Also the response from the EMT was incredible slow, you could hear the players telling them they needed to be quicker and one even helped push the stretcher to try and speed things up
also dont think they cameras needed to show as much as they did, should have cut away to the manager or something else rather then a close up of a player clearly struggling to breath
After 20 seconds of seeing him in distress, it was clear he needed serious medical attention. The EMT's have had weeks to prep for this, they literally looked they didnt have a clue what to do. Glad the commentators called that out. MLS needs to get on that
Nashville v Chicago was due to be the next game but that has been postponed so the next game is New York City v Philadelphia Union at 14.00 GMT
Will be at work which is annoying because that is a great matchup!!
Very excited for The Impact vs the Revolution in the evening. I recently found out that I have 200 plus years of family connections in and around Montreal so I finally have a solid reason to support an MLS club!
MLS returns on Thursday a bit different to normal obviously.
Its now a month tournament well slightly over the final is August 8th and all matches are being played at the ESPN Wide World of Sport Complex in Walt Disney World
Starts if with a group stage then moves on to a knockout situation after
Obviously i get why they've had to come up with a new format but why are they rushing to finish their season by August 8th?
MLS season i'm sure used to run until at least October.
How many games will each side play if the whole thing is going to be just a month?
MLS returns on Thursday a bit different to normal obviously.
Its now a month tournament well slightly over the final is August 8th and all matches are being played at the ESPN Wide World of Sport Complex in Walt Disney World
Starts if with a group stage then moves on to a knockout situation after
Obviously i get why they've had to come up with a new format but why are they rushing to finish their season by August 8th?
MLS season i'm sure used to run until at least October.
How many games will each side play if the whole thing is going to be just a month?
I suppose its got alot to do with the players being away from homes and everything as well.
With it all being in one venue, the teams are using individual hotels in Disney World as their base.
In regards to your second question its basically before the draw was done Nashville were moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference to allow an even number of teams in both sides
The Eastern Conference was drawn in a group of 6 teams(Group A) and 2 groups of 4 teams(Group C and Group E)
The Western Conference was drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams( Group B, Group D and Group F )
Obviously groups B to F each team plays each other once, but in group A there were obviously more teams so they had a further draw to work out who would play who as each team only plays 3 of the 5 other teams.
Then after each team has played each other once the top 2 and highest 4 ranked 3rd placed teams progress to a knockout competition
Other than the confusing element of Group A its basically like a world cup except the Highest ranked ranked 3rd place teams also go through to the knockout stage
oh and the winner earns a spot in the 2021 CONCAF Champions League
And any points earned in the MLS is back tournament also gets added to the regular season table which obviously suspended after 2 games with Sporting Kansas top of the Western Conference and the best team the 5 Stripes top of the Eastern Conference
Will be very interesting to see how this pans out considering its 9.15am in Orlando so how many of these players will be used to playing a competitive game of football at this time of the morning
Sounds like a right old mess, but thanks for explaining @paulie8290
I see Dallas have withdrawn now so one group has only 3 teams, and Nashville have 9 positive Covid cases so will almost certainly have to withdraw too.
Nashville have officially withdrawn now as expected
Means that with points in this tournament carrying over into the actual conference as well and with Nashville starting with 0 points from their first 2 games and now playing 0 games here, they will be bottom of the Western Conference with 0 points
With FC Dallas and Nashville withdrawinf there is no longer a group of 6 as there is now 24 teams instead of 26 they have changed the grouping to 6 groups of 4
Crazy result this afternoon a match that was originally scheduled for Friday was then rescheduled for yesterday but was postponed shortly before kick off(I mean less than an hour before kick kff, lineups had been posted and everything) after a DC United player tested positive and a Toronto player had an inclusive test.
The match finally went ahead today
Toronto took the lead then went 2-0 ahead and were dominanting
Just before Half Time DC United went down to 10 men and that was it game over..................
Nope the Toronto manager decided to show a bit of tactical ineptitude with 20 minutes to go and replace his 2 good cente backs with 2 well very poor CBs is a decent way to describe them lol, in the end it cost Toronto and with only 10 men DC United still scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to draw 2-2
Crazy result this afternoon a match that was originally scheduled for Friday was then rescheduled for yesterday but was postponed shortly before kick off(I mean less than an hour before kick kff, lineups had been posted and everything) after a DC United player tested positive and a Toronto player had an inclusive test.
The match finally went ahead today
Toronto took the lead then went 2-0 ahead and were dominanting
Just before Half Time DC United went down to 10 men and that was it game over..................
Nope the Toronto manager decided to show a bit of tactical ineptitude with 20 minutes to go and replace his 2 good cente backs with 2 well very poor CBs is a decent way to describe them lol, in the end it cost Toronto and with only 10 men DC United still scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to draw 2-2
There are plenty of “FC” expansion teams in the MLS at this point so Charlotte aren’t exactly doing anything ground breaking. There is a clear divide though between SC and FC, usually dependent upon the timeframe in which a franchise joined the league.
I’ve always thought that AFC (Association Football Club) was a good compromise for MLS teams since it covers both bases: football and soccer. AFC Charlotte or Charlotte AFC would have been cool.
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Reyes caught in the throat by Dom Dwyer
He was clearly on the floor choking as well, so not sure if he swallowed his tongue or something.
But it was horrible to see that
Good performance from both teams TBH for their first games back
Very excited for The Impact vs the Revolution in the evening. I recently found out that I have 200 plus years of family connections in and around Montreal so I finally have a solid reason to support an MLS club!
MLS season i'm sure used to run until at least October.
How many games will each side play if the whole thing is going to be just a month?
With it all being in one venue, the teams are using individual hotels in Disney World as their base.
In regards to your second question its basically before the draw was done Nashville were moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference to allow an even number of teams in both sides
The Eastern Conference was drawn in a group of 6 teams(Group A) and 2 groups of 4 teams(Group C and Group E)
The Western Conference was drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams( Group B, Group D and Group F )
Obviously groups B to F each team plays each other once, but in group A there were obviously more teams so they had a further draw to work out who would play who as each team only plays 3 of the 5 other teams.
Then after each team has played each other once the top 2 and highest 4 ranked 3rd placed teams progress to a knockout competition
Other than the confusing element of Group A its basically like a world cup except the Highest ranked ranked 3rd place teams also go through to the knockout stage
And any points earned in the MLS is back tournament also gets added to the regular season table which obviously suspended after 2 games with Sporting Kansas top of the Western Conference and the best team the 5 Stripes top of the Eastern Conference
Will be very interesting to see how this pans out considering its 9.15am in Orlando so how many of these players will be used to playing a competitive game of football at this time of the morning
I see Dallas have withdrawn now so one group has only 3 teams, and Nashville have 9 positive Covid cases so will almost certainly have to withdraw too.
So, San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders will each only have 2 group matches
Means that with points in this tournament carrying over into the actual conference as well and with Nashville starting with 0 points from their first 2 games and now playing 0 games here, they will be bottom of the Western Conference with 0 points
Not the first season they wanted in MLS
And have Charlotte Athletic as a option lol not another CAFC
Carolina Gliders probably the worst.
Just stick with Charlotte FC.
The match finally went ahead today
Toronto took the lead then went 2-0 ahead and were dominanting
Just before Half Time DC United went down to 10 men and that was it game over..................
Nope the Toronto manager decided to show a bit of tactical ineptitude with 20 minutes to go and replace his 2 good cente backs with 2 well very poor CBs is a decent way to describe them lol, in the end it cost Toronto and with only 10 men DC United still scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to draw 2-2
He looks like he is going to be a very special talent
I’ve always thought that AFC (Association Football Club) was a good compromise for MLS teams since it covers both bases: football and soccer. AFC Charlotte or Charlotte AFC would have been cool.