Royal Roundup - Oct. 18, 2017

RSL

• Knee injury on Tony Beltran may end his season. (SLTribune)
• Can RSL’s season turnaround last? (ESPN)
• Albert Rusnak continues to get media attention. (Goal)
• Luis Silva nominated for MLS comeback player of the year. (MLS)
• And of course Mike Petke (along with 18 others) for Coach of the Year. (MLS)
• RSL made quite a hit trolling FC Dallas this week. (MLS)

MLS

• Sacramento Republic gets jersey sponsor to enhance MLS expansion bid. (ESPN)
• Columbus Crew SC to move to Austin TX? (TheScore)
• Columbus facing uphill battle to retain Crew. (ESPN)
• What teams performed best on national TV. (FourFourTwo)
• If Crew move to Austin, how could it affect MLS expansion? (S.I.)
• NYCFC playoff venue situation remains a mystery. (EOS)

USA

• US U17 team did a 5-0 blowout of Paraguay to advance - highlights below. (Goal) Will face England in the quarterfinals. (MLS)
• US has some world-class U17 players. (SoccerAmerica)
• USMNT to face Portugal in November friendly. (TheScore)
• One key MLS policy change that would help the USMNT. (FourFourTwo)
• Sunil Gulati offered NASL an olive branch - which they refused. (SoccerAmerica)
• Factors that contributed to US Soccer’s downfall. (Goal)
• What can other US leagues learn from NASL’s problems? (USSP)
• Some name dropping for the USMNT coaching job. (SBI)

World

• English side Newcastle United is up for sale! (PST)
• An Indonesian goalkeeper died after collision with teammate during game. (PST)
• New FIFA rankings are out - and US went up. How is that possible? (SoccerAmerica)

Video

• Weah’s 2nd goal from US-U17’s 5-0 rout of Paraguay.

• Full highlights of the US vs Paraguay match.