2019 Other Teams Thread

Good thing the qualities of a good captain can be easily distilled down to a team's win/loss record.

 

Algeria. Period.

 

I apologize that my goofing on someone named "Keaton" turned this thread into a referendum of Wil Trapp's career choices and performances.

 

#NoRegrets

 

That wasn't even what that post was about. That post was about me not being a sucker and taking a poor bet.

 

It’s almost like winning trophies involves a minimum of 10 other people. Maybe it’s a personal preference but for players I don’t use them winning things as the ultimate judge of a career. On the flip side, I do use that much more for coaches when evaluating their legacy.

Porter I dont love but at least he has proven to be ABLE to win some trophies. He has had some real failures (qualifying) but better than always just being middle of the road all the time.

 

No, just your first sentence was about that. The rest of the post was questioning Trapp's role of captain based upon the team's record/trophy count. We get it...if you're not winning all the trophies then you are an abject failure. Every post doesn't need to remind us that is your opinion. Come back when you get your record fixed.

 

So much for Chicago having a soccer team....

https://www.chicagotribune.com/busi...ainment-rejected-ryan-ori-20190108-story.html

 

This above post was an abject failure.

The point here is that Trapp captained the U-23's and the Crew later under Berhalter. He also captained the USMNT in a few meaningless friendlies under interim coach Dave Sarachan. The point is in laying out that history that it would be a suckers bet to bet that a 21 year old who has not captained his club team or any US youth team will wind up captaining the USMNT more than Wil Trapp. Even if Trapp doesn't captain another game for the USMNT, it's a longshot.

You are making this much more complicated than it is. If you have issue with Trapp's team missing the Olympics take it up with Herzog and his teammates. As for Trapp it's just part of his resume now, for better (the captaincy) and worse (the failure to even qualify, let alone win a trophy/medal).

 

By that (ridiculously moronic) metric, Demitrio Albertini had a more illustrious career than Roberto Baggio, since Albertini captained gli Azzurri six times and Baggio only the once.

 

I see. It was a great moment but does that one thing make him the best ever? I think not.

 

Put him over the top. IMHO. At least as far as field players go--and modern era as well. Pre-modern era, you have Gonsalves, Patenaude, and Bahr to consider, among others.

 

You would think that MLS would want to have a team in a city the size of Chicago. They have that other Illinois team but it is so strange they leave that market alone.

 

Eh, it's basically an Alderman saying he won't support it. So, we'll see--he's probably angling for a "campaign donation".

 

No, the point here is you can’t resist the opportunity to bag on Berhalter/Trapp/or pretty much any positive thing that’s happened in Columbus that didn’t result in a trophy. We get it. You’re a contrarian with high expectations...you must be a joy at parties.

 

You may want to sit down for this one.....

Most of the East Coast Elite cocktail parties I attend don't get into the specifics of our shitty little single entity domestic soccer league, let alone the xGoals of the 2017 Columbus Crew, or Harrison Afful's 23rd mishit cross of the Colorado match.

The high expectations we hold are for the bartender, and looking down on your vinyl collection and whatever books you chose to display on your bookcases.

 

We'll just disagree on this one. Or we'll agree IPAs are played out and overrated.

 

Unsophisticated swine.

 

I'll not argue the latter--I hate that every craft beer maker seems to have to hop up any beer like an IPA, even if that style doesn't call for much hops.

 

I don't think it is necessarily that IPAs are bad, it's the overuse of hops by Brewers to mask the imperfections of a beer. Throw in some hops and raise the percentage to hide the fact that you just really aren't that good of a brewer.

Managed at a pub for a couple years that had 23 rotating taps. The discussions I had with brewers, distributors, my bar manager, and customers ate ones that will stay with me forever. One that sticks out to me and was constantly reiterated was that if a brewery makes more IPAs and pale ales than other styles combined, they are probably not that good and just in it for the money.

 

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...-superdraft-picks-cincinnati-allocation-money

Personally I think this was probably a brilliant move by Philly (provided they invest that money). They literally just took Cincy's money and ran. It also means Cincy will be forced to have to sign a lot of those draft picks to fill out their roster.

HellISBroke

 

I have to say that FCC is taking an interesting approach to their roster. Right now they look pretty decent defensively but not sure how they create and score anything. I wonder about their ability to pay to bring in some higher quality international talent. Heck, even their coach and GM seem a little on the cheap side.