2014 MLS Thread

I love what galaxy are doing

[url]http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-galaxy-usl-pro-team-20140128,0,3132039.story#axzz2rnXZWiYQ[/url]

Usmnt to play at red bulls arena

Like the additions of Convey, Eckersley and Armando Lozano (Great depth moves)

We also locked up Olave to a new contract which is great.

Didn't get that big named player I wanted, but I assure you, RBNY are filling that 3rd DP spot this summer..

lol, I just realized Eckersley was once on Man U and won Man U's reserve player of the year award. Still only 23 and played for a shitty Toronto team last year. He could be a steal.

Do you guys think mls miami will work?

Victoria Beckham could probably get in most MLS sides.

[QUOTE=netsfan549]Do you guys think mls miami will work?[/QUOTE]
I hope so. MLS is a much more respectable league today than when the Fusion were around.

I'm skeptical on the Miami team given the past history of MLS teams in Florida(albeit in a weak era)

If anything the MLS should see how Orlando does in the first 2-3 years in the league then give a decision to Miami.

Miami(and Florida in general) aren't a good "sports town"

BUT this Miami team will have a marketable appeal and will have a celebrity buzz which is ideal for a city like Miami. That and they'll probably go after popular players internationally.

Even though Florida is probably known more as a (college) football state, the highest attendance ever for the state was a soccer match: [url]http://www.sunlifestadium.com/news/71124-fans-for-brazil-vs-honduras-sets-state-of-florida-record[/url]

I think a lot of people here genuinely appreciate the sport of soccer. However the same could be said of baseball, and look at how the marlins have fared lately.

I don't think that people really care about the celebrity stuff. If the team sucks and the tickets are overpriced then I don't think people are going to want to pay money to sweat their asses off and to see washed up players get their ass kicked every time. Even if Beckham and Jennifer Lopez or Will Smith are in attendance. But if the team shows a legitimate desire to compete and acquire talented players, then that's a different story.

With the huge foreign born hispanic population who loves soccer, I can see an MLS team working here.

Julio Cesar To toronto Fc.. Thats crazy

hopefully they qualify for champions league

[QUOTE=kaiteng]MLS has officially bought Chivas USA back from Jorge Vergara, the owner of thr original Chivas CD Guadalajara.

Should they move the team, change the name, both, or else?[/QUOTE]

Move them to Phoenix.

FC Tucson also drew with Shitvas

Chivas USA has made a [URL="http://mikesmind.sportsblog.com/post/582121/luke_moore_joins_chivas_usa.html"]new signing with British Luke Moore[/URL]

While the Galaxy have signed two homegrown players in Bradford Jamieson & Raul Mendiola. Jamieson has been a mainstay on the Youth National Teams and is only 17. He scored 3 times in 11 matches for the Galaxy Academy. Jamieson was stolen from Chivas USA's academy. Mendiola is two years older at 19 and was a key part of the Academy's record this past season with 13 finishes.

Galaxy have done well with their academy in the past, pulling guys like Tristan Bowen, Gyasi Zardes, Jack McBean & Jose Villareal.