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NICHELLE PRINCE, HOUSTON DASH
As aforementioned, Prince helped lead her squad to a title in the NWSL’s own return-to-play tournament, as the former Ohio State women’s soccer star played in six out of the Dash’s seven games with three starts in their run to the NWSL Challenge Cup title – which came just one month after she suffered the heartbreak of her father passing away.

Because the NWSL canceled its regular season and traditional postseason, the Dash will have bragging rights as champions until 2021.

LINDSEY AGNEW, NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE
Agnew, in her fourth year out of Ohio State, played in just one game for nine minutes before the Courage were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the NWSL Challenge Cup.

DEVON KERR, WASHINGTON SPIRIT
A backup goalie for her team, Kerr did not see any game action for the Spirit before they were also eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup.
 
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Man United, Juventus, Real Madrid confirm plans to participate in Super League

Twelve of Europe's top clubs announced on Sunday they were launching a breakaway Super League, headed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as founding clubs, the statements added.

Madrid president Perez said: "We will help football at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires."

As part of the move, the clubs included would withdraw from the European Club Association and games would be played in the middle of the week, with the Super League governed by the founding clubs, the club statements indicated.

The agreement provides that the founding clubs will receive an upfront net grant of approximately €3.5 billion ($4.19 billion) in aggregate, the statements said. A women's Super League competition is also planned to be launched after the men's league is up and running.

ESPN sources said earlier on Sunday that up to 15 of Europe's biggest clubs are in talks to launch a so-called European Super League, planned to start in time for the 2023-24 season.

"By bringing together the world's greatest clubs and players to play each other throughout the season, the Super League will open a new chapter for European football, ensuring world-class competition and facilities, and increased financial support for the wider football pyramid," said Joel Glazer, co-owner of Manchester United and vice chairman of the Super League.

If the initiative is successful, which has already been rebuked by FIFA and numerous FAs throughout Europe, it would threaten the existence of the Champions League -- football's biggest club competition -- with UEFA due to announce on Monday a new 36-team format for the tournament designed to stave off attempts by the game's top clubs to break away.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-ch...ham-among-team-to-participate-in-super-league

FIFA said on Sunday it disapproved of the breakaway competition called the European Super League, as it was outside of international football structures.
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This will be interesting to say the least.

See, to me.... and I'm a dumbass I know... and these are very random musings about the larger structure of the Euro club system more than it is about this... but, this makes a lot more sense for the [Top} Spanish Clubs than it does English clubs, I think (and further more for Italian than german maybe etc etc).

Point is... I get why Real Madrid and Barca would be on board here. Of course Messi and Ronaldo score 7 million goals there... its two clubs and the school of the fucking blind... and in a lot of way UEFA isn't much better for them, the French teams suck and like is Porto putting up a fight year in and year out? What about Zach Galifnakis or whoever makes out of Greece? Italy is the same where there's not much past the milan teams and Juventus... Its also my understanding that in places like Spain, you could have a Russian Oligarch buy a small club and he still can't outspend what they think is sustainable vs revenue, I imagine there are ways around it, but to spend money you got to make money, and I could send my kid to play for 2 different Barca branded soccer academies here in Central ohio to help up their "salary cap"

So, my question was always (and of course this messes to some degree with the pyramid/national club level/relegation system which is one of the biggest arguments against this) -- but WHY is there a Belgian League? And why is there a Portugese league, and why don't some of these start consolidating with others that make sense... Put Belgium with France, Portugul with Spain and I can't even sort the Eastern ones in my head.

I had to look this one up because I knew it would be hilarious, but KR Rejkjavik is the Icelandic League representative in UEFA.... they play in a stadium that holds liek 2500 people. In 2001 they actually got to the second round because their first round draw was... Birkikara of the (You guessed it) the Maltese Premier league.

Now, my point here is... you can still have everyone have a chance to make it to the top but, Porto is gonna have to go through the Spanish Clubs first. Make a whole Scandinavian league... with all the divisions. I get it, its harder, but its a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll.

So, I see Real Madrid and Barcas argument on one hand... but on the other we JUST had in very recent memory, Leicester City come from nowhere to win the Premier league..

Point is they should indeed be concentrating the best teams, but this probably isn't they best way to do it.
 
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AKAK said:
This will be interesting to say the least.

See, to me.... and I'm a dumbass I know... and these are very random musings about the larger structure of the Euro club system more than it is about this... but, this makes a lot more sense for the [Top} Spanish Clubs than it does English clubs, I think (and further more for Italian than german maybe etc etc).

Point is... I get why Real Madrid and Barca would be on board here. Of course Messi and Ronaldo score 7 million goals there... its two clubs and the school of the fucking blind... and in a lot of way UEFA isn't much better for them, the French teams suck and like is Porto putting up a fight year in and year out? What about Zach Galifnakis or whoever makes out of Greece? Italy is the same where there's not much past the milan teams and Juventus... Its also my understanding that in places like Spain, you could have a Russian Oligarch buy a small club and he still can't outspend what they think is sustainable vs revenue, I imagine there are ways around it, but to spend money you got to make money, and I could send my kid to play for 2 different Barca branded soccer academies here in Central ohio to help up their "salary cap"

So, my question was always (and of course this messes to some degree with the pyramid/national club level/relegation system which is one of the biggest arguments against this) -- but WHY is there a Belgian League? And why is there a Portugese league, and why don't some of these start consolidating with others that make sense... Put Belgium with France, Portugul with Spain and I can't even sort the Eastern ones in my head.

I had to look this one up because I knew it would be hilarious, but KR Rejkjavik is the Icelandic League representative in UEFA.... they play in a stadium that holds liek 2500 people. In 2001 they actually got to the second round because their first round draw was... Birkikara of the (You guessed it) the Maltese Premier league.

Now, my point here is... you can still have everyone have a chance to make it to the top but, Porto is gonna have to go through the Spanish Clubs first. Make a whole Scandinavian league... with all the divisions. I get it, its harder, but its a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll.

So, I see Real Madrid and Barcas argument on one hand... but on the other we JUST had in very recent memory, Leicester City come from nowhere to win the Premier league..

Point is they should indeed be concentrating the best teams, but this probably isn't they best way to do it.
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Totally get your point on every rinky dink territory having a representative. But the biggest argument for why they have the small domestic leagues? Those teams were built out of towns and neighborhoods. It was truly your local club. Football was for the people, by the people. It matters that they have a chance to be the best in Portugal. Or Malta. Or Austria. And maybe qualify to play the big dogs of Europe.

The big clubs want to play other big clubs? Earn it by proving your worth in your country (qualifying through League or Cup tournaments). The joy of those 2500 stadium towns hosting Tottenham still matter. Plus, the upsets.

In the end, yeah we’re still going to get the Chelseas and Madrids and Uniteds in Champions League finals- much how we’re going to get OSU and Clemson and Bama...but win your domestic/regional conference. Don’t skip the line and kill the little guy.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Totally get your point on every rinky dink territory having a representative. But the biggest argument for why they have the small domestic leagues? Those teams were built out of towns and neighborhoods. It was truly your local club. Football was for the people, by the people. It matters that they have a chance to be the best in Portugal. Or Malta. Or Austria. And maybe qualify to play the big dogs of Europe.

The big clubs want to play other big clubs? Earn it by proving your worth in your country (qualifying through League or Cup tournaments). The joy of those 2500 stadium towns hosting Tottenham still matter. Plus, the upsets.

In the end, yeah we’re still going to get the Chelseas and Madrids and Uniteds in Champions League finals- much how we’re going to get OSU and Clemson and Bama...but win your domestic/regional conference. Don’t skip the line and kill the little guy.
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I understand, my point was that maybe its time that to get to UEFA, you need to be the "best" from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands instead of just from Luxembourg. And I get that someone from Luxembourg (I imagine- yeah they're down in the 30's) has to play their way in already... But lets be real, after England, Germany, Spain and Italy... there's a steep cliff. I mean, maybe you used Europa to qualify more, I dunno.... and whatever the next one after that is... But I do understand some of these clubs wanting to play more meaningful matches. I mean, that's part of why we talk about leaving the NCAA in football... you play MAC schools because the system rewards it, not because anyone actually wants to do it.
 
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Nine Super League Clubs Recommit to UEFA; Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus Face Sanctions

Only nine of the 12 European clubs who launched an ill-fated bid to form a Super League have agreed to a peace deal with UEFA and accepted being fined millions of dollars.

The remaining trio of rebels are at risk of being banned from the Champions League for not renouncing the breakaway. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have refused to approve what UEFA on Friday called “reintegration measures,” and they will be referred to UEFA disciplinary bodies for sanctions after backing the new largely closed competition.

The Super League project imploded three weeks ago after the English clubs — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham — backed out inside 48 hours after a backlash from the fans and British government.

The Premier League clubs along with Atletico Madrid, AC Milan and Inter Milan have officially signed up to a settlement with UEFA to participate only in the existing open European competitions and accepted giving up 5% of revenue for one season playing in Europe. It wasn’t specified if that would be this or a future season. Teams from England and Spain reaching the final can earn more than 100 million pounds ($122 million), meaning 5 million euros would be sacrificed.

The nine clubs will also make a combined payment of 15 million euros for what UEFA called a “gesture of goodwill” to benefit children, youth and grassroots football.

In a move to prevent them deploying the Super League threat again, the clubs have also agreed to be fined 100 million euros if they seek again to play in an unauthorized competition or 50 million euros if they breach any other commitments to UEFA as part of the settlement.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/05/07/super-league-uefa-clubs-recommit-barcelona-real-madrid-juventus

Just sayin': In a stare down with the UEFA, the "Super League Teams" blinked.

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