Am currently watching the Chicago Fire vs. DC United in the first round of the playoffs. Does anyone else on ILX follow the MLS?
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link
PS Fire 1, United 0 at the half.
We've all totally lost interest because our glorious hero David Beckham is no longer involved. Sorry.
― Just got offed, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, that's right, my team kicked his broke ass out on Sunday.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Any excuse to watch this again.
― Just got offed, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:09 (seventeen years ago) link
is blanco playing? soccernet isn't working for me right now
― gbx, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Golaso de De Rosario
Blanco started, but he hasn't had much of a game thus far.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link
i'm marginally interested. when my town, seattle, gets a team in '09 i'm sure i'll be way more into it
― jergïns, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Some friends of mine saw (the US) Chivas this last weekend. Said it was straight bollocks.
― admrl, Friday, 26 October 2007 04:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Welcome, shit-talking British people.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 04:40 (seventeen years ago) link
The game ended 1-0. DC put in their goal-scorers in the second half but they didn't do much of anything either. Leg 2 is in a week in DC.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, it occured to me that Brits ought to know "bollocks" football when they see it, considering their national team.
Yeah, the British National Football Team has a long and varied history.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
"Brits" = the English. No Scots would call themselves "Brits".
― everything, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry, you're right.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link
First round:
Chivas over KC Revs over NY Houston over Dallas Fire over DC
After that, I don't know.
― dan m, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Great free kick, not sure about this "upper 90" term instead of the traditional "postage stamp" or even "top corner".
Is that Tim Lovejoy MLS show still on?
― onimo, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Conference finals are set:
✧✧✧@✧.✧. K.C.@Houston
NE looked assy in their 1-0 win over New York. Aside from the fact that the Fire have to play in their huge, empty stadium, on turf, I think they have a great shot of breaking the playoff curse vs. the Revs. Houston should roll over KC.
― dan m, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Stupid ILX, those aren't email addresses
Chi AT N.E.
― dan m, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
So the season starts tomorrow, does anyone care?
― dan m, Friday, 28 March 2008 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, I'm going to New Jersey to watch like 7 hours of MLS tomorrow, since our first game isn't until Apr 5.
― Laurel, Friday, 28 March 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/powerranking?cc=5901
― dan m, Friday, 28 March 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
lol: Riquelme to MLS?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-soccer9apr09,1,6870991.story
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Similarly, if Riquelme plays for Argentina in its June 8 friendly against the U.S. at Giants Stadium, all it will take for him to reject any move is one look at the dreadful, patched-up, threadbare, NFL-logoed carpet that passes for a soccer field at the Meadowlands.
ahahahahaha
Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic and Seattle FC beaten out by popular opinion. New Team: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/04/07/2004333628.jpg
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
meet the new team same as the old team
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
with an FC!
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Dan kind of sold me on Emerald City FC, I don't think it got a fair chance...but good for them, anyway. Nice work chucking the proverbial monkey wrench in the league's plans.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Although I did read a decent rejoinder from a Seattle fan somewhere who said they were happy that E.C.F.C. didn't get picked b/c they'd be spared all the teasing and the stupid jokes (especially when KC came to town).
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
even though i voted for just seattle fc, i'm happy with the name.
― jergïns, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty uncringeworthy as far as u.s. professional soccer team names go, historically speaking, anyhow
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't Chicago almost get called something really lame?
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh god, I'm not sure since I haven't followed the team for that long, but I remember reading a reference somewhere online to calling the team the "Rhythm"? GAG
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
YES, that's what I was thinking of. Can you imagine? SO MANY JOEKS, I CANNOT DECIDE
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
The K.C. Wiz has to be stupidest ever, even taking the NASL into account.
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Dallas Burn & Tampa Bay Mutiny pretty close behind
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
still, i don't sneeze at their rhythm method-inspired offsides trap
all football strategies should take cues from dodgy birth control methods
like the d.c. united 7-up douche corner kick formation
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
worst logo http://web.mlsnet.com/imgs/logos/t102_md.gif it looks like the label on some weird 90s era mirco brewed soda.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
DC are douches, that is for sure.
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i first read that as "micc10 brewed soda"
step away from computer, dell
but yeah, that's a fitting description
either that, or the failed irish-amer hip hop band that lost it to house of pain
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
best NASL team logo
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ESPN talking heads going off on streamers being tossed at games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8pgexephJM&eurl=http://theoffsiderules.blogspot.com/
― dan m, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i was watching that game on the telly. i thought the streamers fiasco was pretty funny. Actually it was a pretty decent game, although I'm perfectly aware that the "open" style of play was down to no defending on either side whatsoever.
Whoever the guy in that video was ranting is a total fuckwit.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My girlfriend and I were thinking about going to a Revolution match this season. Any suggestions on which? Neither of us follow the MLS closely. LA is out as its sold out.
― Allen, Friday, 13 June 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link
HAI GUISE I M GOING TO DC TOMORROW. Wish ush luck.
― Laurel, Friday, 13 June 2008 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL:
In a pair of sweeping changes brought about by a Major League Soccer season in meltdown, the Los Angeles Galaxy today removed Alexi Lalas as team president and general manager and Ruud Gullit as coach.In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned "for personal reasons" and that Lalas' contract was up at the end of the year and that the team decided to part company now rather than wait.
In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned "for personal reasons" and that Lalas' contract was up at the end of the year and that the team decided to part company now rather than wait.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
that's what you get for spending all your salary cap (plus some lol) on three players
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm so happy, really. They deserved the boot.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LOVE YOU WE LOVE YOU WE LOVE YOU AND WHERE YOU PLAY WE'LL FOLLOW WE'LL FOLLOW WE'LL FOLLOW
Congrats to NY for completely stuffing DC yesterday and making a lot of people very happy.
― Laurel, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Lalas is such a tool, really. I remember hearing him say, in all earnestness, that the Gals would be the first MLS "superclub".
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost it sucks that MLS is so dramatically stepping in it this year, like it's completely turned the season into a sideshow. I'm still going to and enjoying my Orlando City matches because frankly, this team is the most important thing to me in this city, and they've grown almost as close to my heart as the Miami Dolphins, not to mention how many friends I've made through going to games. But the ability to enjoy the matches is being directly impeded by the Garber administration.
MLS Pass I have mixed feelings on. Because I'm a season-ticket holder, I get it for free. prior to it being around, it was a lot harder to watch Orlando City road matches. the subscription service prior to ESPN+ was too pricey, whereas ESPN+ was awful because it blacked out so many games (including ones that it wasn't supposed to). I didn't have cable, so I essentially kept creating fake email accounts to do endless free trials on Youtube TV just to watch games. so in a sense, that's helped me.
otoh, the broadcasting teams are indeed bad and they are rotated, so you wind up having broadcasters that don't know the teams they're announcing as well, and if you find a pairing you like, it might be three or more matches before you get it again. and they were basically just doing free PR for the league and Messi right after he joined - it was a farce. the MLS section of the Apple app is 25% Messi. It would have been better had they not reduced live TV airings as much as they did, whereas now you essentially have to be match of the Week to be shown on cable TV. and, of course, those local broadcasts wouldn't be cheerleading for MLS or at the very least, suppression of critical voice against MLS decisions like MLS Pass has been. so it's hard to argue with the article above. essentially 'state-run media' for MLS.
prior to Messi, the league still was not run well, what with the overexpansion, the ever-shifting playoff format, the much-too-large playoff field, and the reluctance to ease up on some of the roster restrictions to at least increase roster sizes or make it easier to have depth so that these periods where fixture congestion does happen, it doesn't essentially force you to give up on trying to win one of the matches to compete in the others. but it was definitely improving, eye test wise, better caliber players were coming over here younger, retirement league reputation still present but fading a bit.
watching Miami matches, I mean, I'm not a 'OMG FIXED' conspiracy theorist, but because of what a sideshow he is here, you start to wonder. obviously superstar calls aren't exactly unique to MLS, and Messi's only ever had 3 red cards called on him in his career, Busquets only 2, but there have multiple matches where one or both of them should have been sent off, and weren't. In the LA Galaxy match, not only was Busquets not sent off as he should have been, a Galaxy player was sent off for a second yellow that was such a horrendously bad call it was rescinded on appeal, and said send-off allowed Miami to equalize. Last night, Nashville went up 3-1, only for the goal to be chalked off due to offside. they don't have the same quality offside tech in VAR in CONCACAF as they do in like Premier League, so it was more manual line drawing and eye test than than automated system, and it did not appear clear and obvious he was offside, nor was it clear that he was involved in the play. of course, Miami equalizes minutes later, so it goes from a 2-legged match with Nashville ahead 3-2 with Miami essentially ahead due to away goals rule, 2-2. and let's face it, what ref is going to send off Messi knowing the death threats he's going to get from fans who are supposed to attend the next match, upset that they wasted their money on tickets?
keeping the same playoff format, like...the best of 3 format was terrible last year, and they kept it for no good reason. the team that won Game 1 pretty much won every series, and it dragged out the round so damn long.
the referee strike, although not entirely MLS's involvement (since it's a PRSA/PRO lockout with MLS partnering with PRO) has also been bad, though not as bad as feared, but naturally I never like union busting. and they've had to go to VAR to reverse decisions about twice as much because they're just not used to this league and its speed, or refereeing in general. they almost assigned a Messi/Inter Miami fan to officiate Orlando's game before a Twitter account called it out and the ref was reassigned.
meh. Guardian otm about Apple.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:32 (nine months ago) link
good shit
i’ve got season opener for san antonio fc tomorrow, ready 2 raise hell babyyy
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Friday, March 8, 2024 12:59 PM bookmarkflaglink
fuck yeah! give em hell, bring home 3!
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:33 (nine months ago) link
the broadcasting teams are indeed bad and they are rotated, so you wind up having broadcasters that don't know the teams they're announcing as well, and if you find a pairing you like, it might be three or more matches before you get it again.
I'm nearly certain they're calling the games remotely, at least some of the time if not all.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:48 (nine months ago) link
In completely ideal conditions it's at least an hour drive for me to go to Fire games now, and though I made that kind of drive all the time when I lived in the city and the stadium was in the suburbs, with the games happening at Solider Field it's an absolute shitshow getting in and out. The fact that it's an NFL stadium right in the middle of downtown makes it a target, so security is nuts. Despite being right in the middle of everything, public transit, especially the train, doesn't stop at the stadium, you're looking at a 20-30 minute walk to get to the nearest stop. It's also huge, mostly empty, expensive (parking is ridiculous) and did I mention security is nuts? Like, big-dudes-with-guns-roid-raging-at-tailgaters nuts? The fun, quasi-DIY atmosphere of their old stadium is pretty much gone.
A lot of my friends have stopped going for these reasons, if not the fact that the team has been mostly garbage for more than a decade. Also I guess we got old, can't day drink at the tailgate and sing the whole game before riding a bar-sponsored bus back to the city any more, lolz.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:54 (nine months ago) link
The other way I know I'm old is all the newjack supporters are annoying as hell.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:55 (nine months ago) link
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, March 8, 2024 1:48 PM bookmarkflaglink
wouldn't surprise me, given how often I scream at the screen for something inaccurate they said that someone at the game couldn't possibly have been stupid enough to say.
my friend J0e can't go to the games as he lives too far away and he'll be in our group chat when we're at games, telling us what the broadcasters are saying, and we'll usually react - 'are they high?'
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:33 (nine months ago) link
https://www.thenutmegnews.com/current/2024/3/14/after-successfully-running-two-mls-franchises-into-the-ground-nelson-hatchet-man-rodriguez-finds-his-zen-destroying-us-open-cup
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:26 (eight months ago) link
So good. The man is a snake.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:27 (eight months ago) link
Excellent thread by my pal Karl, click through for the rest:
Love #cf97 and always will but, man, MLS is really making it hard to do so right now. Part of what drew me to the Fire was the participatory nature of it. The DIY ethos I learned in punk/HC translated easily to soccer support. Be cool, learn songs, sing along.— Area Man (@WB05Karl) March 15, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 17 March 2024 20:13 (eight months ago) link
Day-One, Done 😤 | #USOC2024 pic.twitter.com/ScEEKRPebB— U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) March 20, 2024
lmao all the mls next pro teams lost to amateurs yesterday
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:24 (eight months ago) link
i watched austin fc II (fuck austin btw) go up a goal in extra time after being up a man, only to allow the equalizer in stoppage time and then lose in pk's, incredible scenes
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:25 (eight months ago) link
Yeah that Vermont win was something else
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 12:36 (eight months ago) link
my friend went to an Open Cup match last night between Brave SC and the Savannah Clovers, had a good time.
really fucked what MLS tried to/is trying to do to this tournament
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:32 (eight months ago) link
I'm really hoping that at Leagues Cup, Miami somehow gets eliminated in the group stage, that Mexico sends b-squads that still manage to beat several MLS teams, and that viewership is terrible.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:33 (eight months ago) link
San Francisco amateur soccer club El Farolito, which takes its name from a Mexican restaurant and has a fan group called Burrito Brava, defeated MLS Next Pro side Portland Timbers II in the US Open Cup first round! pic.twitter.com/444eFAjFvl— James Nalton (@JDNalton) March 20, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 21 March 2024 02:45 (eight months ago) link
the beauty of the fuckin cup
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Thursday, 21 March 2024 03:09 (eight months ago) link
Excellent insider account of the nonsense surrounding the Open Cup this season. (Archive.is version to subvert subscription requirements.)
https://archive.ph/7d2ny
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:52 (eight months ago) link
Ah, the full post didn't seem to come through, sorry. I do have a PDF version if anyone really wants it.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:53 (eight months ago) link
LMAO. I sold my Orlando City - Inter Miami ticket for tomorrow for $275 (normally goes for $25). now reports coming in that neither Messi, Busquets, or Suarez are practicing today, and all are going to be evaluated/potential game day decisions. for the second year in a row, Messi might not play.
I am going to be afraid to go anywhere near downtown tomorrow if that happens lmao. might be a mini riot at the field.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:13 (six months ago) link
i am genuinely curious what mls is going to do once messi retires bc it feels like theyre going to slide back to reality
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:26 (six months ago) link
I hope attendance plummets and Garber is fed to an alligator by the owners
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:32 (six months ago) link
ideal outcome
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:45 (six months ago) link
I have heard from reliable sources that Apple TV subs are nowhere near projections. Given that deal is basically Messi-driven that says a lot about the eventual backslide IMHO.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 02:55 (six months ago) link
There's our $8m man
Will Shaq do this for Switzerland? pic.twitter.com/FV8P3T6DNb— kornkid15 (@kornkid15) May 17, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 17 May 2024 20:34 (six months ago) link
https://x.com/JDNalton/status/1793796346752680099
Lol & lmao, this is the same shit that happened in Chicago last year.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 May 2024 02:53 (six months ago) link
Duh, edited link:
Seems surreal for clubs to be releasing statements like this about opposition players, but when games are marketed in such a way, including much higher ticket prices, it becomes an issue when those players don't play. https://t.co/UEzUgFD9QM pic.twitter.com/Up4Qn8F01b— James Nalton (@JDNalton) May 24, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 May 2024 02:54 (six months ago) link
Anybody paying out the nose to see any of this aging clowns play after seeing how frequently they're held out of matches deserves to be parted with their money
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 May 2024 04:58 (six months ago) link
welcome Cavan Sullivan!
Freddy Adu probably mad that his one piece of lasting legacy is now gone
― rick beato meato manifesto (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 July 2024 04:37 (four months ago) link
every mls team got that one white dude with no technical ability but he just runs hard— jon (@dejuanszn) July 25, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 27 July 2024 02:59 (four months ago) link
thats p much most american players hahaha
― big baby billy bass (m bison), Saturday, 27 July 2024 04:56 (four months ago) link
Early September return...hasn't played since June. Last League's Cup match at home drew only 10,500, despite them being defending champs.
And got knocked out tonight in Round of 16. All after season ticket prices were jacked up a ridiculous amount this year.
Messi is going to long term ruin this club and I'm here for it
#InterMiamiCF training Update✅ Facu Farías possible return to full training towards end of season.❗️Lionel Messi still individual gym training no return date from Tata, unofficial early September👀 David Beckham attended training ✅Travelling later on for the game.#Messi pic.twitter.com/1JIEGQJC96— Claudio (@ClaudioFutbol) August 12, 2024
― if this site were a food it would have NO nutritional value!!!!!!! (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 02:53 (three months ago) link
The whole league could use some long term ruin imho
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 02:54 (three months ago) link
not wrong there. overstuffed w/ teams and wouldn't mind seeing contraction.
also wouldn't mind seeing League's Cup fail and glad to see that it still isn't quite taking off the way Garber wants. attendance has improved this year but is still about 3,000/match under regular season numbers, whereas in a tournament that's supposed to be as elite as Donny Boy claims, you'd want to see the opposite - attendance spiking!
I went to Orlando's last League's Cup match after having sold my tickets to the previous two, for only one reason, which is wanting desperately to see live soccer, because due to conflicts and/or illness I'd missed the last FIVE matches across all competitions (by far my worst attendance as a season ticket holder). and it was just garbage.
going to PKs with no extra time (which I realize the Copa does too now prior to the final) is ridiculous, it just rewards whichever team is overmatched playing for PKs without having to worry about the tired legs that come w/ having to defend for another 30 minutes. kinda glad we got knocked out.
― if this site were a food it would have NO nutritional value!!!!!!! (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 03:34 (three months ago) link
the streets demand pro/rel babyyyy
― big baby billy bass (m bison), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 03:47 (three months ago) link
They sure do - I recommend StuntPegg's channel btw - good stuff on there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQR7W8xBIo
How is the standard of MLS these day?
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 11:21 (three months ago) link
i love stuntpegg!! that vid is of orange county which plays in usl champsionship, the league of my hometown club (san antonio fc)
mls i dont think is really shedding its retirement league reputation, idk if thats fair but i dont care bc i root for their downfall. theres a shitload of teams and they will likely keep expanding until they reach 32 34 36 40 teams
― big baby billy bass (m bison), Saturday, 17 August 2024 21:20 (three months ago) link
it shd also be mentioned that bc orange county are connected with rangers that i have a deep an unabiding hatred 4 them
― big baby billy bass (m bison), Saturday, 17 August 2024 21:21 (three months ago) link
MLS was making some progress in shedding it by signing better talent in their prime, and reducing the amount of old legends that came into the league.
But the Messi fiasco was the worst example of backsliding into that reputation and just setting the league back a decade.
The expansion just diluted the product more, which is why strikers can effortlessly score goals because they're playing against CBs and RBs that are too afraid to engage and let them make the first move.
Exhibit A, Inter Miami, being atop the league despite conceding a horrific 1.5 goals/match, which is not good even by MLS standards.
― if this site were a food it would have NO nutritional value!!!!!!! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 August 2024 22:16 (three months ago) link
Like I don't watch much of the league other than my own team but I often laugh at how poor the defending is when I do
― if this site were a food it would have NO nutritional value!!!!!!! (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 August 2024 22:17 (three months ago) link
Berhalter in for the Fire, lol here we go
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 8 October 2024 17:21 (two months ago) link
https://awfulannouncing.com/mls/lionel-messi-apple-paywall-impact.html
Seems exactly right imo
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 10 October 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link
who couldve predicted etc etc
― Cruz crews cruise through Carew's car ruse, cur ooze (m bison), Thursday, 10 October 2024 22:42 (one month ago) link
My sg homie made this icon of mediocrity
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41849341/the-mls-trophy-wants-how-wooden-spoon-came-be
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 03:00 (one month ago) link
nice
― Cruz crews cruise through Carew's car ruse, cur ooze (m bison), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 03:08 (one month ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/vq0SgnJ/FB-IMG-1731212561382.jpg
― Kurt Dandruff (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 November 2024 04:24 (four weeks ago) link
This kind of shit is the best thing about the playoff structure.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 10 November 2024 07:09 (four weeks ago) link
ORLANDO PRIDE NWSL CHAMPS YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa
― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 November 2024 04:12 (two weeks ago) link
i sat that marta goal from the semis, wowww
― starring skibidi williams as lando calrizzian (m bison), Sunday, 24 November 2024 04:33 (two weeks ago) link
yeah, so nimble w/ the ball even at 38. the soccer world will miss her after she's gone
― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 November 2024 05:09 (two weeks ago) link
lol the Herdman era of Toronto FC comes to an early close
― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Saturday, 30 November 2024 04:34 (one week ago) link