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Posted Saturday November 14, 2009, About: Will Williams coach Red Bulls or D.C. United?
Since 2000, "NJRB" has been to as many MLS cups as DC and has made the playoffs 3 more times than DC. DC fans can keep living in the 90s, fact of the matter is DC has not performed significantly better than NY in the last decade.
Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Robinho desperate to exit Man City
The thing about Robinho is you cant say his performances have been terrible, he did net a few goals in the qualifier process. Club form is important but City is not set up the same way as Brasil, Dunga has his own vision on who should occupy which spot in his formation.

I am surprised he wants to get the hell out of City this soon, maybe he is terrified of competition. He has looked completely lost this season so far, in some games he looks like he is trying to do too much rather than just play football.
Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Robinho desperate to exit Man City
ha from a quick look on wiki only one country ever won its regional competition and then the world cup - WGer Euro 72 and WC 74. No one else has done it from Europe or SA. Kinda surprised as I figured there would be more :)
Posted Thursday November 05, 2009, About: More MLS players to seek loans?
...Carlos Johnson wasnt even on the squad for Costa Rica's final two games... not sure if Guevara would go on loan, you get about 1.5-2 months of MLS game fitness before getting called up, I think you will be better shape for the world cup with some rest over the winter.
Posted Thursday November 05, 2009, About: Chicago Fire coach on hot seat?
Wow Preki sure has his options, hes got potential jobs at dc, chicago and ny. wonder if any of the teams is a favorite at this point.
Posted Thursday October 29, 2009, About: Will United leave D.C.?
CUtigerssoccer - go to Kitty O'Sheas instead of summers if you are watching something that does not involve the top 4 or big internationals. Summers is an empty restaurant at those times. Kitty O'Shea is owned by a city fan and its more compact - better atmosphere IMO.

BTW I liked Garber's answers. We have a setup where any team can win the title during the season, I like that. For those saying dont you want every week to matter - every regular season game DOES matter - look at what happened to TFC, DC, Rapids, Dallas.
Posted Monday October 26, 2009, About: Toronto FC in for shakeup
Its their annoying fans, who thinks they are the best fans in mls. Every time they come to giants stadium they bring a banner that has the word Ss Hh Ii Tt Ee. Along with their annoying generic British football chants. Their fans actually hung a banner that said last **** out turn off this Ss Hh Ii Tt Ee. When you are a fan of a team who has NEVER made the playoffs down 0-4 to the worst team in the league wth are you thinking.

Giants stadium may not be ideal for soccer but it has hosted bigger soccer events in the last calendar year than that little turf field in toronto.
Posted Monday October 26, 2009, About: More reports link Henry to New York
Youri was at Saturday's game, he was saying some of his old teammates asked him about playing in MLS and he mentioned he told them its not as easy as they think. He said the teammates he spoke to included Vieria and Henry. It would be funny to see Patrick Vieria causing havoc here in the US, see him go head to head with Joesph or Beckham.
Posted Monday October 26, 2009, About: Toronto FC in for shakeup
Can they do a shakeup of their lame fans too? They dont even sing they just hold up a lame ass scarf for 10 minutes. And what the hell is "****", dude you are not in England.
Posted Monday October 19, 2009, About: Davies improving, leaves ICU
its only been a week, i dont think an investigation has to be completed within a week, it may take a month or more to get to the bottom of it. It could be anything from alcohol or cell phone or a distraction from the passengers, no real point in speculating, just have to wait for the police to conduct a thorough investigation.
Posted Monday October 19, 2009, About: Report: Henry wants to join Red Bulls
He wants to live here to watch the knicks, hes a big fan and bff with spike lee...
Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: Galaxy willing to loan Beckham, Donovan
i'd rather see LD play every game for the likes of Malaga than see him rot in the bench of Sevilla, Villarreal, etc.

As a mls fan i would like to see them stick around but for a guy like LD who is pretty much considered one of our few superstars, he needs to go show the world what he can do at the top level.
Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: D.C. United acquiring goalkeeper
dc is becoming home of la reject gks
Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: Red Bulls talked to ex-Chelsea manager
Interesting discussions so far on the youth system. I'm not a parent but I feel the sporting culture in the US for all the sports is more about recreation and team building rather than development of a specific sport, especially at a youth level. I think we differ from Europeans in that we have so many options for the kids to participate in and we should not really compare it with their youth teams because we simply do not have the infrastructure in terms of pro clubs and pro coaches. Also I dont think a lot of the parents are in it to dream of their kid making it pro and live on 35-40k with partial or no college education.

Someone told me a while back hbo did some special on the flaws of the youth team setups in England where kids are pushed to train as a pro from 8 onwards, but in the end only a few can make it to the pro level but almost all of them have limited education and do not possess skills to hold down a good job so they end up in poverty. So I'm not sure that type of setup in actually beneficial for the kids and appeals to the parents.
Posted Friday September 18, 2009, About: MLS won't play during World Cup
I hate the idea of home and away. I want to go back to the divisions and build up local rivalries. I want to play Philly 3x, dc 3x, ne 3x. Who the hell cares if SJ or Dallas comes to the east coast each year, model it after the nhl. We already have some nice regional setups in place, ne - dc - philly - ny, lag - sj - chivas, port - van - seattle.
Posted Friday September 18, 2009, About: U.S. forward to train with Arsenal
He went to Vietnam because hes Vietnamese and they paid him about 10x more than what MLS could offer a kid in the same situation. But the SE Asian leagues are all toxic, they are rife with bribery and gambling, good that he gets to train with Arsenal.

I honestly cant fault him for taking a huge payday but if he wants to further his career he needs to go somewhere to get better football.
Posted Friday September 18, 2009, About: Celades' Red Bulls future uncertain
Well you cant just blow it up due to the salary structure of MLS, you cannot find enough players who are free agents to simply reset the whole lineup.

Tough off-season coming up =\
Posted Tuesday September 08, 2009, About: Toronto FC phasing out Dichio
How is this even a story... didnt he announce he was retiring after this season?!
Posted Tuesday September 08, 2009, About: Beckham: Milan among several teams eyeing him
wow talk about true commitment to the mls...
Posted Tuesday September 08, 2009, About: Galaxy eye Marquez as Becks replacement?
it can happen, JCO almost used the 2nd DP slot on a defender this year. I can see it as a business decision - Mexicans will love coming to LAG games across the country. If he can strengthens their defense or play as a defensive mid he can probably help the team, there should still be plenty of cash left over to sign 1 or 2 attacking players if both LD and DB leaves.
Posted Wednesday September 02, 2009, About: Red Bulls' new coach short list
You need a director who knows the rules of the MLS and who will get along with the coach. Look no further than the Beckham Experiment to see how it can blow up in your face if you get two complete opposites in those two positions.

I would go with people familiar with US soccer, this team needs to be built up from the bottom, we have a good academy, and are in a good region to attract more young players. Build it with the next generation of promising young talent. But with the new stadium the owners will no doubt want to try to win right away which will end up blowing up in their faces :( hell i'll just enjoy sitting in RBA with plenty of room around me :)
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