I wrote about the sheer nuttiness of the official MLS Style Guide for FiftyFive.One today.

Don Garber loves to talk about “competitive balance” in MLS, but the league’s version simply makes good teams worse, not bad teams competitive. Soccer Insider this week thinks there is a better way.

Just for old times’ sake, I’ve posted a few joke stories in the Twins Daily blog area over the past week.

• Twins Medical Staff Starting to Wonder About Peer Review Process at Yahoo! Answers
• President Trump Brands Baseball-Reference Redesign “Enemy of the People”
• Terry Ryan Getting Real Tired of Putting On Derek Falvey Disguise Every Morning
• Twins Admit Engelb Vielma Is Not A Real Person

Writing a full preview of the CONCACAF Champions League knockout round is tough, doubly so when you’re doing it, in shortened form, for an audience that might not understand the tournament at all. I took my best shot for Soccer Insider this week.

The Champions League knockout rounds have started, and there are interesting stories - none of which involve Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, or Barcelona winning the title again this year. Soccer Insider covers a few of the potential stories - and hopes against hope for Leicester City to make some waves.

This week at Soccer Insider, I looked a couple of steps forward in the evolution of MLS. When the league quits expanding, teams will start to move - and there are a few candidates that may end up being first on the list.

Given that it’s Super Bowl weekend, I wrote about playoffs in soccer - and whether they’re a good idea.

The United States should lead the world in women’s soccer - including having the best league in the world. U.S. Soccer, though, needs to make that a priority - not just line its pockets from the women’s national team.

This week at Soccer Insider, I looked back on the moment that transformed Miguel Ibarra’s whole career.

This week, I decided to write Soccer Insider about the two main supporters’ groups for Minnesota United FC - which have the same goal, but go about supporting the team in different ways.