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American Soccer |OT| WORLD CUP BOUND

Icolin

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1-0 at Chivas when RBNY were generally outplayed and were down to 10 men isn't a bad result at all

Hopefully Kaku plays the home leg
 
b-dubs

b-dubs

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Icolin said:
1-0 at Chivas when RBNY were generally outplayed and were down to 10 men isn't a bad result at all

Hopefully Kaku plays the home leg
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I think we could have won that game with a single change: Colin for Rza at the half. Jesse was afraid of the Chivas attack after what they did to Seattle--I'm not sure he gets exactly how good this team is yet--and so he played 5 in the back. Chivas had nothing going forward, we didn't need 3 CBs. We needed another midfielder instead. Swap out Colin for Rza and we have a much easier time going forward. Everyone at Legend's was yelling at the TV for the swap every 10 minutes after the half until he got sent off. We weren't playing our best 11 in their best formation and it showed.

Luckily Jesse won't have the manpower for a 5-1-3-1 (the 3-3-3-1) and will be forced into a 4-2-3-1 with our best 11. Kaku would be icing on the cake, but Chivas is definitely beatable without him. There's no reason for us to miss the final if this was all Chivas has to throw at us. Their one goal wasn't because they had anything special, but because Adams had a brainfart and they punished us for it.

All that is even discounting the fact we got CONCACAFed by the refs. We're going to be at home, at sea level, with our best 11 in their best spots on Tuesday. If we don't win and advance that's entirely on us. Jesse needs to realize this team doesn't have to be afraid of anyone, they could win it all.

EDIT: I love Ben Mines, FYI
 
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Realeza

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Did Zlatan really turn down a 100 million offer from China to play on MLS for 3 million? Holy fuck. If that's true +1 respect for the man.
 
zroid

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in related CONCACAF news, apparently both TFC and Club America were fined for whatever the fuck happened in the tunnel
 
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Cystm

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California, but with a Chicago heart
City Council members strike a deal with FC Cincinnati for West End stadium site
Under the deal:

FC Cincinnati would build its $200 million stadium at the site of Cincinnati Public Schools' Stargel Stadium as well as pay for a new high school stadium in the southwest corner of Ezzard Charles Drive and John Street. The club will pay $25 million in taxes to the Cincinnati Public Schools, the full payment in lieu of taxes to the school district that any other commercial development that receives a tax abatement would make – 25 percent of the total millage on the stadium site.
"This was a non-negotiable and a game-changer for me," Sittenfeld said.

The club will donate vacant residential West End land it acquired in the northwest corner of Ezzard Charles Drive and John Street to a private developer who will build $15 million and 162 units of affordable housing there in partnership with the city. Concerns over displacement of existing low-income residents has been the primary fear in the West End regarding the stadium and something Sittenfeld said was foremost in his mind. When Interstate 75 was built and wide swaths of the neighborhood were demolished, tens of thousands were displaced

The team and the city will strike a community benefits agreement with West End neighborhood groups, the details of which are expected to include infrastructure improvements in the neighborhood, a residential parking permit program, mitigation of noise, light, litter and other issues as well as $100,000 annually in funding from the club to community groups in perpetuity.
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Cystm

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The proposed renders of the Stadium:

http://www.meisarchitects.com/fc-cincinnati/

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b-dubs

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Atlanta vs LAFC is probably going to be really high scoring as neither have the defense to deal with the other's attack.
 

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B-Dubs said:
Atlanta vs LAFC is probably going to be really high scoring as neither have the defense to deal with the other's attack.
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I've been hyped on this Atlanta LAFC game for days. This (and Minneosta) are the two teams I hope LAFC has a good rivalry with as expansion teams. While el traffico is a built in rivalry, I want LAFC to stretch out beyond the regular NORCAL Socal and intercity games.

I'm curious if rating will carry over now that local fox nor local spanish channels are carrying the big teams tomorrow. I think fc Dallas might be on Univision possibly.
 
xplatformer

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I hope LAFC doesn't make a habit of going for the OLDER players when there are thousands of young players in europe that could do the same job for probably the same $$$ and we wouldn't have to worry about their age being a factor.

Example: Timothy Fosu Mensah out of the ManUtd academy. He's on loan with Crystal Palace right now, only starts half their games and is a better natural defender than any of the defenders currently playing for LAFC.

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SegFault

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Time wasting by San Jose was atrocious and they should be ashamed

Fuck Wando for missing against Belgium.
 
Dartastic

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Toledo should no longer have a job. Shameful refereeing. Shameful. Absolutely insane. He ruined the game, and this is far from the first time this has happened.
 
b-dubs

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VAR needs to be an independent ref that can overturn the guy in the middle. Between this and last week's RBNY screwjob, it's a joke.
 
Dartastic

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Look. He's not wrong. I know I sometimes rail against the refs, but Toledo today really was unacceptable. If Blanco wasn't in the box, that second yellow wouldn't have been overturned. He would have been sent off, and we wouldn't have gotten a PK. Totally would have changed the match in a completely unfair manner very early in the match. Dwyer also blatantly dived, yet that didn't get overturned. Those are two huge, HUGE decisions. That wasn't all. There was a lot more. Paredes was down for like, over a minute and the ball wasn't played out at all, and yet he didn't stop the game. VAR can't fix bad refs.

And I'm so proud to have an owner who gives as much of a shit as he does, and is as outspoken as he is.
 
Possum Armada

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Dartastic said:
Look. He's not wrong. I know I sometimes rail against the refs, but Toledo today really was unacceptable. If Blanco wasn't in the box, that second yellow wouldn't have been overturned. He would have been sent off, and we wouldn't have gotten a PK. Totally would have changed the match in a completely unfair manner very early in the match. Dwyer also blatantly dived, yet that didn't get overturned. Those are two huge, HUGE decisions. That wasn't all. There was a lot more. Paredes was down for like, over a minute and the ball wasn't played out at all, and yet he didn't stop the game. VAR can't fix bad refs.

And I'm so proud to have an owner who gives as much of a shit as he does, and is as outspoken as he is.
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Agreed on all counts. Hopefully theteam can catch a break or two and get some points when they get back to PDX.
 
zroid

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Ibra tried the same screamer again.

And it almost worked, again. On target but Melia was in position.
 
Dartastic

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Blue said:
Agreed on all counts. Hopefully theteam can catch a break or two and get some points when they get back to PDX.
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The team has grown so much since the first couple games. I know we're down on points, but that can change very quickly in MLS. We're suddenly looking good. I know the result is... not good, but yeah. I'll be in the Army this upcoming weekend yelling my ass off. I can't wait to be back at home.
 
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