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CBA Negotiations

Where everyone can be a striker: A brief look at sports labor law

With the MLS CBA set to expire this week, PSP’s Steve Holroyd offers a primer on sports labor law.

MLS / US Soccer History

Chasing 67: Josef Martinez and the American goal-scoring record

Steve Holroyd takes a look at the numbers to see how Josef Martinez’s season ranks with some of the best in U.S. Soccer history.

Daily news roundups

News roundup: Steel win, Austin FC logo, NY Derby a draw

Plus Adam Najem in Afghanistan, MLS Golden Boot winners if they played 34 games, USL attendance numbers, and more.

History / Philadelphia Soccer History

Meet the Spartans: Philly’s original pro team

The Philadelphia Spartans were the city’s first major league professional soccer team. Steve Holroyd recounts their story, from inception to demise.

Soccer Books

Putting the book in: American soccer literature to read this winter

Steve Holroyd gives you some of the best American soccer books to read this winter.

History / US Soccer History

Coming in from the cold: The National (Indoor) Soccer League

Soccer historian Steve Holroyd takes a look back at the old National Soccer League, an indoor league worth remembering.

The Front Row

The Front Row: The dark ages

Steve discusses the era between the NASL and MLS, and the grassroots movement that grew in the D1 void.

The Front Row

The Front Row: The last, best chance

Steve examines another “lost league,” the United Soccer League of 1984-85, pro soccer’s last gasp before the arrival of MLS, in the latest episode of the pod.

The Front Row

The Front Row: Another “lost” league

In the latest episode of The Front Row podcast, Steve Holroyd discusses another “lost league,” the North American Soccer Football League of 1946-47.

The Front Row

The Front Row: Making the future

Steve discusses what it will take for soccer to break in to the “Big 4” of professional sports in the US.