NYCFC in the Media Thread - 2017

The Toe said:
Not sure if this belongs here, but:

NYCFC named finalist for ESPN Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year Award


You gotta be incredibly proud of the club for this!!
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All of this community service, building fields, etc. is political capital for our stadium.

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Ulrich said:
I'm convinced Reyna is calling his contacts to hype up the Tubby Messi for trade bait.... that or the writer was just plain lazy.
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Ucubed is a player who came though the US (Chivas) training pipeline that has good technical qualities, if nothing else. In the eyes of EMM ELL ESS commentators this means he can do no wrong.

It doesn't matter that he's slower than a sloth, has less vision than a star mole, and the endurance of a shih tzu, Ucubed has the kind of ability that the talking heads want to see. This complete blindness to the reality of a players limitations analogous to the USMNT fraternity, once your in, your in. But it points to a larger problem plaguing US soccer.

US Soccer is this little incestuous world with its own rules and regulations. You're either part of the fraternity or forever looking in on it. And the qualities of those on the inside aren't necessarily the greatest on the global stage, but they are here and as long as you don't "pay your dues" your not in the conversation. Its a level of mindless exclusivity on a well off Broadway B ranked show that boggles the mind.

TMac is no longer a starter, or even an impact sub, in an MLS team. Embrace the change US soccer talking heads, just because someone is a nice guy and "your type of player" doesn't mean he's good enough, and that's a good thing.

Over the course of TMac's career in MLS he's gone from a lock down starter to surplus to requirements, why aren't we celebrating this as a good thing?

Edit: What the hell is that writer smoking? Bradley being underrated? No numbnuts he's old and slow and plays a completely different position for club and country. Furthermore, in the position he was good at, he has significantly regressed since his Roma days. And he no longer plays the position he was Serie A level good at, his responsibilities are completely different now. As much as I hate to say it, MLS is not good for top shelf players, it hurts them. I desperately want to change that reality, but it is the truth at the moment.
 
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JGarrettLieb said:
Ucubed is a player who came though the US (Chivas) training pipeline that has good technical qualities, if nothing else. In the eyes of EMM ELL ESS commentators this means he can do no wrong.

It doesn't matter that he's slower than a sloth, has less vision than a star mole, and the endurance of a shih tzu, Ucubed has the kind of ability that the talking heads want to see. This complete blindness to the reality of a players limitations analogous to the USMNT fraternity, once your in, your in. But it points to a larger problem plaguing US soccer.

US Soccer is this little incestuous world with its own rules and regulations. You're either part of the fraternity or forever looking in on it. And the qualities of those on the inside aren't necessarily the greatest on the global stage, but they are here and as long as you don't "pay your dues" your not in the conversation. Its a level of mindless exclusivity on a well off Broadway B ranked show that boggles the mind.

TMac is no longer a starter, or even an impact sub, in an MLS team. Embrace the change US soccer talking heads, just because someone is a nice guy and "your type of player" doesn't mean he's good enough, and that's a good thing.

Over the course of TMac's career in MLS he's gone from a lock down starter to surplus to requirements, why aren't we celebrating this as a good thing?

Edit: What the hell is that writer smoking? Bradley being underrated? No numbnuts he's old and slow and plays a completely different position for club and country. Furthermore, in the position he was good at, he has significantly regressed since his Roma days. And he no longer plays the position he was Serie A level good at, his responsibilities are completely different now. As much as I hate to say it, MLS is not good for top shelf players, it hurts them. I desperately want to change that reality, but it is the truth at the moment.
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What were you drinking when you wrote this? I'm not disagreeing with anything you wrote, but it has some qualities found in a drunk-dialed phone call.... meandering brutal honesty with an "I forgot to add" redial.
 
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