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  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Darrel Russel has signed for Toronto
  • thecrazyaddick
    thecrazyaddick Posts: 607
    Whitecaps for me - contemplating going to the game tomorrow myself. As it's pissing rain half way up the mountain here in Whistler!
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Greg Shields is also over here playing in the NASL (the league below the MLS) with Carolina Railhawks - still remember that goal against BIrmingham like it was yesterday

  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Philly keeper just had a Hamer
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Just about to watch Portland v New York - great atmosphere in the stadium. Bover making his NY debut alongside Thierry Henry and Tim Cahill.
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    That poster of "Dead Bull" is quality
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    NathanPrior said:

    That poster of "Dead Bull" is quality

    Is it on TV in the UK?
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Oakster said:

    NathanPrior said:

    That poster of "Dead Bull" is quality

    Is it on TV in the UK?
    Got a stream of it
  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,109
    Oakster said:

    NathanPrior said:

    That poster of "Dead Bull" is quality

    Is it on TV in the UK?

    Its on ESPN. Ruby looking ok so far. Hope it works out well for the lad.

  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Mikael Silvestre all over the place, terrible start at fault for both goals....Juninho is nearly as old as me!!

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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,359
    edited March 2013
    Looks like young Ruby has grown a bit recently.

    Or most of the MLS players are midgets!

    Played a lovely ball over to Henry just before he was subbed, looked like he's very comfortable on the ball.

    It was a permanent signing in the end wasn't it?
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Bover was pretty quiet, subbed after 66 mins - 3-3 draw, absolutely fabulous game.
  • Gazcafc81
    Gazcafc81 Posts: 641
    edited March 2013
    I keep my eye on D.C United.

    Think Mike Ammann later went on to play for them.
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    NY RedBulls are the master of their own downfall
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    That NY/Portland game last week was one of the most exciting matches I've seen all season (in any league). Atmosphere in the stadium was incredible.

    Chicago Fire really struggling at the moment too.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,010
    Toronto FC fan here, failing to reach the playoffs since 2007....
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,106
    I saw that Bover Izquierdo was dropped to the bench for NYRB last night.

    Also Toronto (managed by Ryan Nelsen) now have Rob Earnshaw (he scored twice on saturday), Hogan Ephraim and John Bostock playing for them.
  • KidFlash
    KidFlash Posts: 51
    Man City AND the Yankees? Oh dear. That's a Voltron level of hatred even before they kick a ball.

    http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/05/breaking-announces-franchise.html
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,075
    Does this mean the Cosmos didn't get an MLS place ?
  • KidFlash
    KidFlash Posts: 51
    Nope. They reportedly played chicken with MLS management, insisting that their proposed stadium be in another part of NYC than where the league wanted it. So MLS went somewhere else with the new team.

    It's going to be interesting what happens to the brand now.

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,075
    Surely they won't have three NY/NJ teams anytime soon though ?
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    As i said on an another thread, Will Johnson of the Portland Timbers would thrive at Championship level....

    http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/19/portland-timbers-will-johnson-puts-it-plainly-we-dont-give-and-we-fight
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,075
    Would we have to negotiate his transfer with that nutter that cuts off a chunk of wood every time a player scores ?
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    se9addick said:

    Would we have to negotiate his transfer with that nutter that cuts off a chunk of wood every time a player scores ?

    could do a swap deal with Seb Lewis.....
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,075
    Oakster said:

    se9addick said:

    Would we have to negotiate his transfer with that nutter that cuts off a chunk of wood every time a player scores ?

    could do a swap deal with Seb Lewis.....
    Nah, but they can have both Floyd and Harvey, they creep me out anyway.
  • KidFlash
    KidFlash Posts: 51
    se9addick said:

    Surely they won't have three NY/NJ teams anytime soon though ?

    It would be patently ridiculous at this point in time. Although there are a minority of fans that want a setup similar to European cities with multiple clubs in specific neighborhoods (we call them Eurosnobs). I love the game, but that's never going to happen in America. Our market is too full of other sports to have that kind of reach.

    The NASL is in no way connected with MLS, although I have no idea how the nu-Cosmos are going to survive without the carrot of MLS to dangle in front of their fans. After having that happen with my club for years, I can't see the club surviving very long, nostalgia be damned. The other clubs in the NASL aren't in MLS cities, so they're fine.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,627
    Surely this smacks of a feeble attempt by Man City to raise their profile for commercial reasons in the US. Money talks as ever, think it's a real shame that the Cosmos brand won't get to join MLS and think it's a bit short-sighted by MLS, it's probably the only piece of football heritage the US has. With PL football being shown widely on NBC in the states next season, Man City desperate to try and get close to United's popularity.
  • KidFlash
    KidFlash Posts: 51
    edited May 2013
    No, the reason the Cosmos won't be joining MLS is because they gambled that the popularity of the brand (which isn't as big as you think) would be enough to knock down the expansion fee. They may have money, but people have known for years that the expansion fee for NY2 was $100m plus a stadium plan. That's why they were joining the new NASL - because they balked at MLS' price and were planning on the league caving and offering a discount.

    Now, they have nothing but a neat vintage shirt.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    Nug said:

    Surely this smacks of a feeble attempt by Man City to raise their profile for commercial reasons in the US.

    You make it sound as though they are being quite secretive about what they're doing it for.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,627
    cafctom said:

    Nug said:

    Surely this smacks of a feeble attempt by Man City to raise their profile for commercial reasons in the US.

    You make it sound as though they are being quite secretive about what they're doing it for.
    I don't think they are being secretive, just desperate to expand their brand for commercial reasons. Not sure how much room there is in the US for another "favourite" EPL team. If you look at baseball, how many teams genuinely cross over into mainstream culture over here, probably only one, the Yankees. I have to bow to the knowledge of @KidFlash who seems very informed about the Cosmos and there intentions, but I just hate that Man City can buy there way into something over what looks like to me a team that has some history and heritage in the US. Surely whatever the background of how the Cosmos are run, they would have an easier time of generating interest in them. Who in the US knows much about Man City? Just my two cents. I was lucky to have watched the first ever MLS game of the then NY MetroStars at Giants Stadium back in 1996 and always thought they missed a trick not using the Cosmos brand. Some of the MLS teams have used the same names, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.

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