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Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




So Anton Walkes of Charlotte died after a boating accident


Not great

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Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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Houston's stadium is now Shell Energy Stadium, while LAFC will now play at BMO Stadium.

Also, today I learned that a nickname Shell Energy Stadium has been 'the Orange Box' for some time now, which makes me smile.

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

So Anton Walkes of Charlotte died after a boating accident


Not great
Boat accidents are loving terrible ways to go, given how many people think that just because you're not on the road you can go get as hammered as you want and then pilot something that goes as fast as a car but is harder to steer.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Well this loving blows

https://twitter.com/hudsonriverblue/status/1616471937718304770

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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Leagues Cup Groups announced. Philadelphia gets the best draw possible among MLS clubs, drawing Tijuana and Querétaro.

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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Double-post, but :siren: Allocation Order and Process is gone effective immediately :siren:

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
One archaic roster rule down, I-don't-have-access-to-a-supercomputer-in-order-to-calculate-the-number to go.

binge crotching
Apr 2, 2010

Allocation order was so dumb, glad that's gone.

lomzus
Mar 18, 2009
https://twitter.com/usmntonly/status/1616627971065876480

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.
I Very Doubt That but If any fanbase deserves José it's definitely the insane Twitter USMNT fans

apologies to the rest of you but it would be tremendous content

JerryRudd
Apr 17, 2002

Power of the Pornstache
I mean, if we're not gonna be good we might as well be entertaining. The American press would LOVE this.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet

More info. tl;dr - Seattle, Atlanta, US*NT and catch-all women's soccer sites are the only ones that will keep getting funding (which doesn't necessarily mean all of the others are shutting down, but...yeah), all of the SBNation podcasts are basically gone as of the end of February.

Yep, pretty brutal. Kinda surprised Portland's didn't make the cut because if you go by the somewhat scientific measure of "comments = engagement", Portland's site actually had an active comment section to speak of, unlike basically all of the other SBN MLS sites I've looked at.

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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A story, in several Tweets:

https://twitter.com/Mr_Abyy/status/1616997782526611456?s=20&t=5hl8wB33F1By3G8ZkVjtaQ

https://twitter.com/IMCFTraveller/status/1616975347978993666

https://twitter.com/francopanizo/status/1616977657454907393?s=46&t=nCz1JD79A-AMMOuZ237INg

https://twitter.com/imcftraveller/status/1616978780559478784

Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jan 24, 2023

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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Claudio Reyna just resigned as sporting director of Austin.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
He's still staying on as Technical Director though, so...:shrug:

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals
Fun Shoe

whypick1 posted:

He's still staying on as Technical Director though, so...:shrug:

It says he’s a technical advisor, which I read as “we’ll pay you the rest of your contract, now piss off”

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Edward Mass posted:

Claudio Reyna just resigned as sporting director of Austin.
Interesting nugget here...

https://twitter.com/thegoalkeeper/status/1616509105111240710

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
I'm shocked :geno:

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
More names announced for Apple's roster. Quite a few that I recognize, some of which I wish weren't there (looking at you Dunseth, Jones and to a lesser extent Costigan).

Backdoor Delivery
Nov 15, 2004

one cool dude


2 Time TRP Sack Race Champion
Dunny rules

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

shep messing noooo

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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MLS Season Pass is live, and there's kind of a shocking amount of Austin stuff in the forefront.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

'smeper fi

Edward Mass posted:

MLS Season Pass is live, and there's kind of a shocking amount of Austin stuff in the forefront.

Yeah I am really surprised at how much content Apple has created. There are 7-10 minute profiles on every club, profiles on all of the Star players, every type of 2022 highlight imaginable, and even a bunch of 1996 videos of the inaugural MLS season.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Auckland kinda poo poo the bed, so the Sounders will hope to not embarrass themselves play against CAF runners-up Al Ahly in the Club World Cup this Saturday. 12PM EST, FS2. Winner plays Real Madrid.

whypick1 fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Feb 2, 2023

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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The schedule page on the Mothership now lists which matches are free, which is handy. Still no detail on potential matches included with Apple TV+.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Pretty sure "Free" means "Free with AppleTV+", there's no "Free free".

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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whypick1 posted:

Pretty sure "Free" means "Free with AppleTV+"

I doubt this is the case, given previous reports of ~40% of matches not being behind a paywall.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
Looks like you're right:

https://www.mlssoccer.com/season-pass/ posted:

A selection of MLS and Leagues Cup matches, including some of the biggest playoff matchups, will also be available at no additional cost to Apple TV+ subscribers, with a limited number of matches available for free on the Apple TV app.

Wild-rear end guess: it will be the matches that are on the FOX networks as well, which is definitely not ~40%.

shomakkaa
Apr 5, 2011

The season pass seems pretty nifty already and a ball hasn’t been kicked yet. That said full pricing for us folks in Europe is a tough ask. :(

scourgeofthe7bees
Jun 21, 2008


shomakkaa posted:

The season pass seems pretty nifty already and a ball hasn’t been kicked yet. That said full pricing for us folks in Europe is a tough ask. :(

Where are you in Europe? For me, streaming last season w/ DAZN was over €20 a month in Germany...

shomakkaa
Apr 5, 2011

scourgeofthe7bees posted:

Where are you in Europe? For me, streaming last season w/ DAZN was over €20 a month in Germany...

Woah, actually then maybe it isn't so bad! I'm in the UK so it was the occasional game on Sky and YouTube highlights. I'm still tempted to pull the trigger, nice distraction from Everton's inevitable relegation :negative:

scourgeofthe7bees
Jun 21, 2008


I guess DAZN has a bunch of other stuff and not just MLS, but since i‘m not really interested in any of that, the Apple price seems fair...

Good luck in that relegation race ;).

Jovial Cow
Sep 7, 2006

inherently good
NYRB signed Dante Vanzeir who is apparently a 24 year old forward from Belgium. We’ve desperately needed a solid frontman since BWP left. Hopefully he’s better than Klimala/Barlow.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

'smeper fi

Meanwhile here in MN, we are waiting to see if Reynoso gets cleared to leave Argentina after being charged with pistol whipping a 16 year old boy. He hasn’t been at practices and our strategy has been “give the ball to Reynosa” so it’ll be interesting to see what happens when he isn’t here for our season opener at the end of the month.

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.

Jovial Cow posted:

NYRB signed Dante Vanzeir who is apparently a 24 year old forward from Belgium. We’ve desperately needed a solid frontman since BWP left. Hopefully he’s better than Klimala/Barlow.

He was top scorer in Union SG's promotion season and second top scorer in their top-of-the-league table season (they Cinderella'd their way to top seed and then flamed out in the playoff stage, which may sound familiar) so I figure he'll do well for you.

Doctor Teeth
Sep 12, 2008


where can i watch the fighting and winning?

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
FOX Sports 2/Deportes, which probably means :filez:

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

pleasantly surprised by how much mls content apple already has. Also, how much its already pushed in the apple+ app. encouraging!

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
The prior CWC game, also airing on FS2, is going to ET right now, so I fully expect FOX to do the dumbest thing possible and move the Sounders game to FOX News or Business or some poo poo like that

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Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.
I'll chalk this up as a win if the Sounders only lose by one. Of course, a much bigger win would be getting literally any other jersey sponsor than loving Providence.

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