07-27-2017, 10:13 AM | #851 | |
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Look up 2 posts. The warm up jersey's. Looked like that's what they were wearing when they walked out.
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07-27-2017, 10:18 AM | #852 |
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Ahhhh... ok. Warm up jerseys are always generally crappy looking.
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07-27-2017, 11:04 AM | #853 |
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Yeah, but those warmups made Bradley look like a bearded soccer mom who just went through chemo.
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07-27-2017, 11:20 AM | #854 | |
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07-27-2017, 04:36 PM | #855 |
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LAFC hires Bob Bradley as their first coach and LA Galaxy fire Curt Onolfo and replace him with Sigi Schmid on the same day. This could be really fun out west.
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07-27-2017, 06:14 PM | #856 |
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Surprised it didn't work out the other way, but Sigi had much success in LA
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07-28-2017, 09:29 AM | #857 | |
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And then the Galaxy sign Jonathan Dos Santos for $5mil transfer fee. And LigaMX fans are not happy .
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07-28-2017, 02:40 PM | #858 |
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Another reason why I don't think MLS has anything to worry about is a company like Target. They signed on as a league sponsor this year, in addition to Minnesota United and US Youth Soccer, and today they announced they're pulling out of NASCAR at the end of the season to focus on soccer. Their reasoning had to do with increased sales of soccer gear and a customer base that is increasingly young, urban, Hispanic, and digitally connected.
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07-29-2017, 04:04 PM | #859 |
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As bullish as I am on the league, there's no way that even 5 years ago I would have believed Orlando and Atlanta would be on TV back to back weekends with these kinds of crowds.
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07-29-2017, 04:44 PM | #860 |
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07-29-2017, 07:28 PM | #861 |
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That own goal in the Inter-Chelsea match was incredible.
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07-29-2017, 08:43 PM | #862 | |
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07-30-2017, 01:25 AM | #863 |
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08-03-2017, 12:14 AM | #864 |
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So Miami FC gets the next MLS expansion slot? I am not happy about this at all.
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08-03-2017, 09:38 AM | #865 |
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You mean Beckham United? Why not? They've been placeholder expansion for a few years anyways.
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08-03-2017, 09:39 AM | #866 |
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Any thoughts on the $222 million?
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08-03-2017, 09:49 AM | #867 |
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It's 222 Euros and Barcelona are hypocritical twats for trying to reneg on the buyout clause.
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08-03-2017, 02:48 PM | #868 |
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Barca finally took the 220 million Euro. Jeebus that's a lot of cash. Throw on top the 5 year/150 million Euro contract they signed Neymar to, and that's nearly half a billion Euro for one player.
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08-03-2017, 03:52 PM | #869 | |
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Watching the US Cup game, their announcers were going on about how great of a turnout they had for the game, 10,000 fans. Which is approx. 33% higher than their average of 6,500 or so fans per game. Now granted, I am a biased FC Cincinnati fan, but we average roughly 3 times what they do in attendance. My issue stems from the fact that sports that put fans in the seats (and not corporate fans, but Average Joe Fan) tend to be healthier than the sports that do not. I get that Miami has a huge Latin population, and that soccer is appealing to that demographic. However, we have blown away attendance records since day 1 here. We have a rabid fan base, that actually travels for a second tier team. Go back and watch some of the game from last night's US Cup game, all the chants you hear are FC Cincinnati's chants. I get that Beckham owns the club, but just because the owner is Beckham does not mean they should be the one to get a MLS slot. To me, there are more deserving clubs out there. |
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08-03-2017, 03:55 PM | #870 | |
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That's... not the same team. Miami FC is not associated with Beckham's bid in the slightest.
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08-03-2017, 03:57 PM | #871 | |
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It was literally in his contract that he could get a club, when he wanted, at a discount. This, however, isn't that bid. Also, 8th biggest metro that is an international destination city vs 28th biggest metro with a much smaller economy and 33% of the population. Cincinnati is a virtual lock for one of the next 4 spots. Last edited by CrescentMoonie : 08-03-2017 at 03:59 PM. |
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08-03-2017, 04:34 PM | #872 |
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From what I understand it's 222M, but with the current exchange rates and the complete absurdness of the numbers, the currency is a minor detail.
The ludicrousness is the owners of Paris SG represent the 2022 Qatar World Cup organization to pay Neymar 300M (blood money) to make the 222M buyout possible. Makes one wonder what the drubbing of Paris SG in Barcelona a couple of months ago has to do with all of this. The best thing would be FIFA or UEFA stepping and drawing a line here and now to stop further polluting the reputation of soccer in general. But they have so little credibility left, I doubt they can be bothered. This has got to be in violation of UEFA's financial fair play or FIFA's guidelines on transfers somewhere...
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08-03-2017, 04:45 PM | #873 |
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Well, technically, PSG can spread out the transfer fee over 5 years. So that's 44.5 mil Euros a year, which increased sponsorship as a result of the Neymar signing and increased merchandise sales can probably cover (of course they'd likely have to sell a player or two).
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08-03-2017, 04:45 PM | #874 |
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Rock on PSG.
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08-03-2017, 04:48 PM | #875 |
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Hope Barca raid pool for Coutinho now.
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08-03-2017, 08:29 PM | #877 |
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Coutinho to Barcelona and Pulisic to Liverpool would make me happy.
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08-03-2017, 09:29 PM | #879 |
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Easier to see Liverpool games here though.
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08-04-2017, 06:23 AM | #882 |
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Fixed it for ya. |
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