Major League Soccer

The Vikings ownership drops one little inkling of a hint of a notion that they might want to maybe bring MLS to the Twin Cities (possibly) if there is public financing for a new stadium (the catch) and within the week people are running with it: http://www.mls4mn.com/

yeah i heard about that

i'm obv wildly in favor of an MLS team in MN, but i'm not a huge fan of the arden hills stadium plan. not for any sort of political or 'well-informed' reason, i just think far-flung stadia are stupid, esp in a city that's trying to develop a rep in canny urban development

There are twin cities there, right? Two teams is the answer imo, let 'em fight it out.

think an MLS-only stadium would make sense here: http://bit.ly/lO6CiX

esp since the SW corridor (assuming it gets built) is going to have a stop right there. i'd imagine some of the rich jerks in lowry hill might protest and i guess it'd be weird to have a pro soccer stadium right next to the sculpture garden, but w/e. that's where i want it. or on the dome site. having pro sports teams play in the burbs is just so stupid imo

There already is a lower division squad (I have friends w/ season tickets lol) but they're really far out from the city too. I admit to not knowing where the proposed development is but it's already been pretty handily proven that close-to-city-center parks are the way to go to get the soccer loving populace out in numbers. Arden Hills isn't anywhere near the light rail, is it?

no, it's not. and one of the sticking points in the local debate (from what i can tell) is that it's gonna cost 175M to make the road improvements necessary to manage the traffic.

but yeah: the soccer fans are imo more likely to be city-dwellers. i'm sure they'll show up for games, even in arden hills, but i have to say that part of the fun of going to the single mls game i've seen (sounders) was the fact that the stadium was right downtown. and it seems craycray to me to develop huge sports complexes in the burbs when we've got space and infrastructure in the city proper.

i don't know what the stats are for light rail ridership when games are on (twins or vikes or wolves), but i think its decompressed the parking situation in a big way

i dunno i guess i'm just sorta depressed by the idea of a big dumb stadium going up in the middle of nowhere, with parking lot with 20k cars in it.

http://theoriginalwinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/World-Football-Challenge.jpg

can I just say I hate this shit

actually, barca and united can play chivas and america and each other all they want, but stop f'ing up my league's season

Ach, play winters like the rest of us.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180652_10150135150344789_20210009788_8120786_5977252_n.jpg

orange ball and you'll be fine

just use an orange ball and you'll be fine

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:05 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark

Was that an intentional callback? Great memory if so.

It did seem kind of familiar ... when you reach my level of posting expertise, muscle memory does the work for you.

lolz

Haha.

top 10 overpaid and underpaid in MLS

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/blog/_/name/schaerlaeckens_leander/id/6562718/top-10-overpaid-underpaid-mls

can't say I disagree with this much, I can't believe how little we're paying Diego Chaves

Kimura's great, my favorite full-back in the league I think. What is it with the Japanese and that position?

I didn't realize they were known for their fullbacks. Does he play for the national team ever?

He never has. I'd read that he was sure to leave Colorado for Europe or the J-League soon in order to get the national side's attention. But they already have Nagatomo and Uchida, so.

Red Bulls to lose Marquez, Agudelo, Richards, De Rosario, Ream, Miller to Gold Cup duties next month. :/

Will we see a John Rooney sighting? lol

whoa @ ruiz goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2pnDVRzG8s

Great shot!

yeah great let's play the old & crickety goalkeeper and keep the 21 year old potential national team standout on the bench, fuck conway, both of philly's goals were on him

I love "crickety" as a dismissive adjective in this context.

Is this Galaxy-Chivas game going to be worth watching?

I have it on in the background, not really paying attention. Nice setup by Angel for Chad fucking Barrett for the only goal.

btw old & crickety is a reference to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSiG5kNKjps

this about fucking killed me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzc_oZfDtVs

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/05/23/vergara-confirms-chivas-usas-plans-be-all-socal

good luck with that

I'm getting ready to listen to internet-only audio of the Fire v SJ USOC game, no TV or streams.

"our already crappy team would like to further limit its playing pool" lols

anibaba wonderstrike pt2 plzz

Fire win 5-4 in pens zomg

i stood in the piss down rain today and watched the sounders lose. this is a wounded and slow team. somebody threw a beer on brek shea after he scored, can't really see it on replay.

Brek Shea is a freak but throwing beers on your home field is lame.

memorial day manager massacre

http://thecup.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ENTRANTS2011-MAP2.png

"Pancyprian Freedoms"?

they're an old club iirc, been around since the 20s or 30s

as far as these club names go it doesn't get much better than "Dub Defenders"

ex-winners as I recall xp, maybe even as recently as the 80s

What's the deal with Dub Defenders though? El Paso Chivas Patriots is just horrible.

I tried googling around on them a little, didn't come up with anything. Doesn't help that their association is a loosely-affiliated group of a bunch of different leagues.

I'm just hoping for an all Chicago Fire final :)

Dub Defenders are in fact DV8 Defenders. Ugh.

damn it, stupid font

6:50 airwalka182: zigi has to wear a bra just like his team

kc's new stadium is nice but man the people there are stupid

i don't know where to put this so http://thecup.us/2011-lamar-hunt-us-open-cup-bracket/ it's nice looking, esp now w/some results