"On Thursday, in a move the Guardian understands caught other team owners by surprise, the Houston SaberCats became the third team to drop out of Major League Rugby this year. That reduced the competition to just seven teams from 11 last season, given the merger of San Diego and LA, announced in August as NOLA Gold and Miami Sharks also called it quits. Houston, San Diego and NOLA were founder clubs in 2018."
"I think for any person, when you hear your employer make a kind of surprise announcement [like Houston's], I think he'd be lying just to say it doesn't factor into your thinking. You know, this morning, I woke up and I was doing my morning devotions and I realized in prayer that this is a reality for us. I'm just grateful that we can provide right now whatever salary we can to these guys, and that we're putting an athlete's diet into their body,"
The US Eagles can qualify for the 2027 World Cup by beating Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup fifth-place play-off in Denver. A defeat will not end qualification hopes because additional play-offs remain. Major League Rugby has contracted from 11 teams to seven after the Houston SaberCats withdrew, following a San Diego–LA merger and the exits of NOLA Gold and Miami Sharks. Houston, San Diego and NOLA were founder clubs in 2018. Eagles head coach Scott Lawrence oversees a squad largely employed outside MLR, with several players affected by recent club collapses and facing financial insecurity, and the team is providing salary and nutritional support.
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