Season 2023 of MLS/Other Teams News Thread (now streaming on BigSoccer+)

It's actually streaming on BigSoccer TV+ with MLS Season Pass.

 

BREAKING: Inter Miami are in serious talks with Atlanta United over former MLS MVP Josef Martinez. Nothing agreed yet, but discussions ongoing.

Martinez, 29, has 98g/16a in 134 MLS apps. Battled injuries last few years, but still had 9g/4a in 1500 mins in 2022. pic.twitter.com/tWq8mVn7j5

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) January 5, 2023

 

Rep for creating a thread and the title, not for whatever the Gals are doing.

 

LAFC just dodged a huge bullet: Gareth Bale announced his retirement today.

 

Best case scenario for LAFC. He elevates the prestige of the club, gives them a title and unforgettable moment, and then leaves.

 

Didnt know where to post this so if some random Stupidface wants to move it, no problem. From the Atheletic:


In a press release on Tuesday, MLS confirmed the following talent has been signed: Max Bretos, Steve Cangialosi, Jake Zivin, Pablo Ramirez (Spanish-language), Frederic Lord (French-language) for play-by-play, match analysts: Kyndra de St. Aubin, Maurice Edu, Lori Lindsey, Danielle Slaton, Taylor Twellman, Marcelo Balboa (Spanish-language), Sebastien Le Toux (French-language), Sacha Kljestan, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Diego Valeri (Spanish-language) and studio hosts: Liam McHugh, Jillian Sakovits, Tony Cherchi (Spanish-language).

MLS is expected to unveil at least some of the talent on Tuesday as part of a preseason media event in California. Other broadcasters not named above will be included in the full roster of commentators. Of the final group of commentators, some will be guaranteed a minimum number of games over the course of the season while others will have more flexible arrangements.

Very surprised not to see Jordan Angeli listed ( yet, anyway), Figured her for a shoe in, although it's true that the longer she worked next to that douche Sika the more the quality of her work deteriorated.

Fortunately, he didn't manage to totally destroy her like he did with Dwight, who he turned into a babbling fool.

Among others the article specifically says are out is J P Dellacamera.

 

Got my hands recently on a document MLS distributed to its clubs last month. In it, the league lays out expectations for what each of its club's needs to provide in terms of video content for this new Apple deal. I'll thread some details here.

— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) January 10, 2023

 

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/appl...3QZDXy6-gNWCwjHHJWZfhvFbaIJmniGgCEFLVtIuoHLcI


No Jordan or Neil as of now

 

Do you honestly find the absence of Neil Sika even mildly surprising? Dear Lord, he's one of.the worst soccer pbp guys maybe ever. Just wretched.

If MLS had hired.him I would seriously question their sanity.

On the other hand, as I mentioned above, I am rather surprised not to see Jordan's name.

 

"Fans in the US and Canada will also have the option to select their home team’s radio for broadcast audio on the Apple TV app where available."

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/appl...ccer-unveil-broadcasters-for-mls-season-pass?

 

No Jordan as of now, shocked.
No Niel as of now, thankful.

 

Atlanta is preparing to buyout Josef. Somehow, we can’t buyout any of our guys though.

 

Chris Doran on the broadcast. Better and better.

 

Well it's a good thing the club knows someone with a production company...

 

Looks like Jordan may have a future with the NWSL:

The #NWSL announces the broadcasters for its draft coverage, and there's a lot of Philly flavor: @Pilla_Talk, @LoriLindsey6 and former Charge goalkeeper @saskia_webber.

Joined by @jordangeli, @keepernotes and host @_poppymiller.

— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) January 10, 2023

 

$230,000,000 guaranteed to Deshaun Watson. The unwillingness to buy out 1-2 years of an MLS contract shows how serious they take this this investment.

 

They’ve spent $20 million on Cucho and LZ in transfer fees, and we’ve been top 10 in salary, so I can’t quite agree with you there. Though I did notice Tipico is run in partnership with Crew SC Stadium Company, LLC and there is a lot of real estate money to be made around the stadium, so the Haslams probably had reasons to buy the team, but those reasons weren’t soccer related.

Back to the contract buyouts, I think it’s more about Bez and his pride, he doesn’t want to admit he was wrong about Molino.

 

Oh, it's absolutely not soccer related - it's been a real estate investment all along. The soccer - and it's fans - are just a bump in the road to development riches.

 

For the Edwards family maybe. You really think the Haslams and their $6B fortune were looking for a real estate play? They’re bigger than that.
I won’t argue that Dr Pete probably told them the real estate will help cover the costs. I’m sure it does. We’ve seen Dee and Jimmy at enough games to know that they aren’t fully ignoring the team. People that wealthy don’t have time to waste. If they didn’t want to be in attendance they certainly wouldn’t be.

 

I'm sure there's absolutely no truth to the rumor that Neil Sika landed a sideline reporter gig with the Street Whore Catfight League.

After all, even the SWCL has some standards.

 

If you must know, he's been doing OSU hockey and has filled in on their men's basketball a few times.