Coming into 2020, speculation grew over Major League Soccer shutting down over prolonged negotiations with the MLS Players Association regarding the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Author: Dan Crooke
Just an English gent scribbling things about the game I love.
I worked in various capacities in the sport from 2004 until moving to Texas in 2012. As soon as the jet lag wore off, I sought out my new local team and started writing about them before long.
The Breakdown: San Jose Clash at Dallas Burn – 1996 franchise opener
Well, here it is, Major League Soccer arrives in Dallas with the Dallas Burn playing host to the San Jose Clash.
Kobra gets his bite back
Zdenek “Kobra” Ondrasek had a carefully planned start to 2020 up until COVID-19 presented a significant change.
The English Game: separating fact from fiction
The first ‘new’ soccer to hit our screens in a while came recently with Netflix Original, The English Game.
A mile in Luchi’s shoes: Football Manager part two
We’re walking a mile in Luchi’s shoes in this series, taking over FC Dallas in Football Manager 2020 and documenting one month at a time.
A mile in Luchi’s shoes: Football Manager part one
Football Manager has been one of my favorite games to play for the best part of thirty years way back before a nasty divorce with Eidos forced the game to lose its Championship Manager moniker.
How Reggie Cannon stays sane without soccer
As most of us are now working from home during a time without sports, everyone is searching for ways to avoid cabin fever.
Kobra strikes again in the Big Apple giving FCD 3 road points
Zdenek Ondrasek made it three goals in three games as FC Dallas kept up its unbeaten start to the season at Red Bull Arena.
FCD/NTX Roster Rankings – March 14, 2020
If you weren’t with us on the Dallas Morning News site (we won’t hold it against you!), we regularly ranked every single player with an FC Dallas or North Texas SC contract because power rankings are fun.
USWNT hits back at US Soccer President Cordeiro
While the US Women’s National Team isn’t the typical remit of your favorite resource for North Texas soccer over the past two decades, it is when it happens in the Metroplex, and the USWNT seems to hit the headlines surrounding visits to Frisco fairly often.