Jameson's Sport Writing Portfolio

The November international break is coming up with another round of World Cup qualifiers set up for the US Men's National Team. The road to qualifying for the Stars and Stripes has not been smooth, as they have been suffering through what seems like a gauntlet of CONCACAF teams to secure qualification for Qatar in December. Some USA soccer fans are getting a little irritated with the team selection manager Gregg Berhalter has been choosing for these important matches. It is notable the number of MLS players that round out the depth chart for the USA, something fans have taken to social media on more than one occasion to gripe about. Some fans have come to think Berhalter has a certain bias about choosing MLS players over the American players that have made the jump to leagues in Europe. So, I guess the question has to be raised: is there an MLS bias in the USMNT?  It is no secret that US Soccer has long strived to develop its own domestic soccer league, and to a degree, the MLS rep...

This summer was a very peculiar one for Real Madrid, as they seemed to take another page out of their galactico playbook and rehire Carlo Ancelotti as manager. They secured David Alaba on a free transfer, Gareth Bale has returned from a half-decent loan at Tottenham, but Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane have departed and there’s certain to be other players leaving in order to finance the next galactico: Kylian Mbappe. Florentine Perez has made it very clear the Los Blancos are going to sign the French superstar but with what money? And with PSG not willing to sell, it seems kind of dubious to think Mbappe will be leaving PSG for Madrid, yet Perez is making it clear he will get his next talisman. But Mbappe wouldn’t really solve the problems that are crushing Madrid currently.   Madrid has a very old squad, something they have either failed to truly address or one they can’t seem to find a way to move on from. They have seven players over 30 in the starting XI and Carlo seems set to ...