Major League Soccer

Don't know what happened to LA... they lose Omar for one game and everything goes to shit? Yikes it was embarrassing.

RSL looked like a buzzsaw. I wasn't too impressed by the Galaxy in the game against New England, but they at least dominated huge swathes of that game. I don't think Landycakes could have done much too change the result.

The Metros game was hiiiiideous, but we were missing 6 players and down to 2nd or 3rd string in some places. And a 0-0 draw on the road at the start of the season is not the end of the world...but international weekends are going to SUCK.

RSL is the best team in the league and has been for the past 2 years or so.

Fire benefited from some questionable calls yesterday but won so I'm cool with it. I'm liking that they have avoided putting many international-level players on the team so we can avoid the kind of shit NY etc deals with.

We have not, in the past, been a team with much (any) depth. It's kind of perversely exciting to HAVE a third-string at all, tbh.

so i was actually physically present at that seattle game. decent atmosphere, but good christ the dynamo is TERRIBLE

also do we have a US SOCCER thread for the nat'l team?

usmnt

thankin u

seattle ain't lookin' like much this year yet either imo, still early tho

no, they didn't look great, but the dynamo looked legitimately ~terrible~

ives announces derosario traded from tfc to red bull, then quickly recants... wonder if he got taken in an april fool's joke?

dang, no joke: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/red-bulls-acquire-de-rosario-toronto-fc

h8 u red bull

weird, MLS just sent out a different headline on facebook less than 5 minutes ago, "Toronto Coach: De Rosario still plays for us"...

Just watched LA vs Philadelphia on ESPN. Beckham still delivers a mean dead ball - not sure what else is left in his game.

"A clean sheet... also known as a shut out" - still pandering to non-soccer audience after all these years.

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congratulation rsl

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w275/gwiser1/ReAL%20Salt%20Lake%20Fan%20Club/Kyle-1.jpg

didn't get to see it, but man it'd be something if they could pull it off in the final

lol KC trying so hard to fabricate some sort of rivalry

http://www.sportingkc.com/firehouse

get in line behind every other team, jackasses

always a joy to beat chicago

i think that this must be the first time in MLS history that a team has had a starting 11 that are/were full senior internationals.

Coudoul - Senegal (5)
Miller - Costa Rica (22)
Ream - USA (3)
Marquez - Mexico (101)
Solli - Norway (40)
Tainio - Finland (51)
De Rosario - Canada (55)
Richards - Jamaica (27)
Lindpere - Estonia (74)
Henry - France (123)
Agudelo - USA (4)

that is 505 senior international caps starting tonight for RBNY.

keller saved yr asses, plus fuck wtf is wrong with our backline

After his cheeky penalty, Charlie Davies hurdled a signboard, leapt onto the platform supporting a VW, tried to enter the vehicle, then did a funky dance.

“I was definitely trying to get in the car – it was locked. On Friday after training I was able to run over there and see if the car was open, and it was, so I planned for the team to get in the car. As soon as I got over there I saw it was locked, but it was worth it.”

mls players by place of birth 2011

the way things seem to be going that colombia list is gonna keep growing

http://i52.tinypic.com/2rcn1qx.jpg

hey guess what guise, the refs suck

"To be honest over the last few games I think I’ve spoke too much about referees," Beckham said. "They’re becoming the stars of the MLS, and that’s obviously not what teams want and clubs want. You want the players to be playing out there. You want it to be fair. I just don’t think the consistency’s there. I think there’s bad calls, and we’ve had our majority of bad calls over the last few games, but it’s ruining games. It’s ruining our preparation for games. I’ll probably get in trouble, but it’s gone on too long. We want that consistency to be there, and we want to keep our players on the field."

he's such a bitch. nice late tackle last night, only urself to blame.

stoked for portland tonight

I srsly hope the Fire beat the living fuck out of Portland tonight but my heart was warmed a bit by reading this

http://www.oregonlive.com/pets/index.ssf/2011/04/pet_talk_jeld-wen_field_takes.html

and then there's this too

http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/04/friendly-rivals

I am very excited for this game!! That pitch looks so nice too on the ol' Jeld-Wen.

Hahhaa I did not expect that result but I am well pleased.

bleh

lookin' good tho portland, wish I could say the same for our guys on the field... that was one of the 3 worst performances I've seen since I started following the club

http://media.oregonlive.com/oregonian/photo/2011/04/9489120-essay.jpg

oh look, henry scored a goal

and luke rodgers scored two

international chicago fire jersey spot #2: this time a guy on the mexico city metro

blanco on the back?

oh yeah i forgot he played for them. i didnt see the back of his shirt though.

so does Benny Feilhaber sign w/ Chivas y/n

if n, then w/ who?

fire could sure use him

this fuckin kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-gyxyiBsQ

What a night.

did you make the trip to DC?

Hell no.

holy fuck zakuani's leg, I can't watch video of that

also fuck you carlos de los cobos for trying to sit on a 1-0 lead for 80ish minutes, doomed to fail

thread of missing zakuani and ferreira

ugh just clicked a link and saw a pic of zakuani's break, can still see it when I close my eyes

http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/May%201,%202011%20Salary%20Information%20-%20By%20Club.pdf

thread of missing morales, this is getting silly

New York Red Bulls striker Luke Rodgers doesn't like Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan.

He made that very clear to the New York Post on Monday.

"In this league, he's a respected person, but he's telling Titi [Thierry Henry] to [screw] off. The kid's a [expletive] head," Rodgers, who was clearly upset at Donovan after the Red Bulls and Galaxy completed a 1-1 draw on Saturday night in L.A., told the Post. "I don't care. I just think the kid's a [expletive] jerk. I don't care what you put.

"After Henry scored he's running the whole length of the pitch to shout at the linesman. He must have eyes like a hawk to tell if he's offsides. I tackled the keeper [and] he's running the whole length of the field to tell the ref I should be sent off. He needs to be a bit more humble.''

Donovan responded to Rodgers' profanity laced tirade via Twitter: "I'm confused; who is Luke Rogers?"

LD misspelling his name in the tweet is the best part imo