Can it be a trusted opinion when the biggest loss is Chris Wingert? I would have definitely gone with Chad Barrett. Gonna miss the horse, bear, and lion podcast.
Other than RSL, then Seattle is probably the only other choice to win the conference, but it's hard to say that anyone is a strong favorite.
I agree. I think it could have saved it a little to put the RSL above it, but as it is, the socks look weird. Though, it is also weird that of the whole uniform, I am complaining about socks... The blue on the shorts looks similar to the blue on the white shorts we had in the secondaries a couple of years ago. I like it. I think adding the blue as an accent ties the uniform together better.
um... that article doesn't say we're picked to win the west. It says some think we would be a good contender, but "...has plenty of folks tabbing RSL as a trendy pick to contend in the West" isn't the line you use on the team you think wins the conference. We have a lot of young talent on this team with just a bit of MLS experience under their belts. That could be the best or worst part of the club. The fear that Rusnak has tape out there to shut him down, the fear that Acosta and the other academy kids will have slump years, the fear that Savarino is the next Paulo Jr, etc etc. This team is built to be really good, but has the small nagging fear that they are just too raw to pull it out. I believe in the group, but I'm not as confident as I was in say 2010/2011 in the club just yet
Again I got fooled by a fake article title. I enjoy commenting on articles that I never read...until I get exposed.
Well, the article does tab RSL as 1st in the west under the commentary. Seattle is number 2 and Portland is much further down that I would have expected. They also think NYCFC will win the east... Savarino would have to take a HUGE freaking step backwards to be the next Paulo Jr. Paulo Jr wasn't ever a full time starter was he? He had some really good games before he got hurt, but I don't think he can compare to what we have in Savarino right now.
for whatever reason I glossed over that last part about "Ben Baer's 2018 Prediction". Not picking TFC in the East is just him being different for the sake of being different. The league is again TFC's to lose. Saying otherwise is just being contrarian for the fun of it. What is interesting in this thing is that the people who write the recaps for the teams are NOT the same as the guy giving predictions. So you get commentary like "they could contend" with a "they'll win the West" prediction.
Split the difference. We're definitely a top 10 team, probably around 7 or 8 right now in my book. 1. TFC 2. ATL 3. NYC 4. SEA 5. POR 6. CLB 7. RSL
The ESPN rankings seem to be based more on last year's overall standings than anything that happened in the off-season.
The best cuss words that I ever heard was when I was in boot camp. My drill instructors were Rembrandts when it came to the quality of cuss words, so much so that it made you laugh at all the different ways they could cuss and string phrases together. But, nobody can hold a flame to R. Lee Emery in Full Metal Jacket.