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Soares is apparantly gone as you say. I would be very reticent to pick up Soumare or Anibaba. Sounders fans would nearly crap their pants whenever Anibaba played and Soumare looks a shell of the player he was before he went to Europe.

Brad Evans, current Seattle Sounders captain, occasional US international, was picked up through the expansion draft. It will be harder with two teams making selections but there will be quality players, as in starting quality or better, available. Just up to the staff to pick the right ones.

The closest Landon is playing is in Montreal on 9/10/14. I plan on going up and down for the match. Same day stuff. I am looking for carpool partners. Hit me up if you want to go to watch Landon in his final season.

I sat there for a friendly last year. Excellent view in my opinion. Play was not blocked in any significant way. I don't remember missing anything to be honest. It is as good a behind the goal view as one could expect anywhere.

Fox Soccer shows A-league at ungodly hours when I am awake sometimes, for who knows what reason. Point is I have watched some A-league, more than twenty but less than 50. I would put MLS above A-League in quality. It certainly isn't an ocean between the two but it is noticeable. Curiously, I...

Ha! At 2:56 they showcase the old Yankee Stadium instead of the new one, where the will actually play. Silly Euros. :D

Montreal plays on grass most of the time. They may play one or two games at Olympic Stadium on turf but that is it.

I disagree. I think they would absolutely bid out appropriately sized (attendance) sports events. As long as NYCFC is considered any extraneous lines can be erased or fade away before a home game. Think FC Dallas, Portland, and Philadelphia. Two have football played there and Philly gets the...

I don't think that is true. The decision about which side the captain chooses is probably done so beforehand but I don't know that the two captains reach a decision together. They may both come to the same decision about how the teams will line up but that likely happens independently. Neither...

Hehe, that last sentence sounds like it came out of the Sopranos or Godfather. Probably the Third Rail was a little awed by how inflated your head is and forgot to approach you with the proper gift. Although, I promise, they will make you an offer you can't refuse.

Every soccer game begins with a coin flip. The winner of the flip decides which direction they would like to attack. This applies from the World Cup final to the lowliest u10 match.

What does the number of tickets sold in Ann Arbor for a one off game have to do with the capacity of a stadium for NYCFC?

Agreed. I could see Villa playing on turf because he is younger. However, I would be surprised if Super Frank would play on turf.

I live in SUNY Purchase's backyard. Literally I can see it from my front door. I think it could be done at SUNY Purchase. I wouldn't put anything past the NIMBYs but there would be less blowback because the university is already used consistently for much bigger soccer events than a training...

This rule has been standard operating procedure in MLS for some time now. There are certain applications that are ironclad and certain ways where the line can be pushed. YSA is definitely a hard no and there was a serious push a couple of years ago across many teams to stamp it out. But in other...

If I could be presumptuous enough to summarize your post. We should absolutely work to fight NIMBYism, I think that is where we can be most effective since that will be a battle about which small group can be louder in order to direct the media narrative. However, that is a late game fight...

I am not a board member. It should be clear that I am not on the Third Rail board. I am not advocating for us to give up. I am being realistic. I know very little about the prohibition movement but I am sure there was probably a company that stood to benefit from prohibition working the backroom...

I wouldn't say they have shit teams. The Revs are playing really well, and the Fire are average with a very nice attack. Also, it's easy to criticize the Fire for building their stadium where they did. But remember the context. The specter of contraction was still very much present and...

Maybe call the paid membership the Independent Supporter's Trust. That way everyone can be a member of the Third Rail, but only paid members are in the Third Rail I.S.T. In conversation people would say I'm in the IST and give a little elevator speech if necessary. Something to that effect...

Beforehand maybe, during the game I was in the front row of AO losing my voice. I actually had a front row view of what the capos were doing and saying in between the chants. It was very seat of the pants, which seems to be a desired aspect of people on the forum, for songs to be impromptu. I...