Better weather sure, Better place ? Toronto is a pretty awesome international city...
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Better weather sure, Better place ? Toronto is a pretty awesome international city...
just giving a rationalization. What defines better is different for different people, eh?
Rodolfo Borrell is a Man City assistant who was linked to us as a potential when Vieira left (and maybe again when Torrent quit, though I'm not certain. He now is possibly going to take the DC United job.
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Transfer news: Dele to Everton, Man City assistant to MLS
Tottenham and Everton linked to attackers from Mainz and Tottenham? And could Pep Guardiola lose another assistant during in-season, this time to DC United?
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Rodolfo Borrell is a Man City assistant who was linked to us as a potential when Vieira left (and maybe again when Torrent quit, though I'm not certain. He now is possibly going to take the DC United job.
Transfer news: Dele to Everton, Man City assistant to MLS
Tottenham and Everton linked to attackers from Mainz and Tottenham? And could Pep Guardiola lose another assistant during in-season, this time to DC United?
MLS is reporting DC will hire a US based coach.... rumors abound!
Report: DC United to hire US-based coach in next two weeks | MLSSoccer.com
Report: Sounders assistant Pineda to be interviewed again for D.C. job
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Makes me sad how little ambition that club has especially with that shiny new stadium.
Atlantic Cup against New Jersey gonna be extra spicy now tho
I cannot find this news. They're still being called the Impact on the MLS and team websites, and I don't see an announcement of a coming change. I hope they keep the name. The only good thing about FC names is they're not "United."
L’Impact de Montréal deviendrait le Montréal FC
Selon ce qu’a appris Radio-Canada Sports, l’équipe annoncerait sous peu qu’elle change de nom.
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MerciL’Impact de Montréal deviendrait le Montréal FC
Selon ce qu’a appris Radio-Canada Sports, l’équipe annoncerait sous peu qu’elle change de nom.
Good for Columbus. always felt like they were the best team we faced all season.
It's almost poetic that the first SSS in MLS hosts its final MLS game as an MLS cup final. Happy for Columbus! From sale scares to MLS Cup and a new stadium, good for them!
I'm in the minority (or silent majority?) that doesn't mind generic names. I was a baseball guy for a long while and romanticized the days when teams would officially be called the Brooklyn Baseball Club and sportswriters would run with nicknames that fit the state of the club -- e.g., the Grays, Bridegrooms, and eventually Dodgers.
Would like to see more of that in MLS, and I see generic names as a canvas for it.
That would be great in theory, but I don't think that there are many, if any, sportswriters that have the kind of creativity and dedication to each individual MLS team to come up with those kind of nicknames. Would we be called the Pigeons if that were the case?
Count me as someone who's disappointed that MLS moved toward generic names. I liked the original names and thought it gave MLS an American flair.
The problem with Montreal is they did this in the wrong order. They are already the Impact and that will stick as the informal nickname crowding out any real organic one. Secondly, the two language situation will hamper things as well, unless something like les bleus or some faux French name gets some traction.
That's why I suggested Olympique for a francophone team. Of course you've got Marseille and Lyon most famously but I believe you have at least one more team possibly Nimes that has an Olympique after it somewhere.
MLS Announces 25 Greatest, Most Influential Players for 25th Anniversary
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Can't help but wonder if Villa would have made list but for the recent scandal. OTOH, everyone on the list either won MLS Cup, or played minimum 7-8 years (and many did both).
The 25 Greatest presented by AT&T
The 25 Greatest presented by AT&T Honoring the 25 brightest stars in league history As part of the continued celebration of its 25th season, a special panel of nearly 200 MLS experts from across North America was brought together to select the 25 players who achieved the most on the field,
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Can't help but wonder if Villa would have made list but for the recent scandal. OTOH, everyone on the list either won MLS Cup, or played minimum 7-8 years (and many did both).
Yeah it's tough to see which of the forwards Villa beats out.MLS Announces 25 Greatest, Most Influential Players for 25th Anniversary
The 25 Greatest presented by AT&T
The 25 Greatest presented by AT&T Honoring the 25 brightest stars in league history As part of the continued celebration of its 25th season, a special panel of nearly 200 MLS experts from across North America was brought together to select the 25 players who achieved the most on the field,
Can't help but wonder if Villa would have made list but for the recent scandal. OTOH, everyone on the list either won MLS Cup, or played minimum 7-8 years (and many did both).
Dempsey and Donovan are both US legends, Donovan is miles ahead in both G and A and Dempsey played far longer. I think you could argue about Giovinco, but the fact that TFC won MLS Cup with Gio and we didn't with Villa is enough to keep Villa out. Keane had more G and A than Villa and won 3 MLS Cups, while Josef Martinez has the single-season goal record and an MLS Cup. Jaime Moreno was an early MLS legend, over 100 goals and 100 assists, won the Cup multiple times with DC. Wondo's another MLS legend, not so much a US legend but as the #1 career goal-scorer he's gonna have a spot on the list.
I think the only debatable entry against Villa is BWP. Yes he has more goals and assists, but he also played twice as long as Villa in MLS and the difference isn't that much (BWP: 125 goals, 36 assists in 8 seasons. Villa: 80 goals, 26 assists in 4 seasons). NYRB has won Supporter's Shield but not MLS Cup, so he doesn't have the cup win advantage. Still, it's a really close debate and I wouldn't be surprised if the recent scandal did play into it.
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