MLS Thread: 2019 Edition

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Raphael Wickey named the new Fire head coach.

Miami set to name Diego Alonso as manager and sign Agudelo and Roman Torres.

Wicky was awful with the US17’s, but he’s coached well before at the club level in Switzerland.

 

[Gecklund]

Wicky was awful with the US17’s, but he’s coached well before at the club level in Switzerland.

I’m more interested in how Miami does. I think they go for one big name after hiring their manager. Torres is a fantastic addition and Agudelo is a great back up. I mean Robles in goal and a backline of Sweat-Torres-DeLaGarza-Powell is pretty good. Then you got Ulloa sitting in front of them with Nguyen and maybe another top class mid and a front line with Pellegrini, Carranza and a solid winger. It’s not going to be great but before the January window even opens, this isn’t bad.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Inter Miami should go for Manuel Pellegrini, now that he's out.

 

[Gecklund]

Inter Miami should go for Manuel Pellegrini, now that he's out.

It sounds like they’re appointing Diego Alonso.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

It sounds like they’re appointing Diego Alonso.

So NYCFC should go after him then. He worked with CFG before.

 

[kingsboy11]

Boring as ****. Wasted potential if these are real. Whatever happened to creativity in this league? Everything has just become so generic now.

 

[Viqsi]

Boring as ****. Wasted potential if these are real. Whatever happened to creativity in this league? Everything has just become so generic now.

That's got to be, like, a promotional T-shirt or something.

 

[Gecklund]

insua to LAG

Now official. Galaxy are starting to look scary but we will have to see if they sign a striker or are counting on Pavon.

 

[Terry Yake]

Now official. Galaxy are starting to look scary but we will have to see if they sign a striker or are counting on Pavon.

they also signed alex katai who played for chicago last season and are linked to carlos zambrano

pretty good offseason so far for LAG but i think they need to sign a striker to play with pavon. they're not going to replace zlatan's production but a decent striker playing alongside pavon would really help

 

[Gecklund]

they also signed alex katai who played for chicago last season and are linked to carlos zambrano

pretty good offseason so far for LAG but i think they need to sign a striker to play with pavon. they're not going to replace zlatan's production but a decent striker playing alongside pavon would really help

Katai is good but no more than a depth piece. I normally don’t like to speculate much with links unless they are very reliable and almost done. Soccer (and especially MLS) there’s so many players that they could be entirely wrong on the links.

I agree though. They need a striker bad.

Unrelated but Yimmi Chara signs with Portland on a DP deal.

 

[SSF]

LGP officially sold to Club Tijuana

 

[Gecklund]

LGP officially sold to Club Tijuana

I haven’t seen any official announcement and nothing on Atlanta or Tijuana twitter that I found.

 

[kingsboy11]

they also signed alex katai who played for chicago last season and are linked to carlos zambrano

pretty good offseason so far for LAG but i think they need to sign a striker to play with pavon. they're not going to replace zlatan's production but a decent striker playing alongside pavon would really help

Yeah I'm really happy with the signings so far and I'm glad they're heavily addressing the defense. Insua is 10x the player Skjelvik is. I like the Katai signing as well, but I'm thinking that it could mean the end of Alessandrini's time here. And I do agree with you about the striker. You can't replace Zlatan, but other than Pavon, where are the goals coming from? Antuna is gone and Pavon is really more of a playmaker rather than a goal scorer. I'm sure GBS is scouting for some Argentine somewhere though

 

[SSF]

I haven’t seen any official announcement and nothing on Atlanta or Tijuana twitter that I found.

BREAKING: #ATLUTD sale of LGP to #Tijuana is complete.
BREAKING: Atlanta United’s Gonzalez Pirez sold to Tijuana
Sad to see him go. Always enjoyed talking with him and appreciated his play.

Their beat writer

 

[HajdukSplit]

The main candidate for the NYCFC job is Norwegian manager Ronny Deila, probably best known for managing Celtic a few years back but he has been successful in Norway

Van Brocnkhorst apparently turned down the job and has gone to China. The rumor is he wanted some guarantees before taking the NYCFC job which included him being the successor to Guardiola

 

[Terry Yake]

seeing a lot of stuff about chicharito going to LAG

nothing official yet though. that'd be a pretty big pickup for them on and off the field

 

[kingsboy11]

seeing a lot of stuff about chicharito going to LAG

nothing official yet though. that'd be a pretty big pickup for them on and off the field

No one can replace Zlatan and his production, but Chicarito would be a great pickup. I'm personally not a fan of him as a player and certainly not a fan of him with El Tri, but he finds ways to score goals.

 

[Gecklund]

Both Dillon Serna and Shane O’Neill are training with the Sounders for preseason. I would expect Serna to be back up RB and winger depth and O’Neill to be the third choice CB. Another interesting thing to note is that Kim Kee Hee is not on the preseason roster so don’t expect him to come back. That means that Seattle will need at least one more CB before the season starts.

 

[Gecklund]

seeing a lot of stuff about chicharito going to LAG

nothing official yet though. that'd be a pretty big pickup for them on and off the field

Not official but sounds like it’s done

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Galaxy focusing more and more on Mexican players to tone down the growth of the LAFC fan bse?

 

[Gecklund]

Galaxy focusing more and more on Mexican players to tone down the growth of the LAFC fan bse?

Probably more of because they’re good and willing to come before they’re 40.

 

[Terry Yake]

Galaxy focusing more and more on Mexican players to tone down the growth of the LAFC fan bse?

not in this case. chicharito was simply the best available option and i highly doubt LAG cares about the lafc fanbase that'll mostly disappear once they start losing. it's all about the hype with them

 

[Vamos Rafa]

not in this case. chicharito was simply the best available option and i highly doubt LAG cares about the lafc fanbase that'll mostly disappear once they start losing. it's all about the hype with them

I don't think so. I live in downtown LA and you don't see people sporting Galaxy jerseys here during the MLS season. Mostly LAFC, unless there's an El Traffico match on that day at the LAFC stadium just a few blocks away. Their fan base is here to stay and it will just keep growing, win or lose.

 

[Terry Yake]

I don't think so. I live in downtown LA and you don't see people sporting Galaxy jerseys here during the MLS season. Mostly LAFC, unless there's an El Traffico match on that day at the LAFC stadium just a few blocks away. Their fan base is here to stay and it will just keep growing, win or lose.

that's just the vibe i get from the majority of their fanbase. most of them just started following soccer/mls/both when lafc began

LAG has been around for years and has won titles. but then here comes this flashy new team playing close to downtown with a cool logo and colors and all of a sudden these people who never followed soccer before are lafc "fans."

 

[KingLB]

Isnt that a large portion of potential MLS fans? Thus a group that should be targeted?