Tuesday 25 Sep 2018

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by Stuart95, Sep 25, 2018.

  1. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The MLS XI, Week 30: Playoff Fortunes Waver and One Impeccable Anthem
    https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/09/2...m-red-bulls-atlanta-united-philadelphia-union

    Led by Bedoya, Philadelphia Union ride into US Open Cup final on a high
    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/09/24/led-bedoya-philadelphia-union-ride-us-open-cup-final-high

    Bradley Wright-Phillips suspended for “biggest game in years” vs. Atlanta United
    https://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/2018/9/24/17895628/bradley-wright-phillips-suspended-atlanta-united

    MLS Ultras: plastic wannabes or sign of a thriving league?
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/25/mls-ultras-fans-supporters-groups
    Sigh, The Guardian

    Atlanta United strengthens front office with hire from Falcons
    https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-...ith-hire-from-falcons/gtoelotoiFtecmUuUJzK8L/

    THE CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND TORONTO FC
    https://ussoccerplayers.com/2018/09/the-concacaf-champions-league-and-toronto-fc.html

    Revolution want to field home-grown talent
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...rown-talent/Lv4EZItT4b2q2dPFiKhILM/story.html

    Sources: FC Dallas' Oscar Pareja in the running to lead U.S. men's national soccer team
    https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/soccer/soccer/2018/09/24/sources-fc-dallas-oscar-pareja-running-lead-us-mens-national-soccer-team

    Atlanta United see a star on the rise in George Bello: "He's been ready"
    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/09/24/atlanta-united-see-star-rise-george-bello-hes-been-ready

    FC Cincinnati targeting 20,000-plus season tickets for 2019 MLS season, 28,000 total attendance per game
    https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...c-cincinnati-tickets-better-hurry/1407678002/

    7-year-old blows away fans, athletes with national anthem at MLS game
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-blows-fans-athletes-national-anthem-mls-game/story?id=58052756
     
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  2. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    There is more substantive discussion in this article than I would have expected. The article kind of makes it sound like the coaching staff is already planning how they would coach on the NT, or perhaps advertising how they would coach as a means of campaigning for the job.
     
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  3. wantmlsphilly

    wantmlsphilly Member+

    Aug 2, 2006
    Philadelphia, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     
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  4. GunnerJacket

    GunnerJacket Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 18, 2003
    Gainesville, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I expect better from this outlet, though some of this might come down to a demand for news content rather than a valid issue. "We need an emotive piece about the US scene. What have we got?"

    Not to downplay the actual problems we've seen, though. I just wouldn't describe the scope of MLS issues on this front in accordance with the article. Not Fake News, but more like Make News, as it were.

     
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  5. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pretty strange for mls clubs to fire coaches this late in the season. LA and now Vancouver, both of which are still in the playoff hunt. Seems that perhaps this is signaling a change in mentality amongst ownership: the playoffs are REALLY important, and we'll make drastic changes to try to get there.
     
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  6. Honore de Ballsac

    Oct 28, 2005
    France.
    Tricky headline word choice there. "In the running to lead" can easily be ingested as "In the lead to run."

    Reads like quality resume writing.
     
  7. Gamecock14

    Gamecock14 Member+

    May 27, 2010
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    The 7th and 8th place teams in the west fired their coaches while still having a realistic chance of making the playoffs. Unless they "lost the locker room", I don't know how much a new coach improves things.

    The problem is that they equate MLS Ultras to the European Ultras. There are a few subgroups of SGs that try to emulate Euro Ultras, but a lot of that has been pushed away by teams and SGs policing each other.
     
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  8. Honore de Ballsac

    Oct 28, 2005
    France.
    Easy win for the 'Caps here, simply because we would all like to encounter the surname 'Dalyrimple' more regularly in public life, for its sheer Python-esque quality.
     
  9. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    Hoping for Dead Cat Bounce, I suppose.

    That word seems to have conflicting definitions--is pageantry and noise 'Ultra,' or only intimidation? And then there's that dreaded word 'authenticity,' defined in such a way that MLS could not possibly have it.
     
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