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quote:Saint Louis Thrills Big Crowd with Three-Goal Night quote:Sharp: Major League Soccer not a good fit for Detroit quote:David Beckham stadium deal with Miami-Dade County hits a snag Jedi Mind Trick: Miami is not the MLS expansion city that you are looking for, David Beckham. [waves hand] Talk to Bill Edwards. Take the Rowdies to MLS! Al Lang is the perfect spot!  quote:Will Miami Beckham United ever take flight? Furrows brow, sends internet mind control beam directed at David Beckham: go to St. Pete David Beckham! Waterfront urban stadium for you there! Take the Rowdies to MLS!  quote:Former Cheltenham Town forward Eliot Richards released by Tampa Bay Rowdies quote:Joe Cole is 'massive signing for Tampa Bay Rowdies and NASL' quote:Coventry release Joe Cole for Tampa Bay Rowdies move quote:Rowdies Formation Update: Joe Cole quote:Perry Van Der Beck Releases Statement on His Resignation from the Rowdies No real info on why he quit and/or was fired. Presumably contractually required to keep quiet. Anyway Perry is a class act. quote:St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman shelves plans to ask voters for permission to expand Al Lang No real info on why the plans have changed. I don't believe for a second that Orlando's ridiculous MLS territorial rights claims have anything to do with it. Speculation on Facebook is that the mayor and Edwards have a better option in mind which won't require voter approval; however I have no idea what that might be. They are keeping mum for now. Edit to add: speculation is that they'll just string along a series of 4 or 5 year leases since this does not require voter approval. Not sure why Edwards would want to commit to spending $70 million in Al Lang expansion without a long term lease; on the other hand who else is St. Pete going to rent Al Lang to? Will have to wait until Edwards announces how/if/when he finances the expansion; would think he would want to bring on additional investors too and in spite of denials he has to be thinking about MLS. Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 02:10 on May 10, 2016 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:-The team may rebrand, but not until the new money is on board I don't care what anyone says, I like the Austin Aztex name. It's cute and stupid and a pun, and more importantly it has some history now. Why change it? 
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fyallm posted:The FC Cincinnati game was postponed this weekend due to the field at Charlotte looking like this garbage dump: Looks as bad as Al Lang did when the St. Pete Baseball Commission was still in charge. quote:USL Has Its Eyes Set On San Diego quote:Nashville awarded United Soccer League franchise Meanwhile, in NASL.... quote:Bill Hagerty leads separate effort to bring pro soccer to Nashville quote:Fort Lauderdale Strikers: Where Did It All Go Wrong? quote:Working with Nesta a privilege, says new Miami signing Ryan quote:The Irish influence is proving crucial in the second tier of North American soccer quote:'I closed the door, turned to the missus and said 'What the f**k has just happened?'' quote:Selling soccer to the States: The growth of MLS and the beautiful game in the US quote:Sports Opinion: MLS This Could Be Us But… This is what I keep telling Beckham via my psychic mind control powers but he hasn't succumbed yet. Al Lang is perfect. Screw Miami and its crooked politicians, Becks. Tampa Bay Rowdies is what you want.
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King of False Promises posted:It's really shocking that, after all the troubles trying to get stadium land, they've not gone with this. It's literally staring them in the face. Florida, downtown urban waterfront stadium, with no NIMBY problems and with a city government quite eager to attract sports investors (due to the Rays inevitable move when their lease is up), with an already established soccer team using the facility (the Tampa Bay Rowdies with an established 41 year old brand name that is well known worldwide especially in Britain) and an already established and proven fan base (which Miami has yet to demonstrate that it has). After their second or third failure to get a site in Miami I have to believe that the Beckham group started to look at other cities as a backup plan. Becks was in Las Vegas recently so the assumption is that he'll use Las Vegas as his backup plan but they have potentially got the same kinds of problems in Las Vegas as they do in Miami, with none of the pluses that the Tampa Bay Rowdies have. And they have the gambling stigma in Las Vegas as well; maybe not something that Beckham would worry about but he really should try to think of some cities that aren't just "glamour and glitter" cities for a change. Also Bill Edwards and the Rowdies are really ready for MLS now if they had the Beckham group on board: unlike Las Vegas you would not have to wait for a stadium to get built you could expand Al Lang as is during the off season; and/or use the Ray Jay if necessary (and like Orlando they could probably fill an NFL-sized stadium, while Al Lang was being expanded, especially with the Beckham brand attached to the Rowdies brand). It's win-win idea, and just what the Rowdies need to break through the "but it isn't going to be as good as the original 1970s era Rowdies, so why bother" stigma/catch-22 that we are currently suffering from. What are they, on their fourth site in Miami, now? And Miami is trying to impose all kinds of unreasonable conditions on Beckham's group? Time to look elsewhere. I keep sending Beckham letters, urging him to look at the Rowdies, so now I just feel like a stalker.  Are Mick Jagger, Rick Wakeman, Peter Frampton and Paul Simon potential Philadelphia Fury owners again I wonder? quote:Philadelphia Fury seek NASL move with potential partners in Spain, Dubai and Las Vegas Interesting trivia, first shirt sponsorship I am aware of (in USA sports) was the Pennsylvania Stoners of the American Soccer League back in 1980. ALPO was the shirt sponsor. quote:http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/will-others-follow-nbas-jersey-sponsorship-decision/ Hooligan problems? Lower leagues: "Hey, MLS, here's Orlando and Atlanta. You're welcome." quote:Wannabe MLS Hooligans Are Adopting The Worst Of Soccer Culture
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The USL people have been spreading a lot of misinformation about USL as a path to MLS, which gets picked up and repeated by others; spot the howlers here: quote:Mountain Star works to bring new soccer stadium, team to El Paso Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 09:39 on May 26, 2016 |
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fyallm posted:Wasn't the Minneapolis/Atlanta teams NASL? Orlando did go from USL to MLS thought I guess. The article means that some local investors in El Paso are buying into the USL talking points. Minnesota United (Loons or whatever they end up calling them) are going from NASL to MLS. Orlando City is the only city mentioned that went straight from USL to MLS. Atlanta Silverbacks were NASL; Atlanta United in MLS has no connection to them. All of the other teams that have moved from USL to MLS did so when the NASL did not yet exist, so talking about "USL is the path to MLS" using those as examples to slight the NASL is ridiculous USL spin. Also, many of those USL-to-MLS teams were part of TOA, IIRC, so they would have been NASL teams eventually if they had not gone to MLS first. Edit to add: also, El Paso is the number 98 TV market in the USA, so they barely made the top 100 list. These investors have to be drinking the Kool-Aid to think that MLS would ever be interested in their market. Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Jun 28, 2016 |
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King of False Promises posted:It's really shocking that, after all the troubles trying to get stadium land, they've not gone with this. Serendity; I was suddenly curious if David Beckham and Bill Edwards had any kind of connections so I googled them and this article was at the top of the results; it appears to date from February quote:Bill Edwards Knocks Muhammad Ali Out in Vegas David Beckham was one of the attendees at this event. So at least Beckham and Edwards move in the same circles and potentially know each other or know of each other, outside of soccer. Speaking of Las Vegas: quote:Here's The Challenge That NFL, NHL, MLS And MSG In Las Vegas Would Present NFL is simply trolling again for free stadiums. MLS needs more than that: the demographics (ie middle class soccer moms and dads and kids, and 20-something/30-something hipsters with lots of spending money, etc) are not very good in Las Vegas. Las Vegas would be better off with a USL or NASL club, and build up the support organically and gradually rather than trying to parachute in a Beckham glamour club into Las Vegas and try to piggyback off of an NFL stadium. Las Vegas ain't Seattle or Atlanta. A Las Vegas Beckham MLS club has a lot of potential to fail spectacularly. Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 08:44 on May 28, 2016 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwW9h4tLjfA MUFC 0-2 TBR Joe Cole scores his first goal for the Rowdies. Knock on wood/fingers crossed; maybe the Rowdies are finally starting to jell as a team.
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Crazy Ted posted:Carolina was tied 0-0 with Charlotte after regulation in their Open Cup game tonight. They went on to five goals in extra time Sure hope there is some video of that. Must have been an epic collapse. quote:United Soccer League's Rhinos sign Shamrocks' standout Sean Reilly quote:GRFC is ready for step up in competition
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quote:Tampa Bay Rowdies balance Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, NASL ambitions quote:USL, MLS to begin testing instant replay quote:David Beckham’s Miami Miasma: Inside His Stadium-Building Struggle Aside from my selfish desire to see Beckham team up with Edwards and take the Tampa Bay Rowdies to MLS, there's also the impact this has on the lower level teams in south Florida to consider. If Miami Beckham United never launches, MLS will not come back to south Florida for a good 5-10 years at least and that gives time to give Miami FC and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers some breathing room to build up their fan base and get some kind of long term stadium situation lined up. I think that this is probably the kind of long term grass roots building effort that is needed, rather than Beckham's glamour and glitter approach. Beckham is stubborn though so who knows how long this story will linger until he finally gets his stadium or gives up and moves on.
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CaptainYesterday posted:You gotta wonder when MLS will just say 'gently caress it' and give some other city spot #24. It's not like soccer towns are in short supply! There was supposed to be a March deadline which MBU missed, then in April Garber was saying that he was confident that MBU would get their situation sorted out in time for Miami to join MLS on schedule for the 2018 season. Shortly after that the PSG investors MBU were courting pulled out, then in early May the story broke that MBU were balking at all of the conditions Dade County were putting on their land sale; plus heavy NIMBY displeasure in the Overtown area, etc. It's a clusterfuck and I have to think that if it weren't for the glitzy glamour and international name recognition of Miami, that Beckham would have looked elsewhere by now. But even Garber's patience has to run out some time. MBU called in Tim Leiweke to be their fixit man after the first couple of sites fell through; if I were him I'd be looking at other cities right about now. In NASL, Rowdies beat Ottawa 2-1 at Al Lang. I was skeptical at first about the Joe Cole signing but he is turning out rather well. He still has plenty of hustle and his accurate passing has really improved the Rowdies offense. This is the first match he has been subbed out of (at about 77th minute) which is pretty impressive as he is not used to playing in this kind of heat and humidity. Both goals to Georgi Hristov; he has been doing quite well lately as well. Strikers beat Cosmos at Lockhart, also 2-1, so Cosmos have not clinched Spring title yet.
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King of False Promises posted:He's done really well. He provides some directness we've lacked recently, which is nice. Yes but now I'm getting greedy and I want more, better talent to support Joe Cole and to lift the Rowdies playing level to new heights. Cosmos ain't gonna beat themselves y'know. From the US Open Cup thread: quote:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3773734&pagenumber=2 From Ralph's Mob on Facebook: quote:A special thank you goes out to the Tampa Bay Rowdies front office staff, for working with us to resolve the issues of smoke, #FreeDave, and the band. We are happy to announce that Dave has been reinstated and we are working towards permanent solutions for the other issues. We appreciate all your efforts to make sure everyone has a fun and safe time at the matches. See you on Saturday! So, yay Dave! He was apparently banned (now un-banned) for past use of smoke bombs, which is ironic as the Rowdies do use images of the Mob with smoke bombs in their advertising, which is very MLS-like, I must say. Some of the older mobsters do have health issues with the smoke though. The other issue is Mobster dislike of the Loudies playing music nearby during the game. So, supporter drama.  Some Ralphs Mob tifo from the recent US Open Cup match; first one is from an old photo of Rodney Marsh giving someone the finger:  
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CaptainYesterday posted:It's all politics. Namely, MLS/USL vs. NASL. MLS and the USL are painting the NASL as a dead-end league, and it's tough to counter that while the USSF is getting requests for both lower divisions to move up on the ladder. This is what happens when you let the free market dictate soccer! wicka posted:it's quite the opposite of that, actually If the D2 requirements actually meant something USSF wouldn't allow teams that qualify for D2 to stay in D3 while making plans to move to D1. USSF are deliberately sabotaging their own D2 standards by allowing USL teams to do this. It should be: if you meet D2 requirements, and especially if you also want to go to MLS, you should have to go into NASL first. That would stabilize NASL and put a permanent stop to this endless and pointless war between USL and NASL. Seriously, I've lost count; are there any USL teams, that are not MLS reserve teams, that haven't announced MLS plans yet or have rumors of MLS plans at some point? Even teams that are in ridiculously small markets like Charleston are talking MLS (El Paso number 98 TV market; Charleston SC is number 99 TV market!). It's silly. These teams are never going to MLS. If they meet D2 ownership requirements they should be in NASL to help provide long term stability to D2. USL as a D3 league doesn't have to worry about stability anymore now that it has become an MLS farm league. quote:Banned For Life? The Dave Alexander Story
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wicka posted:i just hate that we have a league system in which the league is a personality itself that bickers with other leagues. i don't care about MLS or NASL or USL, these are just containers for teams that organize things and set up media contracts, why are they fighting with each other and forming alliances? all of these leagues need to focus more on growing the sport and not just on growing themselves. more often than not those two things are not as intertwined as they think they are. We've been stuck in this silly situation since the beginning of soccer in the USA; even the AFA and the AAFA and other leagues and associations couldn't agree on anything and fought each other back in the late 1800s/early 1900s. And there was the soccer war between the USFA and ASL back in the 1920s. And so on. The USSF had a chance to actually take control of things between 1984-1996 and set up and run a single unified system, but instead we got MLS. I'm definitely a "Tampa Bay Rowdies till I die" kind of guy in that I'm mostly motivated by loyalty to my club; I don't really care about USL, NASL, or MLS as such. Pittsburgh at least has a valid case for being a major league city in USA sports, within our existing system of major/minor leagues, so their plans are not necessarily delusional or just a smoke screen to attract fan attention. If we did have pro/rel cities like El Paso and Charleston would have a chance to make it to the top flight but they'd actually have to earn it. Not likely, but fun when it actually does happen. Not going to happen in USA soccer in our lifetimes probably but it is still worth thinking of other ways of doing things. quote:For Rowdies fans, the Beard is a keeper quote:Rayo OKC's future in question following relegation of Spanish club
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fyallm posted:USL sat down for an in-depth Q & A with FC Cincinnati club President Jeff Berding This is exactly what the Tampa Bay Rowdies managed to do in the 1970s: quote:Mmm, love that détente Still crazy after all these years... quote:Mary and Dieter Karnstedt are Rowdies' royal couple Minnesota stadium situation chugging along... quote:Hearing shows community split on St. Paul pro soccer stadium More info leaks out about Overtown situation... quote:David Beckham rep said no way to sewage station next to soccer stadium Sounds like MBU's biggest problem is lack of a local big money real estate guy on their ownership team who could navigate this minefield of local politics. Tim Leiweke was brought in to head MBU's efforts, and I'm sure he is much better at this than Beckham or Claure, but he's not a local Miami guy. He can't pull this off from LA anymore than Beckham can. This is the problem with out-of-town or foreign, non-local investors, especially when building a new stadium is involved. Miami FC and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers have this problem, too, in that they are foreign owned, but at least they have actual teams playing locally and attracting local fans. Maybe they will find local investors and local political allies that way. MBU has no chance of doing that given the way MBU has been run as a glamour boy operation expecting to parachute into Miami and have everything run smoothly as though it were a celebrity fashion show or something of that nature. Impressive signing for Indy XI: quote:INDY ELEVEN SIGN MEXICAN LEGEND GERARDO TORRADO FOR FALL 2016
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Crazy Ted posted:Indy Eleven just beat Carolina 4-1 to take the Spring Season title from New York*. Rowdies tie Jacksonville in Jacksonville, 1-1. Congrats to Indy (barring a Strikers fluke win).
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King of False Promises posted:At least it's not the Cosmos. Yeah, that too!  awyeahz posted:Indy Eleven may have won the spring season championship, but fell to 2nd place in the all important attendance table: Patience Tampa Bay Rowdies...climb the ladder....(and get Al Lang expanded)....
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King of False Promises posted:Poor Ft. Lauderdale Yeah I know! Such a great soccer heritage going down the drain. I really do hope they manage to turn it around. And they are even worse than Miami so far, which is the exact opposite of the historical precedence in pro soccer attendance (Miami vs. Ft. Lauderdale pro soccer attendance that is). Ft. Lauderdale usually does a lot better than Miami. Surprised at the Cosmos, too. Wish the authorities would stop dragging their feet and give them a yes or no on their stadium plans.
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So Perry bounces back after leaving the Rowdies:quote:USL Names Van Der Beck VP of Competition & Operations I'm getting old; never heard of this guy: quote:INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED RECORDING ARTIST FLO RIDA TO PERFORM POST-MATCH CONCERT ON JULY 2 PRESENTED BY HOT 101.5 Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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King of False Promises posted:So Joe Cole scored a pretty good goal tonight: Great goal; it was all over the Internet and TV; people who I never expect to talk soccer with mentioned it to me. Game was live on CBS too; good advertisement for the Rowdies and NASL. Rowdies signed Danish midfielder Martin Vingaard. http://saintpetersblog.com/rowdies-strengthen-midfield-signing-danish-player-martin-vanguard/ Edit to add: Rowdies reinforce attack with signing of Colombian forward Carlos Preciado: http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news/2016/07/19/rowdies-reinforce-attack-with-signing-of-colombian-forward-carlos-preciado Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Jul 19, 2016 |
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Do over Ham posted:Yes but now I'm getting greedy and I want more, better talent to support Joe Cole and to lift the Rowdies playing level to new heights. Cosmos ain't gonna beat themselves y'know. Do over Ham posted:Great goal; it was all over the Internet and TV; people who I never expect to talk soccer with mentioned it to me. Game was live on CBS too; good advertisement for the Rowdies and NASL. So sounds like the Rowdies also wanted more help for Joe Cole; not sure if the new signings will play for the Rowdies tonight against the Cosmos or if they will work out; but good to see the club making some real effort to improve. The Cosmos and Indy and the rest have set a high standard. Do over Ham posted:Ft. Lauderdale Strikers are leaving Lockhart Stadium for the cricket stadium: quote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/07/21/how-sam-allardyce-had-a-life-changing-experience-at-the-tampa-ba/ quote:Strikers Ditch Lockhart Stadium Because City Is Too Cheap to Fix It quote:As Beckham fights for soccer in Miami, original Strikers and Lockhart remain template Edit to add: (No idea how reliable this is or what is really going on in Ft. Lauderdale but it does not sound good.) quote:http://fiftyfive.one/2016/07/breaking-fort-lauderdale-strikers-pc-sold-tampa-bay-rowdies/ Edit to add: it is now official: quote:http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/news/2016/08/05/rowdies-acquire-nasl-standout-pc-from-fort-lauderdale-strikers Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Aug 6, 2016 |
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CaptainYesterday posted:Austin update: 201 Hang in there Austin So in addition to poaching a player from a possibly cash strapped Ft. Lauderdale Strikers, Rowdies owner Bill Edwards complained about the lousy quality of officiating at NASL matches and was fined by the league for it; if I heard right Bill Edwards paid the fine with some extra included for future infractions he hasn't committed yet (or that might have just been Ralph's Mob Facebook bantz). I watched the Rowdies vs. Cosmos match in question, it was possibly the worst officiating I have ever seen by soccer refs, but you never win by going public with these sorts of complaints. You are always accused of sour grapes and accused of undermining the integrity of the game, yada yada yada. Edit to add: okay not bantz: quote:http://www.empireofsoccer.com/bill-edwards-issues-comment-on-record-fine-from-nasl-51739/ Bill Edwards is selling the Sundial shopping mall in St. Pete, which may or may not mean something or nothing in relation to the Rowdies. Edwards also has extended his deal with St. Pete to run the Mahaffey Theater, which is also tied in to his control of Al Lang: quote:http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/stage/with-a-five-year-extension-bill-edwards-company-looks-to-expand-mahaffey/2287394 NASL's war with USSF may have scared off their potential SoCal investor: quote:Report: Potential SoCal NASL investor scared away by USSF lawsuit Do over Ham fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Jul 30, 2016 |
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Tony Meola is done as Jacksonville coach:quote:NASL's Jacksonville Armada fire Tony Meola as coach after nine months
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