sne Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: do American clubs only get one "foreign import player" allowance? 3 designated players, or the "Beckham rule" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: do American clubs only get one "foreign import player" allowance? My understanding is they get 3 designated players, they sit outside of the salary cap Not sure what the salary cap is, higuain for example they can pay £100k a week, the rest of the squad have to come within the cap Matuidi isn't a DP either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, sne said: 3 designated players, or the "Beckham rule" 8 minutes ago, villa4europe said: My understanding is they get 3 designated players, they sit outside of the salary cap Not sure what the salary cap is, higuain for example they can pay £100k a week, the rest of the squad have to come within the cap Matuidi isn't a DP either hmm, and they chose Shawcross as one of those??, scraping the barrel a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: hmm, and they chose Shawcross as one of those??, scraping the barrel a bit? No, they have 3 already That's what I mean, he'll be there officially on around £1-2k a week, along with Matuidi, which does seem quite good from becks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: No, they have 3 already That's what I mean, he'll be there officially on around £1-2k a week, along with Matuidi, which does seem quite good from becks oh right ok....interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 6 hours ago, MaVilla said: hmm, and they chose Shawcross as one of those??, scraping the barrel a bit? The United connection as well, Phil needs his mates there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Charlotte FC getting act together to launch next season. Richest NFL owner David Tepper owns the team. One side of Rock hill where he bought 100 acres is already being bulldozed for panthers practice facility and numerous other ventures. They’re even building an exit off the motorway dor it some of you may remember Alex Martinez who played for me. Well he’s been hired as CFC’s head of youth talent ID! So proud of him! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Heinze gone from Atlanta already. Came in to try to recapture something of Martino's Bielsa Lite style, but combined with awful recruitment and publicly freezing out the club hero, dropping him entirely from the squad then losing in the most insipid of manners at home, he'd completely lost the fans. Bocanegra and co. need to go, too, as the front office is largely responsible for the meteoric fall of what was one of the most exciting teams in MLS ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 hours ago, the_eristic said: Heinze gone from Atlanta already. Came in to try to recapture something of Martino's Bielsa Lite style, but combined with awful recruitment and publicly freezing out the club hero, dropping him entirely from the squad then losing in the most insipid of manners at home, he'd completely lost the fans. Bocanegra and co. need to go, too, as the front office is largely responsible for the meteoric fall of what was one of the most exciting teams in MLS ever. He has been poor in most of his positions so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Phil Neville's son plays for Inter Miami. Of course he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Seattle Sounders won the CONCACAF Champions League, first time an MLS side has done it in over 20 years Quote LA Galaxy were the last MLS winners of the competition, claiming victory in 2000 when it was called the Champions Cup and played under a different format. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61330490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 A very close family friend is the manager of Indy 11. They're having a 20,000 seater stadium built and are trying to become a MLS team in the next few years. Would be awesome if they manage it. The league continues to grow over there it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 7 hours ago, DCJonah said: A very close family friend is the manager of Indy 11. They're having a 20,000 seater stadium built and are trying to become a MLS team in the next few years. Would be awesome if they manage it. The league continues to grow over there it seems. It’s getting more popular, but beginning to expand to the detriment of the quality. There’s only so much talent over here, and spreading it out over more team dilutes the league. Unless their eventual plan is to expand to a multi-tier league with promotion/relegation, I think more teams is a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Any chance of them relaxing it so that the MLS can attract more CONCACAF players? Looked at the past winners of their CL and see Mexico and even Costa Rica dominating it and I'm then thinking the MLS could or should have relaxed rules over signing players from those leagues to make it more competitive Always think that the answer for the MLS is to become more attractive to South American players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Went to a Charlotte MLS game finally. They beat New york. Just fired the coach as well, pm me for reasons why! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Dom_Wren said: Went to a Charlotte MLS game finally. They beat New york. Just fired the coach as well, pm me for reasons why! yeah that seemed extremely surprising, considering the start they had. Would be interested in the PM why Edited June 13, 2022 by Villaphan04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 13/06/2022 at 14:26, Dom_Wren said: Went to a Charlotte MLS game finally. They beat New york. Just fired the coach as well, pm me for reasons why! Quote Dom_Wren, New manager of the Charlotte FC signs a multi year, multi million dollar deal!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Rooney going to be appointed the new HC of DC United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilChameleon Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Pretty awesome. Glad to have the US Open Cup back for moments like this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVilla Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Reminds me... I went to my first professional match 2 weeks ago, saw the Hell is Real Derby between Columbus SC and FC Cincy. Atmosphere was great and Columbus managed to snag Cucho, who has torn through the MLS since arriving. The quality is much better than it was several years ago. It's better than the Championship, but I think an MLS All-Star team probably gets relegated 9 times out of 10. As opposed to a few years ago when it was Landon Donovan and 80 year old Beckham. The quality I saw that Sunday has caused me to start paying more attention to the league as a whole. They have the most complicated structure I've seen in a top league, but with an MLS team finally winning Champions League, I expect them to start relaxing the rules slightly more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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