https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/gai...-lot-to-do-with-mls/mtjyapcuugpq1ixfz8jb1zqib Nicolas Gaitan has credited Chicago Fire boss Veljko Paunovic as a big influence on his decision to join Major League Soccer. https://sports.yahoo.com/mls-preview-rooney-d-c-213011059.html Rooney looks to keep United on top. https://www.socceramerica.com/publi...vals-five-mls-signings-who-should-have-b.html Some late arrivals who should make a big impact. https://phillysoccerpage.net/2019/0...e-a-tougher-than-expected-test-for-the-union/ Union try to get first away win against a new expansion https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...n-its-major-league-soccer-stadium/3300642002/ Cincinnati change architects for stadium.
I know absolutely nothing about stadium design or building, but it seems extremely late in the game to be changing architects. Site prep is well underway. I figured they would have to have a finalized design and plans well before now.
From the sounds of it Populous is going to try to work with the footprint of the current design, which would allow the basic site prep and land disturbance move forward while the firm modifies the fuller design. Not normal but not unheard of, either.
I’d like to Brexit this CONCACAF League of Nations. At lease we got the least amount of travel possible. https://www.concacafnationsleague.c...ugural-edition-of-the-concacaf-nations-league Thx, Jay!
there's a rumor- and some legs to it- that the Vancouver whitecaps will be making a move to sign canadian international, ex-Orlando, cyle larin who has not enjoyed his time in turkey and the Turkish Club has run into financial problems he has been in vancouver this week for canada's concacaf game so.... if he's in the right head space, its a very good signing for the Caps, but will cost millions to get the transfer done and then his salary the question also is-- will MLS let the signing happen since Cyle left Orlando not on good terms
i mean the design will have to go through all kinds of approval processes, I assume. I would think this could most definitely push some timelines back.
How is this different than Gold Cup and why is it needed again? Will this replace the Gold Cup or will they have both? This question is not specifically aimed at the one I am quoting. Just looked it up and appears UEFA is doing the exact same thing. So in CONCACAF we have (for national teams): Gold Cup, Nations League and World Cup Qualifying. Am I missing something?
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...th-florida-kids?amp&__twitter_impression=true Miami starting up the academy this summer.
This was largely driven by UEFA's decision to create their Nations League. Suddenly a lot of opponents for friendlies were off the table as the UEFA teams play each other in their tournament. So Concacaf (no caps any more) decided to follow suit in the hopes of having a "competition" would help restore some of the interest that unending friendlies against the same 10 or so teams would have lost. No idea what the AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL teams are doing.
The main thing this approach allegedly provides is more meaningful matches for the lower end of the spectrum because of the league schedule and offer of promotion. So all these Caribbean sides now have a few more dates with peer teams that carry some weight. The final standings of the event, which has a biennial season, I believe, will determine who qualifies for the Gold Cup tournament. There was chatter about using this also to determine who would qualify for WC but that was scuttled both to keep more meaningful games on the schedule and give small and mid-sized teams more opportunities to win something.
Theoretically it engages the bottom two leagues into playing more than ten competitive games in a WCQ cycle. In actuality, it forces the USA & Mexico to play less friendlies against better competition. And less revenue for Mexico/SUM playing home games in the USA. We’re not going to get better playing Canada and Cuba. We’re not going to get better with another game or two against Mexico, Costa Rica or Honduras, when we’re likely to face them in two other competitions. Thx, Jay!
Its quite simple really. This is the price the Caribbean demands for allowing North America to run CONCACAF when in fact they have the votes to put themselves back in the drivers seat any time they want. So they get games, travel, money and all the stuff they do this for while maintaining the ridiculous fantasy that Anguilla or St Martins can develop a world. lass team if they just can get some more games. The US and Mexico are willing to go along as long as the Caribbean members shut up and dont try and take over again. For its part, FIFA kicks in big money - $1.2 million per team per year - and puts Caribbean fed Presidents on committees that meet in Paris and Zurich and London. They dont want a repeat of the Warner/ Webb eras any more than nayone else does, since the US DoJ and FBI are watching, and they re willing to pay big to keep the Caribbean members happy and quiet. With FIFA its always easy; you just follow the money.
The thing is, there aren't a lot of friendly opponents available for these fall international dates. The USA will get the September window for friendlies, but the only European teams they could possibly play are the odd teams from the 5-team Euro qualifying groups. I don't know what CONMEBOL is doing in these FIFA windows this year, though.
Besiktas always seems to have run into financial problems, yet that never seems to slow them down any. Not saying the rumors aren't true, he's only got a little over 1000 minutes in the year he's been there, with roughly 2/3 of that time being in Europa League. I'm sure they'll make sure his contract is extra clear that the team option is binding.
2015 Fall: Peru, Brazil, CONCACAF Champions Cup (Mexico), Costa Rica, WCQ SVG, WCQ TnT 2016 March: WCQ Guatemala x2 2011 Fall: Costa Rica, Belgium, Honduras, Ecuador, France, Slovenia 2012 March: DNP 2019 Fall: Canada 2x, Cuba 2x, Friendly 2x (assumption) 2020 March: Most likely Honduras/CR and Mexico (and no money to the Fed, especially if they have the games not in the USA) So, this new tourney pits us against two or three teams we would have played in friendlies, except there will be no room for experimentation in the later stages of the games. It gives us four matches against teams we would probably never schedule, but would likely see in the Gold Cup or WCQ draw. And we’ll likely see two stronger friendlies against better teams, but we could get Bolivia and Bulgaria. So actually it does look like a wash in terms of competition level, but not so much in team preparation/flexibility. I’ll laugh when the Gold Cup brackets nearly mirror the LoN brackets. And hopefully we play in Cuba after they visit Canada and host them after they host Canada. And that we get them in our Gold Cup group as our final opponent. Theyll be rife defections this summer & fall. Thx, Jay!
I can never figure out what you write that you really believe, and what you write because when you hit that last sentence you can say to yourself "NAILED IT!!!!!!"
Doesn't he go into the Allocation list since IIRC he was sold to Besiktas? In that case it would cost more if Vancouver has to buy their way up the allocation list.
Best part of this scenario (which is true, he has to go via allocation) is that LA is apparently trying to get the first spot right now to sign Giancarlo Gonzalez. So who would that put at number one in the allocation order? Orlando.
They probably should have eliminated a group, then the games would be more competitive. I feel bad for Costa Rica.