The following is a brief chat I had with Terry on one of the many misguided notions out there surrounding why American soccer doesn’t need promotion and relegation. Specifically, the argument goes something like this. “Gary, the other team sports in the US operate as closed systems without promotion and relegation. And they are the […]

The following is a chat I had with Joey Cascio on what it’s like for a youth coach in the States to change clubs. Actually, you know what, that’s not exactly right. It’s more an episode on the decision-making process a coach might go through when they’re thinking about leaving their current club, and going […]

The following is a brief chat I had with Terry on objections to promotion and relegation in American soccer. For the uninitiated, American soccer is polarized. It’s polarized between those who subscribe to American exceptionalism when it comes to soccer, and those who don’t. Let me explain a bit. Outside literally a handful of countries, […]