'Long range injury'? Why can't they just tell us what is wrong with him? Last week we had a series of 'lower abdominal inuries'. What does that mean? It could anything from irritated bowel syndrom to a broken penis.
MLS is selling this as rivalry week and we are playing Nashville. I didn't even know they had a team.
? We played them in the first game of the 2020 season, the one where Josef tore his ACL... and I got sent on a wild goose chase looking for my seat.
Count me among those that doesn't like Orlando but doesn't consider them a real rival. Regional rival? Sure. But we're too different and too far apart to be arch-rivals. It was just a convenient sales pitch by MLS as it moves into the southeast. 10 years from now it will be: Charlotte Nashville Orlando For me, anyway. Would love to have a rivalry with someone based upon consistently vying for the Conference crown. Or cross-country in competing for trophies, a la Celtics-Lakers.
lol you're probably too young to forget the names of all the other clubs in MLS, but I've been wrong before It'll stay Nashville for me, in part because I'm so close to that city and have a few friends supporting them already. I can almost see Charlotte going after DC as their close rival instead of us, even tho we're closer. Orlando kind of just can't come back from the 9 straight Ls we put on them, regardless of where we or they finish in the table. I'm sure they don't feel like they've gotten real revenge for that or for us putting them out of the USOC in '19, but I'm not sure that any United fans hate them because they've beaten us a couple of times recently. It would be nice, tho, to grab a playoff spot and beat them at home one more time. First thins first, tho- we need a playoff spot, and there's no point in being hopeful until it happens or doesn't.
Cross conference would be best suited for Seattle. We're the two biggest draws (for obvious reasons), we both play on turf (which affects how other teams and their fans see us and comment on us), we're both relatively new to MLS. and we've won stuff. If only their fans had as much class as Portland's...
Saying "I didn't even know Nashville had a team" was a joke. Apparently the joke was on me since we dropped all 3 points. Still, I want to beat Orlando more than any team in the league. Hell, I am so young I remember the teams in the original MLS, even the ones that changed their monikers. Tampa Bay had the Mutiny, San Jose was the Clash, New York Red Bulls were called the Metrostars, Kansas City were the Wizards (Wiz), and Dallas was the Burn. I always thought it funny when KC played Dallas because 'Wiz and Burn' sounded the symptom of an STD (I am a 12 year old kid when it comes to humor).
Seattle doesn't like us because we broke all their cute little attendence records. BTW, the Sounders predate the MLS by two decades as they were part of the NASL. Same with the Timbers.
Ugh, Charlotte. Will our matches against them be called the "I-85 Never Ending Construction" derby? Sorry, still scarred from my drive up there last week to watch the Dawgs play Clemson
I hear ya, but the I-85 run up to Clemson is child's play. Two weeks ago I had to drive Miami's I-95 construction obstacle course during a blinding tropical thunderstorm. It is insane and truly a white knuckle experience. Normally torrential rain that reduces visibility to 20 feet means slowing down to safe speed. Not in Miami, There drivers turn on their flashers and slow down to 75 mph. The only thing that would have made the drive more harrowing is if I was wearing a blindfold... and at times I wish I was wearing one.
Sure, Miami traffic is a nightmare. And don't get me started how 2 hour layovers at the Miami airport mean you'll just barely make your connecting flight. I also agree the drive up to Clemson is easy. It was Spartanburg to Charlotte that was mostly one lane due to construction. I think we averaged 20 mph through that stretch.
Sorry, I forgot we played in Charlotte. One thing I don't miss after moving out of Atlanta is the insane traffic. Unfortunately I still have to deal with it at least once a month. What the hell is going on in MacDoungh that causes it come to a standstill everytime I come through because the highway seems fine?
Ha! Yeah, the McDonough mystery. Always sucks driving through there for no reason that can be discerned.
You guys freaked me out when this topic went back to the top. "Good lord, what happened to Sosa now?"