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ssalgnogniwehc

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#1415879 Victor Palsson leaves team

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 11 August 2022 - 06:36 PM



Victor Palsson, D.C. United’s latest newcomer to receive a work visa, will begin his second MLS tour this weekend.



He barely remembers the first.


Ten years ago, the Icelandic midfielder was 21, playing for the New York Red Bulls, living across the Hudson from the temptations of Manhattan.


“I probably spent more time in the nightclub than on the pitch,” he said in an interview Thursday, two days before his probable D.C. debut at New England.

“Every day was Saturday [night], if I wanted it to be. Soccer was number two; lifestyle was number one.”

Predisposed to addiction because of his family history — both parents had alcohol and drug problems, he said, and his mother died of an overdose two years ago at age 47 — Palsson almost threw away a career that promised to take off upon joining Liverpool FC in 2009.
A partial season with the Red Bulls fell in the middle of a troubled stretch that featured five clubs over four years.


“I had a lot of demons inside of me that I just didn’t know how to deal with,” he said. “So I would use escapes.”

 

Sounds like he's turned his life around on and off the field since his Red Bull days




#1369107 Some fans are back

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 13 August 2020 - 03:30 PM

Poor Reggie. He could have said: I have First Amendment rights and so do they. I do wish they would save the boos for when I concede a penalty.
Or: My family has a long history of being oppressed by our racist society. My grandfather was denied the Nobel Prize for Science. Oh, my bad, he was awarded the Nobel Prize! Or how my parents were denied admission to medical school because of their race. Oops, they both attended Ivy League medical schools and are physicians!

Anecdotal evidence doesn't accurately reflect, nor does negate it, systemic bias.

 

For example, you are an asshole; however, that doesn't accurately depict the majority of people on these boards, who are decent people.




#1347818 2019 Player Salaries

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 13 June 2019 - 10:04 AM

The rough part about this year is that our most expensive player has made zero impact.

You could flip that and say that's the exciting part of this season. Arguably all three of the team's most expensive players haven't had the impact that you might expect given both their salary and past performance, yet this team is only 7 points off first place in the east with a game in hand.




#1335924 Metro - Atlanta Playoff Thread

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 12 November 2018 - 04:06 AM

RBNY were missing Robles for their 3-1 win over Atlanta in May, and were without both Adams and BWP for the 2-0 win at the end of September so the dominance over Atlanta hasn't even come with full strength squads




#1304732 We need a team hall of fame!

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 12 July 2017 - 07:42 AM

Just throwing this out there -- not saying it should be a determining factor:

 

Almost every player with >125 games played seems either a lock for or on the verge of MF HOF inclusion -

 

McCarty - 198 (lock)

Petke - 197

Robles - 182 (lock)

Richards - 176 (lock)

Wolyniec - 167

Mendes - 166 (bubble)

Stammler - 157 (bubble)

Wright-Phillips - 148 (lock)

Jolley - 147 (bubble)

Parke - 143

Magee - 142 (bubble)

Meola - 140

Miller - 140 (doubtful)

Henry - 135

Ramos - 131

Sam - 126 (hmm)

 

OTHER NOTABLES:

Guevara - 117

Leitch - 116 (anti-fullback bias)

Angel - 112

Mathis - 110

Villegas - 106 (nah)

Lindpere - 104

Felipe - 103 (TBD)

Lisi - 102 (THE COCKROACH)

Joseph - 102 (nah)

Kljestian - 100 (lock)

Howard - 97 (lock)

Lade - 97 (building the resume)

Savarese - 96

Gaven - 80 (should be seriously considered)

Cahill - 72 (bubble)

Ream - 65 (I'm hopeful for his return)

Valencia - 65 (bubble)

Olave - 63 (unlikely)

van den Bergh - 62

Luyindula - 60 (unlikely)

Donadoni - 55

Pope - 51 (unlikely)

Djorkaeff - 49




#1280212 Metro - Blue Team Game Thread

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 21 May 2016 - 03:57 PM

Not sure I've ever enjoyed a game more in which this little was on the line




#1274449 Offseason Thread 2015-2016

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 25 January 2016 - 02:46 PM

Wondering if SWP re-upped and the club just hasn't announced yet.  His twitter page still has him kitted out in RBNY gear, he retweets stuff from the club and tweeted a photo of him digging out after the storm.  Doesn't sound like a guy who's going anywhere.

That was quick




#1231528 Chris Duvall Finishes 4th for ROTY

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 24 November 2014 - 03:12 PM

FC Dallas forward Tesho Akindele wins 2014 Rookie of the Year

 

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Congrats Chris! Hopefully he has a good, long run with this club.




#1231186 Robles up for SOTY

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 22 November 2014 - 10:05 AM

How are the Ricketts and Rimando saves even in the final round?




#1223336 New MLS logo is club specific

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 18 September 2014 - 09:25 AM

Now we know why the cap is supposed to be 4 M - all the extra money went to the new sheild design.....

:P

Have a cousin that works in branding that says MLS went cheap-o on the redesign




#1220877 Fire Petke

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 31 August 2014 - 04:22 PM

I don't want him fired but sometimes I worry the best coach on this team is an assistant

 

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#1220295 Did Henry Just Break the Single-Season MetroBull Assists Record?

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 26 August 2014 - 10:34 PM

3 to tie, 4 to break.




#1208272 Metro - Toronto Game Thread

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 17 May 2014 - 05:16 PM

Scratch what I said earlier about Alexander on corners...




#1208153 Metro - Toronto Game Thread

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 17 May 2014 - 04:01 PM

Anyone else sick of Henry's corners that don't get past the first defender? Fuck -- let Alexander take them if Petke insists he plays.




#1199153 Positional Battles in Camp

Posted by ssalgnogniwehc on 16 February 2014 - 04:25 PM

I'm curious how people feel about the presumed position battle between Peguy and BWP. Personally, I was starting to get pretty excited with having Peguy as a midfielder. The game flows smoothly with him there, and although he proved not the most reliable defensively or for the full 90 minutes, a 60/70th minute sub could remedy a lot of that.

 

Additionally, the speed of BWP coming off the bench is a huge asset, whereas Peguy has never really seemed like a big off-the-bench contributor.