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This has been in the pipe for a while. Basically is a D3 league that will consist of mostly U23 teams and "some" independent teams. IIRC the belief is those indy teams might come from clubs already fielding academy teams in the new MLS NEXT system. Still, I kinda hate it because it's another parallel system.
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G-Hawk posted:https://www.sportico.com/business/sales/2021/houston-dynamo-sale-1234630196/ And it's official
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Edward Mass posted:It's going to be a reserve league, I'd bet. I've been ignoring all this fanfare for a project that will basically flip USL's "mostly independent teams with some reserves" to "mostly reserves with some independents". Good for various MLS academy prospects that need polishing (and their resale value, which is likely why HQ is doing it) that it exists but I can't imagine it as anything that should worry USL or NISA anymore than "being American soccer leagues without billionaire investors" already should?
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it seems like an obvious way to expand mls footprint and infrastructure and put them in a strong position to take more control over lower divisions depending on how things evolve over the coming years. its not as if USL or NASL are exactly the most stable leagues in the world and id assume in the long term more and more may come under the mls umbrella formally.
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Bring back Reno 1868
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G-Hawk posted:it seems like an obvious way to expand mls footprint and infrastructure and put them in a strong position to take more control over lower divisions depending on how things evolve over the coming years. its not as if USL or NASL are exactly the most stable leagues in the world and id assume in the long term more and more may come under the mls umbrella formally. CubanMissile posted:Bring back Reno 1868
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Congratulations on (eventually) escaping New Jersey kid https://twitter.com/RBLeipzig_EN/status/1408047382802038787
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Crazy Ted posted:uhhhh the NASL hasn't played a game since 2017 lol i thought there was still an ongoing attempt to bring it back (again) but i guess its actually fully dead good move for clark
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I guess we always knew this was coming, just was it going to be Salzburg or Leipzig. Happy for him though, it would be neat to have two Americans running around on the same team in the champions league if he can force his way into the side.
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Apparently someone on Minnesota did a racism/homophobia last night https://twitter.com/TimbersFC/status/1409034070344884227
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whypick1 posted:Apparently someone on Minnesota did a racism/homophobia last night
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They shouldn’t have had to play in the first place; Portland had its hottest day on record and then both teams had to run around on loving turf.
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And there was much rejoicing in the Bay Area: https://twitter.com/SJEarthquakes/status/1409944447173816323
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whypick1 posted:And there was much rejoicing in the Bay Area:
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this can go here i guess https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN/status/1410325829289132038?s=20 i think it's funny how our strikers are better than yours and yet he still chose us
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Cross-posting because there's a lot of MLSers:whypick1 posted:Gold Cup roster for the US: whypick1 fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jul 1, 2021 |
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So what's the consensus on Nagbe? I thought his star was rising when he generated that big transfer fee a few years ago. He won Portland Atlanta and Columbus MLS cups. Was he part of that group blamed for missing the world cup?
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Giganticon posted:So what's the consensus on Nagbe? I thought his star was rising when he generated that big transfer fee a few years ago. He won Portland Atlanta and Columbus MLS cups. Was he part of that group blamed for missing the world cup? He declined a call up like last year or two years ago. I dont think he's one of "berhalter's guys". He said he was more focused on club and family than the national team. And unfortunately yes, he has the stink of missing the WC, whether that's fair or not.
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https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1411743570982326274 Good riddance to a mistake
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11 leagues games + 4 CONCACAF CL for a combined 2-10-3 record. The only non-interim head coaching stint that was shorter that I can think of was Wilmer Cabrera's "only-finishing-out-the-end-of-the-season-and-nothing-more" 9 game stint at Montreal in '19. Even the carousel that was Chivas USA had their coaches hit 20 games.TwoStepBoog posted:If Armas gets fired after tonight's game, DC United will have been the reason he's been fired both times. Galaxy brain move: Armas gets hired by DC, holds on to the job forever. Can't lose to DC if you never play them.
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We've had one (interm) coach with a shorter residency. https://twitter.com/martyn_bailey/status/1411501249661489152?s=19
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More good news for TFC: https://twitter.com/MichaelSingh94/status/1411783321420447746 Hopefully the other two teams will announce something soon as well.
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whypick1 posted:More good news for TFC: I called it: Edward Mass posted:I’m pretty sure Toronto won’t be good again until the border opens up again.
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whypick1 posted:Hopefully the other two teams will announce something soon as well. The BC government's announced that they'll allow fans (50% IIRC for now), but the team haven't said anything definitive yet about when. Last I heard they planned to come back in August but hopefully the timeline gets moved up.
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whypick1 posted:Apparently someone on Minnesota did a racism/homophobia last night League won't do anything due to lack of evidence
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That's what the result was always going to be. When Diomande claimed David Guzman did a racism it was in a scrum with a bunch of players and multiple camera angles. According to the investigation nobody could corroborate the claim and the film was inconclusive. Now this incidident that was between 2 people, off the ball, without the cameras focusing and nobody nearby, was always goign to be "inconclusive."
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Don't have any hot Twitter links handy but apparently there are people in the social media ~~~discourse~~~ who are downright ANGRY that Soccer Moses in Nashville is a thing. I don't know how one of the actual good things about Major League Soccer could piss you off, but there you go.
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MLS' teams various loud and/or explosive stadium gimmicks (see also the new anthem from last year) are authentic as hell, they're just the wrong KIND of authentic so some people find them cringe.
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Crazy Ted posted:Don't have any hot Twitter links handy but apparently there are people in the social media ~~~discourse~~~ who are downright ANGRY that Soccer Moses in Nashville is a thing. Username checks out OP. The whole guitar shredding / Soccer Moses thing is downright idiotic.
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I wholeheartedly endorse any kind of MLS fan culture that isn't copy-pasted from another club.
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STLCSC is collaborating with a fan group who have been “leading the charge” for a St. Louis MLS team for years, and I’m terrified of what cringe poo poo they come up with by the time the first game is played here in 2023.
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I'll say this about Austin's pre-match ritual of a local person of note banging a drum and leading a chant: it's simple and inoffensive.
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Nottherealaborn posted:STLCSC is collaborating with a fan group who have been “leading the charge” for a St. Louis MLS team for years, and I’m terrified of what cringe poo poo they come up with by the time the first game is played here in 2023. Edward Mass posted:I'll say this about Austin's pre-match ritual of a local person of note banging a drum and leading a chant: it's simple and inoffensive.
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Charlotte has a head coach now: Miguel Angel Ramirez. Seems to be similar in profile as Hernan Losada except not a former player. Can't be any worse than Chris Armas, right?
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Here's hoping for a Seattle/SKC Leagues Cup final. Also, have some Calvinball news https://twitter.com/ChrisRifer/status/1412911882206289923 highme fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jul 8, 2021 |
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Crew basically have no players left from injury and call ups as another just got called up to Gold Cup. I think Friday we might only be able to have a bench of three outfield players and multiple players will be forced to play out of position. Our only striker was just recalled from USL. We only have two wingers out of 5. Only 1 LB. It's almost comical.
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insider posted:It's almost comical. After Portland got shellacked by Austin last week I saw one of the TAs most obnoxious complainers going off about our lack of depth hurting us. Like we were ever going to field anything but the kids for our 2nd midweek match during Texas summer in 8 days against an expansion team. On top of the schedule congestion , we have 2 DPs recovering from ACL tears, the 3rd DP and 3rd choice striker were playing in Copa and then there are the rest of the injuries and oh yeah, Eryk got called up finally.
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