MLS salaries released, Chelsea thumps Southampton: Brotherly Game Daily Links 4/26/17

Philadelphia Union News

FROM THE FILM ROOM: Breaking down Union vs. Montreal
Team Compactness Analyzed: The fine line of positional play and decision making.

Union notes: Salary numbers, All-Star benchings and 'getting killed'
Jim Curtin's weekly press conference was moved up to Tuesday this week to accommodate an early trip to Los Angeles.

L.A. Galaxy, Philadelphia Union problems run too deep to be solved by coaching changes
It’s not too early to wonder whether both Philadelphia and L.A., two playoff teams a season ago, have some serious structural flaws.

MLS News

Every player's Salary for the 2017 MLS Season
You saw every member of the Union's salary, and now you can see every MLS player's salary in this handy PDF.

Pay the man! Major League Soccer's $200K-and-under all-star team
You've seen all the MLS salaries for 2017. Let FourFourTwo tell you about the best bargains in the league.

How Trump presidency created quiet anti-fascist movement in America's soccer stadiums
Yet, quietly but surely, "antifa" – as the anti-fascist movement is broadly referred to – is on the rise in American …

Schweinsteiger urges Man Utd striker Ibrahimovic to join him in MLS
Bastian Schweinsteiger believes former Manchester United team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be wise to join him in MLS.

USA Soccer News

Hertha Berlin's John Brooks faces spell on the sidelines with hip problem
United States international John Brooks will be out "for the time being" with a hip injury, Hertha Berlin announced on Tuesday.

Rest of the World News

Chelsea take giant stride towards title with convincing win vs Southampton
Three quick thoughts from Chelsea's 4-2 Premier League win over Southampton on Tuesday at Stamford Bridge.