It’s really competitive. These knockout games have been really fun to watch. Tonight’s LAFC game is great as well. The players are up for it. Early in the group stage looked like the tournament might be a joke but it was likely just rust and out of form players.
I was thinking about adding something like that but I felt that would derail the post. Please for the love of god don't let the simbas get a trophy before us.
Yep, I don't feel bad losing to portland or seeing them win bc I respect them.
I'm gonna be honest in saying that I dont know all of the facts of the situations but from what I understand there was an issue with supporters using a symbol called the iron fist which was and is still considered an antifa symbol. And the club went on to ban many different symbols that had been considered "political." The club associated the iron fist with riots and protests so during a Sounders game they emerald city SG and Timbers Army did a silent protest during the first 33 minutes of the game to protests the front office and mls's decision. If anyone knows the situation better than I do please speak up if you like. That's just my understanding of the situation and could be wrong in my interpretation.
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You do realize antifa is short for anti-fascist, right? So it’s basically people who are against fascism and not an actual organized group.I'm gonna be honest in saying that I dont know all of the facts of the situations but from what I understand there was an issue with supporters using a symbol called the iron fist which was and is still considered an antifa symbol. And the club went on to ban many different symbols that had been considered "political." The club associated the iron fist with riots and protests so during a Sounders game they emerald city SG and Timbers Army did a silent protest during the first 33 minutes of the game to protests the front office and mls's decision. If anyone knows the situation better than I do please speak up if you like. That's just my understanding of the situation and could be wrong in my interpretation.
Portland Timbers Front Office on the Iron Front symbol, politics at stadiums and human rights | PTFC
The Timbers front office would like to clarify several things regarding Major League Soccer’s rules on stadium signage deemed political, specifically the ban of the Iron Front symbol, given the recent increased media attention of the policy and the amount of misinformation being disseminated...
A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland
The Portland Timbers soccer fans defied Major League Soccer, team ownership, and fascism in one glorious night.
Yeah, it's not that the fan culture had "antifa issues", it's that the league cracked down on (some) political symbols and the club at first went along, disallowing the supporters to fly anti-fascist flags in the stands. Ultimately and correctly the club walked that back because being anti-anti-fascist is a bad look, to say the least.
Nani was there last year right? Who did they bring in to make that team go from being one of worst teams in the league to finalists in the 2020 MLS Tournamnet? Is this primarily the same team that avoided the label of worst team of 2019 thanks to a Cincinnati expansion squad and by having just 1 more win than Vancouver? Is it simply What the coach brought to the organization?
