Thiare poached a goal for ATL late by lurking behind the keeper. I have seen that before multiple times. Not sure I have ever seen it to end a game late in stoppage. Definitely never seen that in person.
https://x.com/AlisonWSB/status/1807232460234588641?t=RM71HTYGTUTHAl8A3dpVGw&s=19
ATL has been pretty awful despite some quality talent, so it’s a full rebuild now. Fired the coach, got a nice price on their good but injury prone striker in Giakomakis, and now selling their best player Almada to Eagle group.
Rumor is that Almada will be sent to Botafogo in Brazil, but if that happens I imagine it is a temporary move. I imagine he is destined for either Olympic Lyonnaisse or Crystal Palace in the near future.
Now Chelsea is reportedly closing in on Caleb Wiley, although I imagine he’d move to Strasbourg first.
More a complaint about ESPN: Who is home, bro??
Sounds like it’s a done deal, and that he will start at Strasbourg initially. That’s a big signing for a young homegrown.
Local beat reporter thinks ATL has $42-50M to spend this transfer window after the fire sale.
Another record broken, by of course… Cavan Sullivan?
Youngest to play in the League. Early retirement? No, transferring to MCI when he turns 18. Let’s see how that works out.
New slightly tweaked roster rules just dropped. Teams will have 6 “Prime Roster spots”. They can go with either 3 DPs and 3U22 players, or 2DPs and 4U22 players plus $2M in GAM (Garber bucks)
Obligatory, “What the ratio of Garber Bucks to Platini Nickels?”
Wrexham get 34,000 fans to watch soccer in Vancouver.
Only one VAN match this season tops that.
Ryan Reynolds has become Vancouver’s favourite son so not surprising. Too bad his latest Deadpool is a dud. Would have gone to the game but we were celebrating birthdays here for my SIL and his son. Coincidentally, they are going to see Deadpool and Wolverine on Wednesday (my daughter’s birthday present to them). I should have treated them to the Wrexham match.
Garber not stating the obvious. Of course, this will hurt the MLS. I mean, look at the number of fans going to these exhibitions.
There has been a lot of bragging about the few high-attendance games this year, mainly cuz Messi on the road, but if I’m not too busy, I’ll check on these exhibitions to see how many people are showing up for them. relative to The MLS regular season.
What The MLS should relent on is that the foreign matches can be played only in The MLS’s off-season.
Zlatan stating plain truths yet again:
He forgot Rule #1: Don’t let owners lose money by fielding shitty teams. Reward them with better draft picks and first choice of way-better retirees.
EDIT: This article is no longer available. Sorry. ESPN has him talking about it though. Guessing Garber got ESPN to drop it.
Oh, now it’s back.
Zlatan, via Giroud:
“He told me I will enjoy it, it’s a league for strikers…the teams they don’t play to keep the result or defend. They play to score goals and give pleasure to the passionate fans.”
Based on social media pictures, it appears Walz is an MLS fan.
Gonna be hard to come back from that
Yeah, must be extreme left wing if he follows MLS.
LAG acquire another AARP member:
Some explain this?
The Galaxy acquired the Discovery Priority to Reus from Charlotte FC in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money ($100,000 in 2024 GAM; $300,000 in 2025 GAM).
So, the LAG can push their way to the front of the line with money to a less popular team so that fer’n’ers can come play with the popular teams?
It’s almost like Tata and his staff have little respect for MLS officials. Well, I’m sure MLS will not do a goddamn thing to him like it’s done all season long every time Tata cries and whines send a stern message, especially after Tata had to sit last week for staff card accumulation and one of the assistants today got a straight red.
Prediction: Paul Pogba to MLS:
Or, get the big money and risk of beheading in Saudi Arabia.
