4 groups. LAFC, SS, ATL, ORL as they 4 hosts. Nash to East perm, 6 in each group but one East group has 8. Play 5 games (which all count in the reg season standings), top 2 advance to tourney, rumors of monetary bonus/CCL birth/etc for champs. After Orlando teams will only play in their own conferences. Fit in as many games as possible then 18 team playoffs for MLS Cup.
Look at these little kids: Also, friendly reminder. Houston had the #1 and (if the season ever starts) soon to be #3 all time goal scorers in league history on their team. Didn’t play either of them, and traded them away for nothing. What losers.
Transfer rumors! https://www.onceametro.com/2020/5/23/21268475/red-bulls-linked-to-west-ham-attacker-parkes
In its 25 year history one news source has actually tried to cover the league and now ol Donnies all butt hurt about it. Got to love the “the internal memo threatening any official that leaks to the athletic, was acquired by the athletic”
I haven’t missed complaining about DonG. MLS leadership is a disaster. They should be at the forefront grabbing a spot to showcase the league. This can’t be that hard. They are going to wait and follow NBA and other sports and be totally irrelevant.
Great stuff from Firchau. Legendary. Why isn’t there a tell-all book? Start with the high of 94, the 96 MLS crew and that amazing season. Then falling on their face. ‘98 and the ‘American Fiasco’, then death to soccer in USA till Lamar (our savior) called up Uncle Phil in 01. At that meeting in Eagles Nest, Kraft said he wouldnt spend a dollar more, Phil and Lamar said they would spend whatever it took to keep the league afloat. Why they let that asshole Kraft get off with only “supporting” his shitty club? I don’t know. But they did. Lamar and Phil saves the league. DonG formed SUM. USMNT went on to dos a cero in Columbus, thanks Brian. We went on to have our best WC ever. MLS “Strike Force” went viral. League saved. Then it happened. Salt Lake, Chivas they joined the league. Then Becks to LAG. Blanco to Chi. We added Canada, we added Cascadia, the Wiz turned into Sporting. The league was stable for the first time ever. Lamar, Phil, DonG. They did it.
NWSL coming back with a 25 game tournament in Utah, with no fans. Although that last part is redundant.
It would be really embarrassing if I made a joke about NWSL attendance and one of the teams averaged better attendance than my team
Stu can wonder that all he wants. The reality is that Trump punted. Regionalized policies are all we have and are all that we will have.
ICYMI DonG just cured Covid and solved all issues involving police brutality and race relations with a single concert: Spoiler I’m sure this was planned weeks ago and it looks like it raised half a million for feeding America