2018 Other Teams Thread

Soccer Photogrammetry had him half a foot offside but admitted there were missing frames that made it tough to measure.

So that game winner by @Ibra_official? Yes, the model shows him offside, but only by about 1/2 a foot.

Pretty tight, and I can't be sure that the ball is in the exact right spot b/c the 2nd angle was missing a frame pic.twitter.com/kZGGcoPvCQ

— SoccerPhotogrammetry AKA "A Nice Gentleman" (@OffsideModeling) March 31, 2018

So @stuholden says @CamMertens had this photo (if I'm reading that correctly).

Here @Ibra_official is onside by less than an inch, but would also point out that VAR would go off of first contact and so this image is a tad late for that purpose.

Either way, it's super close pic.twitter.com/kJEWudxfwm

— SoccerPhotogrammetry AKA "A Nice Gentleman" (@OffsideModeling) March 31, 2018

 

And, of course, the whole point of the change in the offside law back in the day was to switch the advantage from the defender to the attacker.

 

Yet 9 times out of 10, the AR sides with the defender. Like someone didn't get the memo...

 

It's getting better, but you are correct. Hard to change long-standing ways of doing things. We recently had a major rule change in competitions in one of my hobbies. We're seeing that effect too--judges are still leaning toward the old rules. I've used the offside rule change as an analogy there as well. It takes time--and that's human.

 

Either it's a lot better than what it used to be or they've gotten better at hiding it.

Back in the early years, the press releases would straight-up say "Player XYZ signs with Major League Soccer and is immediately allocated to Team."

At least now, teams are allowed to sign their own players.

 

Since money is everything...I have to think in MLSs idea world, they add Detroit. Its twice the size of Sac and Cin and has TWO billionaires backing it, maybe even 3? (I don't know the extent of the Fords involvement, unless that's just for the stadium).

I wonder if Ford Field isn't acceptable to them.

 

Bradley missed that pk baaaaaaaaaddddddd

 

I called the skied shot and laughed. My daughter cheered. ******** TFC, and ******** Michael Bradley.

 

Nice to know once he retires from his ridiculously outrageous mls paychecks, he'll have a career in the nfl as a field goal kicker.

 

If you watch the live feed from The rocketman in the Tesla, you might have a chance to see the ball pass him.

 

Space-X Launches Mission To Retrieve Michael Bradley Penalty Kick From Orbit
April 26, 2018
Cape Canaveral, Florida - Space-X, today, launched a mission to retrieve Michael Bradley's penalty kick from Earth Geosynchronous orbit

 

Wayne Rooney to DC United?
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...eportedly-in-advanced-talks-to-join-dc-united

 

But is he an *old* 32?? The way he plays, perhaps.

 

True... Like Eddie Gaven

 

There's that....

 

And I should add this here....

 

I just saw the owners of the Chicago Cubs are planning on building a 20k seat USL stadium on the north side of Chicago.

 

Meanwhile the Bridgeview FIre draw 10k last night and life is great for MLS' Chicago branch.

 

Rooney to DC? Get paid a cool $7 million a year to... hang out i guess?

 

Ken Burns tweets about the Timbers-Sounders mockumentary, stylistically inspired by the Civil War:

There is no re-writing history but there are a multiplicity of points of view. @TimbersFC mockumentary about their rivalry with Seattle https://t.co/jnwgXx5oMc

— Ken Burns (@KenBurns) May 10, 2018