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Philadelphia Union
Happy snow (ice?) day, everyone.
What we learned from Saturday’s draw.
Fabian Herbers moves up the Union’s all-time assist leaderboard.
Kevin Kinkead’s player ratings from Week 2.
MLS
A cool look at what scorelines miss – and expected goals can tell us – from Week 2. The Union, it should be noted, had the fifth-highest xG.
Power rankings! Soccer America, ESPN FC, Once A Metro.
SBI’s Week 2 breakdown.
MLS’ team of the week. (There’s a lot of black and red.)
Meet the investor behind St. Louis’ MLS bid.
The ever-melodramatic Simon Borg’s weekly review of controversial calls. Of course, the Union’s match features heavily.
CONCACAF
CONCACAF Champions League action continues tonight with Vancouver visiting Mexican power Tigres UANL.
Amidst the Dynamo’s hot start, three players have been called up for Honduras’ March 24 World Cup qualifier versus the US. The USMNT has yet to release their roster.
I love that a player’s 8th career assist is celebrated. He’s headed for the rarefied air of Marfan territory.
So true.
Shocked that he passed Barnetta.
Is there anyone on Minnesota worth getting in exchange for Gaddis?
Maybe a draft pick or allocation $?
Is there anyone on Minnesota worth getting?
I’d take their #1 draft pick, A______ D________. But they would be complete idiots to give him up.
Not until we’ve seen Aaron Jones play right back a few times in Steel games, if we are making the judgments.
Also LA made a video celebrating Portland’s “skills”
https://twitter.com/LAGalaxy/status/841420725747507201
That was excellent
Dear god that was savage.
Who wants a flashback? I just had this lineup appear on my Timehop from 2 years ago:
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LINEUP: Mbolhi; Gaddis, Vitoria, White, Williams; Edu, Nogueira; Wenger, Maidana, Le Toux; Aristeguieta.
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How far we have come. Only 2 are even on the roster.
You know what’s really a flashback? Go back and read people talking up Gaddis, wondering when he would get a call up.
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Or Curtins unswerving faith in Wenger. That’s a flashback.
Wenger and Danny Cruz. I actually can’t believe I paid money to watch them start!
Often and with fervor
Wenger was lauded for his local-ness, like he was a farm to table salad.