Cosmos were a scratch team playing against double US Open Cup champions, so in a way Cosmos were the underdogs, right?
In all seriousness, here comes the spin: Well, last year? Inexcusable disaster. This year? Our amateur side put up a good fight, and I'm proud we even had the match.— Michael Heinz (@MGHeinz) May 7, 2018
Ten, as I noted before. Joey Sanchez played for Adelphi University, and for FC Boulder in the PDL. But yeah, Cosmos fans are already spinning this as "amateurs" putting up a good fight. Looks like they've got their excuses lined up for every game they lose this season.
Wait.. What? There's nothing amateur about the Cosmos team they fielded last night.. At least Jacksonville and Miami have the honesty to not claim they are fielding their B teams like the Cosmos are...
When was this? Plush hasn't been part of the NWSL for well over a year. Amanda Duffy has been acting commissioner while they search for a new commish.
HAHAHAHA "proud we even had the match" You had to resort to legal action to play since you have no league because you ran the last one you were in into the ground. That's nothing to be proud of, wingnut.
Lol MGHeinz is the biggest joke on reddit.com/r/MLS ... I've met cult members who weren't that far gone.
It was an attempt at satire "...and allows the biggest men's team in the world to compete in the NWSL"
"Second straight year of missed opportunity for Cosmos to make Open Cup statement." Uhmmmmmm.....I believe they are making an Open Cup statement. It's just not one they had anticipated.
Brilliant tactical maneuver by NASL, just go around US Soccer and FIFA straight to the Hondurans! Interesting that NASL is asking the president of another country's FA to intervene on its behalf in its dispute with USSF. I suppose if its complaints to FIFA have fallen on deaf ears this is the next best thing, but I'm not sure why Honduras would want to get involved. https://t.co/Gr7Vc3QjDt— Steven Bank (@ProfBank) May 9, 2018
A proposed Wednesday meeting between Rocco Commisso and the #USSF was canceled. Now the #NYCosmos owner is threatening to pull his $500 million offer to fund a revamped #NASL off the table: https://t.co/AKuEzo1fl4— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) May 9, 2018
U.S. Soccer, Rocco Commisso in stalemate over offer for revamped NASL - ESPN Extracts: A meeting between Commisso and the U.S. Soccer Federation was scheduled to take place Wednesday in Chicago, but disagreements on the information to be provided and in particular who would be in attendance led to the cancellation of the meeting. According to Commisso, the owner of the New York Cosmos, time is running out. A May 8 email from Commisso to USSF CEO and secretary general Dan Flynn, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN FC, stated, "if the USSF continues to refuse to promptly engage in sustained, direct negotiations through representatives empowered to make a deal, then we will have no choice but to withdraw our investment proposal on May 21." Commisso and the NASL have expressed concerns that providing additional detail would result in its plans being leaked to MLS and the second-tier USL. In the NASL's view, this would allow the USL to undercut its proposal by moving into the NASL's proposed markets while the NASL awaits approval of its plan. Given the mismanagement that plagued the NASL in its later years, the USSF's desire to see more of the fine print is understandable. That skepticism is equaled -- and perhaps exceeded -- by Commisso's distrust of the USSF hierarchy, including elements of the Board with past or present ties to MLS and the USL. The USSF has offered to have Flynn and two of the federation's lawyers represent it at any meetings, as well as offering assurances that details of Commisso's plan won't be disseminated. In a bid to get the USSF to come to the table, the NASL sent letters to CONCACAF and its members highlighting how CONCACAF countries benefited from having their players play in the NASL. That appeared to kick-start discussions about when a meeting could take place, only for the latest set of obstacles to present themselves.
This has long long long ago passed the point of ridiculousness. Why is any journalist writing this Rocco “investment offer” nonsense as if it’s in any way on the level?
So... he's going to try to put the NASL in the Honduran league system, no lower than Division 2 and with 10 years to ramp up to Division 1 status?
Did Commisso really think the federation wouldn’t see this as an elaborate plan just to control media rights?
As if he was ever really going to toss 500 million bucks into the minor league soccer money furnace in the first place. Why didn't he say a billion? Or a trillion? How about a gazillion? And all he was asking in return was to be allowed to rewrite all the rules and redesign American soccer from top to bottomto suit himself. Sounds reasonable. If it wasn't for the comedy value this guy wouldn't be worth ten seconds of anyone's time.