Sooo.
Get ready for 36 year old Messi....
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1298594450688618497
(I maintain there are only 2 teams who would be able & willing to afford Messi for here in MLS - us & NYCFC)
Sooo.
Get ready for 36 year old Messi....
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1298594450688618497
(I maintain there are only 2 teams who would be able & willing to afford Messi for here in MLS - us & NYCFC)
I vaguely remember an icon coming to a NY team when he was 34/35 in the 70s.
Zlatan and Drogba to name a couple (maybe Keane too?). Although I concede outright physicality or those guys is just too much for the average MLS defender to handle / less of a concern with age.
No question Messi at a fraction of his current powers would be a force but how much gas left in the tank? You never know when these guys are going to show down.
Keane maybe? there shouldn't be any doubt in that regard.
in mls he scored 104 goals in 165 games as per wiki, winning 3 mls cups in 6 seasons. For comparison purposes Gio scored 83 in 142 games for us. I'd personally put Keane ahead of either Ibra or Drogba re mls success. Not saying he was a better player than either, as he wasn't, but re their time in mls, he was a bigger influence. Both Drogba and Ibra came too late to mls for any of their teams to build a dynasty, Keane and LA were smart, he came when he was 31.
^ no argument here. He was a dominant player.
My memory was just a bit hazy about how he did in his last few years of MLS (since Messi will be around that age when/if he comes) which is why I put in the question mark. Admittedly I was too lazy to check.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/GlassCityFC/status/1299088730758684672
And the plot thickens....
Frederico Higuain is joining his brother in Miami.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/...inter-miami-cf
You mean Beckenbauer?
Wrt the Whitecaps, I'm not surprised at that revelation. The ownership has no vision and is just flailing away looking for someone to instill one. it's probably better for them to sell the team to someone who actually wants to invest themselves in the team. But odds are if they sell the franchise, it's going to be moved and that's one less Canadian team in MLS.
Last edited by Initial B; 10-10-2020 at 08:28 PM.
New off-season thread here:
http://forums.redpatchboys.ca/showth...fers-(non-TFC)
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto