MLS Week 2 - 2017

[Victors87]

Looking fwd the game against Atlanta

 

[Victors87]

Wow 5-1

 

[Shawn Ryu]

It looks possible Minnesota won't ever win a game this season lol.

Hat trick. Unbelievable. 2 games in. How long was it before Lampard got one for us?

 

[Nick_nycfcfan]

Minnesota is so poor it's unbelievable.
Atlanta is pretty good, especially for an expansion team. But, Minnesota are making them look a lot better than they are.

 

[Vito]

10 goals allowed in 2 games so far. How long before Heath gets fired by his second expansion team?

 

[danger]

lol @ the Extra Time Radio guys thinking that Minnesota would have an inherent advantage because of the snow/weather "this could be the perfect debut for them in MLS"

 

[Ulrich]

Minnesota is so poor it's unbelievable.
Atlanta is pretty good, especially for an expansion team. But, Minnesota are making them look a lot better than they are.

10 goals allowed in 2 games so far. How long before Heath gets fired by his second expansion team?

Does Minnesota have a keeper on the field? Five goals off six shots on goal? That's worse than Saunders last year. We were as dominant today with 4 off of 5, but Hamid is a quality keeper and our goals were exquisite.

 

[D_RoyJenkins]

When you realize NYC plays Minnesota at home on your birthday...

 

[Victors87]

6-1

 

[Vito]

Does Minnesota have a keeper on the field? Five goals off six shots on goal? That's worse than Saunders last year. We were as dominant today with 4 off of 5, but Hamid is a quality keeper and our goals were exquisite.

They have a GK, just no defense at all.

 

[Nick_nycfcfan]

Almiron is quite good.

And now Min has allowed 11 goals in their first two games.

 

[Shawn Ryu]

Their starting keeper got carted off right?

 

[Vito]

https://twitter.com/x/status/841059888574943232

Rough start to the season for Minnesota. Their schedule isn't very forgiving over the next few weeks either with Colorado, Dallas and Houston coming up

 

[Ulrich]

Minnesota should throw Chinese-level $$ at min two DP's (But go for all three) and get them in before the window closes. They may not win a single game this year with the roster they have.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Minnesota is fucking horrendous. They couldn't beat 2015 NYC.

 

[JGarrettLieb]

Minnesota should throw Chinese-level $$ at min two DP's (But go for all three) and get them in before the window closes. They may not win a single game this year with the roster they have.

The reason they have the roster they have is that their owner is very cheap. If they throw any money at DP's you'd be lucky if they were paid $1-2mm. Their roster is garbage and it looks like they're never going to be in the top half of league spending. I'm still somewhat confused as to why they were let in. The current owner does not seem like the kind of person MLS wants to target.

Also I think their front office might have drunk a little too much of the NASL is as good as MLS cool aid.

 

[Ulrich]

The reason they have the roster they have is that their owner is very cheap. If they throw any money at DP's you'd be lucky if they were paid $1-2mm. Their roster is garbage and it looks like they're never going to be in the top half of league spending. I'm still somewhat confused as to why they were let in. The current owner does not seem like the kind of person MLS wants to target.

Also I think their front office might have drunk a little too much of the NASL is as good as MLS cool aid.

Yeah, it's all strange, especially considering there was a rival Minnesota bid out there, so if MLS wanted that area badly enough, there was another option (with likely bigger pockets). And yet there's also about a half dozen other cities that I'd rate (like that means anything) as better candidates than this one. Just looking at the NASL teams, TB has a more proactive (purse strings) owner than MinnU ever had.

 

[Vito]

https://twitter.com/x/status/841068282572615680

Great counter attacking football from Portland. And LA is now down to 10 men after Van Damme gets two yellows in three minutes

 

[Shawn Ryu]

Yeah, it's all strange, especially considering there was a rival Minnesota bid out there, so if MLS wanted that area badly enough, there was another option (with likely bigger pockets). And yet there's also about a half dozen other cities that I'd rate (like that means anything) as better candidates than this one. Just looking at the NASL teams, TB has a more proactive (purse strings) owner than MinnU ever had.

To be honest, where is the gurantee that Vikings group wasn't going to Robert Kraft the MLS team?

 

[LionNYC]

Minnesota is fucking horrendous. They couldn't beat 2015 NYC.

Could they beat the Cosmos?

I think it would be close.