2016 Supporter Shield Winner?
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We've also won two games on a handball goal and an offsides goal. I'd say our luck has balanced out this season
Even better would be to win MLS Cup, accomplishing in year 2 what the Cows haven't done in their 20 years of existence.
but you are considered a champion of a competition with either of those trophies....thats not the case with the supporters shield
"New York City FC announce world class, 50,000 seat stadium to be built on NYC's pier 40 days after winning the MLS cup in their second year."
This kills the Red Bull.
Sitting at my kid's swim lesson just occasionally taking a quick glance at my tablet, read this and almost jumped out of my seat. And then I read the rest.
Lol. The stadium thread would have added another 35 pages if that happened.
History and trophy are unimportant and #1 in East gets us CCL. The only two accomplishments in the regular season that matter are making playoffs and getting in to the CCL.
Sure as shit wasn't to win the open cup.
No, the stadium thread would increase by 35 pages if we just heard that we'd definitely found a site. To hear that a 50,000 seater on Pier 40 was definitely going to happen would add at least 350 pages...
The Supporters' Shield is a big deal. I would argue that some years it should be a bigger deal than the MLS Cup. Two years ago, Seattle beat LA at the end of the season to clinch the Supporters' Shield; they also won the US Open Cup. They didn't win the MLS Cup only because they lost to LA on fucking away goals in the conference championship round. So, you tell me who the best MLS team was that year.
There are 3 major trophies for MLS teams. I know that the MLS Cup is the more prestigious, but that has more to do with an unbalanced regular season schedule and the obsession in U.S. sports with post season tournaments as a way to crown a champion. It certainly has nothing to do with whether it's the best test for which team was the best in a given season.
There are 3 major trophies for MLS teams. I know that the MLS Cup is the more prestigious, but that has more to do with an unbalanced regular season schedule and the obsession in U.S. sports with post season tournaments as a way to crown a champion. It certainly has nothing to do with whether it's the best test for which team was the best in a given season.
LA had to go to Seattle on the final game of the regular season and I think Bruce rested some people, signaling that they'd give up the shield to be rested for the playoffs...and then LA beat Seattle and won the cup. Get the shield if you can, but the Cup is what matters most.
My feeling on this is that any team can win the cup, but only the best team can win the shield. That's why I'm a fan of the shield.
I'm not against the cup, but you're only eliminating a few teams by playing the entire regular season. Then you have a competition that anyone can win. Which is fun, and gives any good team a chance at it and spreads the fun around the league. No problem with that at all. But there's only one way to get the shield, and that's to be the best team over the entire season. That means something.
I'm not against the cup, but you're only eliminating a few teams by playing the entire regular season. Then you have a competition that anyone can win. Which is fun, and gives any good team a chance at it and spreads the fun around the league. No problem with that at all. But there's only one way to get the shield, and that's to be the best team over the entire season. That means something.
Don't forget tackling a guy in the box in the opening minutes of our first game and getting away without a PK or a red card. That would almost certainly have turned that W into an L.
I think they played 2 games right at the end of the season. Seattle won the first one, so the matter may have been largely settled by the 2nd one. No way Bruce Arena rests anyone with the SS on the line.
I agree the MLS Cup is more prestigious, but please don't try and claim that LA was the better team. Seattle went through the exact same season-long crucible as LA and did better overall and head-to-head. It was only eliminated from the playoffs due to the worst tiebreaker known to sports.
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