AI-generated image: If OTT broadcasting becomes widespread, will sports viewing turn into a culture where people watch games on personal devices in private spaces? In 2022, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced a broadcasting strategy that was widely regarded as radical. Beginning in 2023, MLS decided to grant exclusive global broadcasting rights for all matches over…

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By Josh 20 Sept 25 As the NCAA D1 Men’s Soccer has begun, the success of the men’s league is crucial for future recruitments, and for the future of American Soccer. Future success can be speculated on by the average goals each game creates in each match. If the games are more entertaining, through scoring…

2025 Sept 14 By Josh https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/heart-divided-fans-both-mls-english-premier-league-teams-walk-fine-line-support MLS, the American League of soccer, can be rather be argued to be more competitive than the EPL. This is because of the High vs Low parity. Parity shows which league is more balanced, meaning whether the teams in the league perform similarly. For example, if the difference between…

By Josh 2025 Sep 2 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/17/mls-away-day-matches-fans Recently, the MLS has shown a decrease in home win percentage of approximately 12%, from 56% to 44%. Why could this appearance have occurred? Behind this decrease, three reasons could have possibly led to the decrease in home win percentage: charter flights, a decrease in home-favorable decisions, and players’…

2025 Aug 31 By Josh The MLS has significant potential for the growth of the league, but has it already reached its maximum potential? The league was thought to have been experiencing significant growth, but the average attendance has remained stagnant. After the transfer of significant star players such as Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, etc,…

2025 Aug 12 By Josh https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/10/son-heung-min-makes-instant-impact-in-lafc-debut-and-hails-mls-welcome Former Spurs starplayer Heung-Min Son was offered a whopping $210 million from Saudi Arabian clubs. However, he rejected their bids and joined the American side of Los Angeles FC (LAFC), who offered about $42 million for four years. Many would wonder, ‘why would Son choose to reject such a…

Can 2026 World Cup benefit from 2025 Club World Cup? https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/6/12/fifa-club-world-cup-2025-teams-format-explainer-venue-final-messi-ronaldo The 2025 Club World Cup, currently taking place in the United States, can be a helpful preview towards the 2026 United World Cup. The Club World Cup is a World Cup for clubs instead of countries. While the previous Club World Cup event has…

2025 June 6th By Josh https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/ligue-1/2021-2022/lionel-messi-intends-to-vote-for-kylian-mbappe-and-neymar-for-the-ballon-d-or-praises-benzema-and-le_sto8577875/story.shtml How does a existence of star players be so significant? This could both mean positive and negative ways. As a positive, the amount of economic profit created from these players are immense, through uniform sales, advertisement, sponsors, and etc. However, they may result in negatives such as disruption of…

May, 4, 2025 By Josh https://www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2019/4/22/cba-talk-comparing-mls-player-salaries-to-leagues-around-the-world What would be a restraint from the MLS to become more successful? The salary cap, which provides balance to MLS, could possibly be modified in order to promote higher league level. It is a financial limit on how much a team can spend on player or staff salaries. In…

April 30, 2025 By Josh https://favpng.com/png_view/football-ofc-champions-league-concacaf-champions-league-uefa-europa-league-football-a-league-png/wNcDbx7V The UEFA Champions League (UCL), regarded as the highest competition in the world, has an effect of helping European country’s leagues to boom. Clubs in the leagues such as the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and etc are driven to enter the UCL. This is because…

2025 April 13th By Josh Shows a picture of teams tanking for Cooper Flagg, a prospect with potential (https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/comments/1jaemti/how_should_the_nba_fix_its_tanking_problem_in_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=post_embed&utm_term=1&utm_content=1) The tanking system, often referring to sports teams deliberately losing. This is to get higher draft picks for the upcoming draft. Would this system be a harm toward sportsmanship or a tactical strategy? This system can…

2025 April 6th By Josh The former global soccer star, David Beckham previously played for the American professional soccer side for LA Galaxy, became the president and the co-owner of the Inter Miami, a professional soccer team that has been successful for the past two years with the transfer of Lionel Messi, former soccer superstar…