"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
It's called knowing that Orlando runs significantly hotter than Melbourne. It can get extremely hot Melbroune. It will get extremely hot in Orlando. It's just about the worst place in the U.S. to pick to hold an 8-week summer soccer tournament, which, as it so happens, was the subject.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
M2 (06-03-2020),North (06-03-2020),Revering4Blue (06-08-2020),westofyou (06-03-2020)
North (06-03-2020),Revering4Blue (06-08-2020)
Teams would each play three games in what could broadly be called a “World Cup-style” group stage at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando, Fla. Those three games would all count toward the regular-season standings.
At the end of the group-stage, teams would move on to a 16-team knockout tournament where they’d play as many as four more games. Those other games would NOT count toward the regular-season.
In addition to some sort of cash prize and the glory of being crowned champion of a trumped-up preseason tournament, the winner will also get a spot in Concacaf Champions League.
The longest any team is expected to be in Orlando is six weeks, with teams eliminated earlier in the tournament going home once they’re done.
https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2020...nament-orlando
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Here's the groups for the tournament:
Groups
GROUP A
Eastern Conference
Orlando City SC
Inter Miami CF
New York City FC
Philadelphia Union
Chicago Fire FC
Nashville SC
GROUP B
Western Conference
Seattle Sounders FC
FC Dallas
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
San Jose Earthquakes
GROUP C
Eastern Conference
Toronto FC
New England Revolution
Montreal Impact
D.C. United
GROUP D
Western Conference
Real Salt Lake
Sporting Kansas City
Colorado Rapids
Minnesota United FC
GROUP E
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC
FC Cincinnati
New York Red Bulls
Columbus Crew SC
GROUP F
Western Conference
LAFC
LA Galaxy
Houston Dynamo
Portland Timbers FC
Those ping-pong balls seem like they were less than random.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Spanky (06-12-2020)
Seattle got it easy.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
The television crews left and about 10 reporters remained in the room. That's when Price took his turn doing the talking.
What followed was a five-minute, 34-second expletive-filled tirade. The final tally was 77 uses of the "F" word or a variant and 11 uses of a vulgar term for feces (two bovine, one equine).
MLS teams that have made the playoffs each of the past five seasons (and it's stunningly easy to make the playoffs):
Red Bulls
Seattle
Atlanta (3 years in league)
LAFC (2 years in the league)
The up and down in that league is insane. In any given year, you could be great or you could suck.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
paintmered (06-12-2020)
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