Royal Roundup - Nov. 8th, 2017

RSL

• Voting for Goal of the Year continues, and Jefferson Savarino is still in 2nd. (MLS)

MLS

• Proposed change in transfer fees could give teams an incentive to sell homegrown players. (FFT)
• Atlanta United looking into starting USL 2nd team. (Metro)
• 10 things learned from conference semis. (WST)
• Seattle Sounders working on extending contract extension for Clint Dempsey. (PST)
• Atlanta United turned down record offers for Miguel Almiron and Josef Martinez. (TheScore)
• Anthony Precourt’s letter to the people of Columbus. (Howler)
• LA Galaxy cut ties with five homegrown players. (MLS), and former Galaxy player Robbie Rogers has announced his retirement. (LAG)
• Orlando City has announced it’s end of season roster update. (OCSC)
• New England Revolution set to hire Brad Friedel as coach. (Goal)
• Toronto FC in precarious position following halftime brawl. (SBI)
• Andrea Pirlo hangs up his boots. (FFT)

USA

• A simple, but radical way MLS can help improve the USMNT. (ASN)
• Jill Ellis experiment with the USWNT paying off. (USSoccer)
• Interim coach Dave Sarachan calls in 21 players to camp for friendlies vs Portugal. (USSoccer)
• Kyle Martino has also joined the race for US Soccer president. (SBI)
• Opinion piece - Don Garber: Major League Sleaze. (BSF)
• Americans abroad - what USMNT players in other leagues are up to. (Goal)
• (PST) has opened their annual Big American Soccer Poll.

World

• West Ham United fires coach Slaven Bilic. (PST) David Moyes has been hired as replacement. (USSP)
• Players to get more power to leave clubs under new contract between the international players union FIFPro and FIFA. (PST)
• UEFA has proposed a new Global Nations League competition. (MLS)
• German Bundesliga trial with VAR is not going smoothly. (PST)

Video

• Instant Replay - conference semifinal edition.

• How to score directly from kickoff.