years of non-investment, purposeful agitation of fans, and general mismanagement are sinking the club, it's so fucking frustrating, I almost wish there was relegation here to permanently fuck over the idiots who are in charge
― dan m, Thursday, 14 August 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
don't know anything about the Fire other than the Sounders-Fire cup game I saw last night but that was brutal
― anonanon, Thursday, 14 August 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
that was just the latest straw
― dan m, Thursday, 14 August 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
Lalas just said New England are getting Jermaine Jones
― anonanon, Sunday, 24 August 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
Revs announced it on twitter.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 24 August 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
Somebody sent me email about JJJ deal gone astray a few days ago.
― Dear Ultraviolet Catastrophe Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 August 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
Here was earlier story: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/66/united-states/2014/08/21/5049423/sources-jermaine-jones-deal-with-mls-hits-snag?ICID=HP_HN_1
― Dear Ultraviolet Catastrophe Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 August 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
Okay, I see
― Dear Ultraviolet Catastrophe Waitress (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 August 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
All reports indicate the league decided this by flipping a coin
― dan m, Monday, 25 August 2014 12:58 (nine years ago) link
god i love mls
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 25 August 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
on a serious note it really sucks that this of all seasons is the year it's been mostly impossible for me to go to dcu games - they've been incredible (and there's something deeply funny about eddie johnson sort of being a liability to that)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 25 August 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah they got chris rolfe from chicago and he's been his same old self again, must have just needed a change of scenery (I heard he wanted out pretty badly + the fire wanted to dump salary)
kudos to dc for sticking with ben olsen long enough for his plan to come together, it's too bad the fire didn't keep frank klopas around long enough for him to get there
― dan m, Monday, 25 August 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
rolfe broke his arm, probably out for a month or so :(
(or maybe he can use the cast as a weapon a la "cowboy" bob orton)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 4 September 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
dang, that sucks, but that's the other side of rolfe -- he's good for at least one month+ injury break every year
― dan m, Thursday, 4 September 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
haha:During pregame tifo setup, the capos on the stand started jawing at the New York players as is the norm for any team coming through the tunnel. One of the capos started calling Thierry Henry "Captain Handball", and he and Henry "chirped back and forth for like a minute" according to the capo. Apparently Petke came back up the tunnel and started screaming "Hey! Hey! F**K YOU!" while pointing at the capo. Petke continued his tantrum by saying "You're all scumbags! You'll never amount to anything!" before going back down the tunnel to the locker rooms.
― houston nutt (anky), Monday, 15 September 2014 03:20 (nine years ago) link
lol petke
the comments on that post imply that petke might have been pissed off about the water on the field - i was watching the game saturday and it was hard for me not to think of that 2012 playoff game against dc, when nyrb famously did the bare minimum to get the snow cleared off the field before kickoff. if they don't get angrier about field conditions than every other mls team combined, they certainly don't do anything to dispel that reputation.
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 15 September 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link
usoc woo btw
― houston nutt (anky), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 07:00 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxtADcFIIAE_Vys.png
― houston nutt (anky), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 07:01 (nine years ago) link
3 former Fire players in that Seattle lineup u_u
― dan m, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
David Villa on $60k lol
http://www.mlsplayers.org/images/September%2015%202014%20Salary%20Information%20-%20Alphabetical.pdf
Also Chivas USA suspends operations for 2015-2016 ;_;
― dan m, Monday, 29 September 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
Say whaaaaat
― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futbol/2014/09/30/chivas-usa-ownership-mls-vincent-tan-henry-nguyen-peter-guber-tom-penn-la
ho boy
― dan m, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futbol/2014/10/01/thierry-henry-new-york-red-bulls-mls-premier-league-uefa-concussions
interesting talk here too: henry is not re-signing and red bull is not sticking with their team/stadium long-term
― dan m, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
they really needed this
http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2014/1008/soc_newcrewlogo_600x600.jpg&w=738&site=espnfc
― mizzell, Thursday, 9 October 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
so much better!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
Dear Members and Loyal Supporters:The D.C. United Front Office has unilaterally decided to only allocate 200 tickets in the 100 Sections to La Barra Brava for the 2014 Playoffs.This is a significant change from past years where we sold tickets across Sections 135, 136, 137, and 138 into the 200's and even the 300s. For comparison purposes we sold in excess of 800 tickets for the 2012 Playoffs and regularly sell more than 200 tickets for regular season matches.Sections 137 and 138 will no longer be Supporter Sections for the 2014 Playoffs.
The D.C. United Front Office has unilaterally decided to only allocate 200 tickets in the 100 Sections to La Barra Brava for the 2014 Playoffs.
This is a significant change from past years where we sold tickets across Sections 135, 136, 137, and 138 into the 200's and even the 300s. For comparison purposes we sold in excess of 800 tickets for the 2012 Playoffs and regularly sell more than 200 tickets for regular season matches.Sections 137 and 138 will no longer be Supporter Sections for the 2014 Playoffs.
welp this'll end well
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Eeesh. Although, and I fully accept I could be wrong about this, but doesn't Barra Brava resell tickets at a markup? Or only to people who purchase a membership in the group? I know I've heard some members of other DCU groups complain about that practice.
― dan m, Friday, 17 October 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
face value for those tickets is $35. barra's single-game prices are $26 members/$31 guests/$35 non-members, vs $30/$35 day of game for screaming eagles (eagles prices may be lower now too - iirc those prices reflect the recent ticket price adjustments)
barra isn't exactly the most, er, transparent SG you're ever going to find, but i was a member when i lived in dc, and i never felt like it was overly shady or anything. somebody pointed out that the barra overflow sections are not currently on sale on ticketmaster as single tickets, so there may be more to this story. (barra's official speculation is that "the Front Office believes that their actions will encourage members to purchase season tickets next year")
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Playoff-Tickets-On-Sale-Now---Only-200-Tickets-Available---Must-Read-Announcement.html?soid=1104748327734&aid=GoZe1rBPayk
this is the full announcement btw
should also point out that i've necessarily been out of the loop the last couple seasons, so there very well could be something shady happening here - nonetheless this seems like a weird way to stage-manage it
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
'sup shield!
― alomar lines (anky), Sunday, 26 October 2014 05:30 (nine years ago) link
so fun and lolsomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b8xdaNDXek
― alomar lines (anky), Sunday, 26 October 2014 05:33 (nine years ago) link
RIP Chivas USA
― mizzell, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
so, Bradley Wright-Phillips then?
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
He has worked out better than Luke Rodgers.
― dan m, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
http://twitter.com/AaronQ13Fox/status/526962202096697344/photo/1
― alomar lines (anky), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 05:41 (nine years ago) link
hmm http://twitter.com/AaronQ13Fox/status/526962202096697344/photo/1
― alomar lines (anky), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
LOL LAFC ownership
http://partners.lafc.com/#Leadership
includes Vincent Tan, Magic Johnson, Mia Hamm, and like 19 other people
― dan m, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1eVzgMCEAAvCey.jpg
terrible game yesterday, but lmao @ whoever brought the nycfc season ticket banner
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 3 November 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
heh heh heh
― dan m, Monday, 3 November 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I haven't been paying too close attention to the playoffs myself, Fire missing out for the 4th out of 5 years has taken care of that. I actually hope DC does well because if they can turn things around that quickly maybe there's hope for Chicago too.
― dan m, Monday, 3 November 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
http://www.howlermagazine.com/stinger-san-antonio-subversive-mascot-globalization/
I loled
― dan m, Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
I saw Adrian hanauer (sounders gm) speak at this little event today. biggest note: he was very clear that MLS won't be a top league in 10 years time. We know that, but officials don't usually say it, sticking to garber's line or whatever about 2022. hanauer said, "in a generation, maybe, maybe, we'll be a top 4 league." more realistic than garber
― alomar lines (anky), Friday, 7 November 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link
imo they ought to be worrying about passing liga mx in quality/popularity before even talking about "top" status
― dan m, Friday, 7 November 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
For some reason this reminded me: Do you guys know who T3d W3st3rv3lt is by any chance?
― dan m, Friday, 7 November 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
I know the name.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 7 November 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
huh, coincidentally this comes out, pretty good https://sports.vice.com/article/puppet-killer-one-mans-controversial-twitter-quest-to-save-american-soccer
― dan m, Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
http://soccergods.com/2014/11/19/mls-salaries-low-cba-negotiations/
If we look at the Daily Mail’s data on average attendance in the world’s major soccer leagues, MLS ranks eighth, with a healthy 19,149 attendees per game (6,185,127 total, annually). This puts the league below only the Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Liga MX, Ligue 1 and the Eredivisie – all big leagues that existed in a strong capacity before the rise of MLS.Compare that to the league’s average salaries, here. Look long enough and you’ll see MLS down at 22nd, behind the Superliga of Denmark, Premiership of Scotland and Super League in Greece. If you compare the two studies, you can easily see that MLS dwarfs those leagues in attendance. Comparing ticket prices for games won’t do anything to diminish that fact.
Compare that to the league’s average salaries, here. Look long enough and you’ll see MLS down at 22nd, behind the Superliga of Denmark, Premiership of Scotland and Super League in Greece. If you compare the two studies, you can easily see that MLS dwarfs those leagues in attendance. Comparing ticket prices for games won’t do anything to diminish that fact.
― dan m, Thursday, 20 November 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
KEANO
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Monday, 8 December 2014 02:02 (nine years ago) link
Lando?
― dan m, Monday, 8 December 2014 02:12 (nine years ago) link
Doesn't matter I h8 MLS.
― dan m, Monday, 8 December 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link