Beyond the 90 Podcast

Recently President Trump did acknowledge FIFA World Cup tickets are too high. Thank you Mr. President. But where were you the last nine months when the fleecing of fans in a working class sport was going on? Politicians in both parties have sold out the fans for Let’s explore that.

NOTE: This video was taken before private sponsors helped reduce the cost of trips on NJ transit, but with taped after my recent article about the conflict of interest around Governor Phil Murphy. My analysis of Governor Murphy remains the same regardless of what might be some, but not all cost offset that have been put in place in NJ. It’s still ridiculous.

The Gainbridge USL Super League regular season has concluded.

The changes to the PLS were made specific purposes it appears.

Breaking down the investment of KKR/Hometown Soccer Holdings.

The solidarity of the USL championship players during the recently resolved labor dispute with remarkable. We give some thoughts.

The finer points of the newsUSL CBA will be revealed soon but here are some quick thoughts. I also neglected to mention that the unity of the players helped create the elements for the deal - that’s a point we will elaborate on more real soon.

Some initial reaction to MLS Next Pro’s announcement.

Recently, I jumped back on Twitter and have said my share of stupid hotheaded things since going back on that platform. I own this and it’s my fault. I’m considering jumping back off Twitter.

More importantly something I said last night caused a fire storm. I talked about my long-held view that Canadian teams should be tossed out of MLS.

That is actually a deeply-held belief I have had for many years. It’s nothing against Canada, a nation I truly love. And I truly believe it would be best for their football development. Concacaf l forced USL out of Canada yet. MLS is allowed to stay up there? I discuss my own experiences in NASL as we managed a cross-border league.

Let me explain in this video my view on this and how it’s important for Canada to make sure the Canadian Premier League is successful and it’s important for us in the United States that we shift our calendar and maximise the potential of the players were developing which I believe cannot be done on the current calendar.

We talk 2002!

World Cup 2026 was supposed to be a hinge moment for investment in the sport in the USA. Well we’re at that hinge and clubs are still bleeding cash while players have real grievances in terms of compensation and licensing. The parties in the current USL Championship labor dispute are close to an agreement but not close enough. We do some reporting here and discuss why both sides have valid points and maybe increasingly justifiably dug in.