Daily Sweeper, 11.9: It’s Gullit, but Is It Worth It?; More About Last Night…and a little benign evil

“The essential quality for an MLS coach is making due – or, god forbid – excelling under the restrictions handed down from MLS HQ. As Walsh points out, the foreign coaches currently coming up in these searches worked for clubs who had seriously deep benches and who, given so much as the perception of [...]

Eastern Conf. Final: Reputations Polished and Dented

Is that all there is? The New England Revolution beats the Chicago Fire, who beats DC United? Will it take the revival of Kansas City, or the arrival of Red Bull New York, or – god forbid – the Columbus Crew to confound this predictable procession? Lord, I hope not, because the [...]

Revs Advance + The Great Chicago Mystery

Well, to the sound of much gnashing of teeth and almost paralyzing consternation from across Major League Soccer’s (MLS’s) other teams, the New England Revolution has advanced to the third consecutive MLS Cup Final.  But I’ll get to that tomorrow.  And, yes, unlike – oh, 90, 95% of you – I’m pleased to see the [...]

Sacking Managers During the Transfer Window?

Juande Ramos to Tottenham
Ronald Koeman to Valencia
These are just two managers that have left their clubs this season to take on a new managing job elsewhere.  Today, Sepp Blatter came out and spoke his mind on possibly restricting the sacking/moving of managers to transfer windows, just like normal players.
Before you say this is a bad/good [...]