Royal Roundup May 3rd 2017

RSL

• Kyle Beckerman was put on the spot by FourFourTwo.
• Three keys to fixing RSL season.

MLS

• Teams lose when they don’t value soul.
• 5 teams that most need to make moves before the transfer window closes. And here’s the MLS’ Armchair Analyst’s take on what every team needs.
• Former SJ Earthquake Steven Lenhart is retiring due to concussions.
• Blurring the line between Front Office and Supporters Groups.
• Red Bull stadium announce plans to open space for families with Autistic kids.
• 9 takeaways from week 9’s action.
• Do you have a Reddit account? How about testing your soccer prediction skills (I’m crap at Fantasy, but it seems I do well predicting games).
• More MLS Lists - top 10 defenders under 20.
• How Jason Kreis turned Orlando City around.
• New Chicago Fire star Bastian Schweinsteiger threw out the first pitch at the Cubs opening match, but needed some pointers from Dax McCarty.

NASL/USL

• Quick look at last week’s USL results and current standings.
• Quick look at last week’s NASL results and current standings.
• Tampa Bay Rowdies MLS expansion plan moving ahead at full steam as voters approve stadium plan.

USA

• Orlando City stadium and Red Bull arena will host next two Hex matches.
• Will US get a new National Team training facility? Or perhaps the US Soccer budget surplus should be spent on orange slices for all US youth players.
• A US Boys U-15 team just won the Italian Torneo Delle Nazionale - and the U-17 Girls did the same!
• US U-18 Men lose to Russia in the Slovakia Cup final.
• USMNT to face Ghana in pre-Gold Cup friendly.

International

• Sydney FC to face Melbourne Victory in A-League final, but unfortunately the pitch will likely be in rough condition after rugby match.
• Yet another FIFA Exec. Council member caught in corruption web.

General (doesn’t really fit any other category)

• It doesn’t matter what you label the formation, it’s what the players role is in it.

Video

• A brawl ends match in Russia (translation: Are you just watching the end of Russian Cup final and then this slugfest Lokomotiv Moscow-Ural 2-0 Yekatarinenburg)

• Scissor Kick earns Tampa Bay Rowdies a draw with Charlotte Battery.