Major League Soccer

we v nearly had an MLS team in 2005 but the incoming mayor did not like MLS' plans bc iirc the city would make like zero dollars so he nixedit. that team became the dynamo.

afaik dallas makes a significant amount of money off of the surrounding soccer fields in the development where their stadium is, enough to stay afloat at least

USOC final tonight, first time the Sounders have had to play on the road in a minute. Predictions?

I think Sporting KC takes it.

i don't want to make a guess, but i'm feeling pretty good about tonight. going to a packed bar will make it more fun. hopefully.

i liked these:

-the sounders haven't lost in regulation in USOC since 2005
-Sounders riding a 7-game unbeaten streak vs. Sporting KC (6-0-1). They've scored the game-winner in the 89th minute or later 4 times

Has Tiffert officially signed with Seattle?

yeah, he made a cameo in their game against LA on Sunday

another sonarrileybroadcast! http://ustre.am/DEtU

@mcnarnia @McNarnia: This is a cup final. The cauldron is sitting down and getting pumped up by their dog mascot.

Clowns

this is too much

parke for hurtado plzzzzzzzzzz

p intense stuff man

going to pks, have to say kc has had the better of the run of play but I've only seen about 2/3 of the game

lol and my stream dies

mine too. bugger.

it's back!

tense.

Ooooh, might be some controversy, depending on how this ends up.

definitely gonna be some controversy. But congrats Sporting KC.

lolhnson

man jimmy neilsen was on some creepy shit with those faces he was making, was that a hannibal lecter impression?

I think he's just creepy.

ozzie tiffert ej all in a row wtf guys

cold light of day brings many conspiracy theories to light, it's akin to rubbernecking a bad traffic accident watching sounders fans deal with their first big loss in so public a manner across the breadth of the usa soccer interverse

not going to lie, after waking up in a bad, bad, BAD mood in seattle a year ago, schadenfreude is real

btw, still h8 KC, will be traveling there in a couple months to tell them so

any articles you recommend for laughs?

nah mostly twitter and msg board stuff, tho sigi has some good quotes in http://seattletimes.com/html/jerrybrewer/2018879038_brewer09.html and there some lol conspiracy bits in the comments too

my fave:

"It's difficult when you're playing against a team at home, so the crowd helps them, and then when you're playing against the referee as well, and he makes some absolutely, I thought, ridiculous calls,"

um yeah dude like the last two years eh

Thanks Dan! That whole article has some great laughs in it.

<3 rolfe

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8obzn7EUT1r1fq7do1_500.gif

http://lolmls.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/LOLMLS_321.jpg

Nice!

who is he?

Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath.

hilar pic from the league site

http://www.mlssoccer.com/sites/league/files/imagecache/620x350/image_nodes/2012/08/camara.jpg

Lots of shitty reffing over the weekend though, that DC/PHI game last night was especially lol.

http://www.thedrugisfootball.com/2012/08/mls-kraft-planning-to-sellrelocate.html

rumors of the Revs being sold/relocated

caleb porter to coach timbers?

spose it couldn't get much worse for them, still pissed we lost to that shitty team

You only lost because the ref let them kick the shit out of you.

fire vs dc last night

http://i.imgur.com/rEtvo.gif

ahaha

united really needed the points - i was scared of that game, but najar at RB was something else, as was saragosa of all fucking people

it was kinda weird being front and center in EVERY medium shot of barra all night (announced attendance was like 10k, which was very generous)

it was blatantly obvious how much logan pause was missed, the fire midfield looked totally disorganized. and don't even get me started on the dude we had playing rb on the night...

John Strong‏@StrongMLS

I'm told that no matter who Timbers hire as coach, decision was made earlier this summer to widen JWF to 74 yards (1/2)

carlos bocanegra to fire?

I got sort of awkwardly quoted in this excellent article about former Fire GM/President Peter Wilt:

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/35747/the-designated-player-the-curious-case-of-peter-wilt

and also bye bye marco pappa, transfer moved up.

making room for ol' charlie blackmouth, I suspect.

Nice article. Thanks.

Julian De Guzman is horrible.

That's all.