One day MLS will have enough passion that people won't be rooting for a pair of bitter rivals. Right now, the passion is building and therefore I have no problem with someone who likes both Metro and DC.
Suarez and his protective headgear... Suarez and his protective headgear... Suarez and his protective headgear... Suarez and his protective headgear... make me cringe! Ugh! I hate protective headgear, be a man, get a big round shiner like McBride does when he goes crazy slamming his head into other people! But headgear? Drop it like its hot, cause its not, it ain't coo to be a foo! I think Suarez has the tools to be a good defender, hell the man played a game or two for the US nats, but that headgear is totally anti cool material. Hate the headgear and I wish it was outlawed across the great land of soccer. Sure there are people who are one hit away from being vegetables, but damnit, at least they look good when they become a vegetable!
Ryan Suarez adds some bite to a very soft team that is not very physical. He'll help win balls in the air and is a strong presence in the central defense. He also has some savvy on the ball and will finally be a change from Jeff Parke's constant booting of the ball up field without even glancing. Suarez has played with the national team a few times and his presence on the field also has a plus because he is bi-lingual. We needed a Ryan Suarez on the backline, though I am suprised that Bradley would go after him. Next stop, obtaining a left mid to stretch the field a little.
Ditto. People need to look at these trades for what they are. Picking up Suarez doesn't mean Metro have been looking for him to solve our central defense problems. Suarez is not a big time defensive stopper, he is an experianced defender in MLS brought in to supply depth to a very weak area on our team. We do not lose anything by giving him a shot except maybe 50K in salary for the yaer. We didn't lose a player or allocation money. If he sucks well then he won't play and won't be on the team next year..big deal. If he plays well then he will shore up our central defense or provide cover for an injured Agoos. Risk reward on this move is pretty good...i can't see why anyone would complain too much about this.
Is he actually going to come??? He said he doesn't want to leave LA. He just bought a home in LA and wasn't gonna play this year until the Goats came calling.
I also for the idea of him in the midfield. Bradley right now isn't providing that defense that is needed. The team needs a real DM because having Amado running back won't help them.
I haven't been following Suarez, but something makes me hope very badly that he will not be playing central defense. Now, if he can be a decent D-mid, scaring the cr@p out of strikers / A-mids on the transition, then he would be a welcome replacement of our current PowerPuff D-mids (with exception of Guevara, who can play D-mid very well thank you very much).
He made all-star in 2002. Still fairly young at 27. I think Chivas svcks and can't score goals. Has good size and could be the player to shore up the defense.
I hope they get paired together. Parke does not work well with Agoos. Agoos needs to come off the bench. Without headgear he will look simiar to Agoos.
http://www.full90.com/players/suarez.asp This link is stating he is an outside defender. Maybe move Regan inside with Parke and Saurez outside.
I still say he is a worthless hack... but i hope he proves me wrong and I'm not at all upset we grabbed a player on a free. Maybe this team needs a little thuggery.
Well that's just the thing with me... they are bitter rivals just 4 games out of the whole season, excluding playoffs. In fact, a big reason why I have liked both teams is because of this rivalry. They always play amazing soccer when they play one another; they bring out the best in each other. I really believe this is the best rivalry in the league, I just don't associate rivalry = hatred; at least not in this case. And there is definitely passion going around in this league. Hell, I was just told a few posts before I would get bitchslaped if I were to meet up with a certain metros fan. Now, getting back to suarez. In retrospect, with our free spaces we have open, and the meager salary a suarez would cost us in one season, then this deal doesn't seem that bad anymore. In chivas, suarez has looked bad because their midfield are non-existent, and in a way exagerate how badly the defence seem. In a team with a real midfield and loaded with proffessionals, suarez may be able to actually shine. One thing I can't take away from the man is that he brings everything he has to his games and is a great vocal presence, some things this team lack sometimes.
There's nothing wrong with supporting rival teams - for example, I've caught my share of heat for supporting the Yankees in the playoffs even though I'm a longtime Mets fan. But, you have to understand that people are going to take your advice on what the team should do with a grain of salt. After all, what's good for Metro is bad for DC and what's good for DC is bad for Metro. Oh, and back on topic, I think this was an obvious move (pretty far from "random"). We clearly need more physicality in the back, and Suarez provides that. Is he national-team quality anymore? No. Will his presence improve the team? Yes.
What's that? The Clash is back and a new song just came out: "houston calling".... hey, my post is as irrelevant as any.....
What Devils fans? Try wearing a Ranger Jersey at the Nassau Coliseum when the teams aren't playing each other, you are guaranteed to have either nachos, pretzels or yummy sushi dumped on your head. IMO Rangers Islanders is only second to Yankees Red Sox in hatred factor.
I liked hernandez if he thought an opponent victimized him he would smile at the guy. Then latter in the game you see him continue playing and that player was laid out some how. I had players that would do that the same way. Most of the time they never got caught.