Dilbert

I mean San Antonio has been trying for years to get a new ballpark and dont seem to be going anywhere with that. It would suck to lose a market as big as San Antonio but they could be an option to move to Mississippi. But at the same time I feel like they would need a team in Louisiana to bridge the gap between Texas and Mississippi

Lake Erie (Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit) are in the playoffs together for the first time.

I may have been the cause of the Eagles implosion. For the past six weeks Ive been taunting my friend who is an Eagles fan by saying "Go Cowboys" and "Cry Eagles Cry". They have now gone on to lose 5 of their last 6 and he absolutely hates me

The name change wasnt just because they played games outside of Long Island. They wanted to expand their regional footprint to include NYC, Westchester, Southern Connecticut and New Jersey. They only played 2 games at Icahn. the rest were on Long Island

PRO CBA expires on January 15 and apparently negotiations with PSRA are not going well with a work stoppage imminent. This could mean we could possibly have replacement referees to start the season. May I suggest Matt Miazga offering to mediate negotiations by bringing pizza to the table?

The Long Island Lizards changed their name to New York Lizards while playing at Hofstra

This is also the first time in the history of the Battle of Ohio that the starting quarterback has played for the other team

The new Pioneer League Oakland B's wanted to play a game in June at the Coliseum. The Oakland A's said no

I think this was their plan, at least for this season before setting out for a full time home sites in the coming seasons. A lot of people also assumed New York was gonna be at Shuart Stadium in Hempstead and California at PayPal Park in San Jose, but it looks like they settled on Albany and San Diego instead. They also had Philly in Chester instead of Villanova, and Boston at Foxborough instead of at Harvard.

Cavalry arent the only ones. Vancouver Whitecaps will also play their game in Victoria because BC Place is booked.

Congrats Detroit. Long time coming.

Florida State will not be joining the European Super League

Cincinnati has yet to host Austin or Dallas, and will host St Louis for the first time in 2024. Cincinnati has yet to play at Portland, Kansas City, or LA Galaxy. We will play at Dallas and San Jose for the second time (both previous meetings in 2019). We also havent played the Galaxy since 2019. Meanwhile we play Colorado and Minnesota for the fourth time (fifth against Minnesota if you include Open Cup in 2018 prior FCC joining MLS), LAFC for the third time.

Good to see US Soccer sticking to their guns. Allowing MLS to not follow the guidelines of all eligible teams participating in the tournament would break division sanctioning guidelines, would also show advantage to the defunct NASL in their ongoing lawsuit with USSF

USL Championships Rio Grande Valley FC Toros have ceased operations after 8 years. Their home, H-E-B Park will become home to UTRGVs new football program.

USL League One 2025 expansion club for Sherman Texas reveals their identity, Texoma FC

MLS is making some changes for next year: -If an injured player remains on the ground for 15+ secs, they will have to remain off the field for 2 minutes. My hope is this will cut back on a lot of the diving and theatrics of trying to get a foul called. No need to roll halfway down the pitch like Columbus did in MLS Cup. -Substitutes must exit the field within 10 seconds. This should cut back on game delay, and stoppage time added. -Referees will make in-stadium announcements for VAR decisions. Finally! -Stadium clocks run past 90’. My thought is they didnt have the stoppage time running to keep the players from giving up, or waste time until the final whistle. -MLS is pulling out of the US Open Cup and having their MLS Next Pro sides take their place. While this doesnt affect CF Montreal, one has to wonder what DC United will do as they still dont have a Next Pro Club. While this may suck for MLS fans, this will be a big plus for the USL. It will also clear up the heavy schedule congestion, at least for 2024 anyway.

This should probably go in the 2024 thread.

While I understand why Edmonton and Washington became "Football Team" for their name transitions, it is unnecessary for OKC to do this. Just play one final season as the Dodgers and then announce the new name.

USL League One is now jumping on the in season tournament bandwagon.

Sporting Club Jacksonville, aka Sporting JAX has announced their name and logo for their new USL Championship and USL Super League squads. Both teams are supposed to start in 2025

The Eastern Conference was such a dominant conference this year. As much as it pains me to see Columbus lift the cup this year, after seeing how Nancy led Montreal last year Im honestly not surprised.

Daddy Garber issued his state of the league address Highlights: -MLS "overdelivered" on Apple's expectations. -Leagues Cup was ""a smashing success on every measure... this is a tournament that will continue to grow".. said format might accommodate Liga MX travel next year, but that no indication that it includes playing games in Mexico. -Threw out the possibility of changing the calendar and getting creative to accommodate the crowded schedules. -No 4th DP is being added, but roster rule changes will be announced next week. -MLS is talking with US Soccer on how to change US Open Cup to give it "support". -Despite a lot of negative feedback, Don Garber says he loves the new playoff format - "We love the format. Attendance was up, ratings were up." -"We've got to look at it all, including our roster rules. Goal is what the league wants to look like in 2027, after the World Cup" -MLS Schedule will drop December 20th. -"We can't afford" to shut the league down for summer international tournaments (Copa America next year). But says they'll break for the World Cup. -"How can we reconfigure the schedule?" and suggests perhaps a apertura/clausura format like Liga MX. Thoughts?

Might as well go further north and go to Salt Lake City at this point.

They took the Minnesota Wild, and made it baseball. Honestly, great work. While it is another Blue/Red team, much to the dismay of the guy who always complains of red and blue teams, the yellow more than makes up for it to make it pop, while the teal isnt overpowering.