Official 2013 Major League Soccer Thread

[Jntg4]

All general MLS talk here. Fire news and big trades obviously can have their own threads still.

Eastern Conference
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
D.C. United
Houston Dynamo
Montreal Impact
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Philadelphia Union
Sporting Kansas City
Toronto FC
Western Conference
C.D. Chivas USA
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
Los Angeles Galaxy
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC​

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MLS Cup: Los Angeles Galaxy
U.S. Open Cup: Sporting Kansas City
Canadian Championship: Toronto FC
Supporters' Shield: San Jose Earthquakes
CONCACAF Champions League: Monterrey

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Season kicks off on March 2nd!​

 

[inactiveuser1]

Going to be weird seeing Kenny Cooper back in Dallas

 

[Jntg4]

Going to be weird seeing Kenny Cooper back in Dallas

Dallas could be really good this year, even without Shea.

 

[Jntg4]

Finley just kicked the goalie in the head in the Columbus game.

 

[inactiveuser1]

What ever happened to Robbie Findlay?

 

[Jntg4]

What ever happened to Robbie Findlay?

on RSL, returned after stint with Nottingham Forest

 

[Jntg4]

Seattle and Los Angeles both advance to the CCL Semis!

 

[Fifa12FIRE]

Nice to see the fire scoring now hope to see them turn the season around

 

[Jntg4]

Revs just pulled off a deal for Juan Agudelo

 

[giaco]

The revs getting Agudelo was a great bit of business for the scum. It also showcases that something is afoot in the other half of LA--i.e. liquidation/sale/move, something else. Sad really for their actual supporters.

 

[CreepyBasementGuy]

Over 67,000 at Seattle, Portland game. Wow.

 

[Jntg4]

Over 67,000 at Seattle, Portland game. Wow.

67,385 to be precise, but Seattle's overall attendance is still down a few tenths of a percent this year, despite their biggest crowd ever.

2nd highest attended standalone MLS game in history, and 3rd biggest in the world this weekend.

 

[firefan2001]

Don't worry, they have 2 more game where the whole stadium is opened. If they sellout those two games and 39,000 for the other 4 games they will finish close to 45,000 average.

 

[Jntg4]

Don't worry, they have 2 more game where the whole stadium is opened. If they sellout those two games and 39,000 for the other 4 games they will finish close to 45,000 average.

Seattle, LA, and Columbus have the most home games left in the league too I believe, the first two should help league attendance quite a bit.

 

[Jntg4]

Rumors of Nasri to NYCFC, what do you think of NYCFC having an advantage in getting former EPL players from MCFC?

 

[inactiveuser1]

I think it's gonna be really fun and good for the league just getting these guys here

 

[Jntg4]

I think it's gonna be really fun and good for the league just getting these guys here

Ya, until MCFC loans out the whole team for a summer and since they play in New York, the league allows them more DP's.

 

[Jntg4]

Still trying to confirm, but Chivas USA crowd last night may have been the smallest in league history, definitely the lowest since 2007 at the absolute latest.

 

[firefan2001]

Still trying to confirm, but Chivas USA crowd last night may have been the smallest in league history, definitely the lowest since 2007 at the absolute latest.

More than you think, All-time low is 3,805 @ Colorado 9/13/06

3,805 @ Colorado 9/13/06
4,120 @ Colorado 4/23/97
4,130 @ Kansas City 4/8/98
4,156 @ Kansas City 9/23/00 (playoffs)
4,176 @ Colorado 10/21/06 (playoffs)
4,220 @ Colorado 7/26/06
4,286 @ Tampa Bay 8/29/01
4,328 @ Colorado 8/30/06
4,406 @ Kansas City 4/29/98
4,420 @ Kansas City 4/18/01
4,434 @ Colorado 4/12/97
4,451 @ Dallas 8/31/97
4,473 @ Tampa Bay 5/13/98
4,582 @ Kansas City 7/21/00
4,631 @ Kansas City 7/7/99
4,640 @ Colorado 6/28/00
4,665 @ Kansas City 7/22/99
4,711 @ Colorado 6/24/00
4,746 @ Colorado 5/29/99
4,783 @ Kansas City 5/17/00
4,815 @ Kansas City 4/10/99
4,825 @ Los Angeles 4/8/99
4,827 @ Los Angeles 6/13/01
4,869 @ Dallas 8/16/00
4,892 @ Tampa Bay 4/30/98
4,907 @ Colorado 7/8/06
4,960 @ Kansas City 8/22/00
5,018 @ Colorado 7/28/99
5,027 @ Kansas City 5/27/98
5,058 @ Miami 5/10/00
5,072 @ Kansas City 8/5/99
5,088 @ Miami 5/20/00
5,104 @ Dallas 8/11/04
5,123 @ CD Chivas 9/14/13

Might of missed 1 or 2, but there ate a lot of them. It's been 9 years ago when Dallas got 5,104.


FIRE's All-Time Low 5,144 5/3/00

 

[Jntg4]

......

5,123, utterly pathetic.