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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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joecct said:
A Premier B League?? Tres Interesting...
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/fa-proposes-idea-of-premier-league-b-teams/
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It doesn't seem to be clear from this article whether the B teams would be playing as part of the league pyramid (as is the case in Spain; Barcelona B are high enough in the Liga Adelante table that they would be qualified for the promotion playoffs if they weren't ineligible), or if the B League would be a special league just for Premier League B teams. If it's the latter, I'm not sure how it would be any better for player development than the Premier Reserve League that they got rid of a couple years ago because it wasn't accomplishing what it was supposed to.
 
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jmh said:
It doesn't seem to be clear from this article whether the B teams would be playing as part of the league pyramid (as is the case in Spain; Barcelona B are high enough in the Liga Adelante table that they would be qualified for the promotion playoffs if they weren't ineligible), or if the B League would be a special league just for Premier League B teams. If it's the latter, I'm not sure how it would be any better for player development than the Premier Reserve League that they got rid of a couple years ago because it wasn't accomplishing what it was supposed to.
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I thought the article mentioned B teams would be eligible for promotion up to a certain level?
 
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I notice the various stations of the NBC networks are trying to make a splash out of "Championship Sunday" in the EPL, running all ten games live at the same time. Too bad for them that most of the results are already locked in place. No mystery about relegation, and all Man City needs is a tie to guarantee 1st place.
 
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Klinsmann releases preliminary 30-man World Cup roster

Random thoughts:

17 of the 30 players have last names beginning with the letters A through E. Weird.

DeAndre Yedlin has crazy hair.

Very disappointing that Stuart Holden has had such bad luck with injuries. If healthy he'd be preferable to any number of these guys.

No Eddie Johnson, no Tim Ream, no Brek Shea, no Jose Torres, no Sacha Kljestan.
 
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USMNT PRELIMINARY WORLD CUP ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS (3) : Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (11) : DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)
MIDFIELDERS (10) : Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (6) : Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
 
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Agreed that it's a shame that Holden has had such terrible luck with injuries. He deserves a spot, if he were healthy.

Snubs? You could make an argument for Ream or Shea, but otherwise I'm not seeing anything all that egregious.
 
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Shea is mediocre and has had a terrible year. He deserves to be left out.
 
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Interesting to see Donovan listed as a "forward." I've generally seen him listed as a "mid-fielder."
 
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Glad Eddie Johnson is not going. He is a Locker Room Cancer. Killed the Sounders last year with his *ing about his contract.
 
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MLS Announces new TV contracts with Univision, ESPN, and Fox.

Worth about $90 million ($75 million from ESPN and Fox and $15 million from Univision) a year. Each network gets one exclusive game a week in a specific time slot, Univision gets Friday night on UniMàs, ESPN gets Sunday night at 5 pm Eastern on ESPN2, Fox gets Sunday night at 7 pm Eastern on Fox Sports 1. Rest of the games are on local TV on Saturdays with ESPN getting digital rights for ESPN3.

So, MLS goes back to Fox and leaves NBC. The good news is that they have guaranteed time slots, no wondering when the games will be on.
 
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Good for FS1, bad for NBCSN. Probably good for ESPN, but I honestly don't give a **** what's good for ESPN.

I wonder what properties NBCSN needs to start looking at in the near future to help shore up what's starting to look too much like the old Vs. lineup.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
I wonder what properties NBCSN needs to start looking at in the near future to help shore up what's starting to look too much like the old Vs. lineup.
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Well, I mean, the Premier League is a pretty big differentiator from what they had on Vs., no?
 
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jmh said:
Well, I mean, the Premier League is a pretty big differentiator from what they had on Vs., no?
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Fair point. You could also add college hockey (not that that's much of an addition, other than for our needs), but that's pretty much it. It's otherwise still the same mix of small-scale eastern college football, cycling, F1, piddly college basketball and nature shows.
 
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