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  1. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    #126 Crooked, Dec 17, 2012
    Turns 38 next month...
     
  2. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #127 patfan1, Dec 17, 2012
  3. CottageRev

    CottageRev Member+

    Jun 13, 2010
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    #128 CottageRev, Dec 17, 2012
    One more time since I've gotten really annoyed this "imminent signing" has gone silent the past 3 weeks...

    WHERE'S PERY?!?!?!

    [​IMG]
     
  4. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    #129 Crooked, Dec 17, 2012
  5. RevsFanDan

    RevsFanDan Member

    May 24, 2005
    North Shore
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #130 RevsFanDan, Dec 17, 2012
    The absolute reversal of a club from bottom feeder to example of success...!
     
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  6. bwidell

    bwidell Member+

    Apr 19, 2005
    Manchester, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #131 bwidell, Dec 17, 2012
    Played 29 league games for Vasco last season, leading them to 5th place. Second on team with 7 goals, first with 8 assists.
     
  7. NFLPatriot

    NFLPatriot Member+

    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #132 NFLPatriot, Dec 18, 2012
  8. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #133 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
    @BrianStraus Sporting Kansas City confirms signing of DP forward Claudio Bieler, 28, from LDU Quito.
     
  9. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #134 firstshirt, Dec 18, 2012
    Ecuador has a decent league. Looking at his stats he did pretty well. 28 years old, decent size and played at a good level, not a bad signing for the league. Supposedly Maradona called him up but he turned it and is now hoping to become a Ecuadorian citizen and play for that team
     
  10. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #135 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
    When was the last time anyone ever said this about our group...? Serious question.

    Grant Wahl ‏@GrantWahl
    Kansas City signs Argentine forward Claudio Bieler as a Designated Player. (KC front office never seems to sleep.)
     
  11. Crooked

    Crooked Member+

    May 1, 2005
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    #136 Crooked, Dec 18, 2012
    We will not be outworked!
     
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  12. bwidell

    bwidell Member+

    Apr 19, 2005
    Manchester, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #137 bwidell, Dec 18, 2012
    MLS Working With USL-PRO On Reserve League Integration
    1. If an MLS city has a USLPRO team nearby, MLS will provide 5 players and pay their salary.​
    2. If there’s no USLPRO team, the MLS reserve side will become a new, permanent team in USLPRO.​
    3. All USLPRO teams will have an MLS affiliate.​
    http://nasn.tv/2012/mls-working-with-usl-pro-on-reserve-league-integration/
     
  13. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #138 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
    If they can make this happen, I think this would be great in getting reserves a lot more playing time than they currently are.
     
  14. bwidell

    bwidell Member+

    Apr 19, 2005
    Manchester, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #139 bwidell, Dec 18, 2012
    Agreed. I think the Revs would fall under the second category. Closest current USL-PRO teams are Rochester and Harrisburg (both 6 hours away).
     
  15. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #140 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
    MLS best quotes of the year.

    I had to laugh at this one...
    I liked this one as well...
    And my favorite quote, because THIS is how I want the Krafts to think...
     
  16. NFLPatriot

    NFLPatriot Member+

    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #141 NFLPatriot, Dec 18, 2012
    Sounds like they still have some things to work out, but if they can, this would be HUGE. Ten games a year for reserve players just isn't enough.
     
  17. RevsLiverpool

    RevsLiverpool Member+

    Nov 12, 2005
    Boston
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #142 RevsLiverpool, Dec 18, 2012
    Maybe he's Moreno 2.0?
     
  18. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #143 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
  19. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #144 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
    Well this was great planning by MLS.

    The LA Galaxy open their season and their quest for their third straight MLS Cup, at home against Chicago on March 3rd.

    They're currently scheduled to play in the 1/4s of the CCL on March 4th.
     
  20. bwidell

    bwidell Member+

    Apr 19, 2005
    Manchester, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #145 bwidell, Dec 18, 2012
     
  21. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #146 patfan1, Dec 18, 2012
  22. NFLPatriot

    NFLPatriot Member+

    Jun 25, 2002
    Foxboro, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #147 NFLPatriot, Dec 18, 2012
    More thoughts on this. USL-Pro is currently unbalanced geographically. Two teams on the west coast (LA, and expansion team in Phoenix). The rest are in the east (10 teams) and Antigua. So it makes sense for the west coast teams to add MLS Reserves teams to cut down on travel. My concern would be inequality in MLS, if one MLS team gets a full schedule of USL-Pro games, while another only gets that for 5 players.

    USL-Pro teams played a 24-game schedule in 2012.
     
  23. rkupp

    rkupp Member+

    Jan 3, 2001
    #148 rkupp, Dec 19, 2012
    MLS reserve teams would probably have to add roster spots, since they wouldn't be able to count on primary roster players with independent schedules (unless they are going to rely on academy players to fill in, but that doesn't sound like a great solution either).
     
  24. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
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    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #149 patfan1, Dec 19, 2012
    So the Revs will only fill 95% of that roster too? ;)
     
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  25. sputnikorbust

    sputnikorbust Member

    Apr 9, 2011
    Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #150 sputnikorbust, Dec 19, 2012
    i'd argue that filling out the rosters with promising academy players is a great step towards further development.. in the big picture, it could really take the MLS academy system to a new level
     
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