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Boy, talk about sore losers. For the record, I’ve always been a Sigi Schmid fan. Even when fans in LA wanted him gone because the style he brought to the HDC was ‘boring’, I’d remind those complaints that he does win….silverware. Yet, for whatever reason—reasons we’ll probably never really know—Sigi was let go while LA were at the top and replaced by the worst MLS coach to be able to say he coached a team to the title.
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I remember this place. Seems like the season was just starting when I last posted…oh yeah, it was. Things have been crazy and will probably continue that way for a while. However, I will try and post on here when I can.
Am I the only one outside of Ohio or the NY/NY Metro area that is excited about the MLS Cup Final? The last few years I’ve come around to accepting and actually enjoying the playoffs–must be because LA haven’t been involved. The match Saturday night in SLC was entertaining. …
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Wow, this surprises me. I’ve been to Crew Stadium exactly once (for an MLS Cup Final) and besides the fact that it reminds me the Erector Set I has as a kid, it was a nice facility. One thing which did get me though was how the South End was raised like it is. I always figured it was for them to place a temporary stage below. However, now it looks like there’s gonna be a stage at the ether end which really doesn’t make much sense. But I’m sure …
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The US-Mexico game in Columbus next month sold out in 20 minutes yesterday. Well not exactly, but it’s still pretty impressive.
Tickets went on pre-sale a week ago to local groups, Crew season ticket holders and fans who have registered at ussoccer.com. This was done in an effort to get as pro a US crowd as possible. However, I’m sure a decent number of enterprising Mexican fans will have managed to get tickets as well.
But for someone who has followed US Soccer for over 15 years now, this is about as …
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We’ve started the second season of two-leg playoffs in MLS and the complaining about lack of home field advantage has returned. The primary argument is that the new format doesn’t give the team with the better regular season record a real advantage. True, that the way it was designed. Yes, it does make the fact that teams have played 30 matches to weed out 2 teams only to play a two-leg playoff with no advantage for the team who’d preformed better. Columbus who hasn’t lost a match in over half …

