Allocation Disorder: an update on MLS labor negotiations, plus Greg Vanney in at the Galaxy, Diego Alonso out at Miami, and Paul says nice things about Austin
Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...
TSS
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On the first episode of Allocation Disorder in 2021, Paul and Sam are back to discussing MLS labor negotiations and the developments that have taken place since last they spoke. After that, it's on to some coaching changes with Greg Vanney now officially in charge of the Galaxy and Diego Alonso now officially not in charge in Miami. Plus, Mark McKenzie on the move, Kevin Molino is too, and Paul has words of positivity for Austin FC.
Sponsors!
NETGEAR! Find out what makes NETGEAR America’s number one choice for WiFi at NETGEAR.com/bestWiFi
Vuori! Get 20% off and free shipping when you go to VuoriClothing.com/TSS
Blue Nile! Thinking of popping the question? Take a look at an incredible, limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings at bluenile.com!
Magic Spoon! Head to MagicSpoon.com/TSS and use the code ‘TSS’ for free shipping!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Allocation Disorder. First episode of 2021. I am Sam Staskell, joined as always by Paul |
| 0:23.0 | Tenorio. Coming back from, you know, a little break over the holidays, um, you know, world is still |
| 0:29.9 | a crazy place. Who would have guessed? Um, but we are both feeling a little bit rested and relaxed |
| 0:35.7 | and ready to talk about major league soccer the news does not |
| 0:39.4 | stop paul how are you doing man you enjoy the holidays i'm good man i i took your lead i deleted |
| 0:45.5 | twitter from my phone uh for two weeks i i only got sucked into one tweet anyways that was that was |
| 0:53.3 | sent to me by somebody and I and forced me to pay |
| 0:55.9 | attention to things I didn't want to pay attention to. |
| 0:58.6 | Get that person out of your life. |
| 1:00.1 | But other than that, they don't respect you. |
| 1:03.3 | Other than that, man, it was good to get away. |
| 1:05.5 | But it is good to be back here talking MLS with you and, you know, hopefully setting up a year where allocation disorder can |
| 1:13.1 | actually go into some of the allocation disordery things that we like to talk about wasn't a ton |
| 1:18.8 | of roster stuff last year Sam was there but there might be this year I'm a global health and |
| 1:24.8 | labor negotiation reporter I don't know what soccer is okay So I don't know what you're talking about. This is, 2020 was a prime year for allocation disorder. And you know what, Paul? We're picking up right where we left off. So we're going to talk about a lot of stuff here on this episode, but we're going to begin with labor negotiations in the CBA and kind of |
| 1:44.5 | peel back the curtain a little bit on that. Talk about Greg Vanny to the LA Galaxy, long rumored, |
| 1:49.5 | finally official, Diego Alonzo. You know, we had a little bit of a saga on our end with that one, |
| 1:56.7 | but he has officially been, or officially parted ways, I believe. |
| 2:02.5 | He's been fired by Inter-M Miami. |
| 2:09.3 | Some other moves, Mark McKenzie, official transfer to Gank in Belgium, |
| 2:16.6 | and then, you know, some other free agent trade, roster maneuvering around MLS that we'll get into at the end of the show. |
| 2:21.2 | So quite a bit to get through, but like I said, picking up right where we left off with labor talks. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TSS, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of TSS and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.