Poku vs the Cosmos in 2015?
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In MLS play, we’ve never had a bicycle goal, although Mix knocked one off the crossbar once.
MLS anonymous team executive survey: Best and worst teams, owners, rules, underrated players and cheating around the league
We talked to 21 team executives from around the league about a variety of the biggest issues currently facing MLS
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Usual Athletic paywall, so I won't summarize the whole thing, but these survey results are fascinating and here are some highlights:
- Castellanos came in second (4 votes) for most talented player in MLS behind Vela (5). Comment, “What I love about him, he’s just such a bastard,” said one exec. “He’s got that killer instinct. He’ll step on your head.”
- Blake beat Turner for best goalkeeper, 11 votes to 7. Johnson tied for third with 1 vote.
- Seattle and NYC tied for who will win MLS cup, 5 each. Shield vote was Seattle 6, NYC and Orlando 3 each.
- Arena won best coach with 8; Deila got no votes.
- Deila topped the vote for MLS coach most likely to take a job abroad with 6.
- Lagerway ran away as best CSO with 13 votes.
- Ned Grabavoy! (POR, 5 votes) tied with Craig Walbel (Seattle) for best #2 executive.
- Quote re roster rules: “I mean, GAM, TAM, what the fuck?,” said one executive. “Just have an amount you can utilize, don’t make it so needlessly complicated.”
- Should MLS favor in-league balance or comparative global competitiveness level: As one executive put it, this is “the existential question of every MLS board meeting.”
- There is a consensus that every team cheats on roster/salary rules in a low-level way (eg maybe paying for ancillary housing costs) and 25-50% are more than $100k above salary limits. Miami not a lone outlier. There is no auditing function.
- MLS is in top 8-12 leagues worldwide, but in that range MLS teams are generally better than 80-90% of the league but clearly below the best. EG, Ajax is better, but MLS teams could beat Heracles and others.
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Lewis Morgan is a baller. He was the best player on Miami the last 2 years.
2 games on the road, 6 points with a +5 goal differential. Impressive stuff.
Charlotte has light blue kits whose color is infinitely superior to ours. Just a slightly deeper and sharper shade, so it doesn’t look like clothes for toddlers or a pastel you would see on a senior citizen tracksuit.
Also Fuchs was fouled in the box.
Also Fuchs was fouled in the box.
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Last week an Austin fan on twitter cheekily pointed out that NYCFC was the only team to beat Cincinnati 5-0, so obviously ...
But yeah, regardless of the opponent, better to win by a lot than any other option. Still, I've learned you need to wait 8-9 games before judging who had a good (or bad) start, and that's all it tells you -- someone had a good start and looks good early.
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