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I'm so hyped for the TFC - LA Champions League game too!
Not sure how I feel about this whole 3 conference games against each opponent, 1 non-conference game thing. The cynical me thinks it's just a cheap trick to make the teams at the top of the east's records look better at the end of a season.
Is anybody else watching the combine?
As much as I like having a balanced schedule, that becomes hard with 19+ teams, unless you eliminate the playoffs, which is not an option. This is a huge country with a huge population and many large cities (plus Canada), I think it's almost certain that MLS will eventually have more than 20 teams (probably in the 30s like every other US league), so it's pretty much an inevitability.
Only because we're too big of pussies to have relegation!
So now the Red Bulls have Henry, Rodgers, Agudelo, Richards, and Cooper, plus last year they drafted Corey Hertzog... Who is getting traded?
Glad we got a 1st round pick, but kinda sad we lost KFC. He was really starting to come into his own. Sigh. Ah well.It's almost draft time. The Red Bulls are sad. They don't even want to even be at the draft and don't give their bench a chance. Gave away a 1st rd pick for Kenny Cooper.
I'm excited since we'll be signing our first players this offseason. Hopefully we get some international signings soon.
Glad we got a 1st round pick, but kinda sad we lost KFC. He was really starting to come into his own. Sigh. Ah well.
Glad to see a local guy in Enzo Martinez going in the first round.
I wouldn't say he was LOUSY... but he definitely had room to improve. I thought he was starting to do that the latter half of the season, but yeah. The draft pick and $$$ is pretty nice.Cooper was lousy, you're better off without him. Sure he will probably do better this year... he couldn't do much worse. The draft pick is just icing on the cake.
Can't believe he fell to RSL, brah is going to be deadly in that system.
And the Red Bulls continue to top themselves with the crazy shit they do.
I wouldn't say he was LOUSY... but he definitely had room to improve. I thought he was starting to do that the latter half of the season, but yeah. The draft pick and $$$ is pretty nice.
Who did new York pick. I think I missed their selections.
Houston keeps drafting forwards of questionable talent as Colin Rolfe joins Will Bruin.
One goal and one assist for a well-paid forward on a decent team, over 20 games from the beginning of May to mid-September, is lousy.
Toronto has their pick from the De Rosario trade:
#12 Aaron Maund (Notre Dame) Position: D
Montreal win the draft with Andrew Wenger and Calum Mallace, not surprising I guess...
The top 7 could all be solid, SKC and RSL did well with late picks, and Philly with Hoffman, and Finlay could also be good, imo.
So does anybody think Vancouver is going to send Mattocks to another team?
I fucking hate the New York Red Bulls organization. Just...FUCK.
Soler is saying Backe was dealing with personal matters, my statement still stands.
Despite repeated overtures from Major League Soccer, Manassas Park resident Herbert Mejia-Flores has decided to remain with the U.S. Under-17 National Team Residency Program for at least this year.
In preparation for its annual draft this Thursday, MLS made three offers to Flores to get him to turn professional and become part of the Generation Adidas program that allows players to compete with MLS prior to their high school or college graduation.
But Flores and his family declined each one, opting instead to relook at the situation next year about whether to make Flores available for the MLS SuperDraft.
MLS made its initial offer to the 15-year-old Flores last Tuesday. Flores’ family rejected MLS’ initial offer, which included a $100,000 signing bonus to Flores and a base salary of $33,750 for his first year with the league.
MLS came back with a higher offer Wednesday, upping the signing bonus to $130,000. If he did sign with MLS, Flores’ contract would be for four years.
Teams overseas continue to express their interest in Flores as well. He’s already received an offer from the German club Borussia Dortmund, but he is not eligible to sign a contract with that team until he is 18.
Flores, who turns 16 in March, leaves Saturday to compete with the U-17 team in a tournament at Turkey. At least seven European clubs are expected to be in attendance at the tournament to watch Flores, including FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Interest in Flores, who will not turn 16 until March, increased a great deal after his performance at the Nike Friendlies Nov. 30-Dec. 4 where he scored one goal and had three assists to help the U.S. U-17 win the tournament.
IF Wanderers continue to tap into the rich seam of talent in the MLS it wont be long before the Stars and Stripes is flying high at the Reebok Stadium.
Flushed with the success of Stuart Holden (pictured) the midfield diamond he signed from Houston Dynamo and who has been so desperately missed during his long injury lay-off Owen Coyle is so convinced there are rich pickings to be had across the Atlantic that he has been driving his family to distraction watching an endless stream of film footage of potential recruits.
And it appears to be paying dividends with US international centre-back Tim Ream just a work permit away from completing his £2.5million transfer from New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Unions French striker Sebastien Le Toux currently at the Reebok on a weeks trial.
There is an obvious attraction in the bargains to be had when shopping in the MLS, where fees can be a fraction of those demanded in Europe, but it is not just finance that prompts Coyle to ensure he has all bases covered Stateside.
He is convinced there are players in America who not only have the ability but also the right attitude to cope with the mental and physical demands of playing top-flight football.
And Ream is a prime example.
I believe Tim Ream is a player who can get better, the Wanderers boss said of the defender he is on the verge of making his first signing of the current transfer window.
Hes 24 years of age, but 24 in America is probably, I would suggest, about 21 (in football development terms) because of the college education which is so important, and I totally understand that. But within that they miss out on starting their careers earlier than they probably could have.
Thats why the American players do have an impact on the Premier League when they come here because, regardless of their age, they maybe have a freshness for not having been thrown in from 17 or 18 years of age and everything that goes with that. I dont know the answer, but they certainly come in with an energy and a desire to show their worth.
I believe Tim Ream has all those qualities, added to his natural attributes and God-given talent and his tremendous physical condition.
The percentage of American players in the Premier League is still small, but Coyle makes it clear he is committed to tapping into the MLS market.
Theyve been able to entice some top, top players into their league, and within that they have some top players themselves, he added. You see Landon Donovan is over just now with Everton, as he has been before, and playing at a very high level.
But for years the American players have done well in the Premier League.
Theyve made an impact and thats because, firstly, they are very talented, and, secondly, they have a mentality that deals with the demands of the league.
So Coyle will continue to keep in touch with his American contacts including US national coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who gave Ream a glowing reference and will continue to pore over the supply of match action he receives from the MLS as well as all the other domestic leagues he has covered even if it doesnt go down well at home.
I cant say my familys best pleased when Im sitting watching all the stuff, he admitted. But thats the nature of the job.
I fucking hate the New York Red Bulls organization. Just...FUCK.
Soler is saying Backe was dealing with personal matters, my statement still stands.
Just picked up 2 GA tickets for the Sounders Concacaf home leg. HYPE.
Okay I'm not one of those people who whines about the Galaxy, but how the f*** can they afford to bring back Juninho??
Seattle traded Fucito and Neagle to Montreal for Eddie Johnson. Oh my.
The allocation process needs to be abolished.
This league is so ass backwards.
I'm still wondering why we cut Kassel and Hot.
I'm still wondering why we cut Kassel and Hot.