At this point I just feel like Atlanta are the best team at taking advantage of poor refereeing. Very cynical, very difficult to like for me, despite all the good things on the field and off the field.
Same. Yes, they've been doing well and have been excellent off the filed too, but for some reason something about them is so hateable. Toronto last year, Seattle the year before, yes were great, but they still had likeable qualities to their teams. This ATL team for some reason just feels really hard to even be happy for winning.At this point I just feel like Atlanta are the best team at taking advantage of poor refereeing. Very cynical, very difficult to like for me, despite all the good things on the field and off the field.
At this rate it seems like that will be every year. But probably 2022 in particular. Although I'm curious what economic downturn might do.I hope this is great news for MLS. Atlanta United has now put down a marker. If you want to win, this is what it takes.
Hopefully in 10 years we'll look back at 2018 as the year everything changed in this league.
You could see he was emotional. That win meant a lot to him. At least he has a sports trophy Kraft doesn't.Well done Atlanta. Fully deserved
They are the class of MLS, on and off the field.
Credit to Arthur Blank for doing something nobody really thought could work in Atlanta.
And after the Falcons blew the super bowl, he must be happy.
Oh and don’t forget folks. NJRB just clinched CCL for 2019 thanks to ATL winning the cup.
MLS CCL 2019 participants:
ATL
NJRB
SKC
HOU
Next year we go back to normal qualifying.
Next year we go back to normal qualifying.
I still feel that the 2-2 draw we played away at ATL this season is one of the best MLS games I've ever seen, and I remember thinking at the time that it was the dawn of a new MLS.Hopefully in 10 years we'll look back at 2018 as the year everything changed in this league.
I still feel that the 2-2 draw we played away at ATL this season is one of the best MLS games I've ever seen, and I remember thinking at the time that it was the dawn of a new MLS.
We handled them fine in those two regular-season meetings.
Maybe Atlanta says the same about us and the pendulum would swing our way. Two sides of every coin.So did RBNY and Portland.
Did you see a thermometer yesterday?I wonder if we would've even had to open up the upper deck.