2025 Messi League Soccer (née Other Teams’) News Thread — Now With 100% More San Diego!

I am actually not trying to pile on. Honest/serious question; has he ever won a title without Nagbe?

 

That's where I would put my money.

 

Does Curtin have a shot at the job??? Always liked him...

 

Former players speak out about Caleb Porter https://prostinternational.com/2025...-hold-back-on-former-head-coach-caleb-porter/

Porter has a burner

 

I'd guess no.
@Ch(Elsey) @Bill Archer what do you two know?

 

Porter won the NCAA at Akron with Nagbe

He won MLS in Portland with Nagbe

He won MLS in Columbus with Nagbe.

Hes never won anything else anyplace else.

Its not a coincidence

(Of course Nagbe also won MLS with Atlanta. Porter was elsewhere so.he didnt get to take any credit)

 

Porter’s last victory with the Revs was over the Crew.

 

https://bsky.app/profile/glenncrooks.bsky.social/post/3lyyawnykjs2f

Glenn Crooks

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Most revealing moment from our 1-on-1 w/ New York City FC Prez/CEO Brad Sims: There is a possibility (& NYC is heavily in favor of it) that MLS will switch to the FIFA calendar in the Summer of '27. Speculation that there will be a mini-season prior.

 

Thanks for posting.

Enough mini-leaks like this will confirm the plan.

I am going to cherish next summer's games at LDC.


(Will be interesting to see if they announce the switch before STH renewal decisions are due.

Pitching a "renewal" of mini-season/summer off/full regular season might be an extended amount of months, if its a monthly payment plan.)

 

Nagbe didn't play. He was forced to hand the creative keys of the kingdom to Zely. Thank the good Lord Nagbe was a late scratch and he didn't have time to form a game-plan.

 

Youre correct of course due to Covid protocols. But Darlington was a key member of the team all season long

 

Darlington has some weird MLS Cup stats, like 3 of his 4 MLS Cup victories happened in Columbus, and every MLS Cup he has played in has involved The Crew or the Timbers.

 

Tristan Blackmon reportedly seriously injured his knee last night in the canadian cup Semis. Not good for the Caps

 

Or our WC chances!!

 

Which actually (it had never occurred to me before) reinforces the original posters point:
Porter won in Portland with Nagbe and then Nagbe went to Atlanta and Porter lost to Atlanta.

Also forgotten: Nagbe was a Nike Pro40 whoever declare for the 2011.draft and was chosen second overall by Portland.

Vancouver, choosing first overall, selected the immortal Omar Salgado, who was last seen playing in 2018 for Las Vegas.

 

More details from same dude through Hudson River Blue:

"It would be likely a six-week winter break, probably from the second week of December through January. So you'd play last week of July through second week of December break, roughly February 1 to May 1, and then playoffs May 1 to June 1, uninterrupted by any FIFA break. Nice weather, no NFL or college football going up against, it's ideal.

MLS owns the month of May. NBA and NHL, conference finals, finals are in June. You're only up against early-season baseball and first and second round NBA and NHL playoffs pretty much. It gives MLS a chance to really own a month, I don't think there's a better time to do that."


Sell me a mini-plan from February 1 to May 1.
With playoff and MLS Cup priority.

The rest I can catch on Apple TV on my phone while I am watching other sports leagues.

 

Depends on when they start, as September and October can be good weather. But ... bet we get a schedule heavily loaded with November, December, February, and March games. Like we had this season (the February and March games, anyway).

One of the reasons I gave up my CFB season tickets 10 years ago was because I didn't really want to go to most games in November (or later) any more, especially as Mrs KG has cold-induced asthma (and partly because half the time it included Rutgers). That reason has not changed.

I used to say I'd be a FSTH as long as I could still walk to the games. That may be changing. I'm getting closer to a hard No. And as Mrs KG noted many years ago, what we spent on CFB could easily be applied to a trip to Europe every other year. What I spend on the Crew could easily be used to catch a Gladbach home game or two and picj up ESPN+ for the rest. And Apple TV as well.

 

Did this year's frontloaded schedule have to do with the renovations at the LDC?

 

I'd guess "no" only because I feel like there were a total of three home games after the 2024 Leagues Cup.

 

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole:

The oldest all-time Crew player was born in 1962:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Carrera

The oldest all-time MLS player (Hugo Sanchez) was born in 1958:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/2vv9sq/i_wonder_who_was_the_1st_mls_player_born_after/

The MLS player to be born first after the first MLS game played for DC.

 

Also helps that Nagbe's emergency replacement was Aidan ********ing Morris.

 

"MLS owns the month of May because it's only the first and second rounds of the NHL and NBA playoffs" is one of the more delusional statements I've ever read.

 

Yes, MLS TV ratings for Apple TV and the occasional playoff game on FS1 will skyrocket in May!!

 

That son guy for lafc looks pretty good

 

Not sure if it is factual, but feels like the NBA has a playoff game every day of the week for the first round which is a couple weeks. This is just a stupid take if true that it is an open month.