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Another one bites the dust. CF Montreal has now parted ways with Hernan Losada after one season. 19 coaching changes since last season now.

So only 3 series made it to a game 3 for the first round. Add in the "Lets play a game to celebrate Messi" friendly between NYCFC and Miami next weekend for four matches this weekend before we have another international break before the conference semifinals begin. LAFC awaits the Seattle/Dallas winner Kansas City awaits the Houston/Salt Lake winner Orlando awaits the Atlanta/Columbus winner Cincinnati will host Philadelphia in a rematch of last years semifinal. This time in Cincinnati Also this weekend we have the NWSL Final between Gotham and OL Reign and we have the USL Championship Final between Phoenix Rising and Charleston Battery. The fledgling NISA will have its final between City Union and the Michigan Stars

Another coach gone. Charlotte parts ways with Christian Lattanzio. Thats 18 coaching changes since the end of last season. NYRB-Struber and CHI-Hendrickson (5/8, mutual agreement) MIA-Neville (6/1, fired) TOR-Bradley (6/26, fired) MIA- Morales (6/28, end of interim period) POR-Savarese (8/21, fired) COL- Fraser (9/5, fired) NE- Arena (9/9, resigned) and Williams (9/12, mutual agreement) TOR-Dunfield (9/30, end of interim period) MIN-Heath (10/6, fired) DC- Rooney (10/7, mutual agreement) POR- Joseph (11/6, end of interim period) CLT-Lattanzio (11/8, mutual agreement) add the four offseason changes before the 2023 season began: CBS- Porter (10/8/22, fired) HOU- Bundy (11/8/22, end of interim period) MTL- Nancy (12/6/22, signed with CBS) SJ- Covelo (1/3, end of interim period)

NWSL Final is now set as OL Reign will take on NJ/NY Gotham FC. Rapinoe looking to go out a champion.

The womens side in Tampa Bay also released their branding. Both Spokane and Tampa Bay will play in the new USL Super League, who is aiming to be womens Division 1 alongside NWSL, however USL Super League will be follow an August to June schedule with a midseason break to avoid the harsh part of winters.

FC Cincinnati advanced on penalties Saturday night. Kansas City upsets St Louis to sweep their series knocking out the top seed in the west. LAFC swept Vancouver, but not without controversy, as LAFC was up 1-0 in second half stoppage. Vancouver had their keeper up as an eleventh man on offense, leaving an empty goal for Vancouver. PRO official Tim Ford pretty much bodychecked a Vancouver player who had the ball coming right toward him, leaving the ball for LAFC who took it down field for the empty net to seal it for LAFC. Vancouver surrounded Ford furious. Goal was called off though for offsides, but a big chance for Vancouver to tie it was lost. Meanwhile congrats to North Carolina FC who leave USL League One as champions, defeating rival Charlotte Independence in penalties. NCFC is joining USL Championship next year.

End of an era. Reds have declined the option for Joey Votto. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/reds-decline-joey-vottos-option-cincinnati-signals-seeming-end-of-legends-tenure-after-17-seasons/

Its like how the 1997 Tennessee Oilers were based and practiced in Nashville, but made the 212 mile trip to Memphis for each home game, expecting fans to do the same. We all remember that not only did fans not drive from Nashville for the games, fans in Memphis didnt show up either.

I dont like that there are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night games. Games 1 and 2 for CBS-ATL are on weeknights, and game three if necessary on a Sunday night. Just horrible scheduling all around.

Agreed. Id love to see Louisville, and Indy in MLS

There are 4 things that are certain in life. -Death -Taxes - Forge FC in the CPL Finals -Louisville City in the USL Championship conference finals Congrats to Forge FC on winning their 4th title in 5 years tonight over rival Cavalry FC Louisville in their 9th season is heading to the conference finals for the 9th season in a row. USL League One Final is set between rivals North Carolina FC and Charlotte Independence. North Carolina will be returning to the Championship next season. MLS playoffs were blowouts today.

Would this be considered malicious compliance? My solution: The team wears throwbacks of their former Florida State League club (1997-00), the St Petersburg Devil Rays.

At a St Petersburg council meeting, the Rays gave a presentation on the new stadium development project. Apparently part of the agreement is the Rays play one game, wearing "St Petersburg Rays" jerseys (pending MLB approval). To me this just screams the whole "Anaheim" schtick, that city forced the Angels to do, where the city didnt want to be little brother to Los Angeles so the team compromised with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim bs. St Pete doesnt want to play little brother to Tampa. I mean, theres a reason why its called Tampa Bay and not St Petersburg Bay. Not to mention the 4+1 rule for jerseys now. Would the St Petersburg jersey be considered a special jersey like the Boston Patriots Day jersey or the Jays Canada Day jersey?

Finalists for MLS awards this year. To no shock Messi is up for Newcomer of the year, despite only 6 MLS appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists (Tournament and international games dont count). Landon Donovan MLS MVP finalists Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati Thiago Almada - Atlanta United Dénis Bouanga - LAFC Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year finalists Bradley Carnell - St. Louis CITY SC Wilfried Nancy - Columbus Crew Pat Noonan - FC Cincinnati MLS Newcomer of the Year finalists For this award, “newcomer” is defined as a player who had previous professional experience and made his MLS debut in 2023. Giorgos Giakoumakis - Atlanta United Eduard Löwen - St. Louis CITY SC Lionel Messi - Inter Miami CF MLS Young Player of the Year finalists For this award, any “young player” in MLS who is age 22 or younger during the calendar year is eligible for consideration. Thiago Almada - Atlanta United Duncan McGuire - Orlando City SC Aidan Morris - Columbus Crew Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year finalists Roman Bürki - St. Louis CITY SC Roman Celentano - FC Cincinnati Pedro Gallese - Orlando City SC MLS Defender of the Year finalists Yeimar Gómez Andrade - Seattle Sounders FC Matt Miazga - FC Cincinnati Tim Parker - St. Louis CITY SC MLS Comeback Player of the Year finalists Honors an MLS player who has overcome a severe injury and/or adversity and, as a result, missed a significant portion of the 2022 season – then shown improved performance to achieve success during the 2023 season. João Paulo - Seattle Sounders FC Alan Pulido - Sporting Kansas City Miles Robinson - Atlanta United Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award finalists Learn more about the Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award and our Players’ community efforts here. Alejandro Bedoya - Philadelphia Union Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew Taylor Washington - Nashville SC MLS Referee of the Year finalists Jon Freemon Victor Rivas Ted Unkel MLS Assistant Referee of the Year finalists Michael Barwegan Cam Blanchard Ian McKay

Turrible.

Had the Reds won their final two games with the Cardinals, they would've taken the Dbacks spot in the postseason.

Two teams who have no business playing in the world series are playing in the world series. Oof. The Reds swept the Rangers this year and took 4 of 7 from the D-backs, including a three game sweep. I guess Ill go for the Rangers since they havent won a world series yet.

Austin Precourt FC II defeated Columbus Crew 2 at Lower.com Field to capture the 2023 MLS Next Pro title. Columbus won the title last year.

New England is on standby, if one of those teams (excluding Miami) wins MLS Cup

So kinda but not really football related, my local radio station was doing a giveaway to send the winner to Dallas for Thanksgiving to see Dolly Parton perform at halftime, where she will be performing songs from her new rock album (release on Nov 17)

MLS Cup playoffs are set. Meanwhile in the opening round of the USL Championship playoffs, Detroit knocked off Players Shield winners Pittsburgh. In the CPL its another Forge-Cavalry CPL final.

My favorite one yet

What a reveal!

They still have time to fix this, unfortunately they probably wont.

It looks like a sewer lid. I can live with another city name FC name but this is bad. Even the Montreal snowflake butthole was better than this.