Search:

Rangnick's record suggests that for Gegenpress to work, everyone has to buy in to playing as a team first, individuals second. So it worked at small clubs and NYRB, because there's not enough...

I did not remember that. Maybe it was Richard Mulrooney who didn't even make it to town.

They did say that in the MLSsoccer.com story.

But... am I remembering this wrong, or didn't we trade him before he ever played for us?

The thing is, their partnership wth Bologna means they can be pretty cavalier with TAM/GAM money, because any over-priced players they want to target can be signed through the other team then loaned...

The press line down there shifted a bit negative today, multiple outlets going with "he only had four goals in 26 games" in MLS. He's regarded as a striker down there, for the most part. I wonder if...

Wow, that's a huge commitment for a defender in MLS. To think the kid was playing League One three years ago.

He's a good defender but he's not perfect. Saw him get beat being late on the offside...

I think I have a way promotion/relegation could work in MLS without devaluing franchises or pissing off owners.

Now, admittedly this is a watered down version of what we see elsewhere, but....
...

Ouch. Forge gets Cruz Azul in the first round of CCL, The Club Foots get Santos Laguna.

https://www.simcoe.com/community-story/10540053-simcoe-county-rovers-fc-add-canadian-international-player-doneil-henry-as-co-owner/

Doneil is joins Larin as co-owner of a League 1 team.

A UK Health Security Agency study that came out a few days ago suggests have double vaccination is only 37% effective against Omicron, but that rises to 75% with a booster. Early, but significant...

Fans were complaining that they looked tired and leggy against Norwich. Next will come the inevitable injuries from Armas pushing them too fast to get up to fitness speed for a full-field press.

LOL, Kilbane really doesn't have a filter, does he?

https://insidefutbol.com/2021/12/11/its-risky-former-premier-league-star-on-ralf-rangnicks-new-assistant/539740/

Not quite, but Prof. Carlos Quieroz came close! He lasted less than a season as coach of the New York MetroStars and was assistant manager of Man United six years later, then manager of Real Madrid...

He's a consistently good player. He doesn't offer much offensively which in the wingback era has probably cost him, but he's good at marking -- not great, but good -- very good on the tackle, decent...

In the history of 'failing up' this has to be some kind of record.

Does anyone think he got off the phone with Rangnick and then just stared at the phone for about a minute, before pinching...

Agreed! Solid, dependable backup, good team guy, more than 150 appearances for us.

I wonder where this league will rank? Div 2 occupied USL C level, or Div 2 USl-One? If those leagues still exist as the pro minor leagues, as it were, traditionally wouldn't a new tier rank below...

He lost the room there, as he did with us. I mean, we started the season by beating Leon, the eventual Leagues Cup winner, so initially he was great.

Initially, he was doing great in NY. But...

MLS is the all-time parity league, right?

Not by a longshot!

Thought you'd all find these two tables, culled from a Guardian link, of the two most competitive leagues ever.
...

Christian Ramirez, the LAFC striker, went to Aberdeen this season and is doing pretty well, eight goals in seventeen or something like that. But he did comment that he was really surprised by how...

I'd say it's nuanced in that there are a lot of non-DP upper TAM level guys who could probably play in the Championship or League One pretty comfortably, but there are a lot of backup level players...

I'll say this guys, we often hear debates about the relative quality of MLS versus Europe/UK. I'm watching an FA cup match right now between Gateshead, from the regional league, and League One's...

They were extremely unlucky with injuries in the second half of the season, really caused all sorts of problems. Having said that, he doesn’t seem to have the best sense for assessing defenders, as...

A day before this announcement they let go Paul Dalglish, a perenially successful coach who got their USL-C team into the playoffs. I can't help wonder if it's related.

Apparently, Phil Neville — who declined ten contract options at Miami yesterday — has promoted his son Harvey to the first team from USL-1.

Keeping in mind that Miami also has a USL-C team,...