A single game final only makes sense at a neutral venue. Its pretty lame in the current format.
It should always be played on grass & preferably a reliable warm neutral venue.
A single game final only makes sense at a neutral venue. Its pretty lame in the current format.
It should always be played on grass & preferably a reliable warm neutral venue.
The model here is the NCAA basketball tourney.
That's why I think they go to 16 relatively quickly, and then get it all done in 2-3 weeks.
And then in 5-10 years when the league is at 32 teams, they go to a full 3 week league cup.
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I think they also go to 4 divisions and really bump up the division as a prize thing.
I figure they're expecting that TV revenue sharing will make up for any loss of home dates.
Has anything been said yet about location for any possible early season or CCL matches?
CCL Draw is Monday.
http://www.concacafchampionsleague.c...ace-december-3
First round opponents could be
Pot 2: Alianza FC (SLV), Atletico Pantoja (DOM), CD Guastatoya (GUA), CD Marathon (HON), Club Atlético Independiente (PAN), CS Herediano (CRC), Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) and USA 2 (Sporting KC)
If the CONCACAF fix is in - we get SKC.
I rather we play an MLS team than some trash Central American diving club.
Congratulations to Gregg Berhalter.
Suspect that, with Higuain nearing the end, and this, the Crew will not be nearly as competitive next year.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Check out Boban Krkic's Barca Best XI (hat tip to John Molinaro who tweeted this out)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46309282
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
In the same vein of wonderkids, decent article about the youngest players to make debut in the the PL and where they ended up:
https://www.theguardian.com/football...-happened-next
Hard to read and deeply moving story about the Reyna family
https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/12/12...vanni-dortmund
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
First preseason action for TFC is Feb 2nd vs. Las Vegas Lights FC
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/torontofc/status/1072911746925559808
Vegas is only 2000 ft above sea level.
Not high enough. Let’s go to Albuquerque.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Bah. Cerro de Pasco, Peru is where it's at. Almost triple the elevation of Albuquerque.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadi...s_Carri%C3%B3n
^Ahhh that is perfect!!!
In other news, can anyone explain this tweet?
https://twitter.com/torontofc/status...186441736?s=21
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Nothing else going on so trying to boos engagement with a dumb Christmas tweet
List of players available in Re-Entry draft: https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/...raft-announced
Stage 1 goes Friday at 3pm. We have Irwin and Ricketts up for grabs. As a reminder any player taken in Stage 1 needs to be offered at minimum their previous year's salary. Players taken in Stage 2 negotiate brand new deals. We get the 5th pick.
For discussion's sake here are the notable CBs available and last year's guaranteed compensation:
Jonathan Campbell (128k)
Christian Dean (93k)
Maynor Figueroa (250k)
Kevin Ellis (158k)
Kofi Opare (133k)
Dejan Jakovic (150k)
Aaron Maund (189k)
Jose Aja (240k)
I think Campbell, maybe Opare are the only ones I'd take any real look at.