Is Dynamo culture "speak Spanish" or "get by with the lowest payroll in MLS"? Visual guide to 2018 @MLS Salaries, including a look at the evolving tiers of MLS wages 2007-present, with the option to shift the main chart to any single season:https://t.co/yxvRxXjNzA pic.twitter.com/kwmQmhJRW6— Steve Fenn //\\ Mast: StatHunting@skrimmage.com (@StatHunting) May 15, 2018 https://public.tableau.com/profile/fennsk#!/vizhome/MLS2007-present/Wagehistory
One hour later... The Athletic: The Houston Dynamo remain a small-time team in what should be a big-time market It’s also an opportunity for the Dynamo to reflect on who they are and who they want to be. Despite playing in the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.; despite the region’s huge Hispanic population; despite their downtown, soccer-specific stadium, the Dynamo are small-time. They don’t matter — not in their own market, and not in the broader landscape of MLS. That lack of relevance doesn’t seem to bother owner Gabriel Brener, who took majority control of the team in December 2015. The Dynamo were once among the top clubs in the league, winning back-to-back MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007, reaching the final in 2011 and 2012 and consistently drawing solid crowds at old Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston. When they moved downtown to BBVA Stadium in May 2012, the general assumption was that they’d build on their previous success. Instead, they’ve atrophied.
Little from Column A, little from Column B. Btw, great article from The Athletic. Spot on. My one critique could be how they didnt go deep enough to show the level of mismanagement at RGV, the Academy, and even more from the FO (such as the fact that there was only 1 person on the ST staff who spoke Spanish when the new boss took over).
Dynamo players surprised by Cabrera’s ouster as head coach For Mauro Manotas, the news hit a little closer to home. The Colombian striker was working out on his off day with his wife when a call came in from the club informing Manotas that Cabrera had been removed as head coach. “We were all surprised. Especially my wife and me because we were very thankful with him [Cabrera],” Manotas said. “We were surprised, we thought that maybe at the end of the season it could happen but unfortunately, it happened before.” The 24-year-old forward saw Cabrera as a father figure during his tenure with the Dynamo and insisted he would still be in contact with him. On the pitch, Cabrera challenged Manotas and the forward responded with a career year in 2018. In 2019, Cabrera helped Manotas off the field more than on it, including his new contract with the Dynamo and when Manotas had to spend 20 days in Colombia working through VISA issues for his wife.
I think the goal is for Philly to be so good that other coaches STOP getting canned after losses to them.
With loss to Philadelphia we will have a 3% chance of making the playoffs, hopefully that enough to get both NRod and Pauno FIRED.
Are there any specifically good coaches that aren't getting jobs or should people just get jobs because to their skin color? Interesting data from NFL. Black coaches first hired before Rooney rule had a 54.4% percent winning percentage. Those after after 48.6%. The former suggests that black coaches were indeed under represented based on ability while the latter suggests that is no longer the case. If I were an MLS owner I'd care a lot more about where the coach went to school (Bradley - Princeton; Marsch - Princeton; Arena - Cornell) than skin color. Any black American born coaches former Ivy leaguers out there? Besides don't you think MLS has a much bigger diversity issue with Asians? They represent almost 6% of the US population and the only players that come to mind are Brian Ching and Lee Nguyen (my memory is not great so I'm sure I'm missing some). There are a lot of Asians that both play soccer and are from Ivy league schools. How many have been offered MLS coaching jobs????
Watch this space. The natives are getting restless. I actually think Lagerway should carry some blame for their uneven, aging, and unathletic roster.
If they haven't been fired yet, why would this change anything? I'd be surprised if they are both back for 2020 though.
1162810577099509761 is not a valid tweet id Update on a former MLS coach: Jesse Marsch's Red Bull Salzburg this season:4 played4 won17 goals scored3 goals concededTop of the league. pic.twitter.com/zikSQPtVPo— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) August 17, 2019
Know who would be a super-interesting managerial hire for some @MLS team? Roger Schmidt.Wouldn't come cheap, but the dude's done some stuff at a very high level, and his teams always have a clear identity.https://t.co/1aWlIC8U8B— Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) August 17, 2019
Kosuke Kimura, who is expected to move into coaching as an assistant with Nashville next season (he's playing what appears to be his final season with them in USL this year). And I had to double check because Brian Ching is always referred to as Hawai'ian, which is not the same as Asian, but I found out he's also part Chinese.
Not trying to be offensive here, but I think the "Ching" part of his name would insinuate some Chinese ancestry.
Ok, to make it clearer, my brother-in-law's (and now my sister's) last name is Yuen. Clearly Chinese, right? Nope, at least 3/4ths Hawai'ian. Yes, the rest of him is Chinese, but its not hard to see how my nephews or even their children may feel less and less Chinese. Thus the lack of assuming that just because his name was Ching that he was Asian-American. Hell, for all I knew the Ching name could have come from an adoption somewhere in his family line (which is how I have Swedish traditions as my grandmother was raised by Swedish immigrants, but I am likely not at all Swedish).
At least he’s keeping things positive "What I see is a group that is better than the 18 points we have now, and I'm sure we [can] get results."A typically positive Ron Jans following FC Cincinnati's 4-1 defeat to NYCFC tonight. The new manager was clearly pushing a positive narrative postmatch. #FCCincy #CINvNYC pic.twitter.com/0fJEyx6Aze— D.J. Switzer (@wrongsideofpond) August 18, 2019
A lot of people took the names of slaveholders when they were no longer enslaved. I don't look very traditionally English or Scottish despite records from the early 1800s. For some reason the namesake has never acknowledged the lineage and invited us to reunions.