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The tackle in question for anyone who didn't see it. Looks pretty bad and Nagbe had to be wheel chaired out off the field at the end of the game. https://streamable.com/mlpx
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threeagainstfour posted:The tackle in question for anyone who didn't see it. Looks pretty bad and Nagbe had to be wheel chaired out off the field at the end of the game. Nagbe cuts into a player he doesn't see, takes a bit of a knock and flops to embellish. Typical MLS yellow card
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XyrlocShammypants posted:Nagbe cuts into a player he doesn't see, takes a bit of a knock and flops to embellish. Typical MLS yellow card Exactly, nothing in it, and Portland trying to sit on a 1-0 lead like always lol
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Yeah it was a red. So was Borchers' 2 tackles on Zardes in the first half. Both got yellows. The refereeing was horseshit all game. In an MLS game. By a FIFA referee who does CONCACAF games. News at 11. This is what happens when the press, internet, and 'Ard Men whinge and moan about there being too many red cards issued and it's destroying the game. The refs get more conservative and we're back to where we need to be giving out more reds.
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Let the players carry guns. This is america goddammit.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Yeah it was a red. So was Borchers' 2 tackles on Zardes in the first half. Both got yellows. The refereeing was horseshit all game. In an MLS game. By a FIFA referee who does CONCACAF games. News at 11. I didn't get a good look at Borchers' tackles, maybe because they weren't replayed everywhere like NDJ's, but I don't remember either being red worthy. I'd like to see them both again before saying either way. Two yellows I wouldn't have argued with, even with shoddy, rose tinted memory.
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MoPZiG posted:Let the players carry guns. This is america goddammit. We got rid of the Forbidden Gun Circle after Miami folded
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Yeah it was a red. So was Borchers' 2 tackles on Zardes in the first half. The match last night was unnecessarily physical due to the ref not having control of the game, likely because the players have no idea what his calls are based on. Incredibly unsurprising for the MLS, it's just unfortunate that Nagbe has finally gotten caught up in it. I'm hoping and praying he won't be out long. The beginning of every MLS season is the worst because nobody can ever tell who's actually good. Hint: it's not Philadelphia.
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Welcome to GBS posted:The first was MAYBE worth of a red card (though he definitely got the ball first) and the second it was incredibly clear after replay that he never touched Zardes. I mean I guess if by not touching him you mean missing the ball entirely and kicking him in the ankles, then yeah, he didn't touch him. But he tackled him from behind, as Zardes was in on goal with just the keeper in front of him, with no contact on the ball. You could either get Borchers for DOGSO for the tackle when he was the last man, or you could get him for the tackle from behind.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:I mean I guess if by not touching him you mean missing the ball entirely and kicking him in the ankles, then yeah, he didn't touch him. But he tackled him from behind, as Zardes was in on goal with just the keeper in front of him, with no contact on the ball. You could either get Borchers for DOGSO for the tackle when he was the last man, or you could get him for the tackle from behind. You're talking about the one right at the top of the box, right? I implore you to find me a replay angle that shows me anything besides Zardes tripping on grass.
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Welcome to GBS posted:
I'm reasonably certain it's not Seattle, either.
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MechaFrogzilla posted:I'm reasonably certain it's not Seattle, either. Speaking of which https://twitter.com/herculezg/status/720380831831691265 $50 to the Melting Pot? oh my god you cheap zeroes
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Hoover Dam posted:Speaking of which $50 will at least will buy dinner.
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SeaTard posted:$50 will at least will buy dinner. No it won't. Last time I went to Melting Pot and got a simple meal, dessert and drinks it cost about ~90 after tip
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XyrlocShammypants posted:No it won't. Last time I went to Melting Pot and got a simple meal, dessert and drinks it cost about ~90 after tip Same, and on the drive home I kept thinking how many restaurants in the city that amount would've bought better meals from real chefs and not Sysco's Best (It was a going away party for a friend of a friend and not remotely my pick. How bad could it be, I thought) Also there is soccer tonight
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Typically our players just go to restaurants here and offer to tweet about it, getting free poo poo. It's tremendously annoying if understandable.
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Hoover Dam posted:Same, and on the drive home I kept thinking how many restaurants in the city that amount would've bought better meals from real chefs and not Sysco's Best No no no, you don't go there for a meal. You get the melty cheese and the dessert and call it a night. Then you spend the next week trying to get the smell out of your clothes.
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DC stadium update: Shovels in the ground.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:DC stadium update: Shovels in the ground. DC team update: still poop
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https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/720695701722652673 https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/720703979869442049 https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/720704236485390336
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gently caress off, we're full
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gently caress Garber, gently caress MLS, gently caress all its NFL owners
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Garber also said Americans are "too loving retarded" to understand or accept pro/rel
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I hope we get more teams playing in MLB stadiums. gently caress it, go KC Wiz/SJ Earthquakes style and play in minor league baseball or college soccer stadiums. Let them play! Oh, also, replace Don Garber with Jurgen Klinsmann please. Tigren fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Surprised to see Detroit on the list of potential expansion. Also, Austin is on the short list 
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This league is going to be so much worse when there's 28 loving teams.
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I warned you all about this
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African AIDS cum posted:I warned you all about this So what you're saying is this will never happen as advertised?
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Um but actually 28 teams is real good, in fact there should be 32 if not more teams, because the country is big and other leagues have lots of teams too - actual people
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Talk about dilution of talent or whatever, but more teams in the Midwest would be a cool and good thing.
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President Trump is gonna ban soccer anyway so don't worry about it.
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CaptainYesterday posted:Surprised to see Detroit on the list of potential expansion. Also, Austin is on the short list
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The quality of the league has already stalled out over the last few years, this is going to make it even worse. I like the idea of more teams, but it should be when there's the requisite talent for it.African AIDS cum posted:I warned you all about this Prescient
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Lotka Volterra posted:The quality of the league has already stalled out over the last few years, this is going to make it even worse. I like the idea of more teams, but it should be when there's the requisite talent for it. Which would be fine, if not for the fact that the league tries to make it as hard as humanly possible to buy merchandise for its teams in brick-and-mortar stores. Or acts as if it's a lifestyle brand like Apple or Abercrombie & Fitch or something.
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Crazy Ted posted:Of course the quality of a league is going to stall when you add teams. That's not why you add teams. The major U.S. sports leagues have gone through that exact issue every time they expanded. The NCAA was faced with the same argument when it expanded the Men's Basketball Tournament to 64 teams. The reason you add teams is that it's a gamble where you're betting that more teams in more markets will lift viewership figures and general interest, with a payoff in terms of money and quality down the line. Call it a difference in philosophy, but I think quality is ultimately what is going to drive interest and viewership. It's hard to sell your product when what you're selling is visibly worse than every other option on the market (be it American sports, or foreign leagues that get major broadcasting here), there's little actual historical attachment to the sport locally, and your hope rests on a demographic with ties to the league next door that - despite seemingly constant dysfunction - is still better than yours. Garber's been great for building MLS up as a brand in the minds of wealthy investors, but he's done a really poor job building a league that is vaguely interesting. As much as it pains me to say it, please respond has been right in almost everything. The league probably never should have expanded to 20 teams, and it shouldn't keep expanding until it provides something other than pure mediocrity. It's hard to even watch anymore, when half the league still can't trap a pass 4-5 years onward and the biggest draw is over the hill foreigners. You can make comparisons to other US sports, but no sport in the US is as global a game or has as fierce competition in terms of quality.
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Lotka Volterra posted:Call it a difference in philosophy, but I think quality is ultimately what is going to drive interest and viewership. It's hard to sell your product when what you're selling is visibly worse than every other option on the market (be it American sports, or foreign leagues that get major broadcasting here), there's little actual historical attachment to the sport locally, and your hope rests on a demographic with ties to the league next door that - despite seemingly constant dysfunction - is still better than yours. Garber's been great for building MLS up as a brand in the minds of wealthy investors, but he's done a really poor job building a league that is vaguely interesting. Detroit, which didn't even have a D4 team a few years ago? Atlanta, where even the NFL struggles for ticket sales? Austin, which has burned through two D3 teams because just getting the city to agree to decent terms on a venue lease is an incredible pain in the rear end? San Diego, which may or may not have a great market but there's no way to know because they haven't had a team above amateur level since the 90's? Orlando claiming that they can prevent the Tampa Bay Rowdies from moving up from the NASL?
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Are NASL/USL tier teams getting on par with the mid-table-below MLS teams at this point?
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Alain Post posted:Are NASL/USL tier teams getting on par with the mid-table-below MLS teams at this point?
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