No, they have to save you that much, or *make you* that much more money in tickets/merchandise/etc., or some combination. In principle, if they do their job better than a kid with GM/transfrmkt, the team is better and then makes more money. Which is why teams in the league with ambition have significant scouting operations.
This is true. A preponderance also have stadia, modern training facilities and staff, USL sides and a decent academy. I'm not sure where a scouting organization fits in to that priority list, but I hope we find out one day.
I hope so too. It's worth noting that a successful move into a new stadium has generally been predicated on being relevant and competitive in the seasons *before* the move. That hasn't been a guarantee; but it has been necessary. Remember what the Wizards were like at Arrowhead? Remember their attendance there -- 3,000 or 4,000 a match? Remember the consensus across BigSoccer ~2005-2006 that the most likely fate of KC was to be contracted? Their success at consistently filling up Sporting Park (or whatever their sponsor is now) was in no small part the result of a squad improvement plan that started 3 1/2 years before they moved into that stadium. They got better and better and built a lot of buzz in the community doing it. In contrast, teams that figured the stadium would take care of their attendance -- Colorado, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas -- it didn't work out for.
Has it been posted that in this interview, Kasper mentions getting another player or two in the next 3-4 weeks?
That's concerning. On the positive side, it's a downtown stadium in here vs one that's in the nether for all those other C and D teams. DC's cosmopolitan with a lot of excess cash lying around, and the stadium is small. That's not to say quality on the field won't matter, but we may have an extended grace period.
D.C. United signing goalkeeper Steve Clark, former Crew starter and now free agent after playing in Denmark for a year #dcu #mls— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) August 16, 2017
I remember him as a great instinctive shot stopper with quantum-entanglement reflexes. But he's as dumb as a bag of Crewzers and he frequently tries to hot shot with the ball at his feet. When he's playing for the other team, that's always been worth a chuckle.
I hope Bill wouldn't leave and risk sitting for some European club with a WC berth on the line. Next year, all bets are off, though. More likely we're lining up a competent backup, and someone we can be comfortable with for a long stretch if and when Bill decides to go on his adventure abroad. To me, he's pretty much the definition of the guy you want if your #1 is a national team player with some injury history.
I think it might just be insurance in case Bill leaves but also gives us a solid backup. Worra hasn't exactly been inspiring confidence this season. So essentially I agree with Gumby.
any chance Hamid leaves before the window closes in a few weeks? Best to find a club now rather during winter and risk riding the bench all Spring
Part of that was the requirement from Crew head coach that they play out of the back, no? At United he'll have carte blanche to boot the ball upfield at will.
Makes sense, he never would've seen the field again. Maybe he just wanted to go be with his wife since that's why he lobbied us to sign him in the first place.