RSL's Royal Roundup 1-16-17

US National camps start, MLS Preseason and Expansion, World Cup news.

By Kreg Asay Jan 16, 2017, 6:00am MST

RSL News

It seems the Brooks Lennon rumor has some real legs to it. NBC Sports, and Goal.com have also reported on it.
RSL will be well represented in the USMNT U-20 camp. Here's the full list (which includes 3 of last Friday's top 5 draft picks).

Time running out for Beckham's Miami plans, end of January presumed.
Galaxy aiming for a double dose of dos Santos, but will have to share their stadium again (not Chivas this time).
Sounders hopeful for Dempsey's return before preseason camp.
St. Louis stadium funding bill pulled. Expansion plans flounder.
The coaches have been selected for the second PRO coaching course.
Players from the UK are coming to MLS, why aren't coaches?
Atlanta may have to wait on Guzan's arrival.
An evaluation of the "Clearance" statistic.
State of the teams going into preseason - Eastern Conf., Western Conf.
MLS draft rounds 3-4 set for Tuesday via conference call.
With the Chargers moving to LA, San Diego may have just vaulted into the MLS Expansion list.

Sigi Schmidt has some suggestions for College Soccer.
Bill Peterson gets the axe by NASL, 8 teams confirmed for 2017 season. Cosmos sale finalized. and new owner pays off outstanding salary debt.
Top NWSL team NY Flash to re-brand after moving to N. Carolina, will be called N. Carolina Courage.
Once again , Bill Hamid has had to pull out of a USMNT camp due to injury, followed by Stefan Frei on Saturday; Bryan Rowe from LA has been picked as a replacement.
USWNT to play against Germany, England and France between March 1-7th.
USL's Orange County Blues may be rebranding in the near future.

USWNT player Carli Lloyd wins FIFA Women's Player of 2016, Ronaldo wins Men's award for the 4th time.
Starting with 2026 the World Cup will expand to 48 teams, playing 16 groups of 3, it opened a debate about it hurting quality of play.
Quickly following the World Cup announcement, CONCACAF is looking at expansion of the Gold Cup, and may re-form without the Caribbean..
For your next bit of random trivia, here's the wealthiest soccer players in the world (as of 2015...).

Young player from Real Madrid scores single-handedly.