Aye, that was vile.
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Nope. Not at all.New England, that is.
Constantly hearing Twellman's commentary was annoying. He's a terrible commentator.
He really is an awful commentator, bit of an elitist too, remember him moaning about talking to football fans in the US and thinking they were prats for not being into MLS, or wanting to talk about MLS players, something like that. Sounded like a complete ass.
And the 21st club will be Orlando City SC...
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1607668/mls-announce-orlando-franchise-nov-19?cc=5901
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1607668/mls-announce-orlando-franchise-nov-19?cc=5901
Good stuff.
Neither playoff game tonight is on national television. Well played, MLS.
Daft, how are they supposed to drum up interest if they don't even show big games on tv.
Typical New York choke. Houston will fluke another MLS Cup final and lose in a borefest final.
To LA Galaxy. 
The Sporting game is entertaining if not incredibly frustrating.
Shit. New England now up 3-2 on aggregate. 71st minute.
Edit: now 3-3 79th. Come on Sporting.
Edit: now 3-3 79th. Come on Sporting.
Sinovic with a belter, aggregate tied now.
Come on KC!
Come on KC!
That Diego Fagundez is quite lively. Only 18 and led the club in goals. Word is he'll play for the US eventually. He's lived in the US since age 5 and isn't a citizen yet? Odd. If he makes a name for himself in the next few years then Uruguay make take notice.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...tarts_with_green_card__now_it_gets_messy.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...tarts_with_green_card__now_it_gets_messy.html
Bieler!!!!
4-3 Sporting
4-3 Sporting
Well, that's a shame. Especially the way Reis went down.
Still, far, far better than I expected at the start of the season.
Still, far, far better than I expected at the start of the season.
If New York hadn't have completely bottled it I'd be feeling better. Something about Houston that Sporting can't deal with.
Biggest game of the year tonight. Man, do I hate Seattle.
I'll be there. I don't want to hate them any more than I have to as it makes it all the worse to lose to them, which we've got a good chance of doing tonight. I didn't think we looked very dangerous against them in the first leg. Our attacks were getting bogged down in midfield whereas theirs didn't break until they hit our defense. Maybe as the home team they were just playing a higher line than we were? The good news is our defense was phenomenal. We gave away I don't know how many near in set pieces and the Gambians handled them with aplomb. That's been a weakness this season, so it's great to see them firming up now.
Still would like to see Valeri step up and set us up with an early goal or 2. He was invisible last game. I was surprised to see Johnson up front last game. I'd usually put him at the lower end of our selection of forwards. Piquonne or Valencia for me early on, and bring in Urruti to run them around later.
Gonna be a nail biter for sure.
Still would like to see Valeri step up and set us up with an early goal or 2. He was invisible last game. I was surprised to see Johnson up front last game. I'd usually put him at the lower end of our selection of forwards. Piquonne or Valencia for me early on, and bring in Urruti to run them around later.
Gonna be a nail biter for sure.
That could be a great game.
Gonna have to find a gif of Rimando's face save a couple minutes ago. Fluke but he'll take it.
Adios, Galaxy Galacticos!
Just back from watching the Timbers romping over Seattle. Great atmosphere. 3-0 and then got complacent and let in a couple, but Seattle would have needed to score 2 more to tie. I still feel like that rivalry is a bit forced. For years Seattle couldn't draw any kind of a crowd in A League, and when they get an MLS franchise they suddenly pack the house and hate Portland? Was cringeworthy watching Timbers fans giving the Flounders grief at the end while they walked off as well.
Anyway, it feels good to actually progress. Now up against RSL who have been our bogey team. Not terribly optimistic about that one.
Anyway, great season. Porter has worked wonders with the squad.
Anyway, it feels good to actually progress. Now up against RSL who have been our bogey team. Not terribly optimistic about that one.
Anyway, great season. Porter has worked wonders with the squad.
Commentators would have you believe it was a piece of genius.
Great atmosphere last night. If Oregon had beaten Stanford, it would have really been a party.
We always find a way to spectacularly implode against Salt Lake.
The Houston v Sporting game made for dreadful viewing. Hopefully the second leg is much better. Hopefully Sporting wins.
Kries is a good coach. No doubt about it. It was a tough one to watch as a Timbers guy. For 15 minutes it looked like they were going to absolutely demolish us, but things stabilized finally. Thank goodness for the late one from Piquionne. I reckon the leg here at home could be a cracker if we can please score first.
They've gotten the better of us all season. From what I've seen, they're a pretty classy side. No big stars, and seemingly no big egos. We're one of the few sides that actually spends less than they do. I think they're in 14th and we're 17th or something. Good value.
They've gotten the better of us all season. From what I've seen, they're a pretty classy side. No big stars, and seemingly no big egos. We're one of the few sides that actually spends less than they do. I think they're in 14th and we're 17th or something. Good value.
It started so well.I know it's the MLS thread, but has anyone heard the Braves have been approved for another stadium?
Turner Field was built in 1996... It's ridiculous how cities in the US are held hostage over stadiums. Not that I suspect the Braves would bolt but a new stadium when the current venue is still viable and not even twenty years old.
Will this spur the Falcons into getting a new stadium as well? If so, that would could help the Silverbacks attract MLS attention.
Turner Field was built in 1996... It's ridiculous how cities in the US are held hostage over stadiums. Not that I suspect the Braves would bolt but a new stadium when the current venue is still viable and not even twenty years old.
Will this spur the Falcons into getting a new stadium as well? If so, that would could help the Silverbacks attract MLS attention.
Must be a slow news day in the soccer reporting world... http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1...7717709_616591858398122&cc=5901#f4bd50a37fb12
Think you are looking for the US thread not MLS...
It was freezing at Sporting Park tonight. Great game though. Glad to have finally beaten Houston in the playoffs. Cup Final in Kansas City in 2 weeks....
My cousin works part time for Sporting's ground crew and was sending me pics during the game. Said he froze his ass off.
You guys picked a good time to finally break the Houston curse. Congrats.
I find the decision to award the Cup final host to the top seed quite ridiculous. But this is MLS and nothing shocks me.
http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/soccerusa/id/3873?cc=5901 Article on over-expanding
Why is that ridiculous?
I don't agree in one-off finals being played at a site based on best record. It should be a predetermined location. This isn't MLB, NBA, or NHL with a seven-game series and home-field/home-court/home-ice. This isn't a two-legged affair ala Libertadores Cup Final.
Or perhaps UEFA and others have it all wrong and we should just award the final host to the best record/ranked side remaining.
I am not saying you are wrong, I just get why MLS would set it up this way. All you have to do it go to the 2010 Final in Toronto where no one showed up. MLS does not want to go through that again, but hopefully they get to the point where they can put the final wherever they want and fans would show up.
Too frickin' cold to be hosting a championship final in Toronto. With the finals being played in November/December, it's perhaps best to place them in a warmer location. The league doesn't have the fan base to draw from to force fans to overpay for a final in a location with potentially dreadful weather.
Two legged affair should be the way to go, and yeah travelling to neutral venues in the US is insane.
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