Alright, yall got me to stop being lazy. Here are some realistic changes I’d make to the MLS Roster Rules, with my reasoning and an example at the bottom. Enjoy everyone:

No idea. Maybe the coaching staff is trying to be lowkey? Genuine just getting info wrong? It’s bizarre to me that a team can not list players on their injury report the day before a game and then they just don’t travel and don’t make the bench. Why put anyone on there then lol

FC Dallas has been basically stretching the truth on their injury report the whole year for whatever reason. I mean this is bizarre at this point

Honored to be mentioned in this piece. But seriously, it’s great to see that can look forward to avoiding really poor technical games on the pitch by removing a decent chunk of the summer matches

That can only last for so long. And it's surprising because the team can sit in a low block, but for example, on Saturday Urhoghide, a CB, is up in the opposing team's box tied 2-2. A draw is good away... just take the points. Quill's done an excellent job but what is the evolution of this team?

It wasn't just the CLT game. A lot of the games are masked by great individual moments but RSL away, SKC home are a couple of examples where the game flipped after Dallas jumped out ahead and the team just kept getting hammered. They can't control games. Their way of control is attack

It basically allows Dallas to cover its deficiencies; not the greatest technically in the middle and plays to its strength in its forwards. He's done an excellent job, but it seems like he struggles to have a Plan B.

If they did, they did a shit job of cheating

2 games in and a point gained. Tough game against red hot STL before Austin and Colorado.

You gotta figure out a way to put Izoita on the pitch man. He looks really good in the limited minutes! Like I said last week, one of my players to watch for in the future

Because it’s a less active window across the world. Like the genuine activity level is lower in winter than in the summer for European clubs who are picking off MLS talent

All due respect to MLSNP but why is this graphic so shitty quality?

The Dynamo sold Jack McGlynn on Sept. 1. Their npxG is the 3rd lowest for any team in its last 5 games, just ahead of MTL and ATX. They already weren’t a team that produced much but selling of McGlynn for sure makes that even worse. It’ll be nice not have seasons derailed due to summer transfers

Very random question: Do we have physical data on games in extreme cold/colder temperatures vs extreme heat/hotter games? Is there any literature? I’m curious because both the K League and J League mention heat as a reason to changing their schedules but MLS never mentioned it

Photo one is Quill and photo two is Estevez. Yes, Estevez’s weighted age continuously grew YoY but if that’s the case then Quill has to be held to the same standard right? And at that point, is it a refusal to play the academy kids or just that both do not believe they are good enough to contribute?