Recent posts involving a conversation about the USMNT and Steve Sampson were moved from this thread to the USMNT: The Berhalter Era pt 1 thread (starting at post #943, about halfway down page 38). Mainly for future reference. Carry on.
And infrastructure is properly the responsibility of the government. Betcha the guy still wants his streets paved and potholes fixed....
FCC has posted its first stadium project update since February: https://www.westendstadium.com/construction-updates They've still not re-activated their webcams, though. Their stadium Twitter feed has additional images from April: https://twitter.com/WestEndStadium
Grocery shopping in Middletown yesterday. Klosterman bakery bread had an ad for fc Cincinnati tickets on their wrapper. Single game tickets for $15 each! I am sticking with my Center Circle seats,at least until the 2021 season when the price goes up and I probably won't be able to afford them! Plus a tank of gas to get to and from!
Whatever. Pipa signed a one year, $100K contract with DC. Who knows if he'll play a minute for them in 2020. And he turns 36 in October. Maybe Gonzalo will end up in DC. But I doubt that he'll "join" Pipa on the roster. Looked at from another perspective, here's a story about Juventus wanting (or needing) to dump some big salaries to help its bottom line: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-Costa-Gonzalo-Higuain-Sami-Khedira-sale.html
I would take Gonzalo if there were plans to move Zardes on. Other than that though, hes kind of surplus to needs. I also could see Pipa returning to Columbus. Wasnt he pretty settled here? Not that that necessarily means anything, but I could see him coaching here as well as an assistant to Porter or an academy coach.
Even better is that apparently in their announcement, included a picture of someone who is not Jaap Stam
YOU GUYS. I cannot make this up. In their announcement tweet, FCC put up a picture of a man who isn't Jaap Stam. pic.twitter.com/dEtEV2Sl9c— ⭐⭐⭐ Luke 茂雄 (@LukeShigeo) May 21, 2020
Club de mist in met foto Jaap Stam, maar wie is het wel? #Stam #FCCincy https://t.co/2tqLMw7c53— Redactie Telesport (@telesport) May 21, 2020 FC Cincinnati maakte donderdagavond de komst van Jaap Stam wereldkundig, maar dat ging niet zonder slag of stoot #stam https://t.co/t26XtQOozB— Voetbalzone (@voetbalzonenl) May 21, 2020
This being FCC, and with the pandemic and all, the odds are low that Stam will still be the FCC coach the next time we host them in Columbus. Hell, they may be 2-3 coaches beyond him by then. Even so, this just has to inspire a brilliant tifo design for that match.
So am I reading it right that Stam has had five years coaching experience, but with four teams? Seems like the resume of a hugely successful guy.
He did have one good year at Reading. I imagine MLS' structure and FCC incompetence will be a difficult transition for him.