Not really. When it comes to soccer acumen he ran circles around DLH and his yes-men. I doubt that it was difficult.
Annnddd, in one of the worst PK shootouts this poster has ever seen, the MLS ASs defeat the Liga MX ASs 3-2. It’s a nice result for MLS.
With his letter to RSL Nation and his performance in the ASG, Damir has vaulted into my Top 5 Favorite RSL players.
Funes Mori is another one. Though that was a bit more just fortuitous timing of his family moving to Texas briefly when he was younger.
Was able to attend a Crawley Town FC EFL League 2 home game again Saturday. My other team looks a lot like RSL. Especially around goal although they do have some injured playmakers and scorers. It ended 0-0 but we needed the point and clean sheet after last weeks debacle. Hopefully it won’t be 5 years until we can get back to a game. Also hope for a promotion or two. We were there with 2400+ new friends. Good day.
Losing to fellow sucky Texas side Houston Dynamo was probably a step too far for the club. While they've invested heavily in the academy, and that being their identity, Luchi had a responsibility to get the best out of the first team and it just wasn't happening. Curiously, there was a 3 game run just back in July where they beat both LAG and SKC and drew Seattle. You'd think that would have bought more time than just September, but I guess not. As for getting him here in some way - not sure how we pull that off without him taking the top of the Academy spot. And I just dont see reason to fire Arnold Rijsenburg currently
There’s also the possibility that his success in Dallas is entirely local, and wouldn’t translate elsewhere. I think everyone is pretty shocked, since a lot of the reason Dallas has underperformed has been due to pretty bad high-priced acquisitions, which isn’t Luchi’s focus. It kind of seems like ownership is scapegoating him for not getting enough out of the guys they signed. A fair criticism is that their defense and midfield are ever-more prone to boneheaded plays or lack of focus, so they have to outgun opponents all the time. I’d love to have Luchi in our organization somewhere, but right now there isn’t a great fit unless it’s head coach. I’m sure a lot of other teams want him too, but can offer him a better, more reliable position.
we just had a head coach leave our org for an assistant coaching job elsewhere with the talking pointy of "he probably is making about the same money" not being refuted. So... Which, you know where Luchi will end up because MLS? Seattle
The number of head coaching gigs starting to open up (Cinci with Dallas and then the well documented LAFC possible change) should make the RSL search all the more difficult.
I'd take both please and thank you Even old MBradley is miles better than what our central midfield currently offers
Houston has hired ex-MLS d-mid Pablo as coach! Err, Paulo that is. Ex-MLS d-mid Paulo Nagamura as head coach. And the fan base is pissed off, since they kinda-sorta thought they were getting a LigaMx coaching veteran. Nagamura's experience is with the SKCII team.
The salaries being mentioned for him and Belotti are incredible compared to current MLS records. It'll be interesting to see what the MLSPA shows if they end of signing.