Don't know if there is one, couldn't find it. https://www.sounderatheart.com/2018/11/19/18103595/mls-playoff-changes League looking into changing the playoff format, an additional playoff spot next year. Number 1 seed get a bye, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 single elimination format (higher seed hosts the game).
Shit, I have to get 'excited' for another season already again? Um... we're that much closer to maybe actually having professional soccer back inside of city limits again!!! ... hooray, or whatever ... Basti might come back? All I got right now...
Bunge and Jiggly both seem optimistic for a sale in the new year. It's weird to see them agree. I guess I should probably take note of that
I'm optimistic that my album in 2019 will be better than my album from 2018. That's about the only thing I'm 100% certain of. Everything else is an MLS Superdraft.
There's nothing to be optimistic about in 2019. Mods, stop your ball sucking and shut this thread down!
Time to close this thread. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/11/21/report-paunovic-chicago-fire-verge-multi-year-deal
or change it to 2022, because numb nuts NRod will probably gave him a three year contract (you know the NEW 3-year plan). USL 2020 team can't come fast enough.....................
We made it on the ESPN ticker. Chicago Fire resign Bastian Schweinsteiger or should that be Adidas or MLS or both resigns Bastian Schweinsteiger?
This isn't just Andy anymore where he's depending the league and sponsors to bail him out. Mansueto has the money to do it and it's very likely that he would be able to pay for Basti himself.
Sure, he is "able to pay for Basti himself," but that does not mean that he did pay for Basti himself.
If we (Chicago Fire) did sign, I hope Joe isn't that dumb to pick up the entire tab. It better be 50/50 (49/51), if not then Andi should just sell the other 51% and get the fvck out here.
As long as we're being optimistic: Hauptman will have a very large tax bill when selling the Fire due to the huge appreciation in value for MLS teams over the last decade. It would make a lot of sense financially to sell half in one tax year and the rest in the next tax year in order to split the tax bill. That might lend itself to a January sale.
Eh, I don't know. Bastard's tax liability is likely the same, either way. Don't see the case for splitting the sale (but, then again, I'm not a tax guy).
Total dollars he pays might be almost as much, but he gets the time value of keeping probably $10 million for an extra year. At a conservative 5%, that saves/earns him $500k. Also not a tax guy per se, but there's probably the ability to offset the earnings with an extra year's worth of losses as well.