MLS 2017

Seattle was very entertaining last night. Houston had a very good year but just had nothing for Seattle. Really looking forward to the finals.

 

That WAS a classic Deuce goal, wasn't it? It made my little heart go pitter-patter, yearning for the old days at the Cottage, when that was a regular occurrence. (insert slap to back of head here). But now, in the present, I wonder what they've got for Toronto at the frozen tundra of BMO Field. I guess we'll see. Guess it kind of depends upon how bad Jozy's ankle is.

 

I know Toronto got it's revenge, but haven't watched it as yet (got it dvr-ed), was it an entertaining Final?

 

It was entertaining if you were a Toronto fan. Toronto was the better team for pretty much 90 minutes. Frei had a very good Finals performance again for Seattle but I'm not sure you can say that about any other Sounder.

It was an entertaining match for neutrals in my opinion.

 

So, apparently, Mr. Garber & friends have decided to reward a market that has no track record of supporting a pro soccer franchise. Announcement expected today that Nashville will get an expansion team.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...g-sign-music-city-picked-expansion/964144001/

 

I haven't the slightest clue as to what the league is using for its selection criteria, but here's one theory...

"Ingram, controlling owner of Nashville Soccer Club and a billionaire businessman from one of Nashville's most prominent families"​

 

I suppose all this expansion talk should be in its own thread , but I'll follow on here since it continues the conversation. Looks like Cincinnati will grab the second of two spots, joining Nashville. Not sure why it took an additional five months to sort out.

http://www.espn.com/soccer/major-le...nnouncement-next-week-amid-mls-expansion-race

 

And ... MLS just about promised Sacramento that second franchise 2 or 3 years ago, so they got started on a stadium. Then, they came back a year ago and told them they'd need to come up with another $100 million. That opened the door for Cincinnati.

On top of that, the Earthquakes have really sucked so far this year, so MLS is not trending up around here at the moment.

 

On vacation taking in Orlando and Chicago.