Kyle McCarthy

Toronto knows they can spend the $8m in the market, right? Difficult to imagine any European team coming close to that number in this case.

Interesting (to me at least) that the Revs are linked to Matt Turner right around the time two supporters’ groups are asking for a new sporting director and a new head coach.

Inter Miami should have called MLS on Monday, explained the situation, and then offered the fig leaf of a minor injury to try and wriggle out of it. Might have worked, might not have worked. The no-call, no-show situation really didn’t leave MLS with much choice here.

Your articles always inform and entertain. Great fit with the Athletic. Congrats on the new deal!

Co-sign. No additional notes.

1, even if it’s messy. 2 implies agreement. 3 is lame.

Barnsley fans are going to be really confused when they realize Jonathan Lewis is a winger and not a number nine. Which is odd because Dane Murphy tried to sign him in 2020.

Litera Workshare Compare (or your doc comparison software of choice) for the win. Thanks for doing this!

Normal club stuff. Nothing to note here.

Not exactly a surprise to see MLS move its productions from NYC to (presumably) a more cost effective and efficient location in Stamford. The wrinkle is they have to make the production feel just as big (or bigger) in the new space.

Real ‘Cristiano Ronaldo might sign with Sporting KC’ vibes to these Neymar rumors. #MLS

10 percent of the cash fee for internal transfers is a huge step forward for the players. MLS and its players have been fighting players getting their share of outgoing transfers about this since the start of the league.

Not exactly the time I’d pick to inject additional variance into the outcomes!

Can only imagine the response when SKC asked for a fee and Chivas said … sure?

Montréal definitely going to end up on the Revolution’s Christmas card list this year after taking enough of Vrioni’s salary budget hit to allow Revs to open a Designated Player spot.

I’d get pretty ticked off if a tracker took my lunch money most years, too.

It’s like they took the ridiculous fee for Driussi and decided to pay it forward for some reason.

Tanner’s pretty smart and delivers great ROI on that academy, but it’s fair to wonder whether turning an off-brand Red Bull model up to 10 with Red Bull already ahead on the curve is too clever by half.

Slonina expected to return to Chelsea in January Gaga Slonina is expected to be recalled by Chelsea from Barnsley after the January transfer window opens on Wednesday. T... Local News Barnsley FC Barnsley South Yorkshire

Makes sense for Slonina to recover at Chelsea and maybe find a new move in late January www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/3059...

Writing on the wall for a bit now. We’ll see whether the Revs add winger to the list … but the current build doesn’t seem to have many starter-level minutes for a new wide player at first glance (depending on Chancalay’s timeline).

Deila is a serial winner. Never can tell how things will shake out in any one place or another, but you’d like his chances in Atlanta with Lagerwey and Henderson finding the right players.

FWIW: Revs business over the past few days makes a lot of sense for a Caleb Porter-team. More passing. Better option at CF. Different defensive profile for a higher line.

Lagerwey special here: draft pick in exchange for one year of a $2.1m player for $300k salary budget charge (and ATL could theoretically lower further with GAM). #MLS

Releasing the GAM totals is a nice step for the sickos.

Wyd, Inter Miami?

Ownership has pluses and minuses, but “keep the team in Vancouver” has been a guiding principle for a long time and I’d be surprised to see them deviate now and light their legacy on fire.

Also worth noting that it makes a lot more sense to part ways with Sartini instead of signing him to an extension if you’re going to sell the club.

Pretty ideal time for the Whitecaps ownership group to cash out. Team entered MLS for $35m in 2009. Even with investments and losses, they are in line for a hefty ROI.

This one has ‘sublicense U.S. and other certain important games to X broadcaster’ for a fee written all over it.

When reached after learning about the move, Dionne Warwick offered the following comment: “Do you know the way to San Jose?”