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Did that Krisztian Nemeth to New England deal actually work out? I can't find any firm sources saying yes, and the deadline closed last night. We all know MLS transfer rules are a huge clusterfuck, though, so maybe it's still possible?
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bewbies posted:no loving way Yup. link to story. quote:The Rapids use the Football Manager database – which features roughly 600,000 entries, most of which are player profiles containing 250 attributes each – in two different ways. Often, the club submits direct inquiries to Sports Interactive – the company that develops the game – for information. Other times, Smith will fire up the game and glance at the data himself. They go on to say the Rapids would never sign a guy based solely on Football Manager but it's a good start. Based on how terrible the Rapids are they need to figure out a new strategy. Meanwhile the Rapids got their man. link Rapids get Luis Gil and $100k in TAM in exchange for Powers. Rapids will take over Orlando's $100k TAM payment due to RSL next year for right of first refusal for Gil. Each salary related "budget charge" will stay on the original team's books. So after all that, they free up money for the last 1/3 of this season and get Gil on trial for 11 games for free. Per the terms of Gil's loan, the Rapids would also send just $50k to RSL if they do not keep him. Well...it's not like the Rapids are going to be worse after this trade. Meanwhile good luck to Powers, he desperately needs a change of scenery to get his career back on track, hope this does it for him. TheBoyBlunder fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Aug 10, 2017 |
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So, just as the window closed last night the Whitecaps signed...an Egyptian DM named Aly Ghazal, who played in Portugal's first division until this winter (when a Chinese team bought him and then didn't play him?). I think the best thing that I can say about this transfer (especially as a TAM signing) is that it's not for Gareth Barry, as one particularly nuts Twitter rumour suggested yesterday. He also plays CB so maybe some extra depth there? I just don't think he plays a position we needed to fill (unless Laba is leaving, but I don't think he's exactly hit Big European Move form in a while.) oh well we'll see what happens
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Minnesota signed José Leitón from Herediano. He should be decent, but he's one of those players you think is a promising youngster but he's already 24 and still all promise. Hopefully he can finally grow.
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Just before the deadline the Sounders nabbed something called Calum Mallace, which is somehow not a semipro wrestler. Based on the amused reaction from Impact fans this news is, uh, not super positive. And, no Derlis Gonzales. Still a strong and deep lineup, but a bit of a disappointment after all that hype.
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shirts and skins posted:Just before the deadline the Sounders nabbed something called Calum Mallace, which is somehow not a semipro wrestler. Based on the amused reaction from Impact fans this news is, uh, not super positive. And, no Derlis Gonzales. Still a strong and deep lineup, but a bit of a disappointment after all that hype.
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camoseven posted:Did that Krisztian Nemeth to New England deal actually work out? I can't find any firm sources saying yes, and the deadline closed last night. We all know MLS transfer rules are a huge clusterfuck, though, so maybe it's still possible? Yea it did: http://nerevs.us/yIbf30ekbnI
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I kind of miss the old TFC where I'd get a notification on my phone during the transfer window to find out half the team is gone
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The Fire apparently signed Richard Sanchez, a former FC Dallas homegrown and Mexico U-17 goalkeeper, from Tigres. Better than broken-rear end Bava, I suppose.
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TheBoyBlunder posted:Yup. link to story. That explains Gabby Torres so much, he was a loving nightmare in FM yet utter poo poo in MLS, ditto those crappy argentinian D-mids a few seasons ago.
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I don't know why it just dawned on me, but Real Salt Lake has FC Barcelona's colors. THAT'S hosed up.
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all-Rush mixtape posted:I don't know why it just dawned on me, but Real Salt Lake has FC Barcelona's colors. THAT'S hosed up. And now you know why we call them Fake Salt Lake
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Eternal failure and bad player Diego Calvo has joined RSL's USL affiliate
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Simone Poodoin posted:Eternal failure and bad player Diego Calvo has joined RSL's USL affiliate Please tell me this man is bald
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Unfortunately he isn't, Minessotta defender Francisco Calvo isn't either. Fake news.
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all-Rush mixtape posted:I don't know why it just dawned on me, but Real Salt Lake has FC Barcelona's colors. THAT'S hosed up. No it isn't.
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all-Rush mixtape posted:I don't know why it just dawned on me, but Real Salt Lake has FC Barcelona's colors. THAT'S hosed up. Get this: the Rapids had Inter Milan's colors for a season or two.
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The point was, the team named after Real Madrid has their rival's colors.
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Moktaro posted:Get this: the Rapids had Inter Milan's colors for a season or two.
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Back when RSL was founded the owner claimed the colors were red and blue so as to match the two primary colleges (Utah and BYU) despite neither shade looking anything like the college's.
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DC-RSL got rained out yesterday and resumes today.
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whypick1 posted:DC-RSL got rained out yesterday and resumes today. And $10 tickets and free parking, which is basically how it should always be.
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Good news Rapids goons: https://twitter.com/ColoradoRapids/status/897555294791839744
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whypick1 posted:Good news Rapids goons: I don't know which is more shocking. That they actually fired Pablo, that they fired Pablo before the season ended, that they fired him instead of simply letting his contract expire in two years, or that they're bringing on a guy who has actually coached soccer before as his interim replacement. All that aside I'll always respect Pablo for his time as a player. He's a club legend for that alone, and 2016 was special even if they came up short. He was just a really terrible coach and should never have been thrown into the big job right after retiring. TheBoyBlunder fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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whypick1 posted:Good news Rapids goons: 
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whypick1 posted:Good news Rapids goons: Someone on Facebook made a good point. Kronke doesn't fire coaches at his non-NFL teams unless business demands it. The Rapids have had 3.5 years with Pablo, and only 1 year where things worked and that was likely despite his coaching. They've had mostly bad transfer windows, they traded the team captain, and it looked like they were keeping the cheap and safe option at coach. The club also opted all season tickets into an auto-renewal, with the deadline to opt out in 8 days via a specific submitted request and a marketing survey. For the Rapids to make this kind of move now means they must be absolutely taking it in the shorts in the season ticket department. It also wouldn't surprise me if Howard leaned on management and made his displeasure with the team being poo poo known. He likes winning as much as the next guy, but being stuck on a terrible team after coming home is probably not what he envisioned. TheBoyBlunder fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Aug 16, 2017 |
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Tomorrow's Headline: DC United Extends Ben Olsen's Contract by 69 years
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Rapids interim GM Padraig "football manager" Smith and chief business officer Wayne Bryant published an Op-Ed in the Denver Post about their vision for the team. link As simply put as possible, they sort of admit they hosed up and they're gonna change things. They said a lot of bold words about strong attractive soccer and signing attack minded, high game intelligence players who aren't overpriced. They want to be a "perennial playoff contender" and bring another MLS Cup to Commerce City. Well. Bold words. The fact that KSE had the Rapids management publish something like this is surprising. Let's see what their actions bring.
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TheBoyBlunder posted:Rapids interim GM Padraig "football manager" Smith and chief business officer Wayne Bryant published an Op-Ed in the Denver Post about their vision for the team. Your signing Dom Kinnear.
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Jack2142 posted:Your signing Dom Kinnear. That's...way too plausible. 
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Jack2142 posted:Your signing Dom Kinnear. Hahahahaha I was going to say Wayne Rooney in two years, but this is so much better
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TheBoyBlunder posted:Rapids interim GM Padraig "football manager" Smith and chief business officer Wayne Bryant published an Op-Ed in the Denver Post about their vision for the team. One day all other Rapids fans will learn that their hopes and dreams need to be thrown into the loving trash.
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https://twitter.com/AEricksonCD/status/898603916304072704 I really hope Santos plays for Crew tomorrow.
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Star Man posted:One day all other Rapids fans will learn that their hopes and dreams need to be thrown into the loving trash. Supposedly things will change once Bravo's bad contracts come off the books. Supposedly. I'll believe it when I see it, like if the Rapids actually carry 30 guys next year so they have enough bodies for Champions League and don't overplay their starting 11. Which, supposedly, they're excited by CCL and will "try to win." (They won't win). TheBoyBlunder fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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I completely forgot you guys got a CL spot...and how NYC had better than 50% chance to get a spot when the playoffs started and somehow didn't.
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The 2019 Champions League rescheduling has the 2017 & 2018 MLS Cup champions and U.S. Open Cup champions qualifying, so they're trying to close the gap of good teams going bad. Supporters Shield winners get left out in the cold for the next two seasons, though.
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Stadium news: DCU front office has informed all the supporter groups that there will be 2,000 tickets total between them all. The regular crowd at RFK is easily triple that, likely 4-5x (and always half or more of the total attendance). No safe standing, as promised by the architecture company. So let's jam half your fanbase into half of one end of the stadium and continue with the lie that every game will sell out with regular folks on the same Saturdays that the Nats are in town. These folks are astounding in their ignorance, and they're about to lose their shirts for incompetence.
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