see enough of what happened to make a decision he knew he needed to react before this thing became a bigger issue.
If only they could score goals in regulation, they might actually be impressive this season.
MLS isn’t elite and won’t be for a good long time, but it is entertaining and unpredictable. The truth is that not all former great European players are great in MLS. Drogba is, but he also is the type of player who excels in this kind of physical gritty league while still having the talent/skill of a great player.…
A lot of that obviously has to do with teams that don’t have the soccer specific stadiums. Most teams that own their own stadium try to do grass. Didn’t realize Portland was turf though. Good to know.
Do both arenas they play in have the real stuff? Was curious about that.
Agreed. Talent is diluted enough. They need to let the lower leagues develop rather than expand. If soccer here develops, it will be through increased academy investment and growth of the entire game throughout the US, not just MLS. Once overall competition rises, so will the talent level. (Though the salary cap will…