Big win for Toronto over Orlando tonight with no Giovinco, Altidore, or left backs. Orlando still doesn't have a quality win this season (barely beating NYRB's B team doesn't count). The Revs' best chance of making the playoffs may well depend on how many points Orlando's shaky defense manages to drop over the course of the year.NE scored a fortuitous win over an injury-crippled Toronto this weekend. There is now a clear separation in the Eastern Conference standings between the top six and the bottom five. The Revs are #6 and still have some work cut out for them. Toronto is going to come back with a vengeance once healthy, so the Revs need to somehow find a way not to be the member of the current top six that loses its spot.
Philly, Montreal, DC, and Chicago all look too weak to be a threat right now.
Okay, they got away with a DOGSO red not being called.Atlanta United fans are not going to be very happy with this ref tonight...
Marc Geiger losing control of a match in Atlanta. Who could have seen that coming?Atlanta United fans are not going to be very happy with this ref tonight...
This one was Chris Penso (who has a similar haircut to Geiger)Marc Geiger losing control of a match in Atlanta. Who could have seen that coming?
Geiger was the VAR official who disallowed the goal and gave the penalty.This one was Chris Penso (who has a similar haircut to Geiger)
That's embarrassingly bad.Could David Beckham’s Major League Soccer team finally have a name?
Nobody is saying yet, but according to an online search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a company calling itself Miami Freedom LLC applied on May 17, 2018 to trademark the following four names: Miami Freedom Football Club, Miami Freedom United, Miami Freedom FC and Miami Freedom.
Among the goods and services the trademark application lists: posters, decals, trading cards, stickers, media guides relating to a “professional soccer team”, souvenir programs, admission tickets, calendars, pencils, t-shirts, fleece tops, jerseys, hats, caps, shorts, sweat suits, jackets, scarves, headbands, infant and toddler clothing, soccer balls, soccer ball bags, toy figurines, golf accessories, Christmas tree ornaments, “soccer exhibitions live in a stadium, ”plastic films for electronic devices, computer and video game software, magnets, sunglasses, DVD’s, and downloadable artwork.
Red Bull will be without Parker and Adams due to national team duty, while the Revs will only be missing Zachary Herivaux (Haiti), so they'll have a huge opportunity to earn points from two of the best teams in the east.Geiger was the VAR official who disallowed the goal and gave the penalty.
United don’t play until a week from Wednesday against the Revs, so they’ll be without Garza (straight red) and Pirez (fifth yellow).
Do they have much of a following, TB? Denver seems a similar market to KC and the Cascadia teams, so I would think it would be one of the higher profile teams, and its stadium seems decent. What's up?Colorado and Seattle join New England in the beaten-by-USL club. Of the three, only Colorado played something close to a first team lineup and only Colorado lost by multiple goals. The Rapids are so, so bad.
I think the characteristics of the market matter a lot less than club ownership. Like the Revs, the Rapids have poor quality, semi-absentee ownership that is much more focused on other sports properties. The Rapids do have a nice little stadium, but they are frequently very bad on the field. Even when they had their fluky good season under Mastroeni, the soccer was not inspiring. They are averaging about 17k which isn't catastrophic, butDo they have much of a following, TB? Denver seems a similar market to KC and the Cascadia teams, so I would think it would be one of the higher profile teams, and its stadium seems decent. What's up?
Orlando at D.C. United
Red Bulls at Philadelphia
Chicago at Atlanta
Nashville at Louisville
Minnesota at Houston
Dallas at Kansas City
Sacramento at LAFC
LA Galaxy at Portland
Thanks. With CFG backing, NYCFC should be able to land someone solid for MLS.Benitez brought him to Liverpool from Barca to help rebuild the academy. By all accounts he did a really nice job with it, but there was a ton of reshuffling done during all the managerial changes (from Rafa to Uncle Woy to King Kenny to The Brodge) and he eventually was let go during the Rodgers era. I remember fans being pretty annoyed at the move, as we were finally starting to see some prospects from the Academy (Sterling, Flanagan) contributing to the first team.
Can't really speak to his coaching style, since he was never part of the first team setup at Liverpool.
You're welcome, Jason.
We'll see how they do when their schedule toughens up, though. This stretch included wins at home over a CCL-weakened NYRB team, Portland and SJ and away at Colorado and Philly. There's no "signature win" in that group. I'm being a little harsh though - five in a row is decent enough regardless of opponent.
Their defense is not very convincing. Only one team in the East has conceded more goals.
I wonder which debutant will have more mobility?Rooney will debut alongside DC's new stadium on July 14.