Eco 3,008 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Starts in just a few weeks (February 25). Atlanta United are home against San Jose, so hopefully things have changed and this year will be different for United. No Jose Martinez could be a weird sight as he was the last remaining key player from the MLS Cup winning United team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 799 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Eco said: Starts in just a few weeks (February 25). Atlanta United are home against San Jose, so hopefully things have changed and this year will be different for United. No Jose Martinez could be a weird sight as he was the last remaining key player from the MLS Cup winning United team. Replacement incoming though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 5 hours ago, ScoRoss said: Replacement incoming though. I heard about this while making dinner. I'll admit that I know nothing about him, but I have to trust the Atlanta Front Office in that they vetted him well enough to know that he'll fit in nicely and provide some goals, as that's what we are missing more than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Atlanta's new home jersey, which is back to being almost identical to the original one, which for me personally, is nice to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca 121 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I'm really happy Callens and Lopez have both gone to Europe, especially the former who went back to Spain. It's not super easy for a player his age to go back there in the MLS. Lopez was going to end up there sooner or later however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Officially begins in 8 days with Nashville vs NYCFC! @Stan - Mind doing your 'pinning' magic and replace last year's thread with this one? Thanks Love, LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted February 17, 2023 Administrator Share Posted February 17, 2023 31 minutes ago, Eco said: Officially begins in 8 days with Nashville vs NYCFC! @Stan - Mind doing your 'pinning' magic and replace last year's thread with this one? Thanks Love, LP And as if by magic... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 799 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Season is under a week away and the playoff format has yet to be decided. Not a great start to the season, and not a great look for the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Saturday, February 25 NYCFC at Nashville San Jose at Atlanta New England at Charlotte Houston at Cincinnati Toronto at DC United Montreal at Miami NY RB at Orlando Columbus at Philadelphia St. Louis at Austin Minnesota at Dallas FC LAFC at LA Galaxy Kansas City at Portland Salt Lake at Vancouver Sunday, February 26 Colorado at Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca 121 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Posting this here because it has 2 MLS games on the list. What a shitty list though. I do think there are a few MLS rivalries who can make it (Seattle vs Portland and Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact), but they aren't in it. DC United vs NYRB died when NYCFC started, and "el trafico" is like a few years old to be considered. Very artificial. Aside from that, where is Chivas vs Atlas? All Boys vs Nueva Chicago are rivals? Universitario - Alianza should be top 10 at least. Gremio - Inter is better than Fla/Flu and arguably the 2nd best on the entire list. Blooming vs Oriente Petrolero is too high up. San Lorenzo vs Huracan while historic are not good rivals since they don't fill up those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Goku de la Boca said: Posting this here because it has 2 MLS games on the list. What a shitty list though. I do think there are a few MLS rivalries who can make it (Seattle vs Portland and Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact), but they aren't in it. DC United vs NYRB died when NYCFC started, and "el trafico" is like a few years old to be considered. Very artificial. Aside from that, where is Chivas vs Atlas? All Boys vs Nueva Chicago are rivals? Universitario - Alianza should be top 10 at least. Gremio - Inter is better than Fla/Flu and arguably the 2nd best on the entire list. Blooming vs Oriente Petrolero is too high up. San Lorenzo vs Huracan while historic are not good rivals since they don't fill up those games. These lists are always just someone's opinion and nothing more. For instance, #2 I'd put America vs Chivas, as I love that game and it's just such a massive deal here as well. I don't get the DC vs NYRB, as DC haven't been relevant in years and so their seems to be very little around that game. El Trafico I get though, while new, it's got some passion in it and has provided some of the greatest MLS games ever. Outside of a few Brazilian and Argentine teams, I don't watch anyone else in South America, so honestly I couldn't tell you the two best teams in Chile/Peru or their greatest rival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca 121 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Just now, Eco said: These lists are always just someone's opinion and nothing more. For instance, #2 I'd put America vs Chivas, as I love that game and it's just such a massive deal here as well. I don't get the DC vs NYRB, as DC haven't been relevant in years and so their seems to be very little around that game. El Trafico I get though, while new, it's got some passion in it and has provided some of the greatest MLS games ever. Outside of a few Brazilian and Argentine teams, I don't watch anyone else in South America, so honestly I couldn't tell you the two best teams in Chile/Peru or their greatest rival. I am mostly talking about the MLS rivalries here. The 2 best I think are Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers thanks it being the oldest rivalry and dating back to before the MLS was a thing, and Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact for it's backstory and the Quebecois having a historical grudge against people from Ontario, giving it a partizan feeling and authenticity. As for the others, I feel some of them were put just via historical reference and not it's current state. For example, San Lorenzo vs Huracan used to be a great rivalry but nowadays it doesn't attract many people and they don't tend to fill up. This is more Huracan's fault than San Lorenzo however. Also, I genuinely had no idea All Boys has Nueva Chicago as a rival. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Just now, Goku de la Boca said: I am mostly talking about the MLS rivalries here. The 2 best I think are Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers thanks it being the oldest rivalry and dating back to before the MLS was a thing, and Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact for it's backstory and the Quebecois having a historical grudge against people from Ontario, giving it a partizan feeling and authenticity. As for the others, I feel some of them were put just via historical reference and not it's current state. For example, San Lorenzo vs Huracan used to be a great rivalry but nowadays it doesn't attract many people and they don't tend to fill up. This is more Huracan's fault than San Lorenzo however. Also, I genuinely had no idea All Boys has Nueva Chicago as a rival. Absolutely on Seattle vs Portland. I was in Portland during the time of a game between them to, and that was great to see the excitement. While it's not as big, Atlanta vs Orlando is a pretty nasty rivalry too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca 121 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Made my own list correcting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 New season, same crap. Atlanta down 1-0 within 10 minutes to SAN F**** JOSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Penalty for Atlanta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 ...and missed. Oh lordy this will be a long season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 799 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 6 hours ago, Eco said: ...and missed. Oh lordy this will be a long season. What an ending to the game though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted February 26, 2023 Administrator Share Posted February 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Eco said: Oh lordy this will be a long season. 2 stoppage time goals though! What a season it'll be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca 121 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 13 hours ago, Eco said: ...and missed. Oh lordy this will be a long season. 2 Peruvians in that game. Luis Abram and Miguel Trauco! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Stan said: 2 stoppage time goals though! What a season it'll be I fell asleep at HT as I had the Atlanta Marathon today and had to wake up at 4:30. I was shocked when I read about the stoppage time goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 All hail United. About to kick off against NYRB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 And it's 1-0 already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,177 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 @Eco with the prospect of more expansion teams (fingers crossed San Diego gets one)... is there ever any chance of promotion/relegation in US football? Or is that something that's likely too big of a threat to the revenue streams of all the MLS team owners to ever seriously be a consideration. It's very clear to me in my time living in the US that football has become so much more popular in the US than it was when I first came here. I think with how absolutely vast the US is... promotion and relegation would be very interesting for football in the US. I also think smaller clubs (if they ever popped up and the US had a football tier system like Europe) would probably have a miserable time traveling around the country - so I'm not sure how like-for-like the US could get to Europe with promotion & relegation. They'd probably have to have regional leagues with playoff systems to determine promotion, I assume. My gut instinct is that promotion and relegation in the MLS or US football generally is a non-starter. I assume there's guaranteed revenue each MLS team gets each season from being in the MLS... none of these owners are going to want anything to threaten that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted June 7, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 7, 2023 Not too shabby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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