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I like New York City's chances: 1) Great record v. Canadian teams 2) Best away record in MLS 3) Toronto played the midweek game. NYCFC got to rest. 4) NYC's DP's are players that are very experienced in big, big matches... and they're considered great because they performed in them. That...

hahaha gotta love that UNBIASED response from a REAL, respected journalist, eh? Oh, the rich hypocrisy. It's all subjective, guys.

BUMP. We need to make sure to help the Red Bulls get all the data they need on their poll on who will win the MLS Eastern Conference. It's really important that we get a strong sample size. Only an hour left! #Journalism #Data #Analytics

IF I write anything about the puto chant, it will be done my way. That means some of you might not like or totally agree with some of the things I have to say or how I frame it, but remember, this isn't about you or how you feel. It's about being pragmatic and effective in convincing the people...

He said "We have better standards than Central America" ("puto" chant is in Mexico, by the way, which is part of North America and not considered part of Central America). That can be considered highly offensive, and rightfully so. As I said, if you want people to follow your moral rules of not...

Making sweeping generalizations about people of an entire region (various countries, including my father's native Costa Rica) and claiming you/New Yorkers, in general, have "better standards" than them is highly offensive, and can fall under the category of racist/bigoted. There are plenty of...

Good ideas, and I agree that needs to be the emphasis. Not on judgment of the people saying PUTO (again, they don't mean it that way, so they won't feel like they're doing anything wrong), or how heterosexuals feel offended by it. The emphasis needs to be on, "think about if you were gay and...

No, Lasker, I said I do agree in at least 2 posts about it (Hell, I even put it in bold), I was just explaining my initial reservations to lend my voice to either side of the argument.

Quite an offensive thing to say that you know for sure that you, and New York in general, "have better standards" than "Central Americans." Whether it can be argued true or not, that's just as offensive as the "puto" chant, if not more so, so watch yourself. Also, that kind of arguably...

As for Mexican/Latin American usage of the word "puto", refer to my post before this. I agree, something else should be used, something unique, funny and edgy that will attract/convert some of the "puto" chanters, but also keep you guys out of trouble with the perpetually offended and Garber...

Not exactly. Technically, the word "puto" means "male prostitute". Not necessary a gay slur. And in Mexico and some Latin american countries it's also used more as an equivalent of a "coward" or "traitor". Furthermore, if we were using the N-word, everyone in our country knows what it means...

My thoughts on the "puto" chants are a bit more nuanced than most. My first reaction to the controversy in general was, well, it's a Mexican thing (almost a tradition now) that they do, and I don't think Americans are going to be able to make them stop with social media pressure, shaming or...

I say you are for sure at that level, if not officially. Honestly some of the NYCFC fans definitely do better work then some of the working press journalists by trade, who I often feel have crap takes that are just looking to criticize for the sake of criticizing without knowing the full...

Because Araos posted that original tweet, what, on Sunday/Monday? Almost immediately afterwards it was confirmed as false information by all surrounding NYCFC fans, as well as the original poster on Reddit who admitted in the thread (that Araos shared) that he was wrong and apologized. Then...

Glad that Christian Araos finally apologized and made a statement, hopefully repairing NYCFC fans' reputation a bit, though I doubt that will spread in certain circles (read: RBNJ, Cosmos, anti-NYCFC nationally) as widely as his original, irresponsible tweet did. And too bad it took him so...

I agree a good way to protest/demand accountability is to contact Dave Martinez or tweet @EmpireOfSoccer demanding an apology/retraction from Araos or a change of staff (someone else covering NYCFC, like the other EoS writer that's been covering them recently, Jack Hazzard). However, I wouldn't...

Totally agreed. That was pathetic. Christian Araos didn't retract his irresponsibly tweeting that BS Reddit thread as if it were a foregone conclusion that it was true, and he certainly didn't apologize for it. "Flag explained" doesn't "explain" anything, and most people aren't going to click...

If they're not building the stadium in LIC (which is possible based on some of the things I've been reading recently and learned a few months ago pointing back to the original Bronx site -- Including De Blasio getting so warm with the club in recent months), based on what I've been told, they're...

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