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Well this isn't exactly how the league planned on celebrating their 25th anniversary, now is it? Stupid global pandemic. Anywho, welcome to the MLS Is Back Gameday Thread. For those of who haven't been following along/need a refresher: Each of the 26 teams in the league will be competing in a World Cup-style tournament, all taking place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Florida, meaning the teams are basically in their own bubble city. There will be a group stage where teams play 3 games, which do count towards the regular season, followed by a 16 team knockout. The winner gets a $1.1 million prize as well as the CCL spot that would normally go to the non-Supporters' Shield conference winner. Most matches will air on ESPN in the US, with a few on FS1 and a smattering on Univision Deports/Twitter. There's certainly nothing that can go wrong with this pl- ...Florida has seen one of the biggest spikes in this country?... ...and lots of players are opting out of this tourney, including last year's MVP?... ...and games are getting postponed because of teams arriving late partially due to positive tests?... ...and the league had to kick Dallas out of the tourney entirely because 10 of their players/staff tested positive after arriving in Florida?... ...and the same might happen to Nashville...? ...and this kicks off TOMORROW?!?!?!  Truly the Mickey Mouse tournament that our Mickey Mouse league deserves. Anyway, assuming this poo poo does actually happen, Orlando and Miami will be the opening match, July 8th at 8PM ET on ESPN. I'd be amazed if this doesn't get scrapped entirely by the beginning next week, but MLS gotta MLS. Groups, for the time being Group A Orlando Miami NYCFC Philadelphia Group B Seattle Chicago Vancouver San Jose Group C Toronto New England Montreal DC Group D RSL SKC Colorado Minnesota Group E Atlanta Cincinnati NYRB Columbus Group F LAFC LAG Houston Portland Assuming this poo poo makes it to the knockouts before getting cancelled, the top 2 teams from each group and the 4 best 3rd place teams will be in a 16 team bracket. Seriously though, who could've possibly foreseen that the tourney would get all FUBAR right from the start? whypick1 fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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They've already said no national anthem during the tourney. Still don't expect them to kick off on time though.
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Jul 9, 2020 00:47
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I guess Soccer Moses didn't bless his team hard enough. 
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Jul 9, 2020 01:15
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Hopefully it gave some Proud Boy NYCFC fans aneurysms.
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Jul 9, 2020 01:28
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No fake crowd noise, gently caress yeah
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Jul 9, 2020 01:30
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Dom Dwyer fell down? I'm shocked 
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Jul 9, 2020 01:34
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What a miss
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Jul 9, 2020 01:40
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Juuuuuust a bit outside
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Jul 9, 2020 01:51
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whypick1 posted:Dom Dwyer fell down? I'm shocked
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Jul 9, 2020 01:54
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When did Miami sign Diego Maradona?
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Jul 9, 2020 02:11
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Garber says decision on Nashville will happen overnight.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:40
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Something happened!
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Jul 9, 2020 02:41
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Dwyer elbowed him in the throat, no?
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Jul 9, 2020 02:47
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Well there goes any good feelings that came from this tourney starting.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:50
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Oscar Wild posted:Covid will score more than Orlando Covid is going to have to get its numbers up now. (Please don't)
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Jul 9, 2020 03:05
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Orlando might...win?
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Jul 9, 2020 03:31
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I'm going to go ahead and crown that The Worst Thing I've Read This Week.
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Oscar Wild posted:The players remain the best part of MLS and everything else remains terrible.  Shammypants posted:It’s weird to see betting odds on the fixtures list at mlssoccer.com whypick1 fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 9, 2020 16:46
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That whole "group games count towards the regular season" has to go out the window now since not all teams are participating, right? This of course assumes there is a regular season after this, which....
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Jul 9, 2020 20:08
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You're just being silly...I'm sure NYCFC would get at least one of those forfeit wins.
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Jul 9, 2020 21:19
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Didn't realize Henry was that inked. Thankfully the English announcers aren't the usual yokels
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Jul 10, 2020 01:15
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Eww, fake crowd noise
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Jul 10, 2020 01:26
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TheBoyBlunder posted:Has the game been any good or is it more of the usual two teams that haven’t had a competitive game in 120 days? The latter. The Twitter feed aired an old segment from the league called "My Favorite Goal" and the first player was...Aleksandar Katai...think maybe the league should've edited that out.
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Jul 10, 2020 02:10
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Cool, the super-imposed ads on the sideline are obscuring the players.
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Jul 11, 2020 02:12
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"Hey, what the f-"
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Jul 11, 2020 02:23
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That should probably be a red for that last kick.
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Jul 11, 2020 02:29
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Thanks for showing the leadup to that breakaway ESPN
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Jul 11, 2020 02:38
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We've looked much better after the water break...if you ignore that close call in our 6 yard box just now.
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Jul 11, 2020 02:50
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Sweet no calls there Fischer.
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Jul 11, 2020 03:30
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STOP GETTING INJURED GODDAMMIT
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Jul 11, 2020 03:48
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I've seen worse scoreless draws.
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Jul 11, 2020 04:10
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"...and that regular season is going to continue" That's a pretty bold claim there Alexi.
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Jul 12, 2020 01:46
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Can't blame no Josef Martinez on that one.
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Jul 12, 2020 01:52
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Second half drinking game: take a shot every time Rob Stone says "here in Atlanta". e: CLB-CIN moved back a half hour to 11PM EST. whypick1 fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Jul 12, 2020 |
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Jul 12, 2020 02:38
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Miss of the tourney?
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Jul 12, 2020 02:56
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Kick off not until 11:20, lol
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Jul 12, 2020 04:09
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Not every day you see someone boot it out to touch in their opponent's 18 yard box for an injury. Also the fake crowd noise is SUPER out of place right now.
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Jul 12, 2020 04:38
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Daaaaaaaamn
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Jul 12, 2020 04:52
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...and I thought Cincy was actually looking decent in the first 20 minutes. Whoops.
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That should have been 3-0
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