A buddy of mine that lives up there is trying to talk me in to a trip to see them play Club America at the Azteca in February/March.Yeah, it's a lot of fun. If they win, I'm going to the next game, but that's a big if at this point.
A buddy of mine that lives up there is trying to talk me in to a trip to see them play Club America at the Azteca in February/March.Yeah, it's a lot of fun. If they win, I'm going to the next game, but that's a big if at this point.
Dallas's keeper is a 20 year old out of their academy who Pareja inserted into the lineup over the summer over veterans Chris Seitz and Dan Kennedy. It was a really ballsy move for the manager of a contender because Seitz and Kennedy are both solid enough.This game is ridiculous.
If they can make it to penalties, Frei has had a ton of action, he may be the sharper keeper.
Someone on BigSoccer said that Frei is historically terrible at stopping penalties. I'd believe it based on the qualify (or lack of same) of his performance today.Or, I could have been totally wrong about the keepers...
I wouldn't be shocked if that happens, given the Lagerwey connection. Schmid hasn't done anything to particularly deserve getting fired, especially by very patient MLS standards. At the same time, the Sounders are an ambitious club and they've been stalled out in the early playoff rounds for a long time.TB - You think Schmid gets fired? I think they will try to get Kreis.
It doesn't look like Hartford is happening. It turned out that the CEO of the ownership group is a scumbag and things have fallen apart from there.I sort of lost track of Hartford's efforts to start an NASL team, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't just try to become the Revolution USL affiliate at this point.
If the problem is "City of Boston won't pay for the whole thing" then likely that was the problem, the same way Somerville news has been quiet lately.Kraft just basically (and gently) called out Menino as the reason a Boston SSS has never come together.
I don't know - he started that answer by saying Menino originally turned down $400m of the Krafts' money for a football stadium (I'm unclear if that would have covered the whole Seaport project back in the day), and implied that the issue was either Menino's apathy/distaste towards the idea of any Boston sports infrastructure - privately funded or not - or something personal.If the problem is "City of Boston won't pay for the whole thing" then likely that was the problem, the same way Somerville news has been quiet lately.
Yeah, it looked and sounded amazing in there. How much of that was TV production magic, who knows, but FS1 has been doing a fantastic job in general with their coverage. The games look and sound like a big deal. Getting the NBCSN production guy to join their team seems to have paid off. Meanwhile, ESPN is still doing their normal half-ass job, turning down the mics to make even the loudest crowd sound like it's watching a high school chess match, and giving us a slightly washed out picture, which I assume is due to cheaping out on their camera technology. It's a shame, because I (probably in the minority on this one) do enjoy the Twellman / Healey odd-couple Stifler frat douche / proper Englishman schtick (and get a kick out of the fact that this is Healey's thing now, when I can remember him spinning My Bloody Valentine records or whatever other unbearably hip thing he was into on the Leftover Lunch on WFNX back in the day).1-0 Timbers as halftime approaches. I don't know if it's just the mics but the atmosphere seems ridiculous.
I've seen that stadium louder, but not very many times. It was also as full as I've ever seen it, normally there are a few small pockets of space in the GA sections and some empty seats, but tonight it was packed 2-3 deep is some parts of the GA sections.1-0 Timbers as halftime approaches. I don't know if it's just the mics but the atmosphere seems ridiculous.
I dunno. Dallas was 13-2-2 at home this year, which was the best mark in the league. That stoppage time goal was brutal for them, but their away goal helps. Whereas if Columbus scores, NYRB will need to win by three and will basically be toast. And I don't quite trust NYRB's defense at this point - Ronald Zubar is scary and much less reliable than Perrinelle has been all season.Anyway, Portland-Dallas was really entertaining. The plot took a couple of 90-degree turns in the last half-hour, and that goal from Asprilla was absurd. I don't see Dallas coming back from this one. They have a ton of individual attacking talent, but I get the feeling these guys don't combine well enough with each other to break down an organized defense like Portland's as many times as they'll need to. I think NYRB has a much better shot at overturning their deficit against Columbus. In any case, the second legs should be fun, with both home teams having to attack from the start.
It looks like he may be heading to Pitt, but nothing is official yet.I can't find the tweets now, and nothing has officially been announced but it appears that Jay Vidovich has left the Timbers2 and will be going back to college. The rumors are that a new coach is close to being hired and the they will bring in a Technical Director for the T2 and academy programs. This is good news to a lot of Timbers fans since Gavin Wilkinson has been GM and TD for the Timbers, Thorns and T2 for a few years and fans feel that is far too much for one person to cover.
Burns said that some of those guys might come back on cheaper contracts. Rudy, Mulgrew, Spangenberg, and Hall were cheap enough in 2015 that they're probably gone no matter what. The other four, we'll see. Though honestly - I'd maybe see if Alston will come back as cheap depth. Jones I suspect will want more than the Revs will offer, Dorman is past his sell-by date, and Neumann has been a real disappointment and could use of change of scenery.The Revs declined options to the following players:
Trevor Spangenberg, Kevin Alston, Jeremy Hall, Timi Mulgrew, Steve Neumann and Tyler Rudy.
Jermaine Jones and Andy Dorman are out of contract for next season.