Anyone else care to help me make a master list of how MLS teams have done this year against non-MLS competition? This way, we can get an overall record and brag to our stupid friends who say the MLS sucks. Colorado: 2-0 W vs. Santos Laguna 0-0 T vs. Atlas Los Angeles 5-0 W vs. Lyn Oslo 3-0 W vs. Torpedo Moscow etc... anyone remember any others? Boca vs. Metros coming up? New England and Kansas City's preseason tours? San Jose in La Manga?
Los Angeles at La Manga: vs. Lyn Oslo, W 5-0 vs. Torpedo Moscow, W 3-0 vs. Odd Grenland, L 0-1 vs. Viking Stavanger, W 3-0 San Jose at La Manga: vs. Rosenborg, L 0-2 vs. Rubin Kazan, T 1-1 vs. Viking Stavanger, L 1-3 vs. Lyn Oslo, W 3-1 New England, Brazil tour: at Oscar's U-18, T 3-3 at Palmeiras, L 1-2 at Uniao Barbarense, L 1-2 at Guarani, L 1-3 Kansas City, South Africa tour: at Moroka Swallows, T 0-0 at SuperSport United, T 0-0
I can't tell if you are being serious or not, but international friendlies are no indication of MLS's strength/weakness. Hey, the MetroStars beat Bayern Munich. It was a good win, but by no means is it a reason to brag to people about the strength of MLS.
It was both. I'm interested in how the MLS measures up or has measured up in this season's pre-season. I realize that is no cursor for league quality, or at least a definitive cursor. But still, did you hear the Rapids beat Santos Laguna 2-0? Also, CONCACAF Champions Cup Columbus: 2-1 L vs. Deportivo Arabe Unido Los Angeles: 2-2 T vs. Motagua San Jose: 4-2 L vs. CSD Municipal Thanks, Elninho for your info, Anyone else know some stuff?
Oh yes, I forgot Shanghai Shenhua's tour of the West Coast. The Galaxy also defeated Shanghai Shenhua by a 3-0 score, in a 105-minute closed-door scrimmage.
Originally posted by UxSxAxfooty Rapids tied Atlas today. Actually they played the reserves (0-0) http://www.mural.com/deportes/articulo/251642/ They're slated to play Chivas later this week. They lost to Chivas 2-1 http://www.mural.com/deportes/articulo/252230/
I wouldn't call the Rapids lineup the first team, either. However, Chivas played mostly their first team.
UxSxAxfooty I have not seen any line ups for this game, how do you know Chivas played mostly their first team ?
Re: Re: International Friendlies Exactly. Most famous international teams won't play their "A" squad when they play an MLS team. Bayern-Munich at Giants stadium was the worst example of this. They played a couple of their normal starters, but they were blatantly not interested in playing an MLS team. Rumor has it that they were all drunk when they got off the plane. Also, did Inter play starters when they played the Metros last season?
I have the match report. Oswaldo Sanchez played in keeper, Manuel Sol scored the first goal for Chivas and Alberto Medina scored the winner on a free kick. Sounds like the starters to me...