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when the actual fresh hell will the full playoff schedule be out this is garbage this league is garbage and so loving help me if there's a match on halloween I'm gonna show up in costume goddamn gently caress mls
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Uh, the Timbers away game might be on Halloween. Your home match would be on the 5th.
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I'm hoping so bad that the Crew win it. Why, yes, Major League is one of my favorite movies ever.
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the escape goat posted:when the actual fresh hell will the full playoff schedule be out this is garbage this league is garbage and so loving help me if there's a match on halloween I'm gonna show up in costume goddamn gently caress mls I imagine the league would want this? Would be a fun atmosphere.
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Jovial Cow posted:I would like for the New York Red Bulls to beat the Chicago Fire tonight. This but the opposite
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Oh no, the home team is playing a match on the day I play dress-up and I am overreacting about it on the Internet
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Gigi Galli posted:I imagine the league would want this? Would be a fun atmosphere. The last time the Fire were in the playoffs (can't remember what year but it was back when they still did one-off wildcard games) they had their wildcard game on halloween and it was pretty awesome, felt more like a big costume party than a soccer game.
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Gigi Galli posted:I imagine the league would want this? Would be a fun atmosphere. gently caress yes. Drunk people in costumes. It would make for good TV. Need a sad Dracula in extra time
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Oct 25, 2017 21:49
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whypick1 posted:Uh, the Timbers away game might be on Halloween. Your home match would be on the 5th. uh, I travel to matches. Star Man posted:Oh no, the home team is playing a match on the day I play dress-up and I am overreacting about it on the Internet ain't my fault you hate fun, man.
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Surrender Cobra Dracula, make it happen MLS. Also, way to not post this stuff in the playoffs thread.
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If I’ve learned anything from sports, it’s that games on Halloween are fun as hell to watch on TV.
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whypick1 posted:Surrender Cobra Dracula, make it happen MLS. Surrender Cobra Commander would be better.
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All timbers fans already do show up in costumes LARPing as sports likers in their European style rooting section
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Thanatosian posted:As a Seattle fan: This man does not speak for all of us. I hope Toronto flames out embarrassingly in a fitting tribute to their stars Bradley & Altidore. Jack2142 fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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trem_two posted:NASL filed a new anti-trust suit against USSF yesterday, the claim is that MLS tried to acquire the Cosmos in order to shut down the club. Dumb question but why is it so important to be classified as Division II? Why does NASL need that classification so badly? Is there some kind of benefit?
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Mostly  , partially because if you're hellbent on killing MLS like a few of NASL's backers are, it's much easier when you're #2 instead not #3.
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African AIDS cum posted:All timbers fans EH The above set to O Canada, of course Jack2142 posted:This man does not speak for all of us. I wanna beat them the same way as last year, maybe we'll give them a complex!
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Niwrad posted:Dumb question but why is it so important to be classified as Division II? Why does NASL need that classification so badly? Is there some kind of benefit? There isn't any benefit directly from the classification, besides maybe USOC placement. In NASL's specific case, the exit fee to leave the league is smaller if the league is sanctioned at D3, but they did that to themselves so... There's an argument that it's easier to land investors, sponsorships, audiences, and cooperation from local politicians at D2 vs. D3 but I've never been entirely convinced that anyone outside particularly obsessive soccer fans cares about that. Ranking competing closed leagues is a lot like ranking leagues in different countries - it may be useful for governance purposes but consumers and investors and sponsors quite clearly make their decisions based on more organic criteria. USL has been just fine at D3 and the NASL could be too if not for various crippling flaws of its own making.
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Atlanta had an amazing season and nobody will ever be back after a nil draw penalty loss
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Atlanta would've won if they were named something other than loving "United".
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whypick1 posted:Atlanta would've won if they were named something other than loving "United". Agreed. They should have been the Colas.
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Footie Mob was an inspired group name. Rename to Footie Mob.
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Even one of the worst offside calls I've ever seen couldn't stop Steffen. What a beast. What a game. Save the loving Crew.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:I'm hoping so bad that the Crew win it. Why, yes, Major League is one of my favorite movies ever. 
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zuzi with the play of all time
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So it looks like Bexar County possibly wants to investigate MLS over the Columbus shenanigans, because apparently the league told San Antonio and the county that if Toyota Field was purchased and refurbished by the local government, then San Antonio would have the fast track to being the third MLS team in Texas. Of course, this now conflicts with the fact that the league was secretly working with Anthony Precourt with regards to his desire to move Columbus Crew to Austin. This on top of the fact that the SS&E group was apparently misled about Precourt's moves when they bought the San Antonio Scorpions, folded the team, and started San Antonio FC in the USL. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Oct 30, 2017 |
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This whole thing stinks. And the fact that MLS knew all about it and didn't care should offend all of us.
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Hungryjack posted:This whole thing stinks. And the fact that MLS knew all about it and didn't care should offend all of us.
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You really have to admire how stupid this is. MLS headquarters gets the chance to go into business with one of the most well-run sports organizations maybe anywhere on Earth, and Don Garber decides, "Hey, lets gently caress them over."
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If MLS thinks California can support four teams, they must think Texas could support four teams (theoretically).
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Let's not forget that Precourt was on the expansion board and thus privy to all of the details of their bid. Surely everything was above board. Didn't the league require a $5m fee for expansion applications as well?
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all-Rush mixtape posted:If MLS thinks California can support four teams, they must think Texas could support four teams (theoretically). If Don Garber thinks Major League Soccer can do Texas better than all four of the long-established North American sporting leagues, then good luck with that.
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I would say that Texas is probably the largest undertapped (is that even a word?) soccer market in the country. That doesn't mean we need to rush into a bunch of teams here, but USL is doing great in the state and it's not unrealistic to say that MLS in San Antonio could bring in the Rio Grande Valley market if done correctly* But the truth of the matter is I just want another driveable road trip. San Antonio could be under three hours' drive. Dallas is 4 hours away. Then KC and Atlanta are both 11 hours by car. * and there's the hard part
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Crazy Ted posted:Texas has never supported four teams in one league in any pro sport. There's two in Major League Baseball, two in the NFL, and three in the NBA. And you could argue that Dallas only has an NHL team because Norm Green moved the North Stars there at the behest of his wife after a Sexual Harassment/Assault lawsuit. I don't think it's impossible for Texas to support 4 teams in the same sport. The problem is Austin. DFW won't support two teams in the same sport (though I wish to gently caress it would). There are really only 4 Metro areas that will support Major League teams of any kind; DFW, Houston, Austin, San Antonio. Even though SanAn and Austin are kind of growing into a huge blob, the culture in the two cities is different enough to have separate fan bases. Austin is the X factor. Texas Football is probably all they can draw a crowd for. They've never really had much interest in any pro sports. Too many transplants, too many hippies. Otherwise, Texas supports 3 NBA teams pretty well. I don't think a fourth would be out of the question. Soccer is pretty big in this state (despite FC Dallas attendance because they put the stadium where only rich whites could get to it)
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XBenedict posted:Austin is the X factor. Texas Football is probably all they can draw a crowd for. They've never really had much interest in any pro sports. Too many transplants, too many hippies.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:gently caress yes. Drunk people in costumes. It would make for good TV. Need a sad Dracula in extra time I am down with this. Oh hi all. Done with school; now I can pay attention to soccer again. ps go sounders.
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G-Hawk posted:Austin is a lot bigger than it was 10 much less 20 years ago and yeah austin has drawn a lot of transplants but well those transplants are staying there now and have kids etc. Its also routinely one of the top areas for soccer TV ratings and it is good demographically for soccer. Plus UT football is mostly opposite in terms of season. I think a MLS team could do really there well. As much as I'd love to have season tickets to a local club, unless they have covered seating, I won't go more than once during June to September.
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Let's all argue at the year-end award nominees.
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The Crew is making all banners enter through one specific gate tonight. My guess is they’ll be checking for anti-MLS or Precourt stuff, as well as like “gently caress THIS poo poo” in giant letters.
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