News and Notes from the MLS
#3031
Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:29 AM
...ooooh ooooooooh we are the riot squad...
#3032
Posted 28 October 2010 - 03:53 AM
Not bad at all. I think he emphasized the way Dallas will see success, but it really boils down to the midfield play. I think Beckerman and company will play at a different level in this game. I expect the Dallas midfield to find it hard to get the ball enough to do much of anything. I also think you'll see RSL provide extra players in wide positions, overloading the ball side. It will be interesting to see if the Hoopla have enough to get the ball switched. Ferreira has to see the ball in advanced positions with time and space to operate. If the RSL midfield gains the upper hand and they get the ball moving, it could be a long night for Dallas.FC Dallas has some good video analysis on their site
#3033
Posted 28 October 2010 - 12:40 PM
#3034
Posted 28 October 2010 - 02:01 PM
I believe you are one of the pre-eminent experts on these boards on the subject of MLS Stadiums.So, with Qwest having been designed to host large soccer matches, and Buck Shaw redesigned to host college soccer matches... can we claim the first MLS Playoffs with every team in a stadium designed with soccer in mind?
Is it really the first?
Wow, that's pathetic. Especially when you consider that although Qwest field may have been designed/remodelled/whatever to be able to host soccer games, they still don't have real grass.
#3035
Posted 28 October 2010 - 02:06 PM
Ergo they don't play real soccer...ergo the stadium isn't designed for soccer, even if it once was. Ergo....I believe you are one of the pre-eminent experts on these boards on the subject of MLS Stadiums.
Is it really the first?
Wow, that's pathetic. Especially when you consider that although Qwest field may have been designed/remodelled/whatever to be able to host soccer games, they still don't have real grass.
#3036
Posted 28 October 2010 - 03:26 PM
No grass = not having a proper field, even if you can fit the maximum size regulation pitch on it.
Fake Edit: I'm splitting hairs, but I'm really super bored at work.
#3037
Posted 28 October 2010 - 06:30 PM
But for now I'm content saying we're on par with the Ligue 1
#3038
Posted 28 October 2010 - 08:59 PM
Columbus is being outplayed by Colorado.
#3039
Posted 29 October 2010 - 10:58 AM
Nothing sets up a cycle of failure for a team like rotating managers before a system can be put into place. Granted that isn't exactly the case in the mls but hopefully this is the beginning of a very painful death walk for this pathetic excuse of an organization.
Makes me wonder if the next manager will have a "Hispanic sounding last name". Maybe they'll just Go after Hugo Sanchez
Word on the street is that 'The Smirk' might be returning to the HDC.
#3041
Posted 29 October 2010 - 02:42 PM
L.A. Galaxy - 4-Time & Back-to-Back MLS Cup Champions!!
Brady Hoke - returning U-M to glory...Go, Blue!
USA Soccer - Don't Tread On Us!
Colombia - returning to the World Cup after 16-year hiatus!
#3043
Posted 30 October 2010 - 01:52 PM
Talking to a European Eurosnob about how the MLS calendar is fucked up because "it plays when no other league plays", I was able to make the person look like a fool by implying that the person was dumber than Americans because even we know that Scandinavian countries not only exist but that they play in a similar calendar to MLS' and they do it for the same reason. Playing in or watching a match in Helsinki in January would be about as fun as a match in Chicago in January.
Anyway...some synapses fired and it occurred to me that the USA could actually run two leagues...a winter schedule league and a summer schedule league. Maybe an MLS Northern Conference (Chicago, TFC, Vancouver, Columbus, New England, New York, Seattle & Portland) and an MLS Southern Conference (with the rest).
I haven't really thought it through much...has this concept been raised before?
-H. L. Mencken
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#3044
Posted 30 October 2010 - 02:03 PM
Here's a bigsoccer-esque idea...bear with me...it is the fruit of insulting a European soccer fan.
Talking to a European Eurosnob about how the MLS calendar is fucked up because "it plays when no other league plays", I was able to make the person look like a fool by implying that the person was dumber than Americans because even we know that Scandinavian countries not only exist but that they play in a similar calendar to MLS' and they do it for the same reason. Playing in or watching a match in Helsinki in January would be about as fun as a match in Chicago in January.
Anyway...some synapses fired and it occurred to me that the USA could actually run two leagues...a winter schedule league and a summer schedule league. Maybe an MLS Northern Conference (Chicago, TFC, Vancouver, Columbus, New England, New York, Seattle & Portland) and an MLS Southern Conference (with the rest).
I haven't really thought it through much...has this concept been raised before?
No
#3045
Posted 30 October 2010 - 03:04 PM
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