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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game

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Cystm

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Better game. Panama friendly tho.

Michael Bradley channeling Henry on that corner. Fantastic goal.

Wondo needs to go.

E: Above, yeah. Get Nguyen more minutes. Everytime I see that guy come on he is immediately making a positive impact.
 
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Grover Cleveland

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Time to fess up

Which one of you was calling for Klinsmann to get sacked?

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Osorio

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Missed the game, was watching the Serie del Caribe final.

Was Jones good, or did Panama just not do much on the offensive?
 
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ZZMitch

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Osorio said:
Missed the game, was watching the Serie del Caribe final.

Was Jones good, or did Panama just not do much on the offensive?
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Lol you should see Blas Perez's "shot". Might give you a good answer!

Defense was better than in Chile tho, only a couple nerve racking moments.
 
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B-Dubs

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Osorio said:
Missed the game, was watching the Serie del Caribe final.

Was Jones good, or did Panama just not do much on the offensive?
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He wasn't too bad, Yedlin had a few defensive slips here and there though. That said Panama didn't exactly challenge Jones, I think he can handle himself in CONCACAF just fine but outside of that we need someone else for the spot.

Bradley look really good though, if he can keep that level of play up we'll be pretty dangerous. Zardes too, I think he'll break into the team before long. At the very least he needs to start in the Gold Cup.
 
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xbhaskarx

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The other guy started it, then rolled around on the ground like a little bitch.

But Dempsey needs to be more careful, it's usually the person who retaliates that gets carded...
 
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xbhaskarx

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Red Bulls unveil USL Pro team name and logo

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The New York Red Bulls officially unveiled the name and logo of its USL Pro affiliate today. Red Bulls II join as one of several expansion sides affiliated with MLS teams for 2015.

The organization is in the final stages of naming a coach and securing a secondary location for matches in addition to Red Bull Arena. More details are expected to be announced later this week.
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FC Dallas announces USL PRO affiliation with Arizona United SC

That's every team for 2015...
 
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xbhaskarx

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New York Red Bulls Almost Named Reserve Team “Empire SC”

The New York Red Bulls recently announced the formation of a reserve team that will be named NYRB II. However, the front office seriously considered using Empire Soccer Club, but was unable to reach an agreement with the Empire Supporters Club over use of the name. The name Empire SC would have honored the original, unused name of the club (pre-dating MetroStars and Red Bulls) and the Empire Supporters Club (which formed in 1995).

In November, the front office (specifically the marketing team) contacted the supporters’ group about using the name Empire SC in USL Pro. The name had yet to be approved by higher-ups within Red Bull, but the front office sought the consent of the supporters’ group in advance.

Somewhat surprisingly, the name was signed off on by ownership in Austria and the front office was ready to go ahead with Empire SC pending approval by the supporters’ group. Empire Supporters Club board members requested a meeting with the marketing team and General Manager Mark de Grandpre to iron out details and provide a list of provisions to the club. After the meeting, the supporters’ group would put the reserve team's usage of Empire SC up for vote by its members.

Unfortunately, at this meeting in January, the club and the supporters’ group were unable to come to an agreement. While the marketing team was able to push through a name other than "Red Bulls," the standard Red Bull jersey design and Red Bull crest with "Empire SC" in the middle was the only design option discussed (in order to maintain aesthetic consistency across all of the teams Red Bull owns). Supporters’ group leaders did not "want the name Empire SC to be integrated into the Red Bull brand," and negotiations hit an impasse.

According to a source close to negotiations, "The badge being the run of the mill Red Bull badge had not been considered by ESC. It immediately killed any enthusiasm for the project."
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That sucks...
 
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xbhaskarx

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5 year performance of MLS teams

10 of the top 13 teams will be in the west this season...

A few observations:

MLS is known for its parity and it shows. The top team has got about 1.7 times more points per game than the worst time. For the Premier League, it is about triple - the champion gets about 90 points where as the bottom team gets around 30

The top two teams are no surprise - they each have 3 DPs, including superstars like Keane, Dempsey, Donovan etc... However, Toronto landed at the bottom of the table. Lesson: It is not the money that counts but the smart money.

A relatively low budget team RSL has done surprisingly well to take the third spot. More over, they have shown remarkably well in terms of consistency: in their best year, they got 57 points, but their worst year they got 53 points, less than 10% down. Additionally, they got 56 points in each of the other three years.

DC United and San Jose Earthquakes on the other hand are most inconsistent teams. Both had very good year as well as very bad years. In their bad years, they got less than half of their good year points totals.

Most teams alternate between good and bad years

However, there are two teams that show year-over-year improvement for last 4 years: New England and Vancouver.
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xbhaskarx

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Osorio said:
If they did that most of the supporters would go to USL Pro games instead of MLS ones.
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But despite all the criticism they get, they came up with the idea, and they were willing to do it (all the way up the hierarchy to Austria), and it was the supporters group that nixed it.
 
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Osorio

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xbhaskarx said:
But despite all the criticism they get, they came up with the idea, and they were willing to do it (all the way up the hierarchy to Austria), and it was the supporters group that nixed it.
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It was nixed once we saw that it was a Red Bull badge with a different name.
 
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