Why can't DCU have nice things like this? Wow, a Nike design that doesn't scream "we're being disrespectfully avant garde with your precious kit, pound sand and pay us our fee". https://theathletic.com/1828290/202...-the-nwsls-culture?source=user-shared-article
Yeah, all he could do was charge like a freight train and score goals. Man, in those early days, he was fun to watch....
Looked at Rammel's Wikipedia site -- didn't know he was traded for Roy Wegerle straight up. Jeebus Payne must have had pictures of other GMs in those days.
Here is a better choice. https://www.skysports.com/football/...ussia-dortmund-this-summer-at-end-of-contract Only 27
Here's something you may be interested in. It happens in less than 30 minutes, however: 🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 Marco & Jaime join us today at 5PM for Happy Hour. Make sure to tune in 📺. pic.twitter.com/cxBgVH2oXX— D.C. United (@dcunited) May 26, 2020
Just browsing Maurer's Twitter account. Link to an Athletic story. On Friday, Garber put out a memo to MLS staff that anyone "leaking" information to the Athletic would be fired and subject to fines of up to $1 million. On Friday afternoon, the memo was leaked to the Athletic....... Don, if you have to announce you are in charge, you're not.
It's happening! D.C. United begin individual workouts at Segra Field on Friday, May 29.— D.C. United (@dcunited) May 28, 2020
this belongs in the "lack of Front Office" thread - i got my only notice of this event from the team via email just 4 hours before it happened. Also, although advertising for the event was predominantly in English, I understand the event itself was conducted almost entirely in Spanish.... (too short of notice for me to get change plans and participate). I know Marco's english has never been spectacular but they could have made some kind of arrangements....
It sounds like MLS and the MLSPA may soon be at an impasse regarding restarting the season, and we may be headed to a lockout of the players by the owners tomorrow.
From what Goff is reporting, the MLS demands relate to revenue sharing with players in 2023 (players get less) and some sort of force majeur clause regarding national crises. IMHO, that is overreaching -- something that management everywhere tries to do, why let a current crisis go to waste to get future concessions? The point being that the season started, there was a crisis, the players have agreed to compensation cuts this year, the "tournament" in Orlando and an extension of the CBA for an additional year. Seems reasonable since no one except our "very stable genius" can predict what 2021 will be like -- or for that matter what next week will be. It would seem that MLS's overriding interest should be the restart of competition, not squeezing players for things three seasons down the road. A lockout kills the season and do you think players from overseas will have any desire to come here and deal with 19th century labor relations? This is really stupid.
I saw a tweet that said all MLS had to do to activate the force majeure clause (5 teams with a 25% attendance drop) was to have MLS report their attendance accurately.
So, all an owner-operator has to do is put shit on the pitch and he gets to cut the players' salaries. Maybe we really do need pro/rel in this country as well.
My son's posting on Facebook this evening: Enough is enough. I don't have words. To my DC friends, if any of you are out protesting today and are caught up in the what now looks like a military crackdown and are unable to get home please let me know and I'm happy to offer you a safe place to stay tonight. I'm so ********ing proud of him.
the particulars of the tournament are set, namely that the 26 teams will head to Orlando on or around June 24, take part in a three-game group stage which will be followed by a knockout round. The total time away should amount to six weeks.