When San Jose played a certain Costa Rican side two years ago was it? They won the home leg 1-0 with the Costa Rican side playing 11 players behind the ball. So...really don't know what you are on about.
... but not if you're playing away in Central America. He was the weasel who called the US game in Mazatenango in 2000.
Someone please call a waahmbulance! It's not CONCACAF's fault that MLS decides to start their season much later than everyone else in the world.
Everybody in the world does not have the same schedule. Did you know that? In fact everybody in Europe doesn't have the same schedule. Did you know there are leagues in Europe that run the same schedule as MLS? Also England, Spain, Germany, and Italy all have different schedules! Some have winter breaks, some don't, some play through June and some start in early August. Last I checked Norway has their first game on April 9th and play through November 4th. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-nor/sched/schedule.htm Is Norway not a part of 'everyone else in the world' or something? Seriously. Its cool just to say stupid stuff because you think nobody knows better, but most people on Big Soccer actually know something about the sport and pulling stuff out of your arse is just stupid. Or maybe Russia isn't part of 'everyone else in the world' since they play March through November. I mean...is it really just MLS? Or do you want me to go on and show that there is no universal club calendar?
Yet, I still don't see those teams complaining about scheduling and fitness and all that crap when they play in international competitions. Also, nobody likes the Russians.
The MLS has to start in the springtime. Have you seen the weather in Mass, or NY, or Washington DC? We just dug ourselves out of almost a foot of snow! Now, that being said, if the MLS really wanted to take this tourney seriously, they would alter the CBA to allow for early training camps for all CCC qualified teams. They (DC and Houston) started a week early to get ready for the tourney. Obviously MLS doesn't take this tourney seriously, or the players won't allow an early start.
Last I checked the Champions League and UEFA Cup start DURING the seasons for those leagues. Just pointing it out. Just think about it.
Tell me, how do you feel about MLS teams getting a bye directly to 1/4 finals without having to play any qualifiers? How do you feel about UNCAF and Caribbean teams getting cumulative yellows and reds in said qualifiers, and therefore missing players when facing MLS?
I'm still not sure why Concacaf can't place this tournament to start at the same time when the UEFA Cup and Champions League tournaments start. /shrug
Well, I realize that it's completely ingrained in you to automatically hate all Gringo soccer, are you seriously saying that for example, the Trinidad PFL should get as many qualifying slots as MLS or FMF? The reds and yellows should probably erase after each round like the WC, but if your argument is the CONCACAF has a bunch of ass-backwards rules, than I am right with ya buddy....
MLS teams need to be seeded because: 1-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 2-they wouldn´t qualify if they have to play guate/hondu/crc/mex teams
'CEPT dc. They kick those little C American teams around the field every time. More on the way tonight, I think we'll get a decent ref because all the bad karma has been used up in previous season's atrocities.
They are ********ing dellusional: Emilio - Ronaldo (just wait and see this season) Christian Gomez - Ronaldinho Landon Donovan is our. . . um. . . I dunno. . . Michael Owen, but without the injury problems? etc. etc. https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486038
Because in the Champions' Cup, there were more Chicas mas fina, than in the Porto v Chelsea match. Damn there was some straight babes at that match. I wish I was in CR for that one
whatever. too bad your sense o' humor doesn't match that huge mouth. you still mad about two weeks ago? do they have therapists in Ensenada? it's close to California... DC has beaten Olimpia both times- once in DC, once in California. And looked like the better team doing it too.
If you don't think Houston clearly looked like a team in pre-season form, you either didn't watch the game or have never seen an MLS game before. That kind of effort by Houston in their last competitive match and they wouldn't have even made it to Costa Rica. It would have been New England showing up in pre-season shape. In fact the biggest evidence of the preseason problem was how much crisper and sharper Rico Clark was than the rest of his teammates (ownish goal aside). Rico's been in full training for a month and a half and had two international starts under his belt. It's just as valid when a pre-season Celtic shows up in the USA and gets steamrolled by a midseason DC United side. However, it's no excuse since the best MLS teams by all rights at this point should be able to dominate Costa Rican teams, even in preseason and even away from home. Making excuses for preseason, valid though they may be, keeps the league from addressing the real problems it has with talent development and identification which has kept it from maximizing its potential in terms of level of play.