Royal Roundup March 15th 2017

RSL

• Nick Rimando up for Save of the Week! Vote often!! And while you’re at it, vote for Leo in FourFourTwo.com’s Mascot Madness!
• LA looks to be very short-handed against RSL this weekend.
• RSL has some academy players on the US U-16 roster.

MLS

• Don Garber upset with FIFA on technology delays.
• The case for St. Louis expansion’s plan - they’ve got history on their side. Meanwhile, Miami is getting impatient waiting for Beckham.
• MLS vs it’s competition.
• Minnesota United’s troubled start in MLS. It’s officially the worst start of any expansion team. How can they turn things around?
• Is Yankee Stadium MLS’ weirdest venue?
• Andrea Pirlo believes MLS is getting better, but needs some changes.
• Best and worst from Week 2.
• MLS “Salary Cap” explained (by MLS) - in short there’s a lot of gry area.

USA

• Bruce Arena breaks down the USMNT’s opposition (Honduras). Will apparently release roster picks today.
• Alex Morgan scored her first three goals for French women’s side Lyon.

International

• How a “Champion’s League of the Americas” could benefit both CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.
• Two LigaMX players receive 1 year bans for referee assault.
• Honduras and Panama have announced their rosters for the next round of World Cup qualifying.
• Court of Arbitration of Sport rules against Sepp Blatter.
• With new leadership, is the US Justice Dept. still willing to continue to it’s probe into soccer corruption?

Video

50 year old player scores in Japanese 2nd division - becomes oldest Japanese player ever to score a professional goal.