The Chivas USA Farewell Tour Thread (2014 MLS Thread)

[GoGo Yubari]

Roster news! Montreal Impact have signed Ignacio Piatti as a DP and Colorado Rapids have traded Nathan Sturgis to Chivas USA for Carlos Alvarez in what on paper looks like a good move for Colorado and a dumb one for Chivas to me.

[HailtotheYo]

Piatti should be a good signing.

Tidbits coming out that both NYCFC and NYRB are in for Florent Malouda ... 3-4 years too late.

[HailtotheYo]

Seeing a few different Union Twitter notes about Fabio Cannavaro possibly being the new coach. Apparently met with them in Brazil and is scheduled to be in Philly for the Crystal Palace friendly.

[OctoberRaven]

In an apparent attempt to prove that he has no idea what he's doing, Beckham is now looking for stadium deals outside of Miami-Dade county.

Which, to be fair, is probably his best bet as FAU have a brand-new stadium so he can skip that whole "building a new one" hurdle.

However operating that far away from the city you claim your team is from... that's what the Fusion did, and look how that turned out.

Of course, he wants public funding, he wants waterfront premises... nobody anywhere in Florida is going to go along with that.

Edited July 4, 2014 by OctoberRavenO

[GoGo Yubari]

I fucking love Cubo Torres. I hope he stays with Chivas/LA2 after the rebrand and becomes one of the faces of that franchise.

The announcer's eighteen-second (!!!) long goal call is the icing on the cake.

[HailtotheYo]

Hell yes I hope he stays.

[HailtotheYo]

LOTS of Yedlin to Roma floating around ... he'd stay on loan through the MLS season then go over in January, that's the rumor mill at the moment.

[GoGo Yubari]

US Open Cup Semifinals:

FC Dallas vs. Philadelphia Union

Seattle Sounders vs. Chicago Fire

The Sounders/Timbers match was fucking crazy and unbelievably fun if you're not a Timbers fan. It even featured the return of Ozzie Alonso scoring a ridiculous goal in USOC play.

Elsewhere, Orlando City is negotiating with AC Milan over the possible transfer of Robinho.

[HailtotheYo]

http://m.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/240/593/2/index.html

Fifa article confirm Lampard to NYCFC ? hhmm

[HailtotheYo]

Wouldn't be surprised to have Jorge Claros and Martin Steuble sign today with SKC. Two signings today according to @RobbHeineman.

— SSFC_Rumors (@SSFC_Rumors)

July 16, 2014

[GoGo Yubari]

This is fantastic. Cameo at 1:47 is the best part probably, though since I'm a Seattle Reign supporter the fact that they cast nothing but Reign players/our coach as every female role in it is delightful.

MLS news! Alvaro Rey has left Columbus Crew for "personal reasons" so they must be thrilled to have traded Oduro away to get him, Chicago have signed Romanian midfielder Razvan Cocis, and Matt Besler has attracted offers from a lot of clubs, including Fulham and Sunderland.

[Blue Rosler]

It may have been answered here, but aside from streaming, where else can us Brits watch the MLS? Is it on Sky or BT Sports?

I am going to pick a team!

[HailtotheYo]

I know last season it was BT Sports and ESPNUK

[Lineker]

It's BT, Bluey.

[Blue Rosler]

It's BT, Bluey.

Thanks.

I'm down to four teams based on solely the squads - FC Dallas, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders.

Who is the most West Hamy out of these?

[Lineker]

Support Seattle because they're fucking wonderful.

[Meacon Keaton]

Don't support Seattle. It's so easy to support Seattle. The most West Ham is (do you know the way to) San Jose.

[Blue Rosler]

Let's go Earthquakes! They had Darren Huckerby!

[Szumi]

West Ham is a lot like Philly - you'll never win the league

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, you could always join Szumi and I on the Pain-Train.