do you know the MLS?

CHITOWNSEADOG · Reserve team player Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 60

Just wondering if you know what the MLS is and if so are you familiar with teams and players?

Rafferz · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject:

Yes, I know the American League.

Now, do you per chance have any idea at all what the Conference North is?
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I must admit to knowing a few names from Football Manager… Embarassed

MacPhail · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject:

I've actually BEEN to a game - New York/New Jersey Metrostars Vs Colorado Rapids at Giants Stadium ! (1997 if memory serves)

Lothar Matthaus captained The Metrostars but tbh looked like he was there for the payday and I seem to remember Tab Ramos and Tony Meola were also in the side.

It was technically OK but a bit dull and me & my mate ended up going down to the Members Lounge for the second half to watch the Mets on TV (we'd bought season tickets with members bar access from a father & son outside the ground). Giants Stadium is pretty impressive despite not being as modern as other facilities in The States and it was a worthwhile trip just to say I've been.

It was an experience and I still keep tabs on NY/NJ in the standings but I probably wouldn't pass up The Baseball for it again.
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DMN · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

Wasn't there some kind of Fans link up with Chicargo Fire a few years back? I'm sure I remeber a site that had pics of Fans from clubs visiting bot here and the US.

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DMN · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

Chris_York1 · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

Herman the Tosser · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject:

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tommihird · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

UkrainianPhil · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject:

AllModCons · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject:

I'd say that unlike in England though it's not as easy to avoid trouble by merely keeping your mouth shut and minding your own business. Of course, this isn't always the case over here but in Europe they seem to be more indecriminate and incidents involving knives and gas seem to be par for the course. Whether it's just a case of familiarity I'm not sure but I would be a lot more guarded watching a European game than I would in match of reciprocal size over here. As I say though that's just based on a couple of games I've seen abroad and the rather angry reactions of some Ferencvaros fans during a York vs F'varos game of table football!
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Yabba · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

tommihird · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject:

After reading that story, yet another one containing examples of violence amongst Ultras, it's clear to me that the mood amongst these groups seems to be at an aggressive all time high.

Recently in the last few months, we have seen FDL of Milan disbanded, due to differences, and violence between the group and other individuals, aswell as Nord Kaos(Udinese) and several other groups across Italy, all disbanded because of the threat of violence.

In my opinion, it's particularly sad that these groups,(who were more about their support of the team through good tifo and displays rather than acts of violence) close down because of the violent and aggressive nature of many of the other groups. It's clear for everyone to see that the atmosphere in the Curva Sud(Milan) is different since FDL have gone- emphasised by their non-existent display against Bayern in the Champions League a week ago.

Relating to the above story, it seems to be the groups like Roma(several fans arrested a couple of weeks back at the Roma derby, and with a history of violence), who give the term 'Ultras' a bad name across the media in England and on the continent as a whole. The actual 'Ultras' term, is often loosley used by the BBC and other media to describe any acts of violence carried out by fans in Italy. It's these groups, who don't actually produce good tifo(certainly compared to the groups like FDL(Milan)/Fedelissimi(Sampdoria), who seem to change the Ultras meaning, from fanatical support.....to actual violence against other fans, many, as in the above report, who are often innocent, and not looking for trouble.

It's at a sad stage where the term Ultras is now adopted by the likes of Roma, and of course Napoli, not to actually support their football team to a good extent, but to use aggression and violence towards innocent fans of other clubs. Although much of it is political, certainly in Italy, there seems to me to be no need to attack innocent fans, such as in this case with Roma/Middlesbrough, to which they have no rivalry with whatsoever, and certainly not with innocent fans. That is not true Ultra style, that is thuggish style, and I hope that in the future, more groups will start to associate themselves more with good tifo, and actual support for their team- like we are trying to do at the JR, rather than the public view that all 'Ultras' groups are tarnished with violence.
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Chris_York1 · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:34 am Post subject:

By the way, it's "MLS", not "the MLS" - ironically a mistake the UK press tends to make.

You off to the new stadium at Bridgeview for Chicago this season?

Looks very nice. 28,000 all seater. Seems like it's lacking a carpark still Laughing

Solider Field's nice, but too damn big for a Tuesday night match in the rain against someone crap like Columbus. Looks nice when it's pretty full..

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Yabba · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

tommihird · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:56 am Post subject:

Yabba · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

tommihird · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

Do the rest of the JR have anything to say on this matter?
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