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I like that they're making the effort, but it's riiiiight on the edge of pandering to the supporters imo.

It's totally pandering! Especially that alt jersey. But it looks good while doing it, which makes it alright in my book.

pandering 2 the supporters is a-ok if it results in a good-looking uni imo

i like the rose thingy

I prefer my pandering in non-patch form

http://www.mlsarchives.com/imaging.aspx?image=/images/front/chicago_fire_2005_alternate_buete22_ss_flatfront_detail.jpg

(PS ADIDAS BRING THIS SHIT BACK <3 K THX BYEEEE)

i don't know where to put this so i'll put it here

akron are really great to watch

otm

but why oh why does the clock count DOWN? and why oh why do they stop it when there is an injury?

it's so weird

Maybe this'll be the year that the ZIPS coach makes the jump to MLS. DC almost had him last year iirc.

Akron won its first NCAA championship with a 1-0 victory over Louisville in Santa Barbara, Calif., capping an extraordinary three years for the Zips: 62-3-8, 169 goals for, 34 goals against.

one loss a year!

(they were prettier friday night than yesterday but still, congrats ZIPS)

<3ing this pic from old soldier field in the early days

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs600.snc4/58003_479259303886_9733218886_5680138_2436271_n.jpg

I was at the Popeyes in Santa Ana and Santa Claus saw the plates on my truck "Galaxin" and asked me if I liked the Galaxy and I told him I sure did, that's about all I think of, he said he liked the Galaxy to. Then he asked me if I hated Chivas as much as he did, and I told him OOOH Yeah I HATE SH*TVAS a WHOLE lot, we high fived each other.

edson buddle linked to birmingham
teal bunbury linked to stoke

I have heard both these things, Bunbury scored for Stoke's reserves.

After the Generation Adidas team did their tour of Spain, Bunbury, Juan Agudelo, and MLS's best entry to Footballers with bad hair: a picture thread, Brek Shea, are all being linked with Atletico Madrid.

Buddle to Birmingham is interesting since LA just picked up rights to Juan Pablo Angel.

http://www.soccermetricsblog.com/2010/12/demographic-analysis-of-mls-players-boyden-carey.html

http://www.matchfitusa.com/2010/12/silly-season-cynicism.html

otm

Little Rooney has signed with MLS and will be in the combine/SUPERDRAFT. He sucks, right?

Former Manchester City and Lazio midfielder Ousmane Dabo says he is on the brink of a move to the MLS. Dabo told France Football's website: "It is under way. I am not interested in playing in Europe anymore. I have played here 15 years. My career is done. Over there, salaries are nowhere near what they are in Europe, except for superstars such as Henry and Beckham. I am a defensive midfielder, I am almost 34. I will not be the one selling shirts."

meh, more interested in the young south american non-collegiate guys who are starting to trickle in for the combine and such

oh and lolmini rooney

super proud to be a part of this

Section 8 Chicago announced a donation of $10,325 to the Chicago Fire Foundation for the calendar year of 2010

http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/01/section-8-philanthropy

brilliant dan, well done to you all

in the latest round of "he's good, his brother must be good too!" speculation, Eric Lichaj's brother Andrew is on trial with the Fire

Hey, anyone who reads this thread: How do you feel about a new one come draft day? (Thursday 1/13, that is)

Excuse me. Come SUPERDRAFT day, that is.

i read this thread, don't really see the need for a new one, cause i have it bookmarked, but whatever, i'll deal.

I hang around. It never gets too unwieldy for me but then I'm on here constantly.

guys don't you see, taking MLS seriously enough to have an annual thread instead of a 3 year old clearing house is what we need to make this nation competitive

+1 for new thread. we are as good as the spl damn it

congratulations philly for getting BIMBO as a jersey sponsor. well done

SPL thread covers SPL, cups and internationals. You've got a separate international thread at least! Though yes, we do get one a season, even though there's only about four of us posting on it.

I was just sort of thinking if we had a fresh start more people might pay attention.

Can't wait to see how Philly works BIMBO into their shirt, considering how I'm used to seeing it on various Mexican shirt designs.

SPL thread also occasionally ventures into the murky waters of the leagues below the SPL as well. We're pretty much a "everything even tangentially to do with Scottish football at any level" thread, hence how we get to rack up about 2000 posts a season between us.

That, and me taking five posts to make one point clear.

alisa, Chicago is being linked with David Wittenveen and Mickael Antoine Curier from the SPL, any opinions? I've not heard much to be excited about.

Witteveen I've not seen - Hearts keep sending him out on loan. onimo might have a better idea since he was at Morton.

Curier seems OK, a not-bad striker in a couple of average teams. Probably best ask pfunkboy or aldo since he's been at both their clubs.

Sorry! Neither exactly on my "must watch" radar, tbh.

http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/primary_image-620x350/image_nodes/2011/01/letouxjersey.jpg

Love the fact that Bimbo is now an MLS sponsor. I really loved watching games in Mexico and players with a huge Bimbo on their chest. I love wearing my Rayados jersey when I play with friends, never fails to elicit a reaction ^^

dan m, Mickael Antoine-Curier's signed for Hamilton again, so you're safe from one average SPLer.

Given the 'meh' response to a new thread, let's make this the "Try Glasgow More" of ILF.

SUPER SUPER SUPER DRAFT

1st round

1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2 Portland Timbers
3 D.C. United
4 Chivas USA
5 Philadelphia Union
6 New England Revolution
7 Houston Dynamo
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (traded from TFC)
9 Chicago Fire
10 Sporting Kansas City
11 Seattle Sounders FC
12 Columbus Crew
13 New York Red Bulls
14 Real Salt Lake
15 San Jose Earthquakes
16 Los Angeles Galaxy
17 FC Dallas
18 Colorado Rapids

Can I say that it looks good to have an 18-team league? Not exactly representative of the whole of both countries, but finally starting to fill out a bit.

Few surprises so far, and I did I just hear one of the ESPN dudes say Houston was trying to sign David Suazo and/or Gio Dos Santos?

i'd heard that a while ago about dos santos. hope it happens

i thought i'd read that salgado to vancouver wouldn't happen because he's not 18 and couldn't live in canada. but he'd lived in mex before...dunno, maybe they coveredd that. i'm just waking/catching up. oh alexi lalas, what a voice to wake up to

Yeah, and Twellman hosting?

Fire took the combine MVP, defender Jalil Anibaba. The talking heads have said he's the one guy in the first round that could step up and challenge for first team minutes. Dunno if I believe he's the *only* one, but hearing him referred to as "the Tim Ream of this year's draft" sits just fine with me.

Oh and I think it wasn't Salgado that couldn't live in Canada, it was the #2 pick, Nagebe? Not sure.

anibaba in front of sean johnson, seems like a good young start up the middle. der i am going to start liking the fire if i'm not careful

glad miley cyrus party in the usa is playing in the background. this SUPERdraft is like a party yall

I was lollin to myself when they said the Fire were on the clock and the crowd (sounds like mostly Philly fans) responded with a chorus of boos.

lol talking about john rooney and chad barrett in the same conversation, barrett has always been the rooney lookalike