Major League Soccer

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

YES, that's what I was thinking of. Can you imagine? SO MANY JOEKS, I CANNOT DECIDE

The K.C. Wiz has to be stupidest ever, even taking the NASL into account.

Dallas Burn & Tampa Bay Mutiny pretty close behind

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

worst logo
http://web.mlsnet.com/imgs/logos/t102_md.gif
it looks like the label on some weird 90s era mirco brewed soda.

DC are douches, that is for sure.

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

best NASL team logo

ESPN talking heads going off on streamers being tossed at games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8pgexephJM&eurl=http://theoffsiderules.blogspot.com/

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.

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.

HAI GUISE I M GOING TO DC TOMORROW. Wish ush luck.

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.

that's what you get for spending all your salary cap (plus some lol) on three players

I'm so happy, really. They deserved the boot.

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.

Lalas is such a tool, really. I remember hearing him say, in all earnestness, that the Gals would be the first MLS "superclub".

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.

unrelated but lolzy imo

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.

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!

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".

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.)

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).

major, major Beckham/LA lolz to be had here

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.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back! With a surprise goal...FROM OUR KEEPER.

keeper goals are teh best :)

he actually scored in his first match ever haha wow.

Yeah, Cepero was the hero of the day even though honestly that's a pretty ungraceful goal compared to, say, any of JPA's.

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.

In their defense, that is actually pretty funny.

See you on Thursday! Not really. But y'know metaphorically.

Is JPA still running things? I love that guy

Playoffs start tonight! FUCK NEW ENGLAND

Chicago Fire best goals 2008

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.

Hey didn't NJRB beat them like 3-1 at home though? That turf's got to be good for something.

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.

woah, blanco scores some screamers there

Sounders sign Swedish star Ljungberg
http://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

Those blue and green uniforms are the colors of a Nerf toy.

XBOX yech

a cliche by now (you can do it in FIFA) but still my fave blanco moment

Seattle sounds like it's going to be for real next year, or at least the second coming of TFC in terms of popularity. They've already had like 16-some thousand season tickets sold, plus their own underwear model star player, plus Casey Keller in goal. Freddy Ljungberg could be a good thing, but they're playing on field turf at Quest, so his knees could take a beating.

xpost I saw him do the Cuauhtemina against Columbus, always a treat.

The best Blanco moments are all from the Mexican League. The greatest of all time is at 3:17 of this video, but they're all hilarious.

glol@banderillero, temo arana & 3:17! he's a real innovator!

at 2:41 is that guy doing a nazi salute (replete w/hitler mustache)?!

3:17 echoes:

Signing Ljungberg will most likely prove to be a terrible move considering he's the most injury prone player ever and hasn't been decent since like 03/04

at 2:41 is that guy doing a nazi salute (replete w/hitler mustache)?!

You mean the goalkeeper? He's mocking Blanco's usual goal celebration pose.

http://www.mediotiempo.com/images/noticias/36193.jpg

oh, slightly less awesomeoffensive

I'm going to Columbus on Thursday. Fuck Columbus!

i love stuntpegg!! that vid is of orange county which plays in usl champsionship, the league of my hometown club (san antonio fc)

mls i dont think is really shedding its retirement league reputation, idk if thats fair but i dont care bc i root for their downfall. theres a shitload of teams and they will likely keep expanding until they reach 32 34 36 40 teams

it shd also be mentioned that bc orange county are connected with rangers that i have a deep an unabiding hatred 4 them

MLS was making some progress in shedding it by signing better talent in their prime, and reducing the amount of old legends that came into the league.

But the Messi fiasco was the worst example of backsliding into that reputation and just setting the league back a decade.

The expansion just diluted the product more, which is why strikers can effortlessly score goals because they're playing against CBs and RBs that are too afraid to engage and let them make the first move.

Exhibit A, Inter Miami, being atop the league despite conceding a horrific 1.5 goals/match, which is not good even by MLS standards.

Like I don't watch much of the league other than my own team but I often laugh at how poor the defending is when I do

Berhalter in for the Fire, lol here we go

https://awfulannouncing.com/mls/lionel-messi-apple-paywall-impact.html

Seems exactly right imo

who couldve predicted etc etc

My sg homie made this icon of mediocrity

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41849341/the-mls-trophy-wants-how-wooden-spoon-came-be

nice

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This kind of shit is the best thing about the playoff structure.

ORLANDO PRIDE NWSL CHAMPS YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

i sat that marta goal from the semis, wowww

yeah, so nimble w/ the ball even at 38. the soccer world will miss her after she's gone

lol the Herdman era of Toronto FC comes to an early close

is this the right thread to talk about USL planning to start doing pro/rel in a few years and build a 1st div league to compete with MLS?

also my safc is 3-0-0 to start the season after beating oakland roots in front of 26k fans.

Fire announced a new stadium in the city today

https://dearchicago.com/

maybe ppl will actually go now?