They ranked el clasico because of its history, Stanford stadium, and some of the great moments the rivalry has had. so jazzy, is there a Vancouver-SJ derby?
No, not at all. IIRC MLS has tried to make it one during "rivalry week" because everyone else was paired off. That's what I meant by "Last Two Without A Partner Derby". Vancouver's rival would probably be Seattle but the Seattle-Portland rivalry is probably stronger. Ours would be LAG but LAG is already paired off with LAFC. I know one team can be in more than one rivalries, but the SJ-Vancouver thing is totally constucted as fas as I know.
Vancouver is destined to forever be the third wheel, third in Canada, third in Cascadia... The Quakes I guess they could start giving us San Diego as "the other California teams derby" but even that rivalry would be in danger if the league ever added Las Vegas or Phoenix which seems likely. So really we need Sacramento, Oakland, or San Francisco in MLS so we ensure have someone to play during "Rivalry Week" where it's the #1 rival for both sides... Rivalries from coast to coast. 😤MLS Rivalry Week kicks off TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/WxKHmEhrVB— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 13, 2025
I just discovered the Transfers tab in FotMob, and it shows all the players in/out. I noticed that with the Quakes, all the transfers in are only signed for 1 year, except Nick Lima (2 years). The Revs, OTOH, signed most of their transfers in (including Quakes players) for 2 years. As I recall, Leitch has been a big fan of signing very short term contracts, so that every year he would have to re-sign or turn over half the team. Based on results, I would have thought the conclusion was that method wasn’t particularly successful. But I guess we are still doing it?
I don't think Fotmob is very accurate in this regard - at least, it doesn't seem to reflect the numerous (unilateral) club option years which are common in MLS but uncommon in other soccer leagues around the world. Per the MLS official roster profile update from last week:
A new contender emerges Another one☝️ pic.twitter.com/BUBB9HqnQY— D.C. United (@dcunited) May 25, 2025 Lost to your oldest rival at home but at least you moved some glizzies at least. Woof. https://t.co/k7MWOZY8Ad— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) May 25, 2025
small at talent evaluation... sigh Diego Luna rocking the new USMNT threads 🔥🇺🇸📸: @USMNT pic.twitter.com/QcWYZJ9ZIQ— Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) June 2, 2025 Apple broadcast says Pablo Mastroeni told them he’d be surprised if Diego Luna is still with RSL after the summer European transfer window. I agree.— Caleb Turner (@calebturner23) May 18, 2025 Representing Club and Country ✨Columbus Crew players Max Arfsten, Yevhen Cheberko, Mohamed Farsi, Daniel Gazdag, Taha Habroune, Nicholas Hagen, and Steven Moreira have been called-up to represent their nations during the June FIFA International Window.— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) June 2, 2025 Ligue 1 club Toulouse have made an offer for 24-year-old USMNT & Columbus Crew wingback Max Arfsten, which was rejected.USMNT defender Mark McKenzie also plays for Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/5vsV1jGWxJ— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) May 30, 2025
The Cascadia Cup has been a running competition between Portland, Shittle, and Vancouver since USL days, but MLS don’t know how to deal with threeway rivalries. Also, they don’t really rate us, so overlooking us is easy for them. Go Quakesfans!!
New a small team is Atlanta If Brooks Lennon is an Atlanta United player next season I’m starting a San Jose Earthquakes website idgaf— Rob Usry (@RobUsry) June 13, 2025
What does this even mean? Is he so bad now that if they don't get rid of him "they might as well be the San Jose Earthquakes"? He was one of their best. players last year.