I was there. I was one of the people in the front row in the devil masks in the shot at the end. The save from our keeper at the end that won us the game won MLS save of the year for 2023. Acosta is our savior. Our first hall of famer in our franchises short history. He will have a statue in front of TQL stadium one day.
JWP has been really poor for the 2nd half of the season. Terrible defensively in the pivot and not as good as the other attacking mids in the squad. Don’t think he should be anywhere near the squad
I genuinely can’t remember a time where a team was chasing a game and they brought somebody on who stifles their ability to create in possession for the off chance they can take a set piece. Especially when guys like Trent & Maddison are already specialists but actually good in build up play
Personally I have always been of the opinion that it should just be a massive single elimination tournament, Every single Nation gets in, and it would take seven wins to win it all.
You cannot play Soccer outdoors in winter in the Northern Cities, especially Minnesota, Chicago and Kansas City. Pro-Rel is a red herring, it does not remotely improve competition, what it actually does is bankrupt owners, and ruin leagues, turning every top flight league into 1 to 6 great teams that can win the league, and the rest are only fighting to stay in the league. what team ends up in what league is basically based on the economic strength of its host city and the financial health of its owner, they have to provide a serious business plan for the teams for admission to MLS and buy into the league. They also have to pass an admission vote by the rest of the league owners, so oil princes and Russian Oligarchs would never be admitted into the league.
That video seems a bit outdated, as it doesn’t include the developmental league MLS Next Pro (3rd division) or the newly revamped Leagues Cup (MLS vs Liga MX). There’s also the Campeones Cup, where the winner of the MLS Cup faces the winner of the Campeón de Campeones (winner between Liga MX’s Clasura and Apetura champions). But personally that last one is just a friendly with a trophy attached. Leagues Cup winner qualifies for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is a bit controversial as it’s seen as a cash grab between the two leagues. Mexican fans don’t like that there are no games played in Mexico, and some USA fans hate that MLS is using it to devalue the US Open Cup. US Open Cup is not as big as the MLS Cup, and doesn’t make as much money, but it is rooted in tradition and has been going on for about a century. But since MLS doesn’t control it, they wanted to pull back and just enter their Next Pro teams. Right now there is a compromise of first and second teams, but who knows what will happen in the future. MLS Next Pro is a new league composed to help develop players from youth academies and the reserve squad. A couple independent clubs also participate. Tbh they’re not relevant beyond what I just mentioned about their involvement in the Open Cup, so feel free to ignore.
Everything you wanted to know about college football you can learn watching ESPN series "150 The American Game- College Football" here is a link to my favorite episode ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4urk452t7vk.html
I went to a military high school and every student was required to go to the football games! I played in front of about a thousand people and it was exhilarating so I can’t imagine what playing on front of these many people must be like!
Good for Troy. You could never label him a shrinking violet! Footballers, of all people, should give 100% at all times. They owe that much to their fans, who contribute to their high wages. At Watford we have just lost Louza, (our best player), for such behaviour.
This was absolutely brutal, but given the position that forest Green are in I’d say that it is appropriate. My guess is he is not calling out these players publicly without them having no idea it was going to happen. These are probably conversations that have happened several times over the past weeks with no results so he probably feels that if he calls it out publicly, maybe then the embarrassment will finally take over and they will finally get the message. I wish more coaches were like that.
Looking back on this now refinding this on your RU-vid page… I think we can all say that Wayne Rooney as manager went about as well as we all thought it would. Still absolutely baffling to me that they fired a manager that had them in sixth place in the championship. I think that they deserved what happened to them. Now they have to fight to get out of the relegation battle.
These were all legal hits there might have been one that wasn't but I'm pretty sure they were all legal. Except for the ones you clearly see the flag on.
The next they played, after this match, the good guys won 3-0. Tide Pod FC plays Columbus, again, this Saturday. This time for the Eastern Conference Championship.
A couple of things...the MLS season starts in Feburary after the NFL season is over. In the early days of MLS there were almost. no soccer only stadiums. They had to share with NFL or major college football staduims which plays from Aug to Dec. Second, the playoff system is modeled on the other major North American leagues. It give the fans something that they can relate to. Finally soccer in the US does not have deep ties to a community like MLB or the NFL. It is culturally more like hockey in Canada
