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That's far and away the most positive article toward the MLS I've ever seen Grahme Jones write. I enjoyed reading it. Oh, and a big thanks to Marcelo Balboa, who it appears is the reason we have MLS.
It did not mention in the Jones article about new MLS players that Gilles Grimandi seems to be on the verge of leaving the Rapids. Does anyone know what the story on that is?
I'm guessing he's serious, as that really is the most positive thing I've ever read from Jones on MLS. If this keeps up, I might have to bump my opinion of him up from the Paul Gardner/Jamie Trecker category.
I have to say, MLS provides some awfully unique challenges in trying to write season previews. So much information is changing on a daily basis. The Grimandi situation, and the Metro's midfield stand out in my mind on this. Later, COZ
that article by jones really is great....gives you a warm fuzzy feeling about the league.... don garber really is doing a great job.....
Yes and no. There has been suspicion for some time, and I think that (two or three crashes ago), there was speculation that HSG or MLS was talking to Cuban about investing in MLS or at least operating the Burn. Stadium issues may have been a concern at the time. If you see Tino's latest on MLSnet, he also speculates that Cuban will be in the tent soon. If it was the stadium that was the stumbling block, then that certainly appears to have been cleared now, and the league is not losing anywhere near what it was back when those rumours first came out, so any speculation would have to be more credible now.
Thanks - I always thought it was a lot of wishful thinking, but it's interesting to hear him say he follows the Burn.
My "vote" would go to Paul Caliguri. He scored the goal, put us in the World Cup, which allowed us to host WC 94.
Cuban would be a GREAT, GREAT thing for the league. He would instantly be the sports' biggeest celebrity, and he can walk onto any sprots talk show in the country and get air time and talk about it (mixed in with the Mavs, of course).
Not to mention the revenue he'd generate for the league (via the fines he would receive for criticizing the refs).