I have a hard time agreeing with that sentiment. I know what you mean, and I really wish there was a major club in the Metropolitan area to provide a proper club for all of those people who want so desperately to support a proper New York team. I'm totally on board with that idea. But personally, I think if you support that club your morals and personhood should be rightly questioned.
I respect your passion about the ownership of Man City. To call all people who support teams that are owned by that group "despicable people" is a step too far.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
I do find it funny that a team that is a year and a half old and is the 3rd team in its area has these problems... like where did these hardcore supporters come from? Change of allegiance or did they simply not supporter locally before
The East just got a tad easier for the next little bit
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/SoccerInsider/status/743550708947943424
Nogueira is for personal health reasons. He's off back to France. Complete shock in Philly where they have had a very solid season with him pulling the strings.
Some interesting data came out about sports on cable demographics from the weekend.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/SportsTVRatings/status/747969777470156800
BTW, Univision's number for that SJE vs. LAG game was over a million viewers - impressive in the US. From past experience, FS1 will be about 20% of that.
No but the football matches here are the only ones that are hitting the magic advertising window that networks desire. Even a lesser overall number in the 30-40 median age range would be better than the mid 50's ones for ad bucks. Which is what I was always saying in the TFC vs Argos TV debate. They have better numbers from people who don't buy shit from big paying advertisers (thus Rona being huge for them).
The age stats are why advertisers and sponsors are pouring millions into the game in North America despite small ratings compared to other sports. The prime 18-49 demo is much larger proportion of the total viewership than for other sports (like 50%+ compared to like 20% for baseball for example). This phenomenon fascinates me. Seems the bulk of viewership would be in that demographic but I guess older people watch a lot of tv. Obviously the total ratings are hugely important but the type of viewers offset that some.
I look at these stats all the time, there are several sports rating websites and people post them on Twitter regularly.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-coaching-tree
This is kinda cool. MLS coaches and how they are connected to each other
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Jay Chapman and Jordan Hamilton both on the roster for the MLS Homegrown Game vs. the Mexico U-20 squad.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/0...s-mexico-u-20s
My ultimate team using the 442 diamond and our roster would be:
Seba-Jozy
Cheyrou-Bradley-Johnson-Endoh
Morrow-Moor-Zavaleta-Beitashour
Irwin
3 subs: Hamilton, Osorio, Morgan
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Timbers Army tifo vs Seattle
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Here with the sound for the full effect.
Timbers Army and their FO work some amazing stuff when it comes to these TIFOs. Bad ass looking.
^ Why can't Toronto supporters do the same?
Kreis in Orlando will be...interesting. A lot of egos in that squad. Should be good for Larin.
Not sure if this belongs in here but given all the soccer twitter meltdown over that New York Times piece, a really good article about homophobia in MLS and US soccer culture. Apparently the "what to do about it" piece comes this afternoon.
http://www.unusualefforts.com/homoph...erican-soccer/
One point that I didn't think about BMO - the lack of non gender specific bathrooms.
BTW, you don't read the stuff put out by unusual efforts, you really should. Great stuff consistently, on purpose from a different perspective then the normal, and insight to things in this game we don't get through day to day team/league/tournament coverage.
Last edited by OgtheDim; 07-20-2016 at 09:31 AM.
Absolutely spot on about the Unusual Efforts writing. Good reads there. www.unusualefforts.com
So Minnesota is getting an MLS team by 2018 or so.
Tonight, the NASL version of that team played Bournemouth in a friendly.
Minn is going to need a new keeper.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Seth_Kaplan/status/755958043087474689
That is vaguely CSL level stuff.
I've been to MinnU-Fury games and I'm pretty sure that's not their regular keeper.
The testing of video refs move on apace
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/sp...?smid=tw-share
Points to be aware of
Video assistant can only suggest a play be looked at - ref does not have to
Will not always require ref to go to a tv screen
No NFL style challenge flags
Only for goals, penalty decisions, straight red cards and cases of mistaken identity
Ref has the final say
A work in progress but MLS really wants this.