wsoxfan1214
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...i'm going to be so lost.
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2013 Major League Soccer |OT| Pick your side, it's time for War
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Mike Magee scored a hat trick. I'm already lost.
ActStriker
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Go Revs
You would have spontaneously combusted? Imagine how I would have felt, sitting in the Army. Hahaha.
Yeah. Nagbe and Valeri were all over the place last night. It was glorious. I'm also SO glad that this team just did not give up. Last year we would have folded worse than a piece of origami.
Looking back I'm not angry about the result at all. From the fact that our team is almost entirely new, to the fact that we didn't play that well in the first half at all, or that our best player was Silvestre. A point away to a much hungrier side is great.
Imagine what we'd look like if our DPs didn't play like shit.
Imagine what we'd look like if our DPs didn't play like shit.
I seriously believe this is our best backline ever... and I just got depressed.
We basically gave you two goals. On a silver platter.
Very nice!
Yes. From the regulations guide, page 6 "Tie-Breaker Procedures" (keep in mind the entire knockout section is called "the Championship Stage"):
Thank God. That needed to change. Also, looks like they are increasing the tourney from 64 teams to 68.
Nice OP. I don't follow MLS because I don't want to get attached to any team while I wait for Orlando City to hopefully get promoted but I do watch the games when I can as I'm a big fan of the sport in general. Caught the 2nd half of the Timbers-NYRB game this weekend and what an ending.
My fiancee and I were looking at going to Seattle to take an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon and I was having it scheduled around going to a Sounders game but ultimately we picked a different destination. I do hope to get up there some day and see a game though as their stadium is truly a sight to behold.
My fiancee and I were looking at going to Seattle to take an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon and I was having it scheduled around going to a Sounders game but ultimately we picked a different destination. I do hope to get up there some day and see a game though as their stadium is truly a sight to behold.
Orlando is probably gonna get it. There's already a good fanbase for a minor league team and MLS seems to do well in NBA-MLS markets.
That's my thought process. The team can already do 9-10k which is really pretty fantastic and there are some very strong supporter groups. I know there's a lot of support at the government level to make the stadium happen so I hope they get off their asses and push it through.
Amibguous Cad
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It'll definitely be Houston in the West, and not a moment too soon. It's a travesty that they're not in the same conference as their biggest rival.
I'm also looking forward to the successful lower division teams leaving for MLS. I still don't understand why San Antonio hasn't been hyped up more, with their 10k attendance in NASL. (that's one potential Western expansion team, BTW). Salivating at the thought of a Cascadia-like Lone Star Cup between the Texan teams.
I'm also looking forward to the successful lower division teams leaving for MLS. I still don't understand why San Antonio hasn't been hyped up more, with their 10k attendance in NASL. (that's one potential Western expansion team, BTW). Salivating at the thought of a Cascadia-like Lone Star Cup between the Texan teams.
The Culture Vulture
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Minnesota someday maybe? The NASL Minnesota Stars just got rebranded so I don't know how to take it.
Rafa=FedKilla
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San Antonio will happen. Not liking the name change of the STARS, but their unis and crest are nice.
Really? I thought Scorpion was great.
ehh does MLS need another team in Texas? i would rather them add to the southeast before that ( Orlando, Miami). im also not a fan of adding another team in NYC area
sazabirules
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Juninho is already out for NY's next match.
Amibguous Cad
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They're very clearly angling for it, too. They have a 10k-ish soccer specific stadium in place, with schematics that could very easily expand it to 20k. It's still a bit early, though: they've only existed for a year, and there's no guarantee they'd be able to sustain that kind of attendance. At least their FO seems to know what they're doing on the field; they had the best regular season record in NASL as an expansion team last year.
Texas is huge. Asking why we need a team in San Antonio when we've got teams in Dallas and Houston is like asking why we need a team in Chicago when we have teams in Kansas City and Columbus.
To clarify, I wouldn't want San Antonio to crowd out NY2 or Orlando, but it's not like we have to stop at 20 teams. NY2, Orlando, and San Antonio put us at 22 teams, with nicely balanced conferences as Houston and San Antonio move west and NY2 and Orlando play east.
I was disappointed we didn't get something like "Last Stand FC," though that would probably run into the same problems Houston 1836 did. "Scorpions" and the logo screams "minor league," to me, though. Then again we all got used to names like "Timbers" "Sounders" and "Crew," so I guess we'll get used to it.
Rafa=FedKilla
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There was absolutely nothing wrong with the 1836 name, just faux outrage PC bullshit that forced us to have another europosing name. We need cool names like Last Stand FC, Heartland, Roxky Mountain Arsenal. I will be pissed if Detroits future team is not called Motor City.
platypotamus
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How does this sentence not have "Red Bulls" in it? The worst name for a team in the history of bad team names.
Amibguous Cad
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I don't know, I think it makes sense not to hearken back to a point in history where the one major demographic group in your city slaughtered the other major demographic group wholesale. As cool as the name would be (and I'm in love with "Last Stand FC"), there's just no point in choosing a name on narrowly ethnic lines. Limiting appeal to one race doesn't seem to be working out too well for Chivas. Don't really see an issue with the other names you listed, and Motor City FC in particular is a no-brainer for Detroit.
"Red Bulls" get a pass because "Red Bull New York" actually does sound mildly classy. Not their fault everyone calls them the "Red Bulls"
sazabirules
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The Colorado - Philadelphia game was delayed until tomorrow due to weather conditions.
sazabirules
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That was a weak call.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Holy fuck Kobayashi!,!!,
sazabirules
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What a goal. MLS Live is pretty good. I'll be able to watch more games with it.
SKC were real bad the first half. The first give away by Besler was just inexcusable. On the attacking side I think Sapong made a good case of being up front with Bieler instead of Bobby Convey. The through ball passes in the final third were often poor.
sazabirules
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Do you want Silvestre playing?
Yes. He's come out and said that he was definitely jetlagged, and someone that experienced has the potential to bounce back. He knows he fucked up, now he just has to NOT DO IT AGAIN.
ActStriker
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Ugh, Bengston was just offsides
Timbers Starting XI vs. Impact: Ricketts; Miller, Jean-Baptiste, Silvestre, Harrington; Chara, Valeri, W. Johnson-C; Alhassan, R. Johnson, Nagbe
Timbers Subs: Gleeson, Tucker-Gangnes, Wallace, Jewsbury, Nanchoff, Zemanski, Valencia.
I guess that's that. Don't fuck up again Silvestre. DO US PROUD.
Timbers Subs: Gleeson, Tucker-Gangnes, Wallace, Jewsbury, Nanchoff, Zemanski, Valencia.
I guess that's that. Don't fuck up again Silvestre. DO US PROUD.
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