2020 MLS & ''MLSisBackTournament'' Discussion

[Nicky91]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Major_League_Soccer_season

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


this season marks the debut of David Beckham's team Inter Miami


few other names you are familiar with probably

Montreal Impact coach is Arsenal legend Thierry Henry


former Everton player Adrian Heath is Minnesota United FC manager


captain of Orlando City SC is former Manchester United player Nani

[Mystic Mock]

I want Inter Miami to join whatever league we're gonna be in next season.:hehe:

[Nicky91]

am kinda surprised at our semi finalists


Philadelphia Union basically was made because the city was not represented when MLS was made in 1996, first effort to bring soccer there was in 2001

however they were only added to the competition since 2008

Portland Timbers exist since 2009

its coach is New York Cosmos legend Giovanni Savarese


Minnesota United FC exist since 2015


Orlando City SC exist since 2013, basically becoming first Florida team again that year since Tampa Bay Mutiny, Miami Fusion, and Orlando also are the first Brazilian owned team in the MLS

[Nicky91]

2021 season

few notable facts

Atlanta United (current manager is Gabriel Heinze, former real madrid, manchester united star)

FC Cincinnati (current manager is Jaap Stam, former dutch international team, manchester united, ajax, psv star)


Inter Miami (David Beckham's team, current manager in charge Phil Neville)




some of more experienced US managers in current season are Bob Bradley (currently in charge of Los Angeles FC) Bruce Arena (currently in charge of New England Revolution) and overall with really most experience in MLS is Peter Vermes (currently in charge of Sporting Kansas City)

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1384122108138119168

nominees for player of the week (for week1)

Ruidiaz (Seattle Sounders FC)

Chicharito (Javier Hernandez) (LA Galaxy)

Beric (Chicago Fire)

Brault-Guillard (CF Montreal)


(they do this similar to NFL's MvP kinda smart of them to include some bits of NFL into MLS to boost popularity of the competition)

[Nicky91]

inbefore MLS becomes a better quality competition, more loyal teams towards their fans than any competition in europe

can see that happen also tbh

[Nicky91]

currently qualified to the play offs

eastern conference
Philadelphia Union (not sure which phase of play offs yet)
CF Montreal (not sure which phase of play offs yet)
New York Red Bulls

and for the final 4 remaining places 4-7 it is a battle between

4. New York City FC on 49 points
5. Orlando City SC on 45 points
6. FC Cincinnati on 45 points
7. Inter Miami on 42 points
---- outside the safe zone
8. Columbus Crew on 42 points
9. Atlanta United on 40 points
10. Charlotte FC on 38 points
11. New England Revolution on 38 points

and eliminated are
12. Chicago Fire 35 points
13. Toronto FC 34 points
14. DC United 27 points


western conference qualified to play offs are
Los Angeles FC
Austin FC
FC Dallas
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for the final 4 remaining places 4-7 in contention are

4. Nashville SC on 47 points
5. LA Galaxy on 46 points
6. Portland Timbers on 46 points
7. Minnesota United FC on 45 points
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8. Real Salt Lake on 43 points
9. Vancouver Whitecaps on 40 points
10. Seattle Sounders on 39 points (one lesser match played than Colorado Rapids)
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eliminated are
11. Colorado Rapids 39 points
12. Sporting Kansas City 37 points
13. Houston Dynamo 33 points
14. San Jose Earthquakes 31 points



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top goalscorer
1. Hany Mukhtar (GER) Nashville SC 23 goals
2. Sebastian Driussi (ARG) Austin FC 21 goals
3. Daniel Gazdag (HUN) Philadelphia Union 19 goals
4. Jesus Ferreira (USA) FC Dallas 18 goals
5. Javier ''Chicharito'' Hernandez (MEX) LA Galaxy 17 goals
6. Cristian Arango (COL) Los Angeles FC 16 goals
6. Jeremy Ebobisse (USA) San Jose Earthquakes 16 goals
6. Brandon Vazquez (USA) FC Cincinnati 16 goals
9. Ronny Quioto (ARG) CF Montreal 15 goals


player of the month awards

February/March: Lucas Zelarayan (ARM) Columbus Crew
April: Sebastian Driussi (ARG) Austin FC
May: Paul Arriola (USA) FC Dallas
June: Luciano Acosta (ARG) FC Cincinnati
July: Sebastian Driussi (ARG) Austin FC
August: Hany Mukhtar (GER) Nashville SC
September/October: TBD


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Major_League_Soccer_season

[Nicky91]

this competition concept is similar to australian rugby league basically


doesn't matter where you finish in the competition part, because even if you finish 5th or even 7th, you can still be the overall winner, in the cup, knockout phase

[Nicky91]

not a good start for Wayne Rooney, his DC United last place overall too and eliminated from second stage of this season


Beckham's Inter Miami still in with chances of going to the play offs, but it'll be a close call fight if they can pull that off or not

[Nicky91]

september/october player of the month award went to

brazilian Brenner from FC Cincinnati




play off round

New York Red Bulls - FC Cincinnati 1-2

New York City FC - Inter Miami 3-0

CF Montreal - Orlando City 2-0

LA Galaxy - Nashville SC 1-0

FC Dallas - Minnesota United 1-1 (Dallas wins after penalty's with 5-4)

Austin FC - Real Salt Lake 2-2 (Austin wins after penalty's with 3-1)



conference semi finals

Philadelphia Union vs FC Cincinnati

New York City vs CF Montreal
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Los Angeles FC vs LA Galaxy

FC Dallas vs Austin FC

[Nicky91]

supporter's shield, overall standings were won by Los Angeles FC

[Nicky91]

UiQ_14-suWg

This game was FIRE! also look at that crowd atmosphere there, makes me so emotional how much progress this league has went through recent years in terms of popularity

the Battle of LA


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unlucky Cinci but proper defending job by Philly and one moment of luck is enough



now we have the texas battle (Dallas vs Austin) and Montreal vs Nashville still come in these cup play offs


and winners of eastern and western will face each other in the overall final, sort of ''super bowl'' vibe whom is best of the best national wise

[Nicky91]

what a slayage from LAFC over Austin 3-0


Philadelphia Union kicking City Football Group's arse (New York City) 3-1




so Philadelphia Union will face LAFC in the overall cup final :)





quite a few gems in LAFC squad


but also stars like Carlos Vela, Gareth Bale, former Barca talent Cristian Tello, colombian ace Chicho Arango



Philly has a huge Ghanese talent Aremeyaw Abasa, only 19 yrs old


some of their stars are Daniel Gazdag (Hungary international)

Jamaica internationals Andre Blake, Cory Burke

still young but already a veteran, german defender Kai Wagner


english centre back Jack Elliott



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these are end of season BEST XI of 2022


Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
Jamaica Andre Blake, Philadelphia Norway Jakob Glesnes, Philadelphia
Germany Kai Wagner, Philadelphia
United States Walker Zimmerman, Nashville Argentina Luciano Acosta, Cincinnati
Argentina Sebastián Driussi, Austin
Hungary Dániel Gazdag, Philadelphia
Germany Hany Mukhtar, Nashville Argentina Jesús Ferreira, Dallas
United States Brandon Vazquez, Cincinnati
Mexico Carlos Vela, LAFC

.

[Nicky91]

tomorrow the final

Philadelphia Union vs LAFC

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[Nicky91]

for the 2023 season, they will have 29 clubs with the addition of new team

St Louis City SC as a expansion team


south african manager (former player) Bradley Carnell


their squad currently consists out of few familiar names too

swiss international goalkeeper Roman Burki

bosnian international left back Selmin Pedro




ownership: The St. Louis City SC ownership group consists of Enterprise Holdings Foundation president Carolyn Kindle and female members of the Taylor family (Enterprise Holdings), and is the first female majority-owned team in MLS. The group also includes CEO of World Wide Technology, Jim Kavanaugh and members of the Kavanaugh family.

[Nicky91]

am really excited for the final tonight


:love: :love: can Gareth Bale, Carlos Vela win a trophy en route to Qatar? or will Philly Union be a too strong opponent


going to be a close call result i think

[Nicky91]

phenomenal quality of a final!!!!!


omg


LAFC winning the MLS cup for the first time :love: Gareth Bale scoring the crucial 3-3 equalizer in extra time, in 128th minute sending them into penalty shootouts

[Nicky91]

Giorgio Chiellini, a champions league win, twice euro cups with italy, now also best of the best in america


Gareth Bale, once very important real madrid in a champions league final against Liverpool with awkward moments from liverpool goalie Karius, now super important in america


Cherundolo, from MLS legend as a player, now also successful as coach :lovedup:


Opoku, the ghanese talent btw is from the Attram de Visser academy (Godwin Attram & Piet de Visser)




great crowd atmosphere too with all the flags, chants



but that ref, omg he's weird and he's going to the world cup too, HELP

[Nicky91]

https://nydailypaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gareth-Bale-Welcomes-Heroes-During-LAFC-Celebration-Parade.jpg

Bale during Celebration Parade

[Nicky91]

coaches for this season

Atlanta United: Gonzalo Pineda (MEX)
Austin FC: Josh Wolff (USA)
Charlotte FC: Christian Lattanzio (ITA)
Chicago Fire: Ezra Hendrickson (STV&G)
FC Cincinnati: Pat Noonan (USA)
Colorado Rapids: Robin Fraser (USA)
Columbus Crew: Wilfried Nancy (FRA)
D.C. United: Wayne Rooney (ENG)
FC Dallas: Nico Estevez (ESP)
Houston Dynamo FC: Ben Olsen (USA)
Inter Miami CF: Phil Neville (ENG)
LA Galaxy: Greg Vanney (USA)
Los Angeles FC: Steve Cherundolo (USA)
Minnesota United FC: Adrian Heath (ENG)
CF Montreal: Hernan Losada (ARG)
Nashville SC: Gary Smith (ENG)
New England Revolution: Bruce Arena (USA)
New York City FC: Nick Cushing (ENG)
New York Red Bulls: Gerhard Struber (AUT)
Orlando City SC: Oscar Pareja (COL)
Philadelphia Union: Jim Curtin (USA)
Portland Timbers: Giovanni Savarese (VEN)
Real Salt Lake: Pablo Mastroeni (USA)
San Jose Earthquakes: Luchi Gonzalez (USA)
Seattle Sounders FC: Brian Schmetzer (USA)
Sporting Kansas City: Peter Vermes (USA)
St Louis City SC: Bradley Carnell (RSA)
Toronto FC: Bob Bradley (USA)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Vanni Sartini (ITA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Major_League_Soccer_season

[Nicky91]

Messi in the MLS is such a superbly good marketing move from Inter Miami for the league in general

:cool:


also can Messi make Inter Miami better, since he is very much needed, currently last place in eastern conference

[Nicky91]

meanwhile a impressive debut season from St Louis City SC, 1st in western conference and 4th place overall

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://twitter.com/eurofootcom/status/1694779356625670316?s=20

[Nicky91]

it'll be a miracle if Messi can turn things around for Miami in the league :laugh:



i'm giving St Louis good chances for a debut title win, they got a good team already, swiss goalie Burki is a awesome signing for them and their coach Carnell has potential, i would like to see him go to the Premier League i guess, he wouldn't be too bad for a Everton maybe or if Luton survive this year in the PL, to become bit more ambitious

[Zizu]

it'll be a miracle if Messi can turn things around for Miami in the league :laugh:



i'm giving St Louis good chances for a debut title win, they got a good team already, swiss goalie Burki is a awesome signing for them and their coach Carnell has potential, i would like to see him go to the Premier League i guess, he wouldn't be too bad for a Everton maybe or if Luton survive this year in the PL, to become bit more ambitious


Apparently Miami have to win quite a few games then they’re in the playoffs..

I guess anything’s possible in the play offs as I have no idea how they work .. like a cup final ?


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[Nicky91]

Apparently Miami have to win quite a few games then they’re in the playoffs..

I guess anything’s possible in the play offs as I have no idea how they work .. like a cup final ?


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yes anything's possible

you follow the rugby league any chance?


even the 9th place can win the title then


but the 8th and 9th places have to be in a inbetween playoff round before the actual MLS Cup rounds

[Zizu]

Meghan and Harry were at the latest Messi game .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230905/92ebe45dddadd763776d2404769138fa.jpg


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[Nicky91]

that was a huge win for Inter Miami, 1-3 over reigning champions LAFC


still a long way to go en route to the safe zone of place 9


but so far so good

[Zizu]

that was a huge win for Inter Miami, 1-3 over reigning champions LAFC


still a long way to go en route to the safe zone of place 9


but so far so good


Aren’t Inter Miami aiming to get into the play -offs ?

I’ve no idea how things work over there but their fans seem quite confident


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[Nicky91]

Aren’t Inter Miami aiming to get into the play -offs ?

I’ve no idea how things work over there but their fans seem quite confident


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yes and place 9 is the safe zone for the inbetween play off round of the MLS Cup finals


of course they won 1-3 against the 2nd place LAFC, rightfully feeling confident