Control: MLS, the US Open Cup and Crony Capitalism

MLS' announcement that it will send reserve teams to the USOC is one more step in their bid for total control of American soccer.

Dec 16, 2023

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Friday night, Major League Soccer made the announcement that its teams would not participate in the US Open Cup (USOC). People reacted to the news in much the way you would expect. The shock that a League that has existed since 1995 could tell their governing body, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) that they would not participate in a competiti…

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