MLS/Liga MX Season Thread Now Featuring Inter Messi
Your Defending Champs:
Canada - MONTRÉAL
MLS Cup - Seattle
US Open Cup - Atlanta
Liga MX - Los Rayados de Monterrey
CONCACAF Champions League - Los Rayados de Monterrey
2020 MLS Cup Odds:
CONCACAF Champions League Bracket:
Biggest Departues:
Nacho Piatti from Impact to San Lorenzo
ZLATAN from LA Galaxy to AC Milan
Wayne Rooney from DC to Derby County
Brian Fernández from Portland to jail (I think)
Nico Gaitán from Chicago to Ligue 1 side Lille
NEW Players (w/summaries just for 72o):
Chicharito to LA Galaxy (age: 31) - needs no introduction. All time leader for El Tri (México) w/51 goals. Broke in w/Man Utd, notching 3 straight 10+ goal seasons, more recently bagged 16 goals in 55 matches for Westham, and comes to LAG from Sevilla.
Claudio Pizarro to Inter Miami (age: 25) - another fairly important piece for El Tri where he has 23 caps. Comes from los Rayados where he's already won a few titles in only a couple seasons. Although probably not a top 3 player for Monterrey, they'll be glad to part with him for the 20 million price tag Inter Miami agreed to pay. When he's on he's very good, but he's also very inconsistent. Should dominate in MLS though imo.
Jürgen Locadia to Cincinnati (age: 26) - IMO, the most interesting signing. Notable in that he's the only player in the top 8 most valuable MLS players who doesn't play in LA or ATL. I'm still not sure how Cincy pulled this off. Big time goalscorer w/45 in 127 matches for PSV Eindhoven. He's be a golden boot frontrunner if he played for a better team.
Mauricio Pereyra to Orlando (age: 29) - Uruguayan attacking mid comes from Russian side Krasnodar w/23 goals in 154 appearances. Caps w/Uruguay's U20s but never made an appearance for the nat'l team.
Alan Pulido to Sporting KC (age: 28) - The Mexican isn't really in the nat'l team picture anymore, but is coming off a great season for Mexican giants Chivas where he finished as joint golden boot winner.
Robert Beric to Chicago (age: 28) - 25 caps with Slovenia and comes from Ligue 1 side Sainte-Étienne w/a pretty solid goal scoring record, 26 goals in 81 matches over 5 seasons.
Lucas Zelarayán to Columbus Crew (age: 27) - The Argentine attacking midfielder has been a key player for Liga MX's best side in recent years, Tigres, with 113 appearances and 21 goals over 5 seasons.
Edison Flores to DC United (age: 25) - Yet another player from Liga MX. The Peruvian winger has been a stalwart for their national team with 13 goals in 47 appearances and was a regular for Morelia over the past 2 seasons.
Felipe Mora to Portland (age: 26) - Wildly inconsistent, but can bang in goals when he's on. Comes from Liga MX's Pumas.
Lucas Cavallini to Puebla (age: 27) - Has been great for Canada w/11 goals in only 17 apps. Another player from Liga MX (Puebla) w/ a very respectable 29 goals in 75 matches for a Liga MX bottom feeder side that doesn't score often.
Luis Binks to MONTRÉAL (age: 19) - Comes from Tottenham's academy thanks to Thierry Henry's connections. Supposedly Tottenham's 2nd best young CB.
Intra-league Moves:
DARWIN from Minnesota to Houston
Walker Zimmerman from LAFC to Nashville
Wil Trapp from Columbus to Inter Miami
Katai from Chicago to LAG
Nagbe from ATL to Columbus
Gressel from ATL to DCU
Romell Quioto from Houston to IMFC
red bulls win the battle of ny 2-0, and the flounders take down west #1 seed lafc 2-1 with goat michael jordan morris winning it in extra time. the other two games tomorrow, mls: anything is poss-i-bulllll
oh and orlando are nwsl champs, nice goal by the zambian legend barbra banda for the 1-0 win
orlando edge out atlanta 1-0, and the galaxy spank minnesota 6-2. the semifinals are now set
nov 30
nyrb @ orlando
seattle @ la galaxy
final will be out west as they're the best 2 teams left
and in other news, messi has hired javier mascherano to be his next manager? weird
when i first heard he was headed to miami i thought they meant as a player lol
whitecaps fired vanni today, which ... ok(?). no apparent replacement in mind, no timetable for hiring either, but like, it's almost december, and training camps open in january or something. classic donk ass general manager press conference; thinks the players are all really good of course because he picked them, won't be making any major changes there (lol). lots of results-oriented thinking on display in his analysis throughout. this is gonna be a disaster, because this is not that good of a team. hopefully even less of the games are on tv next season so i won't have to watch it...
final about to kick off: nyrb @ lag
henry vs beckham! no errrr, it's uhh ... puig? oh wait, he just tore his acl...
anyway, it's on fox
9' Paintsil J. (Brugman G.) [LAG]
13' Joveljic D. (Delgado M.) [LAG]
well this is already over
lol redbulls
Red Bull gives you wings
had no idea that kendall roy was coaching nyrb ... nice to see he bounced back after his dad died and all that, whatever happened there. anyway he's got them back in it, 2-1 at the half
just remembered the MLS final was today (zero publicity in the USA for this that I've seen btw)...ok congrats LAG - who needs Zlatan?
oh ... mls confirmed big time back
Los Angeles FC - Minnesota United
Inter Miami - New York City
FC Cincinnati - New York Red Bulls
Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire
Orlando City - Philadelphia Union
Atlanta Utd - CF Montreal
DC United - Toronto FC
Austin FC - Sporting Kansas City
Houston Dynamo - FC Dallas
Nashville SC - New England Revolution
St. Louis City - Colorado Rapids
San Jose Earthquakes - Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders - Charlotte
tomorrow:
Portland Timbers - Vancouver Whitecaps
Los Angeles Galaxy - San Diego FC
huh, there's a team in san diego now ..... how bout that
quick look at who has come and gone from last year...
- Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to New York Red Bulls, try saying that 10 times fast
- Hirving Lozano to San Diego FC as their star man
- Brandon Vazquez returns to mls with Austin FC
- Jesús Ferreira from FC Dallas to Seattle Sounders FC
- canadian Theo Corbeanu on loan at Toronto FC
- Jonathan Bamba is the latest attempt to save Chicago Fire FC
- Wilfried Zaha on loan at Charlotte FC
- Miguel Almirón returns to Atlanta United FC
- Dejan Joveljić from LA Galaxy to Sporting Kansas City
- perennial mvp candidate Cucho Hernández leaves mls for Real Betis
- Evander from Portland Timbers to FC Cincinnati
- Cengiz Ünder on loan at Los Angeles FC
just kind of glanced at the moves on wiki and grabbed the names that jumped out to me, what else happened?
looked like a bunch of the good teams (miami, lafc, lag, etc) lost a few starters
ah s**t...MLS is starting again? LOL talk about being buried in American sports coverage fwiw.
the only notable results of today that I see are:
InterMessi steals a garbage draw in MessiTime and:
San Jose wins 4-0. Where did heck did this come from?
just kind of glanced at the moves on wiki and grabbed the names that jumped out to me, what else happened?
You forgot ATL shattering the incoming transfer record by spending 22 milly + addons for an Ivorian dude Latte Lath (had a couple good seasons w/Middlesbrough in the Championship). In addition to spending another 25 million on Almirón and a dude from Atalanta. They also bring back Saba.
That attack looks absurd on paper and Latte Lath opened with a brace against Montreal, and let me tell you, goals don't come easy when you face Montreal.
The 22 million spent on one guy is Montreal's transfer budget over 50 seasons.
What happened to Toronto? They used to be among the biggest spenders, now they have the 2nd least valuable squad in the league. MLSE stopped caring?
portland gotta be pretty sick of the whitecaps by now. beat them 5-0 or whatever in the playoffs last year, today an early red card and vancouver up 2-0 already.
jayden nelson back in mls after a couple years in europe and already 2 assists to his name, which matches his total from 45 games with tfc lol
3 assists now, and it could be 4 or 5. jayden nelson going tf off tbh
would be sick if he solidifies himself as a legit threat at rw this season
edit: and now a goal, then done for the day. decent hour of work
24' Gauld R. (Nelson J.) [VAN]
32' Vite P. (Nelson J.) [VAN]
53' Adekugbe S. (Nelson J.) [VAN]
61' Nelson J. [VAN]
lolol tfc
Just crown the Caps already.
who needs messi when u can have anders dreyer
IN before Chucky and Anders bring the MLS Cup home to expansion SDFC..
You forgot ATL shattering the incoming transfer record by spending 22 milly + addons for an Ivorian dude Latte Lath (had a couple good seasons w/Middlesbrough in the Championship).
thanks. yeah i wish wiki had the transfer figures on their table there, makes it easier to figure out which players are relevant. i considered checking a 2nd source for that info but that felt like way too much effort lol. were there any other big transfers? i probably will look it up, now...
What happened to Toronto? They used to be among the biggest spenders, now they have the 2nd least valuable squad in the league. MLSE stopped caring?
Lorenzo Insigne
$7,500,000 Annual, Expires June 2026
Bernardeschi
$3,125,000 Annual, Expires December 2026
guess they're just waiting for these contracts to expire because no one wants anything to do with those wages? bleak
lolRSL
The only MLS/LigaMX to fail to advance against a non MLS/LigaMX
Súper Clásico (Chivas v. Club América) is looking pretty tasty as a R16 matchup.
Caps w/a tough one vs. Monterrey, who have been the CONCACAF kings of late (won 5 of last 14), but their league form has been mediocre.
San Jose now 2-0-0. They win tonight 2-1 despite being down a man most of the 2nd half.
Bruce Arena is the American Jose Mourinho amirite? It always starts off great but then it goes to s**t for no apparent reason at some point.
What is the point of Montreal even existing as a club? There are no exciting players, never any interesting signings, and you already know the team can't compete. Our 1 "DP" is Vrioni, who NER were ecstatic to get rid of.
I couldn't be arsed to go to matches even if I were still living there. I guess I was super lucky to have been able to see Piatti and Drogba-mania in the 2 years I lived there.
check out this ridiculous equalizer at the death from last night:
and this happened right after Benteke moonballed a PK lol. MLS = non-stop excitement baby!!!
oh great, now he's injured. yeah he kept making full pitch runs up and down the wing, and i'm thinking to myself is this really wise given how he's always pulling something? apparently not
aging fullbacks really need to pick their spots...
