Tielemans63 Posted 7 May 2013 Share Posted 7 May 2013 How's John Bostock getting on? I was very surprised when he went to Toronto to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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purpleronnie Posted 10 May 2013 Author Share Posted 10 May 2013 How's John Bostock getting on? I was very surprised when he went to Toronto to say the least. Toronto despite seemingly splashing some cash are struggling again. Houston move top after thrashing a pretty terrible looking DC United. Henry looked in great form scoring both of NY goals as they go 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 17 May 2013 Share Posted 17 May 2013 Word on the streets says to expect some news today involving Chivas USA and Carlos Slim... The MLS franchise merry-go-round may be about to start turning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 21 May 2013 Share Posted 21 May 2013 When the Cosmos join what are they going to do about the Adidas sponsorship?Cosmos? It was just announced that the NY Yankees and Sheik Mansour's posse will co-own an expansion team in NYC, called New York City FC, which may start as soon as 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghFox Posted 23 May 2013 Share Posted 23 May 2013 C'mon montreal keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge Posted 27 May 2013 Share Posted 27 May 2013 It was enjoyable to watch Seattle come unhinged in LA last night. Reading the Shittle blogs over my morning coffee..priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 3 June 2013 Author Share Posted 3 June 2013 New England Beat LA Galaxy 5-0....the MLS is becoming like the championship...so hard to predict the outcome of any match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 NY Red Bulls is meant to be on ESPN now, fancied seeing some football. But I have been greeted by fookin skateboarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Solid win for NYRB but I suppose Houston has had a few worries, missing a few players. For their sake and Jurgen Klinsmann's, I hope Corey Ashe's injury isn't too bad. He has been great for them, and Klinsi was perhaps looking to give him a run out in the Gold Cup. New England Beat LA Galaxy 5-0....the MLS is becoming like the championship...so hard to predict the outcome of any match. Yep. Yesterday was another wild set of games in MLS. Comebacks, upsets, stoppage time goals, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Hey Jordan do the Red Bulls an DC United have some sort of rivalry and if so why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 1 July 2013 Share Posted 1 July 2013 Hey Jordan do the Red Bulls an DC United have some sort of rivalry and if so why? Yes--Red Bulls fans would consider it their biggest rivalry. It started in 1996, the first year of MLS. A big part of the reason was because the only nearby teams to Metro were DC and New England (and for DC, only Metro). Even though NY and Boston are traditionally rival cities (particularly in sports), the DC rivalry grew quicker, mostly because DC had a decent team right away and their fans were a little more into it than NE fans (and traveled in bigger numbers). Also, Metro and DC had a few incident-filled games during that season--especially in the playoffs that year. Back then, MLS ran a best-of-three series for the opening rounds, and Metro and DC played against each other in the 1st round. Metro won the first game at home on penalties, but DC won the next two at RFK on late winners. Since all of the games were intense, there was an away-fan presence at every game, and a natural rivalry between a lot of players and coaches from pre-MLS connections, this particular rivalry picked up a lot quicker than any other. Back then, MLS was a bit like the wild west of sports... Players could play quite physically and not have to worry about dirty tackles being dissected via 20 different camera angles, or even worry about anyone caring about such tackles. Plus a lot of the hardcore Metro support originally came from Latinos that had fervently supported teams back home, and a bunch of old school anarchist and socialist skinheads that used to watch lower-level teams like the NY Centaurs before MLS started--they were all raucous. There were a few fights that broke out between Metro and DC fans in '96 and a few times after, and there have been a few incidents since (not as much of that stuff goes on now, if I'm not mistaken, but I'm not nearly as "in the know" as I was, but I've seen a few fights go off). Going to a Metro-DC game at RFK has been the only time I've ever been with fans that have been surrounded by police/security, and made to wait until the rest of the stadium has cleared out before being escorted out by the cops as if we were some crazy hooligan firm. You could say that part of the rivalry comes from Metro fans resenting that their team is a consistent underachiever while DC has won all sorts of silverware, but if you ask a die-hard DC fan, he'll tell you NYRB is DC's biggest rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 1 July 2013 Share Posted 1 July 2013 Sweet, so i've picked a good game to go see then! Looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 24 July 2013 Share Posted 24 July 2013 The New York Times's website today features an excellent article on Sporting Kansas City, which a nice photo gallery along with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 25 July 2013 Author Share Posted 25 July 2013 Houston beat stoke 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 26 July 2013 Share Posted 26 July 2013 Real Sports on HBO did a story this week about racial discrimination at Chivas USA that seems like it's quite damning. I'm going to see if I can watch that online now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 29 October 2013 Share Posted 29 October 2013 South Korean right-back Young Pyong Lee, of Eindhoven, Spurs and Dortmund fame, has now officially retired from football at the age of 36. Here's some impressions from his last competitive game - playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 29 October 2013 Share Posted 29 October 2013 So Becks' franchise will be in Miami then. Jordan / Ronnie, interested to know your thoughts on that fellas - Miami doesn't strike me as somewhere there's a huge demand for an MLS team but I could be / probably am hopelessly wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 29 October 2013 Author Share Posted 29 October 2013 So Becks' franchise will be in Miami then. Jordan / Ronnie, interested to know your thoughts on that fellas - Miami doesn't strike me as somewhere there's a huge demand for an MLS team but I could be / probably am hopelessly wrong? Miami is very much right for the MLS, mix of Latin American cultures is perfect, yes it did fail in the early years of the MLS but things have changed, it will be successful, no question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 29 October 2013 Share Posted 29 October 2013 Miami is very much right for the MLS, mix of Latin American cultures is perfect, yes it did fail in the early years of the MLS but things have changed, it will be successful, no question.Yeah, I thought it had bombed the first time round. To be fair, just having Beck's name attached to their project should make it full proof. However I did think that with the Heat being successful and with baseball being so popular with Latinos that a football team might struggle to compete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge Posted 7 November 2013 Share Posted 7 November 2013 Houston beats NY to advance to the Eastern finals..amazing. KC advances in ET eliminating New England. We have a little unfinished business tonight against Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 14 November 2013 Author Share Posted 14 November 2013 Houston beats NY to advance to the Eastern finals..amazing. KC advances in ET eliminating New England. We have a little unfinished business tonight against Seattle. You must be amazed at Portlands transformation this season (apart from the salt lake result...still a decent chance though), as for Houston I don't know how we keep doing it, we look like we'll not even make the playoffs, then somehow we do, and when the big games come along we start actually playing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 24 November 2013 Author Share Posted 24 November 2013 Balls, oh well...good look Bridge hope Portland do it mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 25 November 2013 Author Share Posted 25 November 2013 Oh well. Salt lake v Kansas final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge Posted 25 November 2013 Share Posted 25 November 2013 RSL was just too good for us..there's always next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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