Seattle Beats Toronto to Win M.L.S. Cup https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/10/sports/soccer/seattle-sounders-mls-cup.html Seattle Sounders earn second Major League Soccer title in four years, beat Toronto FC in MLS Cup https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-top-toronto-fc-championship-game/2557771001/ Sounders cap decade of dominance by topping Toronto in MLS Cup https://www.bellinghamherald.com/sports/article237099359.html Toronto FC cries foul after MLS Cup letdown https://www.thestar.com/sports/tfc/2019/11/10/toronto-fc-cries-foul-after-mls-cup-letdown.html Sounders’ Victor Rodriguez breaks down goal in MLS Cup https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/soccer/mls/sounders-fc/article237232359.html Massive crowd fills Occidental Square for MLS Cup March to Match https://www.sounderatheart.com/2019...-occidental-square-for-mls-cup-march-to-match Seismologists register ‘fan quakes’ from the Seattle Sounders’ stadium crowd https://www.geekwire.com/2019/seism...tle-sounders-stadium-crowd-soccer-fan-quakes/ ECS unveils first-ever full-stadium tifo https://www.sounderatheart.com/2019/11/10/20958078/sounders-unveil-first-ever-full-stadium-tifo Major League Soccer, adidas unveil MLS NATIVO XXV as match ball for league's 25th season https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...mls-nativo-xxv-match-ball-leagues-25th-season
Inside the confidential 2016 study that provided the blueprint for MLS’s modern era. The Athletic (paywall) Worth it's own thread.
You mean like this? https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/in...d-the-blueprint-for-mls’s-modern-era.2107310/
Season 2020 match ball: The game ball to be used in Season 25 is a throwback of sorts to this bad boy.
That was a cool ball but then the Don came in and switched it to something that looked like the old logo, 32 panel, Telstar-looking spotted ball - to underline that people watching MLS were watching soccer. He's come a long way, the Don.
That’s not the ball used in 1996 by the way. It has Don Garber’s signature on it and the shoe doesn’t have the 3 stripes on it. The MLS website claimed it was from ‘96, but that’s not the case. New ball looks cool.
Oh, he never said it was used in season one. I looked back and I just made that assumption. Sorry about that. Thanks for clarifying. Edit: I now see the MLS article states it is the ball from 1996.
That was always my personal favorite. I'd love it if MLS permanently went with a traditional 32 panel black and white "clipart" ball. My feeling is probably influenced by growing up and watching the other four major sports and noticing how none of them waiver or change the traditional, clean looks of the 'game ball' (or puck) they have used for multiple decades.
When I downloaded the image the file was tagged as 1996-2000. So when Don was appointed Commish in 1999, this is why we have the first ever ball with his signature on it. HAHA! Yeah! That basketball!
We used to call them caseys. They were as hard as a brick when wet. I remember kicking the ball from the penalty spot and it not reaching the goal. I was about 8 but still.
He is at fault for everything, you know that. I mean, it is his fault for the whole Kansas City Wiz name debacle.
Never heard that one! Cool. Thank you for knowing old school facts to the sport Paul! I had heard this one, that the old ball would absorb water in the stitching and become a la a medicine ball. I do recall that for the 1930 World Cup Grand Final between hosts Uruguay and Argentina, they were at odds on who would get to use the ball that each side preferred. IIRC the Argies would add water inside their football to add some weight but the Charrua boys were not having any of that. So FIFA stepped in an played each half with each type of ball as desired. Uruguay won 4-2 each side that day scoring their goals within their selected halves with their football.
Turns out it's a colloquial term used in the northwest of England, especially around Liverpool where I grew up. Apparently the expression "he must have a bladder like a casey" is still in use in Merseyside.
Don was very public about the ball thing as I recall - it's what he wanted. Just like (I believe) Rothenberg himself wanted the denim jerseys and names on the back of shirts in '94.
I would like to meet the guy that thought those drunken, wavy lines was the way to go for the secondary shirt! HA!
Adidas preferred some much classier all-whites and all-blues they had ready to go. Those were our colors.