Royal Roundup, Feb. 17

In the news: Dempsey cleared to play, New US Jerseys, Carli Lloyd going to UK

By Kreg Asay Feb 17, 2017, 6:00am MST

Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday I’ll run down news stories you may have missed.

RSL News

RSL places 2nd in the Rose City Invitational pre-season tournament (wikipedia link, can’t find an ‘official table’ anywhere else).
RSL players (and Academy alums) showing well at U-20 camp.
MLS spotlights the new RSL jersey (let’s just say the comments are not very complimentary), here’s the comments on the RSL subreddit, as well as the main MLS Reddit comments.

Clint Dempsey is medically cleared to resume play.
Top 30 Soccer Markets (RSL is higher than you may think!)
Montreal moving on after Drogba’s departure.
New DC stadium gets a high profile sponsor, and announced groundbreaking date.
LA Galaxy could be without two regular starters when season starts.
Chicago Fire announce affiliation with USL team Tulsa Roughnecks. They also signed a retired defender as an Asst. Coach.
2017 could be the ‘Year of the Homegrown’.
VAR was a deciding factor in yet another preseason match.
Rapids secondary kit revealed.
Red Bulls part with their sporting director.
New England and Minnesota trade players.
FourFourTwo lists - Eastern Conf. and Western Conf. most valuable players by team.