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Started by mgk920, June 19, 2013, 11:50:55 AM

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Bruce

MLS is a simple league. Fourteen teams enter the playoffs and at the end, Seattle and Toronto play each other in the final.

For the third time in four seasons, the MLS Cup final will be Seattle vs. Toronto. This time around, Seattle gets to host!

(And I'll be on the East Coast...just my luck)


Bruce

Took an hour for the Sounders to completely sell out of their 69,000 seats, with tens of thousands in queue to buy tickets.

https://www.soundersfc.com/post/2019/11/01/sounders-fc-announces-centurylink-field-sellout-november-10-mls-cup-final-against

Buck87

Seattle defeated Toronto 3-1 to win their 2nd MLS Cup.


Bruce

And it was done with some style. 69,274 in attendance, breaking CenturyLink Field's sporting events record (and second only to a U2 concert); it is also the second highest MLS Cup attendance overall, behind last year in Atlanta. There were thousands more on the waitlist, and the tickets had sold out within minutes, so who knows how many could have gone.

(I was in Boston watching at a bar with other Sounders fans, so I've missed out on the parade too)


webny99

Quote from: Buck87 on November 11, 2019, 12:24:34 PM
Seattle defeated Toronto 3-1 to win their 2nd MLS Cup.

The Seahawks also beat the undefeated Niners. Guess it was Seattle's weekend!

Bruce

Everyone's favorite disaster-named sports team, the Chicago Fire, has rebranded. Gone is the classic fireman-style insignia and people are upset.

https://twitter.com/ChicagoFire/status/1197621071836536832

Buck87


Bruce

In positive news, the 2020 MLS All-Star Game will be played against the Liga MX All-Stars to break up the format. Should be interesting to see if this becomes a regular showcase.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/11/20/mls-vs-liga-mx-2020-mls-all-star-game-presented-target-heads-la

thspfc

Pochettino's firing was a bit premature, imo. I don't think Mourinho is going to work out very well either for Spurs.

thspfc


Bruce

MLS has a few changes in store for the 2020 season. First off, the two expansion teams: Nashville SC will play in the Western Conference and Inter Miami CF will be in the Eastern Conference. This means Chicago Fire (moving back to Soldier Field), a team further west than Nashville, will still remain in the East.

The schedule is also getting tweaked, but remains at 34 regular season games (17 home/17 away). Each team will play the 12 teams in their conference twice (home and away), and one game against 10 of the 13 teams in the opposing conference. For the first time in league history, some teams won't be playing each other.

Regular season begins on February 29, the earliest start ever, and should end in October. MLS Cup should be in mid-November like this year's.

thspfc

Quote from: Bruce on December 05, 2019, 02:02:49 AM
MLS has a few changes in store for the 2020 season. First off, the two expansion teams: Nashville SC will play in the Western Conference and Inter Miami CF will be in the Eastern Conference. This means Chicago Fire (moving back to Soldier Field), a team further west than Nashville, will still remain in the East.

The schedule is also getting tweaked, but remains at 34 regular season games (17 home/17 away). Each team will play the 12 teams in their conference twice (home and away), and one game against 10 of the 13 teams in the opposing conference. For the first time in league history, some teams won't be playing each other.

Regular season begins on February 29, the earliest start ever, and should end in October. MLS Cup should be in mid-November like this year's.
Inter Miami CF? Ick. Just call it Miami FC or something and be done with it.

Eth

Quote from: Bruce on December 05, 2019, 02:02:49 AM
MLS has a few changes in store for the 2020 season. First off, the two expansion teams: Nashville SC will play in the Western Conference and Inter Miami CF will be in the Eastern Conference. This means Chicago Fire (moving back to Soldier Field), a team further west than Nashville, will still remain in the East.

So much for my guess that they'd try to create some sort of Atlanta-Nashville rivalry (given the complete lack of competitiveness in Atlanta-Orlando).

Bruce

Quote from: thspfc on December 05, 2019, 07:13:31 PM
Quote from: Bruce on December 05, 2019, 02:02:49 AM
MLS has a few changes in store for the 2020 season. First off, the two expansion teams: Nashville SC will play in the Western Conference and Inter Miami CF will be in the Eastern Conference. This means Chicago Fire (moving back to Soldier Field), a team further west than Nashville, will still remain in the East.

The schedule is also getting tweaked, but remains at 34 regular season games (17 home/17 away). Each team will play the 12 teams in their conference twice (home and away), and one game against 10 of the 13 teams in the opposing conference. For the first time in league history, some teams won't be playing each other.

Regular season begins on February 29, the earliest start ever, and should end in October. MLS Cup should be in mid-November like this year's.
Inter Miami CF? Ick. Just call it Miami FC or something and be done with it.

Miami FC was taken by a lower-league team (whose owner is part of the anti-MLS brigade). Inter Miami is a pretty decent name that appropriately references Miami's image of internationalism and its Hispanic population...unlike Real Salt Lake for the opposite reasons.

In other news: Charlotte is expected to be announced as the 30th MLS team soon.

https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1202643857797767168

Buck87

Quote from: Eth on December 05, 2019, 07:33:25 PM
So much for my guess that they'd try to create some sort of Atlanta-Nashville rivalry (given the complete lack of competitiveness in Atlanta-Orlando).

Nashville in the west is only a temporary thing.

Austin joining in 2021 will likely move Nashville to the east. Well, unless the rumored Charlotte expansion somehow happens as soon as 2021. If that happens, Nashville to the east might have to wait until Sacramento and St. Louis start play in 2022.


thspfc

I think the MLS is going too quickly with this expansion. I would create a second tier (MLS II or something) and put the expansion clubs in there along with some current USL clubs. That would make things much more interesting.

Bruce

Quote from: thspfc on December 06, 2019, 05:09:37 PM
I think the MLS is going too quickly with this expansion. I would create a second tier (MLS II or something) and put the expansion clubs in there along with some current USL clubs. That would make things much more interesting.

The kind of owners that MLS wants (billionaires who care) would not pay for a second-division team. The only ones that do turn to second-division teams only do so in order to boost their chances at getting an MLS slot.

The current state of USLC (the second division) is not up to par for anything that could support pro-rel either, so a closed system would be pointless.

thspfc

Everton became the second club in the past month to see an immediate return after sacking their manager. They embarrassed Chelsea right after firing Marco Silva.

Bruce

The 2020 CONCACAF Champions League bracket has been set.

https://twitter.com/TheChampions/status/1204237107495129088

The MLS entrants get a fairly good draw, except for LAFC:

Atlanta United FC vs. Motagua (Honduras league champions)
Los Angeles FC vs. Club Leon (Mexico)
New York City FC vs. San Carlos (Costa Rican debutante)
Seattle Sounders FC vs. Olimpia (Honduras contenders - a rematch from the 2015 group stage)
Montreal Impact vs. Saprissa (Costa Rican champions and perennial contenders)

CNGL-Leudimin

Breaking news: This year's Copa del Rey final will not feature either Real Madrid or Barça for the first time since 2008. Both have been eliminated in the quarter-finals. A positive byproduct of making all rounds (apart from semifinals) single match.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

thspfc

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 06, 2020, 05:09:54 PM
Breaking news: This year's Copa del Rey final will not feature either Real Madrid or Barça for the first time since 2008. Both have been eliminated in the quarter-finals. A positive byproduct of making all rounds (apart from semifinals) single match.
People complain about the EPL being dominated by 6 teams, yet La Liga is always headed by only two. Real Madrid isn't what they were when they beat Juventus in the UCL final.

Bruce

MLS and the MLS Players Association have successfully reached an agreement on the new CBA. Among the highlights: more complicated salary rules, a share of media revenue dedicated to the players, requirements for owners to pay up for charter flights, and expanded free agency.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/02/06/mls-mlspa-agree-new-cba-run-through-2024-season

CONCACAF Champions League begins in just under 2 weeks, so it's good to have this squared away.

mgk920

An amazing season record in European football so far this year - as of this typing, after 25 games in a 38 game season (the schedule formula has their 20 teams playing home/home against each of the other teams in it), Liverpool F.C. has 73 standings points out of a possible 75 in the English Premier League.  That's 24 wins, one draw and no losses, a full 7+ games (22 points) ahead of second place Manchester City, who are 16W, 3D and 6L (51 points).  (3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.)

A 25 game undefeated start, just amazing!

:wow:

Mike

thspfc

Quote from: mgk920 on February 08, 2020, 12:15:55 AM
An amazing season record in European football so far this year - as of this typing, after 25 games in a 38 game season (the schedule formula has their 20 teams playing home/home against each of the other teams in it), Liverpool F.C. has 73 standings points out of a possible 75 in the English Premier League.  That's 24 wins, one draw and no losses, a full 7+ games (22 points) ahead of second place Manchester City, who are 16W, 3D and 6L (51 points).  (3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.)

A 25 game undefeated start, just amazing!

:wow:

Mike
Their EPL undefeated streak goes back to January 3rd, 2019, when they were beaten 2-1 by Man City in what was effectively the championship match last year.

Stephane Dumas

There's some rumors of merger talks between the MLS and the Liga MX (major soccer league in Mexico).
https://www.espn.com/soccer/concacaf-leagues-cup/story/3944473/could-mlsliga-mx-actually-merge-in-the-future-mlb-might-provide-the-blueprint
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MEXICO CITY -- Enrique Bonilla isn't known for being brash. The Liga MX president is more comfortable in the day-to-day decision-making of running Mexico's first division than he is in front of the media. But when it comes to the alliance between Liga MX and MLS, Bonilla is direct: he's adamant that the partnership is going to impact club soccer in North America in a major way.

"A huge success for sports in the United States and a huge success for football in Mexico," is Bonilla's take on what's ahead for the partnership.



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