World Soccer XXVII: The REAL Football

[joecct]

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I was right, but I was wrong. Seattle on PKs after a 0-0 ET

[Jimjamesak]

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That was stressful.

Champions!

[Jimjamesak]

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Save of the Year, Decade, Century.

And in true Maple Leafs management fashion, Stefan Frei was traded from Toronto to Seattle for a conditional draft pick.

That Toronto didn't even use.

[Shirtless Guy]

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enjoy the win but it seems pretty sad that a team can win a championship in game where they had ZERO shots on goal...

[Jimjamesak]

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enjoy the win but it seems pretty sad that a team can win a championship in game where they had ZERO shots on goal...

That was probably one of the worst games I've ever seen. I was waaaaaaay too right when I said Seattle would ruin things by playing defense.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Jesus, how much money is Arthur Blank going to throw at his soccer team? Rumor is they are going to sign another Paraguayan international guy...Oscar Romero...transfer fee in the $6-7 mil range.

[Jimjamesak]

Jesus, how much money is Arthur Blank going to throw at his soccer team? Rumor is they are going to sign another Paraguayan international guy...Oscar Romero...transfer fee in the $6-7 mil range.

Whatever the * he can apparently. Even worse, their youth academy is one of the best in the country, already signed a couple of HGP's from it. Combine all that with a reportedly Sounders-esque season ticket base and it's a bit scary.

Glad they're in the Eastern Conference.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Whatever the * he can apparently. Even worse, their youth academy is one of the best in the country, already signed a couple of HGP's from it. Combine all that with a reportedly Sounders-esque season ticket base and it's a bit scary.

Glad they're in the Eastern Conference.

I was pretty happy with MNUFC yesterday, I think they had a better expansion draft than Atl but I also think they had different objectives.

[Jimjamesak]

I was pretty happy with MNUFC yesterday, I think they had a better expansion draft than Atl but I also think they had different objectives.

Both teams were trading off their expansion picks it seems. But yeah, Minnesota seemed to be doing better.

Was weird to watch the Sounders parade yesterday at the same time as the expansion draft, though no Sounders players got picked.

[Kepler]

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Arsenal wearing a nice yellowjacket kit at Man City. What are the rules about which jerseys are chosen? What determines when alternative colors are used? Is it just all about $$$?

[joecct]

Arsenal wearing a nice yellowjacket kit at Man City. What are the rules about which jerseys are chosen? What determines when alternative colors are used? Is it just all about $$$?

It's not helping.
2-1 City

[Kepler]

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It's not helping.
2-1 City

I know. But it's pretty.

That goal was amazing, BTW. How can you defend against that?

[Jimjamesak]

Arsenal wearing a nice yellowjacket kit at Man City. What are the rules about which jerseys are chosen? What determines when alternative colors are used? Is it just all about $$$?

In soccer? You have a primary kit and a secondary kit. Home team chooses what they want to wear, away chooses something that doesn't conflict, home GK chooses, away team GK chooses, Referees figure out something.
The only rules are: All players have to have the 5 S, Shirt, shorts, shinguards, socks, shoes. They must have sleeves (yes this is a thing). GK's must wear a contrasting uniform.

[Shirtless Guy]

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So supposedly MNUFC has 11 players total that should be signed within the next week or two.

----------------------Christian Ramirez*----------------------
Miguel Ibarra*-------Johan Venegas-Femi Hollinger-Janzen
---------Collen Warner--------Muhammed Saeid------------
J. Davis--Francisco Calvo*-Joe Greenspan--Kevin Venegas
-----------------------Adam Kwarasey*-----------------------

* indicates the 4 players that have strong rumors of ending up at MNUFC, Calvo was reportedly transfered to MNUFC by Saprissa, while Leon has announced a price decided between them MNUFC for Ibarra.

With the prospect of drafting Ebobisse, I'd say MNUFC's roster is coming along nicely...although only 7 (Venegas, Hollinger-Janzen, Warner, Saeid, Davis, Greenspan, & Venegas) of those guys are officially on the roster right now...

[Jimjamesak]

So supposedly MNUFC has 11 players total that should be signed within the next week or two.

----------------------Christian Ramirez*----------------------
Miguel Ibarra*-------Johan Venegas-Femi Hollinger-Janzen
---------Collen Warner--------Muhammed Saeid------------
J. Davis--Francisco Calvo*-Joe Greenspan--Kevin Venegas
-----------------------Adam Kwarasey*-----------------------

* indicates the 4 players that have strong rumors of ending up at MNUFC, Calvo was reportedly transfered to MNUFC by Saprissa, while Leon has announced a price decided between them MNUFC for Ibarra.

With the prospect of drafting Ebobisse, I'd say MNUFC's roster is coming along nicely...although only 7 (Venegas, Hollinger-Janzen, Warner, Saeid, Davis, Greenspan, & Venegas) of those guys are officially on the roster right now...

It's a solid lineup for sure. With MNUFC in the West I don't see them taking many points off of Seattle, Dallas, LA etc. but they can compete against the likes of Houston, San Jose, and even Portland or Vancouver. Likely not a playoff team but they won't be bad.

Ibarra gets a redemption chance after moving to Mexico and doing f* all. Be interesting to see if he's as good as he was thought to be or if he was just a Klinsmann NASL Pandering Stunt.