WestCoastBias Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/27/2022 at 12:35 PM, Dilbert said: it sounds like Indy is still going for a 20,000 seat stadium. Im pretty sure MLS is just about set on having Las Vegas as team number 30 but, if they go to 32 Id say Indy could be a solid bet. Hopefully Sacramento can get a team after they got screwed over, but I think that ship sailed a long time ago. I want San Diego to have a team and there's still Tampa too. And Detroit? MLS should just go to 36 teams, there's a lot of deserving cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTac Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 San Diego probably has a better shot than Sacramento ever will now especially with the new stadium for San Diego State football going up. Former Republic FC money man & Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle is a SoCal guy. Maybe he gets involved with MLS San Diego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Dilbert said: Wild night in Cincinnati. Cincinnati goes up 3-0 in the first 30 minutes (plus a disallowed goal by Brenner), then NYCFC storms back with 3 unanswered goals in stoppage time to tie it at the half (including a brace from Heber and a saved penalty). NYCFC takes the lead in the 52 minute and Brenner gets FCCs first hat trick in MLS play in the 70 minute to draw it up at 4. A disallowed goal (again by Brenner) in stoppage time nearly put FCC on top again for the win but the match ends in a 4-4 draw in what should have been a 6-5 FCC win, with Brenner scoring 5 goals (two disallowed) I got a last minute invite from a college friend and we sat in the swanky club section with free food and drinks. Not too shabby. That was the craziest soccer game I've ever been to. From my seats the refs were atrocious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Sport said: From my seats the refs were atrocious. To my mind, the quality of MLS officiating is the league's greatest weakness. It ranges from mediocre to downright miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, Brian in Boston said: To my mind, the mediocre-to-miserable quality of Major League Soccer officiating is the league's greatest weakness. I mean, if I was King of Soccer this ref would be looking for a new job today. After the game Pat Noonan said something to one of them about blowing a call and the assistant referee's response was something like "you blew it when you blew a 3-0 lead", which is just not acceptable behavior from a sports official. The score or the game's events should never influence your decision making on a specific call nor should you voice an opinion on the coach's and/or team's performance. Noonan rules. He pulled one of my favorite moves in a dispute like that with "you :censored:ing know", a variation of my "You know I'm right". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Absolutely unprofessional by that official in particular. I know the officiating last night was atrocious but this guy went beyond. Apparently he also denied Brenner the game ball after the match after he scored his and the clubs first ever hat trick. Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 RSL Soapbox: Report: Sources confirm to ESPN that Utah Royals FC will rejoin the NWSL in 2024.https://www.rslsoapbox.com/2022/6/30/23189895/report-sources-confirm-to-espn-that-utah-royals-fc-will-rejoin-the-nwsl-in-2024 apparently the Utah Royals could be returning in 2024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Sport said: I mean, if I was King of Soccer this ref would be looking for a new job today. After the game Pat Noonan said something to one of them about blowing a call and the assistant referee's response was something like "you blew it when you blew a 3-0 lead", which is just not acceptable behavior from a sports official. The score or the game's events should never influence your decision making on a specific call nor should you voice an opinion on the coach's and/or team's performance. Noonan rules. He pulled one of my favorite moves in a dispute like that with "you :censored:ing know", a variation of my "You know I'm right". This is why I'd never make it as a ref (saying this as someone who 100% agrees all the points you made). If I was refereeing basketball, every time a player complained to me about a call I'd be mentioning all the mistakes they made during the game as well. Which I would find hilarious but would obviously distract from the the game more than all the complaining already does. Quote Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 20 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: RSL Soapbox: Report: Sources confirm to ESPN that Utah Royals FC will rejoin the NWSL in 2024.https://www.rslsoapbox.com/2022/6/30/23189895/report-sources-confirm-to-espn-that-utah-royals-fc-will-rejoin-the-nwsl-in-2024 apparently the Utah Royals could be returning in 2024. Unfortunately wearing pleather-and-gatorade kits, no doubt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Digby said: Unfortunately wearing pleather-and-gatorade kits, no doubt. As long as Deloy Hansen isn't attached to that team I think they'll be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 11:56 PM, WestCoastBias said: Hopefully Sacramento can get a team after they got screwed over, but I think that ship sailed a long time ago. I want San Diego to have a team and there's still Tampa too. And Detroit? MLS should just go to 36 teams, there's a lot of deserving cities. Sacramento is never getting a MLS team, nor should they. They had their best opportunity pre pandemic, and it turns out what they actually had was fraudulent from the jump. People need to stop putting the Sacramento market as good for anything but another Wal Mart or something. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaTac Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 12:39 PM, FiddySicks said: Sacramento is never getting a MLS team, nor should they. They had their best opportunity pre pandemic, and it turns out what they actually had was fraudulent from the jump. People need to stop putting the Sacramento market as good for anything but another Wal Mart or something. Do you think the scaled down USL stadium that the Republic just announced back in April will get built? I see Nagle is still involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 The sunk cost already invested tells me that they’re going to eventually have to do something, but I’m not sure if the toxic waste dump they were talking about originally is going to be feasible for anyone, tbh. There’s a reason that section of land has sat unoccupied for over a century. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Wasnt expecting this but a good add for FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos is being traded to FC Cincy from the Philadelphia Union in exchange for GAM. FC Cincinnati is slowly but surely stealing everyone from the Union: Pat Noonan (Asst Coach PHI 2018-21, Head Coach CIN 2022-pre Chris Albright (Player PHI 2012-13, Technical Staff PHI 2014-21, General Manager CIN 2021-pre) Austin Berry (player PHI 2014-15, Player CIN (USL) 2016-17, Strength and Conditioning Coach CIN 2018-pre) Alvas Powell (CIN 2019, PHI 2021, CIN 2022) Haris Medunjanin (PHI 2017-19, CIN 2020-pre) Ray Gaddis (PHI 2012-20, retired 2021, Came out of retirement CIN 2022-pre) Sergio Santos (PHI 2019-22, CIN 2022-pre) Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Friday night primetime MLS soccer on ESPN is pretty sweet, actually. Especially when it's LAFC/LA Galaxy. Too bad Bale wasn't ready yet. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 7 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Friday night primetime MLS soccer on ESPN is pretty sweet, actually. Especially when it's LAFC/LA Galaxy. Too bad Bale wasn't ready yet. Especially when the Union put up a 7 spot on one of their rivals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Matt Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 15 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Friday night primetime MLS soccer on ESPN is pretty sweet, actually. Especially when it's LAFC/LA Galaxy. Too bad Bale wasn't ready yet. Agreed. Was really hoping for Bale to play so they could return the favor to the Galaxy when Zlatan had that game. Would have been a perfect game for his first. Regardless, happy with the result. Still can’t believe Gareth Bale plays for LAFC. Quote Cowboys - Lakers - LAFC - USMNT - LA Rams - LA Kings - NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Rockstar Matt said: Agreed. Was really hoping for Bale to play so they could return the favor to the Galaxy when Zlatan had that game. Would have been a perfect game for his first. Regardless, happy with the result. Still can’t believe Gareth Bale plays for LAFC. I'm happy about Bale in MLS for the strength of the league. I'll be pissed when LAFC beats Seattle in the playoffs. 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I just hope that wherever the next expansion will be, Taylor Twellman is there to announce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Went to my first FC Cincinnati match (or any soccer match for that matter) ever. My takes: -"The Tickle" is a beautiful stadium. Atmosphere is amazing. -PRO Referees are a disgrace to the game. They make VAR pointless. -Went to see FCC play the New York Red Bulls but all I saw was a New York team doing their best impersonations of Tom Daley. -FCC fans will never forgive Frankie Amaya Quote Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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