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Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

whypick1 posted:

So if this goes through the USMNT keeper pool will presumably be:

Steffen - Backup at Man City
Turner - Backup at Arsenal
Horvath - Backup at Nottingham

Why yes, that seems totally ideal.

MLS Cup winner Sean Johnson's time to shine?

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Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land





I have no idea what GAM can be used for, but I hope it's a good player

TwoStepBoog
Apr 12, 2008

https://twitter.com/DiegoDv8/status/1484290863660355586

gently caress the timbers and all that, but drat if Valeri isn't a legend in the league.


Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

I have no idea what GAM can be used for, but I hope it's a good player

tl;dr basically "money" that can either be used within the league or to exceed the salary cap
GAM is kind of worth more than just selling a player to other leagues because GAM has to be used on acquiring new players
atleast that's my idiot interpretation

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Gonna miss watching my friend play.

edit: the 2nd photo in the 2nd tweet is from the time he subbed for my beer league futsal team (for the record, this ain't my tweet it just looks that way)
https://twitter.com/belladevil/status/1484259956270399491

highme fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Jan 21, 2022

Dallan Invictus
Oct 11, 2007

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

TwoStepBoog posted:

tl;dr basically "money" that can either be used within the league or to exceed the salary cap
GAM is kind of worth more than just selling a player to other leagues because GAM has to be used on acquiring new players
atleast that's my idiot interpretation

Most of this is true (when I'm not joking around I like to call the various flavours of Garberbucks "salary cap credits" because that makes it more clear what they actually do), but there's no limitation on using GAM on current vs. new players (that's TAM, and maybe not even that anymore), but it's still worth more than selling a player to other leagues because while you get SOME GAM from selling a player abroad for actual money, there's a limit to how much of it you get no matter how big the transfer is (currently around $1m, IIRC).

Most MLS teams' owners, aside from your San Joses etc, have more actual money than the rules will let them spend (some have much, much more), so the cap flexibility from getting more Garberbucks is more valuable than the money for the success of the team, unless it's A LOT of money.

Dallan Invictus fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jan 21, 2022

BelovedWebPatron
Nov 30, 2015

TwoStepBoog posted:

https://twitter.com/DiegoDv8/status/1484290863660355586

gently caress the timbers and all that, but drat if Valeri isn't a legend in the league.

I'd never seen him play in-person before last year, I'm glad I took the chance to do so when the Timbers came to KC in August last season

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
replacement GAM-Pole acquired

(I have no idea why philly is selling this seemingly good player)

https://twitter.com/chicagofire/status/1484906623776833540?s=21

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

https://www.si.com/soccer/2022/01/20/cole-bassett-feyenoord-loan-colorado-rapids-usmnt

Good for Cole but :smith: for us.

Dallan Invictus
Oct 11, 2007

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

paddyboat posted:

(I have no idea why philly is selling this seemingly good player)

Because they're replacing him with this guy (top scorer from the Danish league last year):

https://twitter.com/thegoalkeeper/status/1484941051076960260

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1485629107937464323?s=19

Done deal finally. Unclear what the final price is but they basically turned dike into facundo torres which seems like a very good swap.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Kevin Paredes of DCU just moved to Wolfsburg for $7M. This month has been kinda nuts for transfers:

https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1486042113766834182

Look at all them :signings:

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

Wait wait whoa, a transfer TO Brazil? :catstare:

Doctor Teeth
Sep 12, 2008


taty is the only relatively big name still pending a move right? i wonder if interest has cooled or if nyc want too much (or both)

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Doctor Teeth posted:

taty is the only relatively big name still pending a move right? i wonder if interest has cooled or if nyc want too much (or both)

Theres other names (depends on what you mean by big)I've seen kicked up elsewhere - buska, bello, Matt turner off the top of my head. I'd expect we see a few more players sold still and at least a few DPs come in. Toronto also wants to trade Jozy

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Why yes, I will accept this much funny money (and a 10% sell-on if outside the league, to boot) for our 3rd string LB, tyvm

https://twitter.com/SoundersFC/status/1486746234354225155

Philly and Orlando also picked up DP forwards from Denmark and Austria, respectively.

whypick1 fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Jan 27, 2022

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Taylor Twellman is reporting Matt Turner to Arsenal this summer is done. Unclear on the fee. Gives New England time to replace him, I suppose. Better for USMNT in that Turner will get matches this spring, when Arsenal have a really light fixture load.

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

Where's our DP forward, Kroenke? :argh:

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
I just noticed the thread title has a typo in it. Whoopsie.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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whypick1 posted:

I just noticed the thread title has a typo in it. Whoopsie.

They don't have the red squiggly lines when you misspell a word in a thread title!

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1487448723529551875

Bello joins the exodus

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.


Romano reporting on MLS transfers, we've hit the big time boys!

Also Belgium buying all the left backs.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Apparently a bit complicated though - bello wants to goto Bundesliga it seems. Unclear if he'll agree to goto Belgium.

Interesting situation for Atlanta, if they'll work with Bello on this or what. Also looking to send off Barco but as far as I know that isn't done yet either.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet

G-Hawk posted:

Also looking to send off Barco but as far as I know that isn't done yet either.

https://twitter.com/RiverPlate/status/1487528719501643781

Gonna go ahead and call that official.

Doctor Teeth
Sep 12, 2008


G-Hawk posted:

Apparently a bit complicated though - bello wants to goto Bundesliga it seems. Unclear if he'll agree to goto Belgium.

Interesting situation for Atlanta, if they'll work with Bello on this or what. Also looking to send off Barco but as far as I know that isn't done yet either.

apparently they did work with him and bielefeld upped their fee a bit

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1487785375691124740

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

https://twitter.com/ColoradoRapids/status/1488233500016721923

trusty to Arsenal in the summer, apparently. Bit odd, first sighting of any sort of Kroenke pipeline I think

Bello is also a done deal now, and apparently LA Galaxy are trying to make a washed up Douglas Costa their 3rd DP

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

Not a fan of getting poached on this level.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Toronto and Tigres are really getting ahead of the curve in regards to the MLS-LigaMX partnership by swapping Yeferson Soteldo and Carlos Salcedo.

Will they high five each other while flying over Kansas?

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




STL has its first player and as you’d expect he’s Bosnian https://twitter.com/stlcitysc/status/1488573686915469313?s=21

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



They can’t even put him in their kit for the photo?

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Kinda need a kit first

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



They’ve at least got a badge if the USL kit isn’t a continuation or whatever, any amount of research into a St. Louis MLS team is too much

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
St. Louis City is a new club without any ties to any old club from the Championship or otherwise. Different ownership group and all that.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1488618321650110468

pretty big time signing by dallas. they might actually be good this year

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

G-Hawk posted:

https://twitter.com/ColoradoRapids/status/1488233500016721923

trusty to Arsenal in the summer, apparently. Bit odd, first sighting of any sort of Kroenke pipeline I think

Purchased now, will be loaned back to the Rapids until summer, and planned to go to Europe on loan elsewhere for 22/23. Weird all around.

Turner waiting until summer is likely to do with not finding a big enough deal to dislodge Leno from Arsenal right now too.

binge crotching
Apr 2, 2010

G-Hawk posted:

pretty big time signing by dallas. they might actually be good this year

I feel like a bunch of teams have upgraded significantly this offseason, I'm actually pretty interested in seeing what the standings look like in the summer.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

G-Hawk posted:

https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1488618321650110468

pretty big time signing by dallas. they might actually be good this year

Only took a ridiculous number of years of fans complaining about the lack of any spending by ownership.


We'll see if it pays off!

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

harperdc posted:

Turner waiting until summer is likely to do with not finding a big enough deal to dislodge Leno from Arsenal right now too.

I saw somewhere Arsenal wanted Turner now, but the Revs wouldn't sell until summer. I think Leno would have been shipped off to Newcastle.


Miami has signed DeAndre Yedlin apparently. They're basically a brand new team with all the turnover.

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




Edward Mass posted:

St. Louis City is a new club without any ties to any old club from the Championship or otherwise. Different ownership group and all that.

technically Jimmy Kavanaugh (World Wide Technology bigwig who played for SLU) is part of the ownership group, but it's fronted by female Taylor family (Enterprise/National Rental Car) heirs, yes.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
Reports have the ghost of Jozy Altidore to New England.

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G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Edward Mass posted:

Reports have the ghost of Jozy Altidore to New England.

maybe they can add Guzan next to replace Turner. Bruce can assemble some sort of bizarre tribute to US Soccer's past in Foxboro.

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