Editor-at-large at PSP. His work has also appeared at Philly.com, TheCup.us, Society for American Soccer History, The Encylopedia of Greater Philadelphia, Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español, EPYSA.org, and in the 2011 MLS All-Star Game program. Email him at efarnsworth@phillysoccerpage.com. Follow him on Twitter at @FarnsworthPSP.
MLS finally announces the nitty gritty of the new CBAm including league-wide increases in salary, increases in the minimum player salary, a new “re-entry draft,” quality of life improvements and the establishment of a group to study the reintroduction a MLS Reserve Division.
The PSP reviews the team’s pre-season and takes a look at what the Seattle Sounders have been doing in their pre-season, in advance of Thursday’s opening match. We also gather together the recent bumper crop of interviews with Union players and staff.
With their squad strengthened by the return of players from International duty, the Philadelphia Independence handily defeated NCAA national champs UNC 3-0.
The MLS and the MLS Players Union “have reached agreement in principle” on a new collective bargaining agreement which will allow the new season to start on time. Here are further details on what MLS commissioner Don Garber and Players Union executive director Bob Foose said in the announcement of the agreement.
With the very real possibility of a strike threatening to overshadow Philadelphia’s triumphant return to the top flight of American soccer, the PSP looks for something positive in the city’s soccer scene and finds it in a new soccer gift shop on Head House Square.
On Friday morning the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the Europa League took place. Here’s what we have to look forward to.
The threat of a strike in the MLS has resulted in some very gloomy articles about the NASL strike of 1979. PSP looks at the issues surrounding the strike and what happened during and after the strike to question the validity of comparisons to the current negotiations between MLS and the Players Union.
The latest information about the impending strike, do MLS teams lose money?, Independence coach Paul Riley, City Islanders training camp, Sean Combs interested in Crystal Palace and more.
Union friendly with Valencia, strike news, the Independence on NBC 10 and in podcasts, US friendly against Australia announced, three refs arrested in China, John Terry has an accident, Man Utd fire another scarf wearer and some loon rants about soccer
“It needs to stop.” After Sunday’s 0-2 loss to FC Dallas which saw three Union players issued with red cards, Peter Nowak has some strong words to say to those on the field and on the bench.
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