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[QUOTE=Lebowsky]Does Real Salt Lake have any affiliation with Real Madrid? If so, then GO RSL!![/QUOTE]
Funny you say this. Back in High School when I was still playing soccer on the reg., I quit playing club soccer because it was all politics. I turned to recreational soccer and decided to create a team. I decided our team name would be "Real (My Hometown)" and I called a shit load of people to join the team and the team made the first year. I was so happy. We sucked ass the first season...2-8.
We got better and eventually finished 2nd in our 6th and final season. Should've got first but sometimes high schoolers can be flaky.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]If they are the old NASL teams or minor league with a long history i.e. Whitecaps, Timbers, Sounders (or soon to be Impact or NY Cosmos?), American style team namings are fine.[/QUOTE]
American teams are not the only ones to do that style of naming anyway
Euro snobbery seems to be rearing its head in here.
[QUOTE=Hawker]Funny you say this. Back in High School when I was still playing soccer on the reg., I quit playing club soccer because it was all politics. I turned to recreational soccer and decided to create a team. I decided our team name would be "Real (My Hometown)" and I called a shit load of people to join the team and the team made the first year. I was so happy. We sucked ass the first season...2-8.
We got better and eventually finished 2nd in our 6th and final season. Should've got first but sometimes high schoolers can be flaky.[/QUOTE]
What format do those rec leagues follow? Is it standard American regular season+playoffs?
Hell yea, the dynamo just signed Sergio koke!!! Hope he plays Friday. Should fill in nicely with Ching still recovering.
Koke koke koke koke koke!!!
[QUOTE=SCREWstonRockets]Hell yea, the dynamo just signed Sergio koke!!! Hope he plays Friday. Should fill in nicely with Ching still recovering.
Koke koke koke koke koke!!![/QUOTE]
What, Koke Contreras joins the MLS? He's a very good player who hasn't had many chances in the top leagues. I wish him all the best.
[QUOTE=Lebowsky]What format do those rec leagues follow? Is it standard American regular season+playoffs?[/QUOTE]
Club and recreational are regular season.
School league has playoffs sincere there are so many teams.
[QUOTE=kaiteng][B][U]Somewhat OT[/U][/B]
Becks and Victoria are Royal Wedding guests!? :wtf:[/QUOTE]
I'm hoping he will be dealing with a hangover and jetlag for the match today vs FCD.
I going to head out to PHP to start tailgating here in a bit.
I am anxious to see what Dallas does with Ferreira out for the next two months (at best :( )
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Ferreira-less FCD beat Galaxy 2-1 :applause:[/QUOTE]
Stayed all the way through the rain delay to see them win.
there were maybe 20 of us in the stage area/beer garden by the end.
we were yelling at Ricketts pretty bad by that point.
friggin awful weather.
45 degrees and raining.
Brek f-ing Shea!
LA Galaxy vs N Red Bulls is on ESPN 2.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]OMFG REAM!! :eek:[/QUOTE]
Impressive.
I fell asleep for some of the 1st half, need to stay up for 2nd half :oldlol:
FC Dallas - 1
Toronto FC - 0
:rockon:
Red Bulls had an extremely disappointing result yesterday.. Just can't lose to Chivas at home like that.
So how's my team RSL doing?
I just saw Beckham's goal, pretty good stuff
[QUOTE=kaiteng]They have more points than the best team in the East while playing only 7 games. That is how good they are.
All small-market teams should follow RSL's approach to the league.[/QUOTE]
Damn, gotta catch one of their games, especially now that our league is almost over. Is MLS played on weekends too?
FCD is surprisingly unbeaten in 5 games after losing David Ferreira.
[QUOTE=Lebowsky]Damn, gotta catch one of their games, especially now that our league is almost over. Is MLS played on weekends too?[/QUOTE]
most of the games are weekend games actually
[QUOTE=kaiteng][IMG]http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l637/a_boyce6/scumbagfcdallas.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
:roll:
stop your crying.
George John was obviously getting dragged down in the box.
getting tired of every FCD game I go to having crap weather...
why you hate?
aside from him very likely taking bribes for Qatar that is.
Fcuker will sell his own mother..
The WC in Qatar is a horrible idea.. I like the idea at the WC being hosted at different nations but Qatar is an awful choice. First of all the country has less than a million inhabitants, second the country has no football tradition(do they even like the sport there?), third attendance would be awful as nobody would travel to Qatar..
Russia was a good choice, Brazil was good but ****ing Qatar? Better choices would've been Canada, Australia, Holland, etc.
Anyways back to MLS talk. The red bulls have been playing awful as of late, 4 draws and 1 loss in their last 5.. Also players like De Rosario, Agudelo, Richards, Condoul, Ream, Marquez will all be gone due to international duty. Luke Rodgers has been a beast this year, an absolute gem.. Henry has been playing great when healthy as of late but his injuries are getting to him.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Oh damn, Phillie Union just DESTROYED TFC, 6-2 the final.
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
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dude wtf is happening with TFC?? I kinda knew they were pretty ****ing bad but in this league they shouldn't be this terrible..
Is frei having a bad season? I hear that he's a pretty good goalie and has potential for the euro leagues
[QUOTE=knickballer]Fcuker will sell his own mother..
The WC in Qatar is a horrible idea.. I like the idea at the WC being hosted at different nations but Qatar is an awful choice. First of all the country has less than a million inhabitants, second the country has no football tradition(do they even like the sport there?), third attendance would be awful as nobody would travel to Qatar..
Russia was a good choice, Brazil was good but ****ing Qatar? Better choices would've been Canada, Australia, Holland, etc.
Anyways back to MLS talk. The red bulls have been playing awful as of late, 4 draws and 1 loss in their last 5.. Also players like De Rosario, Agudelo, Richards, Condoul, Ream, Marquez will all be gone due to international duty. Luke Rodgers has been a beast this year, an absolute gem.. Henry has been playing great when healthy as of late but his injuries are getting to him.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention it must be one million degrees hot in summer there, exactly when the world cup takes place. They couldn't have chosen a worse place imo.
[QUOTE=Lebowsky]Not to mention it must be one million degrees hot in summer there, exactly when the world cup takes place. They couldn't have chosen a worse place imo.[/QUOTE]
Knowing those wealthy arabs they'll make a 90k seater stadium with some sort of cooling system that will turn the stadium into a nice cool stadium.
The worst part is after the WC these enormous stadiums will have no use..
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Basically, TFC's defense is now only Frei. Nana is holding out due to contract issues. Cann is out for the season. Fullbacks are non-existence. :facepalm
Frei has been incredible for TFC, and I and true TFC fans will miss him a lot if he is exported, which seems to happen in a year or two.[/QUOTE]
I'm guessing Borman is playing terrible for TFC? How is Tchani playing for you guys?
Also that winger Stefanovic is a real nice player or by what i've seen.
[QUOTE=kaiteng]NYRB hang on and win 2-1, probably thanks to refs with a dubious offside call on Revs side that would tie the game.[/QUOTE]
He was offsides(lekic). Not to mention NYRB had around 4 chances to score at the end but couldn't finish. Henry had a perfect game but should have burried his 2nd goal instead of passing it to the amateur Ballouchy(so terrible)
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Sideshow Mehdi's miss was :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
But I've seen much worse misses in MLS than that. Shits happen. But if you win, who cares?[/QUOTE]
But the dude is just awful.. Last week he lost us the win during the 92nd minute he just gave away the ball and Cbus scored on a quick counter. He has no talent and he blows..
I'd rather let a young player like Rooney play in front of him and I know Rooney is much better than Ballouchy..
[QUOTE=kaiteng]So, how's Little Rooney playing so far? Is he good?[/QUOTE]
He hasn't got any PT unfortunately but he's been playing good in reserve games and in preseason scoring goals(That's what I hear) I think he's pretty good but Backe tends to play the veterans over the young guys.
Anyways the Crew have been getting some awful attendances this year. They barely get 8k people and it looked like 4k judging by the highlights I saw against RSL. Pathetic.
Also NYRB are rumored to sign a German player from the German league who's in his peak.. I'm kinda interested to see who it is and the person is going to be a non-DP. Is it Torsten Frings?
[QUOTE=knickballer]He hasn't got any PT unfortunately but he's been playing good in reserve games and in preseason scoring goals(That's what I hear) I think he's pretty good but Backe tends to play the veterans over the young guys.
Anyways the Crew have been getting some awful attendances this year. They barely get 8k people and it looked like 4k judging by the highlights I saw against RSL. Pathetic.
Also NYRB are rumored to sign a German player from the German league who's in his peak.. I'm kinda interested to see who it is and the person is going to be a non-DP. Is it Torsten Frings?[/QUOTE]
Frings is waaay past his prime, and he was never that good to begin with. He had an outstading shot from distance, was a good header and decent defender, but that was about it.
[QUOTE=knickballer]
Anyways [B]the Crew have been getting some awful attendances this year[/B]. They barely get 8k people and it looked like 4k judging by the highlights I saw against RSL. Pathetic.
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this seems typical of Hunt Sports owned teams.
Lamar Hunt (and Bob Kraft) was great for saving the league but his kids seem to know f-ck all about marketing.
Dallas is in the same situation though they finally hired some new people who are starting to make a difference.
What drives me crazy is the piddling amount Clark Hunt will spend on marketing Columbus and FCD while simultaneously trying to buy West Ham United and Crystal Palace.
[URL="http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800"]http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800[/URL]
Look at this goal..
[QUOTE=knickballer][URL="http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800"]http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800[/URL]
Look at this goal..[/QUOTE]
Great goal, but that CB should be banned from ever playing pro football again :facepalm
Jesus christ what a strike. :applause:
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Watch this:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_BrgNgt0k[/url]
Did Henry deserve a red?[/QUOTE]
:wtf: :facepalm
that is HORRIBLE.
and after all the ridiculous tackles the refs have let go this year that have resulted in major injuries to important players they give a red for that weak ass shit?
Henry didn't even get anything but a fine for injuring Kevin Hartman during a dead ball last year. :facepalm SMH
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiK7rzGcMA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiK7rzGcMA[/URL]
[QUOTE=kaiteng]Henry did smack Moffat's head so hard you can see it. Still, it's a yellow at best.
MLS officiating has been so inconsistent it's getting ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
I just dont see how that equals a red compared to other things they let go.
if that is a red there should be quite a few other players with suspensions
That was a bizarre game right there.. 3-3 and a crazy second half. Funny on when Henry gets a red card the red bulls get a PK on a handball in the box and tie it up. See the highlights of that crazy game.
Also in that game Joel Lindpere was taking on the whole timber team in their net.. It was so awesome.
Hahaa!! Lindpere was fighting inside the Net vs timber players..I hope henry will get to play thursday..that was a dumb red card.. I think the ref just wanted to be highlight of the game..it was a crazy game
[QUOTE=kentatm]:wtf: :facepalm
that is HORRIBLE.
and after all the ridiculous tackles the refs have let go this year that have resulted in major injuries to important players they give a red for that weak ass shit?
Henry didn't even get anything but a fine for injuring Kevin Hartman during a dead ball last year. :facepalm SMH
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiK7rzGcMA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiK7rzGcMA[/URL][/QUOTE]
The general rule is that any type of hitting or kicking motion towards another player is to be punished with an immediate red.
Henry's been around, he knows the rules. He should just refrain from trying to pull shit like this period, regardless of how harmless it was.
[QUOTE=knickballer][URL="http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800"]http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-06-11-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-fc/highlights?videoID=15800[/URL]
Look at this goal..[/QUOTE]
holy that's soem vintage torres sh!t
hassli looked good when I watched them too
hassli is a lot better than I remember dichio being