sne Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Hoping Seattle wins it so that Gustav Svenssson can move home to Sweden and IFK Göteborg with a sense of fulfillment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Charlotte (25 mins from me) announced as the 30th MLS team. Panthers owner David Tepper paid a record $325 million for the franchise. Mind you hes worth 12 billion..... Interesting to see the youth dynamic for me as i work in this market! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Zoran Krneta hired as the new sporting director. They didn’t want a GM apparently. They wanted a guy who can pick up the phone and get players and this lad is well connected apparently. Also found our who’s running the youth set up and he’s VERY VERY highly respected in the USA youth circles. Exciting times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Dom_Wren said: Zoran Krneta hired as the new sporting director. They didn’t want a GM apparently. They wanted a guy who can pick up the phone and get players and this lad is well connected apparently. Also found our who’s running the youth set up and he’s VERY VERY highly respected in the USA youth circles. Exciting times! Surely his chant is just one Krneta, give him to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Don't know what Frank de Boer and/or the recruitment team are going for, but I don't like the looks of it so far. Critical players and major fan favorites leaving left and right, mostly replaced with journeymen if at all. Letting Gressel go to a conference rival for allocation money just because he wanted a deservedly improved contract is shambolic, for instance. It feels like a completely unnecessary rebuild of a team that's made the playoffs three years straight and won it once, instead of just strengthening around the core that was already in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Surprised Inter Miami haven’t had a big name signing to launch their team with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 The name 'Inter Miami' doesn't make sense on any level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 23 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The name 'Inter Miami' doesn't make sense on any level. I’m sure it does from a commercial sound point. Beckham has always had a great team around him for those type of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 So Beckham's team making its debut this weekend. Surprised they haven’t got a bigger name player in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 27/02/2020 at 18:44, mikeyp102 said: So Beckham's team making its debut this weekend. Surprised they haven’t got a bigger name player in. Got a lot of South American’s in Will get a shit ton of Latin Americans supporting them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 That's how MLS should operate, scour South America for the best talents After atlanta signed barco I thought that would be the start of it, they've also flipped almiron for around £15m profit and got martinez Anyone know how pavon got on at LA? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 29/02/2020 at 20:49, villa4europe said: That's how MLS should operate, scour South America for the best talents After atlanta signed barco I thought that would be the start of it, they've also flipped almiron for around £15m profit and got martinez Anyone know how pavon got on at LA? 4 goals, 6 assists in 13 appearances last season. Scored in their season opener on the weekend also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Beckham's team lost their first game, 1-0 to LA via a Carlos Vela chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 9 US players played in the Champions League this season which is a record and at some good teams as well. Could the US finally be developing into a consistently good national team, I imagine they are targetting 2026 for a challenge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JamieZ Posted December 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 04:37, Zatman said: 9 US players played in the Champions League this season which is a record and at some good teams as well. Could the US finally be developing into a consistently good national team, I imagine they are targetting 2026 for a challenge Yeah, it's tricky. I'm sure you appreciate the danger in anointing a 'Golden Generation' before a ball has been kicked—or in this case, said generation has even played together for more than a friendly or two. But in the States (or at least among the people who are actually following it), there's a sense that American talent, and therefore the United States National Team, is taking a step up to the next level. The fact that nine U.S. players played in the Champions League this year and eight of them advanced to the knockout stages (with Juventus, Chelsea, Man City, Barcelona, RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich, and Borussia Dortmund) is a good indicator. Five years ago, there was still talk of, "An American will never be a key player in a Top 4 team in the Premier League," and that's no longer the case. Gone are the days when Americans are advocating for Lynden Gooch at Sunderland to get a look with the national team. And these aren't just dual nationals, either (although Yunus Musah, if he decides to declare for us, will be a coup), so it speaks to our development and not just our global outreach. As far as top-tier talent, I may be guilty of viewing some of these players through rose-colored glasses, but I think it is reasonable to suggest players like Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Sergiño Dest and the like can become widely-recognized after establishing themselves at top clubs in Europe, and new talent is popping up on a seemingly weekly basis, breaking into squads in Spain or the Bundesliga, not just Scandinavia. This shows that not only is the talent improving, but attitudes are changing and channels are being created to take advantage of it. I think Americans, especially in the Bundesliga, are starting to be viewed as an untapped resource. I know for a fact that clubs with MLS partnerships are taking advantage of their MLS connections, and not just to bring in Americans. Man City used NYFC to develop Jack Harrison before loaning him to Leeds, for instance. And the Red Bull connection has been central in Tyler Adams' move to RB Leipzig and Brenden Aaronson's move to Red Bull Salzburg. I would suggest our primary issue at this point, and the reason I would be careful before anointing a Golden Generation, is depth. We're breaking through, for sure, but we don't have the depth of a France, or Germany, or England. If Christian Pulisic gets hurt (which is a likelihood we hay absolutely have to plan for), we can't just call in a like-for-like replacement. That said, fixture congestion has been helpful and between a run of Europe-based and domestic-only friendly internationals, and with CONCACAF Nations League, World Cup Qualifying, and Olympic Qualifying coming up, Gregg Berhalter is essentially assembling three different national teams and teaching them how to play together. This means that even if talent doesn't run so deep as it does at the top teams, we'll have a system and a number of options at each position who know it. We're getting there. As for MLS, I'd suggest it's growing in leaps and bounds, and the reason for that isn't so much domestic talent (although that's certainly improving), but its capacity as a platform for North, Central, and South American talent to break through on the world stage. Alphonso Davies is the one that comes most immediately to mind, but more and more South American players (especially from countries like Colombia and Argentina) are coming to MLS to develop and build an international profile before moving to Europe. In this sense, a rising tide lifts all boats and helps all parties involved. Moreover, MLS development academies are improving, identifying talent earlier and earlier (the FC Dallas academy, where Weston McKennie developed before moving to Schalke, has been particularly successful), developing positive reputations, and establishing more connections with top European clubs. And as a side note, American managers are beginning to break through, as well. Jesse Marsch (who became famous for his Champions League halftime talk against Liverpool) is destined for big things, Pellegrino Matarazzo is establishing himself as an exciting prospect at VfB Stuttgart, and the quality of coaching in MLS is improving drastically, in part due to league parity and as evidenced by the failure of managers like Frank de Boer to come in and offer anything of value whatsoever. So yeah, I guess this is a long way of saying we're cautiously optimistic. I think it'd be a bit early to declare much accomplished, but I certainly think American football is on its way up. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Tajon Buchanon from new england. Heck of a player. Listed as a forward. but more a winger right wing back. like the look of this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Ryan Shawcross joining inter miami Insert "can he do it on a stunningly beautiful perfectly mild Wednesday night in miami" joke here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: Ryan Shawcross joining inter miami Insert "can he do it on a stunningly beautiful perfectly mild Wednesday night in miami" joke here And people said Beckham would not be able to attract the biggest star names to joining his Miami franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Ryan Shawcross joining inter miami Insert "can he do it on a stunningly beautiful perfectly mild Wednesday night in miami" joke here do American clubs only get one "foreign import player" allowance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, sne said: And people said Beckham would not be able to attract the biggest star names to joining his Miami franchise If they've got him as a non designated player, so he's joined them just as a normal player on around £1k a week then yeah fair play to becks Same as Ashley Cole at LA what they do in terms of a rental house and car and then the overall package etc im not sure how that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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