Seattle Sounders coach SigiSchmid has praised Clint Dempsey for his great career following the player’s announcement that he will be retiring from the game. He said that it was an honor for him to have coached such a player and that he was one of the best players that he has ever worked with.
With the focus of attention returning to the California Stadium on Thursday, Los Angeles Football Club LAFC would be looking to continue their strong run at home. They are unbeaten in nine games but they cracked under pressure on Sunday against Minnesota United FC, losing 5-1.
LA Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said that he wants to see his team improve defensively after the mistakes they committed in the match against DC United. Despite playing with three at the back, LA Galaxy conceded 2 goals and could only earn a point in the game against DC United.
Sigi Schmid said that he was not happy with the way his team has defended especially in the second half. He said that they conceded a cheap goal on a poor clearance and that the second goal was conceded because his players allow the opposition to much time on the ball. Continue reading “Schmid wants improvement at the back”
Seattle Sounders have announced that Preki will be their new assistant coach for the 2018 season. The announcement was made last Friday. This is a great move by Seattle Sounders as Preki is a former MLS coach of the year after he won the title with Sacramento in 2015.
He unexpectedly left Sacramento in 2016 after a good season, and it was expected that he was going to move to England and work in the Premier League. However, he will disappear from the radar until last Friday where the announcement has been made.
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Top European players can earn around €90,000 each week and with this kind of salary they don’t have to worry about paying bills or buying luxurious items as it arrives to them without having to spend a substantially long period of time saving up money.
However, this is not the case with the Major League Soccer as the sport is not such a big thing in United States in comparison to some of their most well established sports such as Basketball or American Football.
Players that are performing in the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL have top-ranking deals and comparing them to what an average player earns in the MLS can be very disappointing for the professional athletes that have to work just as hard as any other but get paid significantly lower than their counterparts.
With the exception of only a few players in the MLS, the average annual salaries of players that are performing in the American League don’t even reach the region of $60,000.
There are a total of 572 players currently performing in the MLS and only 23 of them have the privilege of earning more than the minimum salary of players in the NHL which is around $550,000.
This financial gap that exists between the MLS and the rest of the top European leagues in the world of soccer is one of the reasons on why the American League is not such an attractive football destination compared to other leagues.
The United States have more predominant sports than Soccer and this is why it doesn’t have such a big importance or influence in the country compared to others but there have already been plans which has been made to the public with the objective of turning it into a much more viable destination to play and compete against the best leagues in the world.