purpleronnie Posted 4 July 2012 Author Posted 4 July 2012 Portland beat san jose. Meanwhile houston drew 0-0. (yawn)
Jordan Posted 6 July 2012 Posted 6 July 2012 Alessandro Nesta signs with Montreal... Apparently, NY made the first claim to him, but since he decided to sign with Montreal, the Impact has to give NY some salary cap money as compensation--which, rumor has it, they'll use to sign Juan Roman Riquelme.
MC Prussian Posted 6 July 2012 Posted 6 July 2012 Alessandro Nesta signs with Montreal... Apparently, NY made the first claim to him, but since he decided to sign with Montreal, the Impact has to give NY some salary cap money as compensation--which, rumor has it, they'll use to sign Juan Roman Riquelme. The same Juan Roman Riquelme who, after the recent Copa Libertadores defeat to Corinthians, claimed that he felt "empty" and could no longer play for Boca? http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/05/4611623/riquelme-set-to-leave-boca-juniors.html Timing is a wonderful thing.
purpleronnie Posted 15 July 2012 Author Posted 15 July 2012 Cracking game at portland, beckham scored 2 great goals in a 5-3 win.
Narborough_fox Posted 15 July 2012 Posted 15 July 2012 I know they're not in the MLS but how bad are Orlando City? I'm watching their friendly against Stoke while I'm over.
purpleronnie Posted 15 July 2012 Author Posted 15 July 2012 I know they're not in the MLS but how bad are Orlando City? I'm watching their friendly against Stoke while I'm over. They're one of the better sides outside the MLS, but I haven't seen them play, I'd imagine the standard is pretty poor. Beckham after scoring a cracker infront of the timbers army.
purpleronnie Posted 16 July 2012 Author Posted 16 July 2012 Houston beat DC 4-0....I wasn't expecting that..
purpleronnie Posted 19 July 2012 Author Posted 19 July 2012 well chelsea beat seattle 4-2 thankfully as if seattle had won I'd never hear the last of it....seattle looked pretty good and dominated some of the play and levelled at 2-2. Villa beat philly 1-0. In other news Houston beat top of the table kansas.
Jordan Posted 19 July 2012 Posted 19 July 2012 MLS, along with Adidas, is adding an interesting new feature to the league next season: http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/adidas-and-major-league-soccer-announce-world%E2%80%99s-first-smart-soccer-league Adidas has developed an "elite" version of its miCoach system and is rolling it out to every team in the league. Sensors in the shirts will collect data on a player's steps, distance traveled, heart rate etc. and transmit them to the coaching staff. A well-trained coach and physio should be able to spot tiredness and injury. Also, there's some chance this could be data overkill. But nevertheless, this should reveal some interesting details about player fitness, and perhaps most importantly, possibly give trainers instant feedback that can perhaps prevent a Muamba- or Morosini-type incident.
purpleronnie Posted 22 July 2012 Author Posted 22 July 2012 Houston win again. L.A. look to be finding form after a terrible start. Toronto (pretty much the worst side in the mls) drew with the mighty liverpool 1-1.
purpleronnie Posted 22 July 2012 Author Posted 22 July 2012 NYRB on a little bit of a roll... yep top of the table. But we're gonna catch ya!
purpleronnie Posted 22 July 2012 Author Posted 22 July 2012 Forgot to mention villa beat chicago 1-0...pretty much dominated the game too.
Jordan Posted 22 July 2012 Posted 22 July 2012 Can I mention how much I hate seeing MLS teams interrupt their season to play bullshit friendlies against European teams just to make money? It makes us look bush league, and pretty much the entire crowd that shows up for these games couldn't be bothered to go to to see their local team play a real game in an actual competition. I've only ever gone to two: MetroStars 2-0 Bayern Munich in 2001 and Metro 1-1 AC Milan in 2002. The Bayern game was ridiculous. It was arranged as part of the transfer that sent Lothar Matthäus from Bayern to Metro. Unbeknownst to Bayern, after the date was set, they would make the Champions League final in 2001 which was just days before the friendly at Giants Stadium. There was a huge three-way brawl between "La Doce," the Bayern fans and the security guards/New Jersey state troopers behind the north goal right at kickoff. Bayern started pretty much the same lineup as the team that beat Valencia, but they were hungover and they put their physio on as a sub in the 2nd half. Yes, it was nice to see my team rape the European Champions, but after that, I swore I'd never go to one of those dog-and-pony shows unless I had a pretty good excuse. The Milan game was the nightcap of a doubleheader, and I went because the first game was USA's send-off to Korea/Japan in a friendly vs. Jamaica. (USA won, 5-0) There was an Italian guy in section 101 wearing a Milan shirt with "Leonardo 18" on the back. I swear, the only thing that saved this guy from getting his ass kicked was that he was geniunely unaware that was not only from New Jersey, but also Metro's captain at the time.
purpleronnie Posted 23 July 2012 Author Posted 23 July 2012 I don't blame you jordan, do you know why there was only 38,000 to see chelsea PSG at yankee stadium, all of these friendlies are usually sold out.
Jordan Posted 23 July 2012 Posted 23 July 2012 Tim Cahill! Nice job by NYRB to make that deal. I don't want to speak too soon, but we're looking pretty damn good to win MLS Cup this year. This was a sensational day by New York sports franchise general managers, and as great of a transfer this is, it's only the third-biggest deal in NY today. The Rangers pulled off a blockbuster trade to get Rick Nash and the Yankees acquired Ichiro.
AjcW Posted 23 July 2012 Posted 23 July 2012 That looks strange. Did you watch it? It was ****ing surreal!! Horrible horrible game not helped by the narrowest pitch i Have ever seen... I dont know who's stupid idea that was but they need shooting... bad idea... bad game... just bad!
purpleronnie Posted 24 July 2012 Author Posted 24 July 2012 At least cahill we now play infront of home fans who actually sing.
purpleronnie Posted 24 July 2012 Author Posted 24 July 2012 Don't go to Goodison often I see I'm sure the away fans sing.
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