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Edward Mass posted:I have some news about Sacramento you might be interested in.... Sacramentos stadium is going to be right by the bellagio?
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I'm interested to see what Houston Dynamo does this offseason. New owner, new GM, soon to come new coach. I think there will be a decent amount of player turnover as well, they have already declined to re-sign Urruti, Quintero, Boniek, among others. Houston has really become one of the least exciting or interesting teams in the league over the last 5-6 years, I'm hoping this year will be a bit of a reset and begin a proper rebuild. They have 2-3 DP slots available, so there is no lack of options. I watched a good amount of MLS in general this past season,but it would be nice to actually want to watch my team again. Should be a really interesting winter for transfers in general in MLS, both incoming and outgoing. I hope the young south american trend continues.
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whypick1 posted:
LAFC sending Atuesta to Palmeiras in Brazil,for another healthy profit apparently. They're gonna have some cash to spend on a new shiny DP.
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barnold posted:Our Soccer https://twitter.com/CharlotteFC/status/1470071508353658887 welcome to MLS.txt
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expansion draft coverage is live on major league soccer soccer dot com tonight if you find expansion drafts as amusing as i do
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whypick1 posted:The picks: blackmon is apparently headed to vancouver though for a bag of balls/Garber Bucks/who knows
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G-Hawk posted:blackmon is apparently headed to vancouver though for a bag of balls/Garber Bucks/who knows https://twitter.com/CJSmith91/status/1470915078513901568 apparently both are heading out for a pile of GAM
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BelovedWebPatron posted:I figure both Tajouri-Shradi and Blackmon would've been solid early pieces to build around. It's interesting though, I've been looking back through recent expansion drafts and it's really very rare that expansion draft players see significant playing time, maybe one player per year it seems like. I guess there's a reason why they were left unprotected but it was still surprising to look through the lists and see how few expansion draft players made any impact. Like Austin drafted five players last year, and only one (Jared Stroud) saw much time this year. Kind of makes me wonder why they do it at all its an artifact of early era MLS imo. But i suppose it won't happen that many more times. Charlotte basically used 1 of those picks to cover their GAM they sent to Nashville for the 2 intl slots, and pocketed some GAM for 2023. Roster building for a brand new team in MLS (or any team really) is such a bizarre process.
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Dec 15, 2021 02:26
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cbs/paramount production and app stuff with champions league and concacaf stuff has generally been pretty bad. its roughly a weekly occurance that they fail to start a stream and the quality is subpar. id really prefer mls stays at espn primarily but whatcha gonna do
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Gigi Galli posted:The commentary team they have for serie a ranges from very good to tolerable. I imagine whoever is on fox and espn these days for mls would just jump ship though so that’s irrelevant really. The whole studio poo poo is of high production quality at least. Thats fair, I guess I can't blame them for the weird concacaf poo poo they have. And I guess one encouraging sign, apparently a big chunk of the CL knockout games are going to be on the CBS mothership - they announced 6 matches on CBS in the round of 16. Which may suggest MLS would get network coverage there too and not just all behind paramount. But yeah, in general ESPN+ is the most reliable streaming service in my opinion. I'd like to see 4k content sooner than later but other than that, it just tends to work across devices, is decently organized and has a ton of leagues and sports. I'm...skeptical that it is in MLS' best interest to go with a less sports specific provider. I know everyone likes a big bag of money but its hard enough for casual viewers to find MLS matches as it is, at least with ESPN and Fox (and to a lesser extent CBS if its that) its in the place where sports viewers go to watch sports, and alongside other soccer programming that can lead in, cross-promote, etc. Apple seems like a transparently bad idea.
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Edward Mass posted:Counterpoint: MLS on CBS means no preemptions for college softball. That's not really an issue if you're streaming, they just move it to a different stream.
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Edward Mass posted:It is for me, guy-who-watches-things-on-TV. well i wouldn't anticipate many of the games being on tv with most of those other options, ESPN is probably still your best hope there (along with Fox maybe)
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some reports that insigne to toronto is a done deal. thats a poo poo ton of money but would be one of the biggest signings ever by a MLS team. Better than paying a broken down Jozy Altidore millions of dollars I guess.
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Azerban posted:who said we had to choose https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1476004644434419712?s=19 Paying Jozy to gently caress off He might be a decent buy low signing elsewhere in mls
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Moktaro posted:Rapids certainly have the cap space, I'd take him on a free with not insane wages deal if he isn't finished. seems like some heavy performance bonuses could be structured into a deal with a team like Colorado, if he wants to bet on himself
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seems like a fine deal on both sides to me Norwich paid 11mil for Sargent in the summer for an obvious comparison G-Hawk fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 1, 2022 |
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thats a spicy turn. huge fee. know gently caress all about augsburg i know theres weirdness in how mls transfer fees work but i wonder how much revenue dallas has made on transfers over the last few years. in the scheme of mls revenue it has to be a lot G-Hawk fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jan 2, 2022 |
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Dallan Invictus posted:The remaining weirdness is only in terms of the cap (since the league stopped taking a cut of homegrowns' transfer fees like five years ago), but honestly this has just been a particularly good year for them - most of the last few years they've been average in revenue since the McKennie-tier kids were leaving for free rather than signing MLS deals. Cannon last year left for a couple of mill (did Boavista ever actually pay them? ) but this year they really got paid, between Reynolds, Tessman, and Pepi - that's like 30m between them where a) the average MLS team makes like $2m in transfer sales in a year, and b) the best available estimates suggest that FCD as a club doesn't earn much more than that in a given year on its own (as in, ignoring earnings from their share of SUM). yeah that all checks out. for comparison the new media deal the league is hyped about is expected to provide like 6-10mil a year per team lol
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https://twitter.com/RaeComm/status/1477704349203718149 pretty good news for NYRB, sounds like it could be part or full year. I'm high on Clark but he probably isn't ready to start in Europe and will get more playing time in MLS. Seems fine all around
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seems like a smart hire, unfortunately. Apparently some Bundesliga clubs want to buy Miles Robinson but Atlanta doesn't want to sell. I'd think they hold out for a big fee unless hes pushing for an exit, he would be difficult to replace.
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its gonna be funny when insigne gets old and fat and is making 12mil a year and scoring less goals than jozy did or maybe he'll bang in 30 a year. both seem equally possible
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I think Sands should do fine in Scotland - some mls/usmnt fans are a bit cranky he isn't moving to a bigger league, which eh whatever. He's a solid versatile player, I think his future is likely more at CB than in the midfield but could see either. The US manager Berhalter is higher on him than a lot of fans and has not been shy about throwing him into important spots even at his age and relative inexperience - he'll likely be in the mix for the national team and could even make a potential world cup roster. I'd guess he would look to move to one of the bigger European leagues in a couple years if things go well, but this seems like a pretty appropriate level for him right now. He's a young defender and that always comes with some mistakes, but he's not raw by any means. Given its a loan and there isn't a fee upfront, seems like a nice get for Rangers. on the CB vs CM thing, it depends on the system some - he's very good at long passes out of the back to open up a defense (i think among the best in MLS at this), so if you want a more modern CB who can do that, he is good for that. I think he works best as a CB in a back 3 where he can get forward more. edit: Speaking of, this is apparently a done deal https://twitter.com/SoccerInsider/status/1478805351885643781 G-Hawk fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jan 5, 2022 |
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aside from other u.s. teams, blitzer owns part of crystal palace, augsburg, and a belgian team. Wonder if this leads to another club pipeline between mls and various european teams. MLS valulations are basically growth stocks at this point
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the gap between MLS valuations and bigger teams in europe is pretty straight forward: lack of relegation, controlled salaries, and lack of existing debt. MLS teams at this stage are a much much safer investment financially and have a ton of potential upside longterm.
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Some reports that Facundo Torres to Orlando for 10mil is done Idk why hes going to Orlando either
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the man got his contract, now he can fully break down. Supposedly Houston (!) is paying 6 million (!) for this paraguayian striker https://twitter.com/RobertoRojas97/status/1479835844567515144 I've obviously not watched any of him play other than that one nice clip going around of him scoring a goal but i'm very encouraged to see Houston's new owner splashing out some cash, and that it appears to be on a younger player and not some washed up attendance draw. Maybe the Dynamo will actually be watchable again in the near future
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thats some NBA type poo poo i can't really remember early January being anywhere near this busy with MLS dealings before, and theres a good amount of DP slots still open
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What does one even do with such an opulent amount of gam Edit yikes https://twitter.com/KellynAcosta/status/1482069406490320897?s=19 G-Hawk fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Jan 14, 2022 |
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The new media rights deal is likely being priced in a bit and mls teams seem to be spending more freely in general, on transfer fees, gam, and contracts. It feels like about half the clubs are going to break their transfer fee record this offseason. I can't recall any month with this much notable player movement in MLS before
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Houston struck an enormous deal with FuboTV, apparently. Garber keeps referencing sports betting's potential revenue for MLS and I guess he was not exaggerating https://twitter.com/novy_williams/status/1484167127645003786 quote:Houston Dynamo FC has signed a multi-year deal with Fubo Gaming, a partnership that could be worth $178 million, making it one of the largest commercial deals in MLS club history. In the scheme of MLS revenue, thats kind of insane. Bigger than the slice Houston would get from any new potential TV deal.
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Doctor Teeth posted:Matt Turner to...Arsenal!? 7-10 million apparently per some other reporting. Leno would move on. From an Arsenal pov it makes sense but from a USMNT pov, Turner is glued to the bench the rest of the season and is presumably ramsdale's backup long term, only getting cup matches and such. I assume Turner would get a serious raise though and he wants to go to Europe.
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https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1485629107937464323?s=19 Done deal finally. Unclear what the final price is but they basically turned dike into facundo torres which seems like a very good swap.
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Doctor Teeth posted:taty is the only relatively big name still pending a move right? i wonder if interest has cooled or if nyc want too much (or both) Theres other names (depends on what you mean by big)I've seen kicked up elsewhere - buska, bello, Matt turner off the top of my head. I'd expect we see a few more players sold still and at least a few DPs come in. Toronto also wants to trade Jozy
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Taylor Twellman is reporting Matt Turner to Arsenal this summer is done. Unclear on the fee. Gives New England time to replace him, I suppose. Better for USMNT in that Turner will get matches this spring, when Arsenal have a really light fixture load.
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https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1487448723529551875 Bello joins the exodus
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Apparently a bit complicated though - bello wants to goto Bundesliga it seems. Unclear if he'll agree to goto Belgium. Interesting situation for Atlanta, if they'll work with Bello on this or what. Also looking to send off Barco but as far as I know that isn't done yet either.
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https://twitter.com/ColoradoRapids/status/1488233500016721923 trusty to Arsenal in the summer, apparently. Bit odd, first sighting of any sort of Kroenke pipeline I think Bello is also a done deal now, and apparently LA Galaxy are trying to make a washed up Douglas Costa their 3rd DP
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