I dunno about winning it all...but I found myself cheering for them last night and I'm pretty sure they're my first choice in the West. So if you're a bad Sounders fan I guess I'm right there with you. We can start a support group.

Yeah I think if teams really feel the defense is that bad, the offensive bar for a bad OF defender is pretty high still. My first thought as a Cleveland fan was they should be calling but if he can't play CF and he's bad in RF maybe I'd rather just see what Valera can do (let alone DeLauter)

Was just commenting that, especially vs RHP, his line last year looks pretty decent but with an epically bad BABIP. Feels like a nice opportunity for someone. Though I didn't realize how poorly his defense grades out

Yeah been pretty universally positive with caveat he doesn't run/work which makes him a defensive liability. But given my concerns about the attack and my relative confidence in Adams and Roldan defensively, I can accept that. Of course I'm not the coach so what I can accept isn't really relevant.

I couldn't watch (u11 girls soccer took precedence) but curious how you thought Gio looked? Scores on sofascore and fotmob look good but can be misleading...

just FYI the team in the second link was just claimed. the H2H league still has that spot

sure! you can check out some details on the two leagues (one team available in each) here: bsky.app/profile/chad...

and here: bsky.app/profile/chad...

KC and Cleveland are both in on Donovan supposedly. McNeil as poor man's Donovan seems reasonable. If the twins are serious about building, a guy who can move around and full in wherever their youth fails is interesting. The Mariners need to rebuild their IF.

I'm sure there are teams interested given his defensive flexibility, but I'd be super hesitant to give up much given he could be done. Think his value could go up a lot of they wait until March and he shows he's fully healthy after surgery.

Yeah and to be clear, Morris is a locked on starter for me. Every single match he can play, he should. But yeah I thought the Minnesota series for sure we looked stronger with both of them

Oddly, I think it's a player who can do LESS than Jordan can. Staying home and being targets in the box. Jordan very much can do that stuff but I think he's more valuable given the space to do more, whereas I don't think Musovski or De Rosario can do a lot of what Jordan can do.

I can understand that. I'd be curious to look at the numbers but I feel like the offense has been overall more effective when we've had more of a "true" striker on the pitch.

Replace? No. But I think he's more valuable as a wing or a second striker in a 2 forward lineup. Though his flexibility to do both is very valuable.

It creates chaos and upsets and those are good for business.

If I were in the MLS office I would be concerned that this will lead to underdogs in particular just playing for penalties from the start every time, but I'm not sure I have seen that happening widely

How could the keeper NOT impact the shot though? Like what's the argument? If he's not off maybe Vargas doesn't have to go so wide with the shot right? It is what it is but feels like that particular bullet point in the rules shouldn't exist

Had the same question. Christian never took one

The numbers drop exponentially. That $99MM increases the $ per employee from $13 to about $47. Start looking at corporate profits if you actually want to see big numbers. Going further down the executive list will get you basically nowhere

Extrapolate what?

Any word on why? Alex hurt?