I'm no longer a "Memeber". Also, FWIW, ******** golf and the PGA capitulating to a religious/fascist criminal enterprise otherwise known as Saudi Arabia.
I feel bad for the United players who have to play in this horrific air tonight against Nexaca. Blech.
Hopefully United just pulls some people off the street and let them play. Same with the Superliga. My blood will boil if I see any starters playing in friendlies (or in glorified friendlies).
Starters will 100% be playing in Leagues Cup. You're kidding yourself if you think things will go otherwise.
I don't think you're wrong. But this team has a decent starting XI with maybe the worst bench in the league. They simply can't afford fatigue or injury. Which is what you get when you stuff a bunch of meaningless friendlies into the middle of a season.
I mean... Leagues Cup gets 3 spots in the next year's CCC. "Glorified friendlies" these ain't, no matter the money-grab-inspiration behind them. To be fair, the first rounds *might* be treated like the first rounds of the USOC.... but still.
CONCACAF blew up the Champions League yesterday so USSF will probably have 6 or 7 spots anyway. At any rate, the odds of an MLS team qualifying via the Open Cup will always be better than Superliga.
I mean, that's obvious since an MLS team will almost always win Open Cup (a USL team doing it is highly unlikely). Also, Leagues Cup is a) only played in MLS stadia, and b) is in Mexico's preseason, so I think the odds are better than normal for MLS teams to do well against Mexican competition.
With the big Messi-to-MLS news breaking Audi Field is nearly sold out already for July 8th, when Inter Miami comes (but there has been no announcement of when he would join the team). The cheapest available tix are $105. https://bit.ly/3MXRcrS
There are going to be a lot of disappointed people if Miami holds him out til Leagues Cup as The Athletic has suggested.
No chance he would play that early. I thought they might trot him out as a commissioner pick for the ASG, but that looks unlikely, too.
I am certain to be chief among them. We upgraded our seats to field level for that game weeks ago. There was an instant flash of OMG and then reality set in.
Well, the worst part about Leagues Cup is MLS playing through international competition windows... D.C. United expecting to lose Taxi Fountas (Greece) and Victor Palsson (Iceland) for international duty next week. They’d miss the June 17 home match vs Real Salt Lake. The intl window is June 12-20. #dcu #mls— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) June 8, 2023
Disappointed might be an understatement. Bless their little hearts for "dynamic pricing." As I post this at 12:30pm there are about 85 "first-sale" seats tickets available, 32 in 138 (next to supporters section closest to Heineken rooftop) and 53 on the east side. Midfield seats in 209, usually $35-40, are being offered by DCU/TikatDICKtater at $450 while club section seats usually around $85 are at $500. The thousands of other available seats are verified resale tickets - lots of speculation. What I worry about is 10+ years from now when MLS really lives up to it's name "major" and player salary budgets mean we compete with the Euro leagues for roster slots 1-15 filled with the best players and we are a top-10 league in quality. How much are season tickets going to be then? My west-side seats in 126 now average $45 per game. When the league is filled top tier players am I going to be priced out of season tix and barely able to afford going to more than a few single games?
Najar picked up a hamstring issue during the friendly last night and is doubtful for the Atlanta game.
I am amazed your seats in 126 average $45 a game when new to 2023 season ticket plans averaged $73 in that section.
Atlanta is ass. I watched them play last night and they are worse than DCU. They did have Big Brad standing on his head and Vela missed a PK (twice) so they got a point. They maybe spent 10 minutes in the LAFC half of the field. You need to overload the passing lanes and have someone harass Almada all game long and we should be fine.
It was Rooney's ploy to be able to get Durkin/Canouse/O'Brien and Klich on the pitch at the same time. Genius.