Happy Wednesday everyone. Today has some excellent soccer. Liverpool takes on Monterrey in the FIFA Club World Cup to see who meets Flamengo in the final, but the big one occurs at the Camp Nou as Real Madrid and Barcelona finally take the field in the latest installment of El Clásico. Before that, the news from yesterday:
Charlotte earns the 30th, and last, MLS expansion franchise...for now. They begin play in 2021. Bring me all the Bojangles’.
Ben Olsen will return as D.C. United head coach in what was an expected outcome.