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  3. MLS and Sporting KC - Official Thread

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    On 6/2/2022 at 9:04 AM, aphilso1 said:

     

    I caught highlights of the first half and watched the second.  Shaky backline play at times, but overall was a good performance against a quality side.  We still need a #9.

    Yeah and with all the inconsistencies and injuries at forward we might need to experiment up top.  I still think Sargent is our best bet up front.  Even though Norwich city was really bad this year he was a consistent performer up front and his hold up play/defensive help were really good.  Ferreira I think is Greg’s guy right now, his runs are good but he’s left a lot to be desired with his finishing.  Haji wright had some glimpses Wednesday, good movement off the ball, good combo play and should have finished one from play, but the PK was slotted well.  
     

    twellman said something I’d be thinking about for a while and something we’d discussed on here before.  What about trying weah at the 9 where he’s played for his club team? That dude is dangerous when he attacks goal, he has speed, great runs behind the line and can get a rocket of a shot off with little space.  This makes sense especially when you see that Aaronson played so well at the mid last game and pulisic looks better on the wing.  And when Reyna comes back that dude is too good to not have on the field, you could potentially have a lineup like this:


    turner 

    dest-Zimmerman-Richard’s-robinson

    Adams-mckennie

     reyna/munsah

     Aaronson-pulisic

    weah


    you’d have to choose between Reyna, munsah and Aaronson but there’s too much talent in that midfield to waste 2 on the bench IMO.  The other wild card is LDLT whose been a defensive and on the ball master since he’s come into the team.  I know Reyna and McKennie will be limited with minutes coming back from injury, but these many creative young players is not a bad thing at all.  The huge number of injuries and the exile of brooks on the back line is my biggest worry at the moment.  

  12. MLS and Sporting KC - Official Thread

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    2 hours ago, 49r said:

     

    The current format began in 2009.  Seattle is the only MLS team to have won the championship under the current format.  It was previously the CONCACAF Champions Cup which, as a brief search on Wikipedia reveals, was played under varying formats and over varying lengths of time and it's really hard to compare the two versions of the tournament.

     

    Safe to say that the current iteration of the competition is much more difficult to win and while DC United (1998) and LA Galaxy (2000) both lay claim to continental club tournament championships, their achievements are not deemed to be as substantial as Seattle's.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCACAF_Champions_League

     

    That's not to say that MLS has been totally uncompetitive during the current format, we've been progressing steadily and placing more teams in the semifinals and finals as of late, it's just that this is the first time an MLS team has broken through to win the trophy.  Hopefully it will be the continuation of a trend.

    Thanks man, you did the leg work for me.  I get it was something like that but hadn’t had the time to get to it.  And I agree, I remember when the tourney started MLS teams sent their B teams to play and now it’s being taken more seriously.  This cup is a good is a good way to help the image of MLS as a league on a global platform and hopefully help sell played abroad.

  13. MLS and Sporting KC - Official Thread

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    42 minutes ago, aphilso1 said:

     

    Take this with a grain of salt because I'm shooting off of memory, but I believe the LA Galaxy teams that won it were in the pre-CONCACAF Champions League.  They were still CONCACAF champs, but under a different format and different name.  I'll try to remember to look up the exact details later.

    That’s what I thought as well. 

  14. MLS and Sporting KC - Official Thread

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    4 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

     

    (What you said was true. Just adding the fuller picture.)

     

    Huh, I must have read something wrong then.  Unless they meant first MLS side to win it during the club World Cup era which starting in 2002 I believe?  Either way, the point I was trying to make is that it was a good showing for the league and gives the league some much needed attention as it has positively evolved the last decade. 

  18. Juwan Gary is N

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    On 4/23/2022 at 2:23 PM, Chuck Taylor said:

    The questions have been about his social media presence and whether he best fits our needs. I don't recall anyone questioning whether he was a good player.

    Some think our biggest needs are a PG and a scorer, and he's neither. If you think our biggest needs are effort and rebounding, then he's an outstanding pickup. 

     

    I think an argument could be made that rebounding is our biggest need.  I’m not gonna disagree with the point guard take but both this guy and griesel seem to be pretty good scorers from inside the arc which should help open up outside shooting better…in theory.

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