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No, but it's a great example of your consistent inability to be intellectually honest and derail things with petty point making. You're not arguing with Roogsy anymore and now I see why he used to...

Because this is a young league that just went through a 9 team expansion, nearly doubling in size, in 7 years. There really aren't many of those people out there who don't already have jobs or...

Rafa Marquez?


Good to see your intellectual consistency. A year and a bit of "we don't know, Winter could be the next Jason Kreis" becomes "is Paul Mariner as good as Bruce Arena" after being...

You really do.

If you just judged by this thread you'd think that Paul Mariner ran our team from January 2011 to May 2012 not Aron Winter. That it wasn't Aron Winter who complained about "lack of...

And what that tells us unequivocally is that they DON'T PLAY A POSSESSION ORIENTED STYLE (and are quite successful playing that way).

A truly possession oriented team doesn't just look to keep...

San Jose thrashes defending league and MLS Cup champions LA 4-0 on the weekend. Their possession? 43.3% and they completed over 100 less passes than LA (though at a very impressive 82% completion...

Before this discussion goes any further and $100K for Bernardez becomes considered anything but the outlier it is let's create an index.

Thanks to the MLS PA we've got access to something like...

Always like Fletch's non-hysterical take on TFC's problems. His highlighting of the difference a journeyman like Adrian Cann made, in the right system, back in 2010 is a refreshing change from the...

TFC has kinda gingerly dipped their toes into the South American pool on a few occasions but, like you say, don't seem to have ever really made a huge commitment to the idea. Mo had his annual...

Well, they also got a number of good years out of Khano Smith and Avery John during the NicolRevs heyday. We've got Ryan Johnson already and Tyrone Marshall's won some championship rings and been on...

Their biggest mistake apart from all the other ones? That's a kinda meaningless statement! (Not being mean; just pointing out that it's funny the way you phrased it.)

I'll still say that, on...

Who wouldn't? I don't think we really disagree with each other.

(Not that there's not great Europeans in the league on smart money too. Joel Lindpere competes with Javi Morales as my favourite...

One of the biggest impact signings in the league this year. Central American though. I think it's important to make that distinction. South America is a much more wealthy region (in terms of their...

Mariner has had more success historically with under-exploited Caribbean countries. It's a CONCACAF backwater that's really off the radar and can be a source of crazy value. There's a "diamond in...

I agree totally and that's why I'd be scared about what we'd be paying him. We've seen how much Eckersley cost! Either he's got baggage - again I haven't watched him play in a few years - or we...

So it's his job to go on and and win the back-up spot from Freddy Hall! Prove that he's better and has more long term upside. That's the way it works in pro sports. This is exactly what good teams...

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That's not the way I remember it. I remember a promising young centre back who struggled with injury* but showed the potential to mature into a very solid player. His career has gone a bit...

Portland and Philly are two of the younger teams in the league now IIRC. The Union have already had more success in the league than we've ever achieved and could be positioned to bounce back after...

So, 54% possession at home and about 50% possession on the road. Therefore possession is good, right?

No, not really. In games where San Jose enjoy a significant possession advantage - 55% or...

The San Jose Earthquakes have 43 points - more than any TFC team ever - from their first 21 games. They're 7 points clear in their conference and the race for the Supporter's Shield (a better...

You beat me to it while I was preparing some stats for the "system" thread. Forget the past. That's TODAY in MLS and just gets ignored because it doesn't fit the narrative.

Because Mariner likely wants his most senior and experienced defender available (unless you'd rather see Aceval) in the centre of the defense to organize and doesn't trust Henry and Emory to play...

That's encouraging.

That's probably pretty realistic. Anything better would be a moral victory. But yeah: turf, travel, thinner roster ahead of a summer rebuild (to start preparation for next year), and a rested...

No one can predict the future. If enough people make guesses though someone's will turn out to be close enough that they'll, post hoc, be hailed as visionary. The silent evidence of all the other...