with an FC!
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Dan kind of sold me on Emerald City FC, I don't think it got a fair chance...but good for them, anyway. Nice work chucking the proverbial monkey wrench in the league's plans.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Although I did read a decent rejoinder from a Seattle fan somewhere who said they were happy that E.C.F.C. didn't get picked b/c they'd be spared all the teasing and the stupid jokes (especially when KC came to town).
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
even though i voted for just seattle fc, i'm happy with the name.
― jergïns, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty uncringeworthy as far as u.s. professional soccer team names go, historically speaking, anyhow
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't Chicago almost get called something really lame?
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh god, I'm not sure since I haven't followed the team for that long, but I remember reading a reference somewhere online to calling the team the "Rhythm"? GAG
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
YES, that's what I was thinking of. Can you imagine? SO MANY JOEKS, I CANNOT DECIDE
― Laurel, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
The K.C. Wiz has to be stupidest ever, even taking the NASL into account.
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Dallas Burn & Tampa Bay Mutiny pretty close behind
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
still, i don't sneeze at their rhythm method-inspired offsides trap
all football strategies should take cues from dodgy birth control methods
like the d.c. united 7-up douche corner kick formation
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
worst logo http://web.mlsnet.com/imgs/logos/t102_md.gif it looks like the label on some weird 90s era mirco brewed soda.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
DC are douches, that is for sure.
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i first read that as "micc10 brewed soda"
step away from computer, dell
but yeah, that's a fitting description
either that, or the failed irish-amer hip hop band that lost it to house of pain
― dell, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
best NASL team logo
― dan m, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ESPN talking heads going off on streamers being tossed at games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8pgexephJM&eurl=http://theoffsiderules.blogspot.com/
― dan m, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i was watching that game on the telly. i thought the streamers fiasco was pretty funny. Actually it was a pretty decent game, although I'm perfectly aware that the "open" style of play was down to no defending on either side whatsoever.
Whoever the guy in that video was ranting is a total fuckwit.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My girlfriend and I were thinking about going to a Revolution match this season. Any suggestions on which? Neither of us follow the MLS closely. LA is out as its sold out.
― Allen, Friday, 13 June 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link
HAI GUISE I M GOING TO DC TOMORROW. Wish ush luck.
― Laurel, Friday, 13 June 2008 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL:
In a pair of sweeping changes brought about by a Major League Soccer season in meltdown, the Los Angeles Galaxy today removed Alexi Lalas as team president and general manager and Ruud Gullit as coach.In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned "for personal reasons" and that Lalas' contract was up at the end of the year and that the team decided to part company now rather than wait.
In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned "for personal reasons" and that Lalas' contract was up at the end of the year and that the team decided to part company now rather than wait.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
that's what you get for spending all your salary cap (plus some lol) on three players
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm so happy, really. They deserved the boot.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LOVE YOU WE LOVE YOU WE LOVE YOU AND WHERE YOU PLAY WE'LL FOLLOW WE'LL FOLLOW WE'LL FOLLOW
Congrats to NY for completely stuffing DC yesterday and making a lot of people very happy.
― Laurel, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Lalas is such a tool, really. I remember hearing him say, in all earnestness, that the Gals would be the first MLS "superclub".
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
unrelated but lolzy imo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2747960611_1768d99d5e.jpg
Ned we've got the Gals on Thursday night next week, should be a good one.
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahah.
I remember hearing him say, in all earnestness, that the Gals would be the first MLS "superclub".
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Please, by all means, do what needs doing next Thursday.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you follow the league, Ned? That brings us to what, 3-4 ilxor MLS fans? 5 next year when jergins has a team to cheer for in Seattle!
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Lalas has been a tool since at least 1998, when he was briefly a MetroStar. Then he came back nearly a decade later to sell us out to Red Bull, uh I mean, help the team "transition".
― Laurel, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Lalas has been a tool since at least 1998
Oh I'd take it back four years. I remember when I first saw him I was all "Who IS this Spin Doctors-looking MFer?" (Hardly an original sentiment, of course.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
The B|gS0cc3r dorks have been speculating that Gullit, at least, was going to leave since he put his house up for sale a couple of weeks ago. Really, though, it's not his fault. Lalas spent stupidly, and even though the league looks the other way at their salary cap issues, they still can't defend worth a shit (in a league known for lousy D to begin with).
― dan m, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
major, major Beckham/LA lolz to be had here
― A bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (dan m), Friday, 19 September 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
And I'm going to say the same thing: the only flaw in this glorious quilt of hilarity is that Hitler is obviously a DC United fan.
― Laurel, Friday, 19 September 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back! With a surprise goal...FROM OUR KEEPER.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 20 October 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
keeper goals are teh best :)
― Ludo, Monday, 20 October 2008 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
he actually scored in his first match ever haha wow.
― Ludo, Monday, 20 October 2008 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Cepero was the hero of the day even though honestly that's a pretty ungraceful goal compared to, say, any of JPA's.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 20 October 2008 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I watched the youtube of that last night, pretty amazing. Who says playing on turf over concrete doesn't pay off once in a while?
I'm dragging ass after a weekend of MLSing myself after traveling to Toronto with Chicago supporters this weekend. Despite only spending about 24hrs there, it's a nice city and has a notch higher intensity atmosphere at game time than what I'm used to. Pretty amazing swing on the extremes of behavior there, from being presented with a banner by a TFC fan group to having small objects thrown at us from outside the stadium.
Also some people decided taunting us by chanting "we have healthcare" would be pretty funny.
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
In their defense, that is actually pretty funny.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
See you on Thursday! Not really. But y'know metaphorically.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Is JPA still running things? I love that guy
― Glans Christian Christian christian Christian Andersen (MPx4A), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Playoffs start tonight! FUCK NEW ENGLAND
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Chicago Fire best goals 2008
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't bring myself to watch that. I'll be sitting in the cold on Saturday, though, to watch us get slaughtered by You're Just A Street in Manhattan.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey didn't NJRB beat them like 3-1 at home though? That turf's got to be good for something.
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
It's good for bad bounces, just ask Cepero!
No, okay, I'm just priming myself for the worst. It's not like I'm going to the next leg in TX, or probably even the resulting road trips if we go through.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
woah, blanco scores some screamers there
― coznebb (cozwn), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounders sign Swedish star Ljungberghttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soccer/385427_sounders29.html
people that know more than i can say whether this is a good or bad move, but i'm heartened to see them trying
― jelky (jergins), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Those blue and green uniforms are the colors of a Nerf toy.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
XBOX yech
― jelky (jergins), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
a cliche by now (you can do it in FIFA) but still my fave blanco moment
― coznebb (cozwn), Thursday, 30 October 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
In completely ideal conditions it's at least an hour drive for me to go to Fire games now, and though I made that kind of drive all the time when I lived in the city and the stadium was in the suburbs, with the games happening at Solider Field it's an absolute shitshow getting in and out. The fact that it's an NFL stadium right in the middle of downtown makes it a target, so security is nuts. Despite being right in the middle of everything, public transit, especially the train, doesn't stop at the stadium, you're looking at a 20-30 minute walk to get to the nearest stop. It's also huge, mostly empty, expensive (parking is ridiculous) and did I mention security is nuts? Like, big-dudes-with-guns-roid-raging-at-tailgaters nuts? The fun, quasi-DIY atmosphere of their old stadium is pretty much gone.
A lot of my friends have stopped going for these reasons, if not the fact that the team has been mostly garbage for more than a decade. Also I guess we got old, can't day drink at the tailgate and sing the whole game before riding a bar-sponsored bus back to the city any more, lolz.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:54 (three months ago) link
The other way I know I'm old is all the newjack supporters are annoying as hell.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:55 (three months ago) link
I'm nearly certain they're calling the games remotely, at least some of the time if not all.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, March 8, 2024 1:48 PM bookmarkflaglink
wouldn't surprise me, given how often I scream at the screen for something inaccurate they said that someone at the game couldn't possibly have been stupid enough to say.
my friend J0e can't go to the games as he lives too far away and he'll be in our group chat when we're at games, telling us what the broadcasters are saying, and we'll usually react - 'are they high?'
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:33 (three months ago) link
https://www.thenutmegnews.com/current/2024/3/14/after-successfully-running-two-mls-franchises-into-the-ground-nelson-hatchet-man-rodriguez-finds-his-zen-destroying-us-open-cup
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:26 (three months ago) link
So good. The man is a snake.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:27 (three months ago) link
Excellent thread by my pal Karl, click through for the rest:
Love #cf97 and always will but, man, MLS is really making it hard to do so right now. Part of what drew me to the Fire was the participatory nature of it. The DIY ethos I learned in punk/HC translated easily to soccer support. Be cool, learn songs, sing along.— Area Man (@WB05Karl) March 15, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 17 March 2024 20:13 (three months ago) link
Day-One, Done 😤 | #USOC2024 pic.twitter.com/ScEEKRPebB— U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) March 20, 2024
lmao all the mls next pro teams lost to amateurs yesterday
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:24 (three months ago) link
i watched austin fc II (fuck austin btw) go up a goal in extra time after being up a man, only to allow the equalizer in stoppage time and then lose in pk's, incredible scenes
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 11:25 (three months ago) link
Yeah that Vermont win was something else
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 12:36 (three months ago) link
my friend went to an Open Cup match last night between Brave SC and the Savannah Clovers, had a good time.
really fucked what MLS tried to/is trying to do to this tournament
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:32 (three months ago) link
I'm really hoping that at Leagues Cup, Miami somehow gets eliminated in the group stage, that Mexico sends b-squads that still manage to beat several MLS teams, and that viewership is terrible.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:33 (three months ago) link
San Francisco amateur soccer club El Farolito, which takes its name from a Mexican restaurant and has a fan group called Burrito Brava, defeated MLS Next Pro side Portland Timbers II in the US Open Cup first round! pic.twitter.com/444eFAjFvl— James Nalton (@JDNalton) March 20, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 21 March 2024 02:45 (three months ago) link
the beauty of the fuckin cup
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Thursday, 21 March 2024 03:09 (three months ago) link
Excellent insider account of the nonsense surrounding the Open Cup this season. (Archive.is version to subvert subscription requirements.)
https://archive.ph/7d2ny
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:52 (three months ago) link
Ah, the full post didn't seem to come through, sorry. I do have a PDF version if anyone really wants it.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:53 (three months ago) link
LMAO. I sold my Orlando City - Inter Miami ticket for tomorrow for $275 (normally goes for $25). now reports coming in that neither Messi, Busquets, or Suarez are practicing today, and all are going to be evaluated/potential game day decisions. for the second year in a row, Messi might not play.
I am going to be afraid to go anywhere near downtown tomorrow if that happens lmao. might be a mini riot at the field.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:13 (one month ago) link
i am genuinely curious what mls is going to do once messi retires bc it feels like theyre going to slide back to reality
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:26 (one month ago) link
I hope attendance plummets and Garber is fed to an alligator by the owners
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:32 (one month ago) link
ideal outcome
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 23:45 (one month ago) link
I have heard from reliable sources that Apple TV subs are nowhere near projections. Given that deal is basically Messi-driven that says a lot about the eventual backslide IMHO.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 02:55 (one month ago) link
There's our $8m man
Will Shaq do this for Switzerland? pic.twitter.com/FV8P3T6DNb— kornkid15 (@kornkid15) May 17, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 17 May 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
https://x.com/JDNalton/status/1793796346752680099
Lol & lmao, this is the same shit that happened in Chicago last year.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 May 2024 02:53 (one month ago) link
Duh, edited link:
Seems surreal for clubs to be releasing statements like this about opposition players, but when games are marketed in such a way, including much higher ticket prices, it becomes an issue when those players don't play. https://t.co/UEzUgFD9QM pic.twitter.com/Up4Qn8F01b— James Nalton (@JDNalton) May 24, 2024
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 May 2024 02:54 (one month ago) link
Anybody paying out the nose to see any of this aging clowns play after seeing how frequently they're held out of matches deserves to be parted with their money
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 May 2024 04:58 (one month ago) link