Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Keller just rushed the ball outside of the box and got destroyed. That was so fucking dumb. He went down and left the goal wide open and somebody barely got their head on the ball.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Najar has looked dangerous. Wish Najar wanted to be American.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Atlanta may be considered by potential MLS owner By Doug Roberson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A team from England's Premier League is considering starting a Major League Soccer expansion franchise and Atlanta is one of the cities it would scout as a possible home. A source with knowledge of the MLS and international soccer, who wished to remain anonymous because it's very early in the process, said this is the second time a team from England has considered Atlanta. The first team researched cities two years ago but decided not to pursue an expansion team. The source declined to name the teams. An MLS executive said the league hasn't been contacted by potential expansion owners, but said the team may be conducting its research without help from the league office. However, the MLS has been interested in putting a team in Atlanta, the largest TV market in the United States without a franchise. "Major League Soccer plans to add a 20th team in the future and Atlanta remains under consideration as a potential expansion market for the league," said Dan Courtemanche, MLS's executive vice president. "We have regular discussions with Arthur Blank's group about possible future expansion and believe Atlanta could be a great market for an MLS team in the future." On the heels of the World Cup, soccer remains a hot topic in the city. The finals drew an 8.5 Nielsen rating in Atlanta, which nearly cracked the top 10 highest rated markets in the U.S. Two of the world's biggest clubs, England's Manchester City and Mexico's Club America, will play in a friendly on July 28 at the Georgia Dome in the Aaron's International Soccer Challenge. This will be the second time in as many years the Dome has hosted games between two clubs and the third time it has hosted an international soccer match. A game between America and Italy's A.C. Milan and a friendly between Mexico and Venezuela, both played last summer, topped 100,000 in ticket sales. Atlanta is also one of 18 cities included in the U.S.'s bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. FIFA, soccer's governing body, will announce the host countries on Dec. 2. A delegation from Atlanta, including Mayor Kasim Reed, will travel to New York to meet with FIFA representatives on Sept. 6 and 7. This wouldn't be the first time a professional team from overseas considered an expansion club in the U.S.. Barcelona researched becoming a partner in a team in Miami that would have started to play in 2010, but declined to move forward when the global economy soured. The Premier League features three teams with American owners: Aston Villa (Randy Lerner), Liverpool (George Gillett and Tom Hicks) and Manchester United (Glazer family). Atlanta has a long history with professional soccer. The Chiefs, an outdoor team, produced the city's first professional title when it won the North American Soccer League championship in 1968. However, the Chiefs later folded because of financial difficulties, started again, and folded again. That has been a recurring story for many franchises that have fielded both outdoor or indoor team in the city. Currently, Atlanta has a team in Women's Professional Soccer, the Atlanta Beat, as well as the Silverbacks, a women's team in the W-League. this happens
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted New Red Bulls tv commercial with Henry is the tits.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted The southwest and the northeast dominate the MLS market right now. The pacific northwest is about to join that party. Meanwhile, the closest thing the southeast has to a team is the Houston Dynamo and I cannot support them with their Brian Ching faggotry. I would probably have to change allegiance if Atlanta were to get a team. I'm really jealous of the Henry signing. Red Bull just went from a shit team last year to a really good team this year.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted New coach and they brought in a good amount of new players. Maybe with Henry there they can consistently sell out Red Bull Arena.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted LA and Red Bull NY should be the top 2 teams in the league. I feel like having strong markets in those 2 areas is the 2 best places to have it in the US. Henry could end up being a very, very good thing for MLS.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted already were a good team. Henry + Angel (whose had a resurgent year) + Lindpere = goals.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts has hinted that AC Milan forward Ronaldinho will be joining MLS side L.A. Galaxy imminently. GettyImages Ronaldinho has regularly been linked with a return to Brazil • Galliani: Ronaldinho will stay Ronaldinho, 30, has been linked with a move to MLS as well as Brazilian club Flamengo, even if Milan remain insistent that they will not be selling the former FIFA World Player of the Year. Now Checketts has said that Galaxy are preparing to respond to New York Red Bulls' capture of Thierry Henry by making a significant signing of their own. "I expect, by the way, Major League Soccer to make another announcement in the next couple of days about another very big world superstar coming to our league," Checketts told radio station KALL 10 Sports. "Not to our team, I don't want to mislead anybody, but another one of our teams is going to make a major investment and that will be a big announcement in the next couple of days. "I would imagine that this guy's coming to L.A. and you'll all recognise who he is." When asked if the mystery man was Brazilian, he replied: "I think he might."
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted D, Kevin Alston One of the league's top young attacking fullbacks, the New England Revolution right back is enjoying his second strong season at Gillette Stadium. He's about where Marvell Wynne was at this point four years ago but may have more upside. Alston doesn't have Wynne's pure speed but seems to be further along in terms of soccer savvy, which means a lot. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/steve_davis/07/13/mls.2014/index.html#ixzz0trkmwDdY
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted I will believe the MLS is coming back to the southeast only when I watch the expansion news conference live.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted nice result for the Union in stoppage time. awarded a PK after a handball in the box and Le Toux converted to make it 2-1.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted wish I would have watched, how did Jack and Mwanga look?
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted didn't see much of either on the ball, but I only turned it on @ 75'. sorry.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?catid=114&id=6942 God that makes me so happy.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Anyone have any idea who Chicago is announcing as a DP tonight?
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Tim Ream just got killed by Crew for a goal. 1-0 Crew. and then he has a poor clear which leads to a nice goal from Brian Carroll for a 2-0 Crew lead.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Brek Shea with a nice pass, run and then score off a rebound to put FC Dallas up 1-0 against Real Salt Lake. Robbie Findley subbed off @ 60'...thank you again Bob Bradley. edit: Atiba Harris puts in a Heath Pearce cross to put FC Dallas up 2-0 in the 75th minute.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Interesting pick up with Nery Castillo. Makes the league better though.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Omar Bravo Agrees To Join Kansas City Wizards The former Chivas de Guadalajara star lands with the Wizards. Jul 17, 2010 5:03:00 PM Omar Bravo has left Chivas de Guadalajara and the Mexican Primera Division for Major League Soccer. Bravo has agreed to join Kansas City, Guadalajara announced in a press release. Bravo's contract with Guadalajara had run out and instead of re-signing with the club has followed in the footsteps of Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Francisco Palencia, former Mexico World cup veterans who made the move north. "We are very proud of Omar, of everything he has accomplished and know his career will continue strong in MLS as it has been with Chivas," Guadalajara Owner Jorge Vergara said in a press release. "We will miss Omar but we know he will bring a lot of joy to the soccer fans who live in the United States, and that's an important thing in football." Bravo, 30, scored 101 goals for Chivas before leaving for Spain's Deportivo La Coruña. But his career hit a barrier in Spain as he failed to impress and saw little playing time there. He returned to Mexico on a brief loan spell with Tigres before re-joining Chivas for good ahead of the Apertura 2009 season. He scored five goals in the last two seasons with Chivas before parting ways with the club. Kansas City should immediately benefit from Bravo's addition. Entering this weekend's games, Kansas City had the second-fewest goals in the league with 12 goals. Kei Kamara leads Kansas City with six goals while six other players have tallied once. Bravo, who scored two goals for Mexico in the 2006 World Cup, could make his MLS debut for Kansas City on July 31 against Toronto FC. The club will also host Manchester United on July 25. Goal.com
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Chicago Fire Add Mexican Forward Nery Castillo As A Designated Player The Chicago Fire added to the barrage of designated player signings by capturing Mexican international Nery Castillo, the club announced today. The 26-year-old joins on loan from Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, which bought Castillo for $27.5 million following a hugely successful 2007 Copa America campaign in which he scored four goals. One of the strikes came against Brazil, as Mexico advanced to the semifinals. Since then, however, Castillo's career has stagnated. Donetsk has sent the mono-browed striker out on unsuccessful loans to Manchester City and fellow Ukrainian side FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in an attempt to jump start what looked such a promising career. Castillo's stock fell so far that he was not included in Mexico's 23-man roster which traveled to South Africa to compete in the 2010 World Cup. “I’m very happy to be joining the Fire, which is a club that I feel embodies the same values that I have as a player,” Castillo said. “When I put on a Fire jersey for the first time, my commitment to the fans and to my club will be to score goals, contribute on the pitch and win.” The first time Castillo dons the Fire jersey should come on Aug. 1 against the Los Angeles Galaxy. When that happens, Chicago will hope the mercurial talent can recapture the form of his seven years in Greece with Olympiacos, where he scored 30 goals in 105 matches, including three in Champions League play during his final season there.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Looks like AC wants a decent transfer fee for Ronaldinho, so I doubt he will make it to LA Report: Milan Want €10 Million For Ronaldinho It's getting complicated. By Subhankar Mondal Jul 18, 2010 7:45:00 AM Italian giants Milan are willing to sell their star Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho but only at a price, latest reports suggests. According to a report in la Corriere dello Sport, the Rossoneri could be indulged to sell the former Barcelona star if an offer in the region of €10 million is put on the table. Brazilian giants Flamengo and MSL side L.A. Galaxy are interested in signing the player and although Milan had earlier claimed that they are not willing to let the player this summer, it now appears that they are willing to negotiate. Ronaldinho has just a year left on his current contract and could leave for free next summer. The 30-year-old was signed from Spanish powerhouse Barcelona in the summer of 2008 and after a difficult first season, Ronnie burst into life in 2009-10. Milan are ready to offer the former World Cup winner a contract extension but cannot afford to pay him more than €4 million a season. It's been reported that Ronaldinho and his brother-cum-agent Roberto de Assis will hold talks with the Milan officials over the Brazilian playmaker's future at the San Siro. Italian giants Milan are willing to sell their star Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho but only at a price, latest reports suggests. According to a report by Il Corriere dello Sport, the Rossoneri could be persuaded to sell the former Barcelona star if an offer in the region of €10 million is put on the table. Brazilian giants Flamengo and MSL side Los Angeles Galaxy are interested in signing the player and although Milan had earlier claimed that they are not willing to let the player leave this summer, it now appears that they are willing to negotiate. Ronaldinho has just a year left on his current contract and could leave for free next summer. The 30-year-old was signed from Spanish powerhouse Barcelona in the summer of 2008 and after a difficult first season, Ronnie burst into life in 2009-10. Milan are ready to offer the former World Cup winner a contract extension but cannot afford to pay him more than €4 million a season. It's been reported that Ronaldinho and his brother-cum-agent Roberto de Assis will hold talks with the Milan officials over the Brazilian playmaker's future at the San Siro.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted yeah, no way they would pay that much for him. Milan will probably get one more season out of him if they hold that price up there.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Only other suitors were Flamengo and they were only willing to spend big on his salary, but that was contingent on him getting their on a free or a few million dollar transfer. Not $13 million.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted DC hosting LA on Fox Soccer Channel and on a feed at ATDHE.net. Omar Gonzalez has looked good thus far in defense and a nice long pass to Donovan.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Really like Najar, this kid chooses the US. LA playing well so far
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted yeah, he's so good on the ball and makes nice runs when I've seen him.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?catid=114&id=6887 This shows Najar's great touch. I'm impressed with him so far.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted It's clear we need to bomb Honduras then. And the Congo if we want to be positive about Mwanga.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Yeah I saw that, but I am really hoping he changes his mind.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted We should demand him as payment for the Bornstein goal.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Nice determination by Buddle. 11th goal of the season.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted what a goal by Najar. didn't expect a header like that from him.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted every time buddle scores, bob bradley should be fired
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted seems like Marquez to NYRB is getting closer to reality.
Re: MLS 2010 Season Thread 2.0 - Old Thread Deleted Houston Dynamo to open youth academy in El Paso 19.07.10 | Andrew Slevison READ MORE NEWS ON: Houston Dynamo, MLS MLS club Houston Dynamo are set to open a youth academy in El Paso. The Texan club are set to spread the search for homegrown talent by developing the academy where they hope to produce some future Dyanmo stars. "El Paso has been identified as a real hotbed of talent," said James Clarkson, the Dynamo's Academy Director, told the El Paso Times. "Unfortunately for El Paso, it certainly hasn't had the attention it deserves. "We want to change that. We can offer the elite player an opportunity to become a pro soccer player. It's great to be able to give youth who do have dreams a goal to achieve.” The academy will open this August for ages 4 through 12. It will add an age each year for the next five years until it is ages 4 through 17 in 2015 and will join academies in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and McAllen, Texas.