Kyle McCarthy

#NERevs learned from the mistakes of last offseason and leaned into flexibility. Seven figures in budget room, four international slots and two U22 slots available heading into the offseason — and pretty acute needs in central defense and number nine. #MLS

Not a persuasive argument from the Union brass here. If it’s time, then just say it’s time and we want to refocus. #MLS

Charles Boehm @cboehm

"I'm always hearing, ‘the young ones are not ready to play.’ And I tell you, I don't know if they are ready to play because we didn't try. So you would rather try to be sure." Today Philly Union brass revealed more on why they moved on from Jim Curtin: https://t.co/ID06WgWKXg

Curtin did an excellent job in a situation with a high degree of difficulty. Would expect he’d be a top candidate for any open #MLS gig.

Pablo Iglesias Maurer @MLSist

BREAKING: The Philadelphia Union have parted ways with Jim Curtin, the club's long-time head coach. The Union signed curtin to a multi-year extension, through 2026, just last year. Reporting w/@FelipeCar for @TheAthleticFC: https://t.co/pANBGesnKF

*whispers* There isn’t much downside in agreeing to a $15m release clause for a 26-year-old number 10 given the state of the transfer market. #MLS

Tom Bogert @tombogert

Inside the dispute between the Portland Timbers and star midfielder Evander, per seven sources w/ direct knowledge. "This is a contract dispute," per one source, but Evander + camp feel trust is broken Portland offered $13m over 3 years ($4.3m avg value) https://t.co/vow69NRWuB

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Understand there are conflicting pressures with submitting noms for this … but more teams should opt out when warranted. #MLS

Ben Wright @benwright

MLS year-end awards nominations are out. Nashville SC didn’t submit any nominees for MVP, Coach, Defender, Newcomer or Young Player of the Year after missing the playoffs. Taylor Washington is their only nominee for the Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award. https://t.co/Kb2EsVhmhI

Interesting to me that Chicago — one of a few #MLS sides with other teams under common ownership — would be willing to cede that type of control to one person. The trend line is away from centralized power … and I suspect only a handful of teams would even consider it now.

Guillermo Rivera @FireConf

Accurate. Not done yet but Fire have been in discussions w/ Berhalter for several weeks. Would have complete control of soccer ops but Mansueto would like to keep some of the technical staff on board. A tech dir/GM or similar title would work under him. Waitingg ggame now. #cf97

It’s not like Nancy can excoriate his own GM for roster management … completely understand his frustration, but the answers here are internal. #MLS

Tom Bogert @tombogert

Why the Columbus Crew had no GK on the bench & turned to midfielder Sean Zawadzki. RBNY called up LB Omar Valencia 7 times this season, more than the max 4. (h/t @TomTPostingDos) Unclear if MLS granted RBNY extreme hardship exception. Crew denied. https://t.co/I8vyS04wpX

#USMNT need to hold a ritualistic burning of this first half tape.

Chicago would make an awful lot of sense as a landing spot for Carlos Bocanegra. #MLS

Interesting contrast in the passing profiles for Kessler (L) and Parker (R) for a Caleb Porter team (hat tip to FBRef). Parker has fewer guaranteed years left on his deal, though. #MLS #NERevs https://t.co/csZ2Blx6z0

Third U-22/DP winger signing in as many years for #NERevs. More upside on the potential resale given the fee and $200k budget charge fits with current salary budget issues in Foxboro. #MLS

Tom Bogert @tombogert

Sources: New England Revolution complete deal to sign Argentine winger Luca Langoni. Fee around $7m. Hits roster via U-22 Initiative, making him one of most expensive U-22 Initiative signings in MLS. Big investment, exciting talent https://t.co/BazmkQxA7V

Good thread from Sean here. General thoughts on Jones to Crew: (1) Rarely in the plan to extend in January and then trade within #MLS in July; (2) #NERevs likely hamstrung in terms of trade options due to perceived value — Jones (even with new deal) generated a reasonable return.

Sean Donahue @SeanLDonahue

Arena (rightfully) gets a lot of the blame for hamstringing the current regime with bad long term guaranteed contracts, but the following were Onalfo decisions that all had big cap or roster flexibility impacts: - Signing Vaclik (and then having to use a buy out 1/x #NERevs

Who could have seen this coming? Good follow up from Tom here.

Tom Bogert @tombogert

John Herdman was aware of drone use to spy on opponents during his time at the Canadian federation, six sources with direct knowledge of the situation say. One source: “It’s the worst hidden secret. It’s just known.” https://t.co/2ByZq7BygD

Can’t imagine why Herdman would even address the spying stuff when there was zero chance a lame denial would work.

Peculiar structure to the Chicho Arango suspension for violating the anti-harassment policy due to calendar. Three is the typical non-sporting (i.e., not a tackle, playing action) ban, but this is really two + ASG (sort of a necessary add with timing) + a Leagues Cup game. #MLS