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World Soccer XXI: Don't Tread on the Red, White, and Blue

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JF_Gophers said:
I'll be happy if we get a striker and midfielder for Blackburn. Losing both Jones (Jermaine, Phil) kind of hurts.
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don't know if you had time but I believe Blackburn is one of the 3 teams they have profiled so far...to the right of the villa article is a link for the series, they have done Arsenal, Villa and Rovers
 
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The League Championship started today...

Pompey earned a draw at Middlesbrough with a goal in the 90th to even the score at 2-2.

Not a bad start for Portsmouth, it was a pretty poor offseason and the roster is still stupidly small.
 
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UNH GH said:
The League Championship started today...

Pompey earned a draw at Middlesbrough with a goal in the 90th to even the score at 2-2.

Not a bad start for Portsmouth, it was a pretty poor offseason and the roster is still stupidly small.
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UNH, has Pompey's financial situation gotten any better?
 
MountieBoyOz said:
UNH, has Pompey's financial situation gotten any better?
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Well they aren't on the brink of being liquidated, which is nice. They are out of administration but I wouldn't classify their financial stability as good...but it's not bad. Stable at the moment.
 
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UNH GH said:
Well they aren't on the brink of being liquidated, which is nice. They are out of administration but I wouldn't classify their financial stability as good...but it's not bad. Stable at the moment.
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Good on that. I'd hate to see any team (City included) die off. Good luck to your side this year, UNH.
 
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It's very tough being a Red Bulls fan now, this team is terrible.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
It's very tough being a Red Bulls fan now, this team is terrible.
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That's what happens when you don't surround your stars (yes I called Henry a star) with good role players.

Somewhere the Cosmos and the Irish are laughing.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
That's what happens when you don't surround your stars (yes I called Henry a star) with good role players.

Somewhere the Cosmos and the Irish are laughing.
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I think the role players are good, it's just the depth that isn't there. Backe has run the starting XI into the ground. I understand you try to win every game, but when you have players screaming for the coach to bring in subs, you know there is something wrong.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
I think the role players are good, it's just the depth that isn't there. Backe has run the starting XI into the ground. I understand you try to win every game, but when you have players screaming for the coach to bring in subs, you know there is something wrong.
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One thing a manager or a staff has to be good at is gauging fitness and that staff has failed miserably at it.

The real reason I hate RB besides Mr. You-Know-Who is their blatant FU to NY's soccer past. The old MetroStars would bust out the Cosmos retro jerseys and salute Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia. I know the rightsholders felt the MLS would not honor the old franchise, but RBNY is basically like screw you to them.
 
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Norwich men's soccer team at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
One thing a manager or a staff has to be good at is gauging fitness and that staff has failed miserably at it.

The real reason I hate RB besides Mr. You-Know-Who is their blatant FU to NY's soccer past. The old MetroStars would bust out the Cosmos retro jerseys and salute Pele, Beckenbauer and Chinaglia. I know the rightsholders felt the MLS would not honor the old franchise, but RBNY is basically like screw you to them.
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I like the Red Bulls because the company came in, pledged to improve the team and the arena and did. Now if the Cosmos got a team and played in the city (not Long Island) I'd probably defect. I have a lot of respect for the Cosmos franchise for many reasons but two big ones are: a) my high school Spanish teacher played two seasons for the Cosmos and I really revere my former Spanish teacher b) my mother dated a Cosmo back when she lived in the city (she wouldn't tell me the guy's name) so for some reason I feel a little bit of a connection there.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
It's very tough being a Red Bulls fan now, this team is terrible.
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Not bad being a Sounders fan as they pulled one out of their * against SKC. One goal in the 90th, another in stoppage time to win 2-1.
 
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MLS announces a three year deal with NBC Sports starting next season. 45 games per year across NBC and NBC Sports networks. Great deal for MLS, NBC, and FSC really.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
MLS announces a three year deal with NBC Sports starting next season. 45 games per year across NBC and NBC Sports networks. Great deal for MLS, NBC, and FSC really.
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Anything that takes away from the evil empire is a win. Watch ESPN bury MLS.
 
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I think I'm happy about this, I would have liked to see ESPN keep some sort of stake though. (Edit: More of the stories I'm reading seem to be implying ESPN and NBC. If that's right, awesome.)

Also worried about who they will get to announce/do the pregame show.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
MLS announces a three year deal with NBC Sports starting next season. 45 games per year across NBC and NBC Sports networks. Great deal for MLS, NBC, and FSC really.
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How is FSC losing MLS a great deal for FSC?

MountieBoyOz said:
Anything that takes away from the evil empire is a win. Watch ESPN bury MLS.
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I'm not following this at all. Again, NBC is taking over the FSC side of the MLS deal. ESPN retains their piece of the MLS deal from what I understand, so nothing is getting taken away from the evil empire.
 
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