by Andrew Coppens | Mar 4, 2015
Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union avoided a potentially ugly black eye by agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement in the final hours before the league’s 20th season was supposed to start. Instead of a work stoppage, the fans and media can...
by Andrew Coppens | Feb 12, 2015
Stop if you’ve heard this before — FIFA wasn’t transparent. Shocking statement, right? So it should come as little surprise to know that when FIFA announced on Thursday it had awarded the broadcasting rights for all events to FOX in the United States...
by Andrew Coppens | Jan 29, 2015
When it was announced that ESPN and Fox Sports would split a 10-game schedule of United States men’s national team games, there was a collective groan from most of the soccer viewing public. The hardcore fan had been put off by years of feeling like a second and...
by Andrew Coppens | Dec 12, 2014
As the news settles in that Paul Chryst is returning to Madison, Wis. it’s time to also familiarize ourselves with who Chryst is. Sure, you may think you remember him or know what he’s all about but even we were surprised by some of the things we’ve...
by Andrew Coppens | Dec 10, 2014
MADISON, Wis. — Gary Andersen informed the Wisconsin football team at a team meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday that he was taking the head coaching job at Oregon State University. UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez has immediately started a national search for...
