Major League Soccer

also did the Cbus management not get the memo on dumbass pointless rebrands from last year's Fire? wtf

In Columbus, we forge paths for others to follow.

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐰.#Crew96 pic.twitter.com/oN2sOWrBS9

— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) May 10, 2021

They should have ditched the Columbus part and kept the Crew

very good commentary/analysis imo

https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/05/10/columbus-sc-crew-team-name-mls-rebrand

I cackled loud enough at this to wake the dog

MLS absolutely bangs because every week, a 17 year old named Cayden Brayden-Grayden will pull some world class shit out of nowhere and then literally Gonzalo Higuain will miss a sitter

— Tyler (@WhiskeyTy) May 13, 2021

Also salaries were released today:

https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide

Time to see who the most ridiculous disappointments are… Beric and Gimenez this means u

Nani making way less than I thought

Pato surprisingly low. Sebas Mendez, a good but not necessarily excellent midfielder, getting 550,000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjGLa5dDfAQ

at 1:23, watch a professional goalie pathetically get punked off the ball by a winger.

lol

Got to see Dike score one live. Woo

fire are currently crashing back to earth, down 3-0 and a man short in nashville 16 minutes into the game

OCSC about to draw Toronto.

Phil Neville surely can’t have long left at Miami.

sky just played his post match presser. " there's no 'I' in team". with insight like that he'll be there 5 years.

NYCFC should be contracted if they don't get a real field

I hate ATL so much. this win was delicious.

god, some of this MLS SB Nation bloggers. from my team's own Mane Land site:

Dike also needs to dust off the rust and get a goal. We talk about how strikers are judged on scoring goals, but it’s been too long since the big guy did so in purple.

that would be because he's played in 4 matches all year, only 3 of which he played more than 45 minutes, only 2 in which he started, and he scored two goals in the first match he started.

he's played a whopping 45 minutes in the last 2 months due to injuries and the Gold Cup.

I'd take that over the Fire SB Nation guy, who is an extension of the team's PR department and only puts out stories they feed him.

meh. all teams should have quality SB Nation blogs, not the....crap I see.

A quick recap of what happened in Cincinnati last night. pic.twitter.com/vNVaxbYkOv

— Pharmaceutical Soccer (@PharmaSoccer) October 28, 2021

nothing will ever convince me that Dike committed a foul and our win became a draw. it's been that kind of year. at least when Tesho's got scrubbed off the board, I understood why (offside).

having a game winner taken away dramatically is just gutting. VAR not my friend rn.

I'm a Nashville fan and that wasn't a foul. Both going for the bad and colliding. Goal should have stood.

ball not bad

Congrats on your season btw. Helluva transformation from debut season to second and you'll be a tough out in the playoffs

Chance to tie for the most draws ever!

lol we're not far behind sadly

that was a fun game. Nashville has a good crowd

Congrats. Sad for my boys but you all earned it

That was not the way I hoped Nashville would end their season.

This is such a vibe. pic.twitter.com/0lTLX5tc07

— Jeff Rueter (@jeffrueter) December 11, 2021

Mehhhhhhh

I have a few friends on the Portland side, feel bad for them. Like to see Sean Johnson winning it all after the Fire ditched him.

haha wow, Fire actually went and signed Shaqiri

lmao

News: NYCFC secured a multiyear tie-up with Chicago-based men's grooming brand DUDE Wipes, which will have branding featured on the team's right jersey sleeve starting in '22.https://t.co/QTA2Qdt6R7 pic.twitter.com/KFu30bKqxB

— Mark J. Burns (@markjburns88) February 10, 2022

my friends and I have been laughing about that all morning

nervously excited about Facundo Torres. first mega million star in their youth that we've signed, every other one was a 30-something retirement league signing

lmao at Quioto's red card today. peak level idiocy

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/retired-chicago-fire-soccer-player-desperate-to-get-family-out-of-ukraine/2772419/

Dema Kovalenko is spending his days watching coverage of the war in his home country of Ukraine on television.

"Nothing I can do. I just want to see my family. That's it. That's all I want," said Kovalenko.

His mother, father, grandmother, sister and niece are all camping out in a bomb shelter beneath a church in Kyiv.

Does anyone know whether it’s generally possible to get MLS tickets (Chicago Fire specifically) from a physical box office on match day or do you have to go through Ticketmaster?

dan's your man on that one!

Answering my own question, digital only from this year, it seems.

Yes they have gone digital only. If you buy in a group you might be able to get physical tickets. The move to Soldier Field has brought many inconveniences to fans and imho this is one of them. (Wait until you see how much it costs to park a car there! Hot tip: take the Red Line to Roosevelt and walk if you can.)

Thanks!

(or Green or Orange Lines depending on where you're coming from)

it's $20 to park in the official city lots immediately outside Orlando City Stadium (I will never call it Exploria). is Soldier Field closer to American football prices (i.e. $45)?

yep

lol fuuuuuck that.

also security guards open carrying pistols will come and scream at you to leave the lot about 10 minutes after games end

this has happened to me and many of my friends

That was a fun experience. A terrible game, yes, but a fun experience.

Shaqiri is on a completely different level to the rest of the team and was notably frustrated trying to get them on his wavelength. Przybyłko doesn’t look mobile at all but should get good service in the air, though fluffed his chance from an excellent cross today. Not sure what the Orlando goal ended up being ruled out for.

There was a handball in the play leading up to the goal, apparently.

Agreed about Shaqiri. This is the kind of thing I have gotten used to with the Fire over the time I have been following them, with some exceptions. I do feel heartened by the new owner's willingness to spend, but with a new coach and a mostly new squad it's rebuilding time again.

ShariVari, are you a Chicagoan? I go to matches infrequently these days but would happily crack open a beer at the tailgate if we happen to be there at the same time.

No, just a brief visit from the U.K. but I will definitely let you know if I come back.