The Chivas USA Farewell Tour Thread (2014 MLS Thread)

[HailtotheYo]

Or, basically this: http://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/2grty9/lets_see_just_how_dynamic_this_new_logo_is_post/

[HailtotheYo]

My personal favorite:

[GoGo Yubari]

So MLS has found its buyers for the club that was Chivas USA but will be taking a hiatus next season to focus on rebranding and so on.

One of the buyers is Vincent Tan.

This is going to be hilarious.

EDIT: More general thoughts. Presumably with the league being at 20 teams next year, a team is going to be moved to the Western Conference. Hopefully Houston for reasons both logistical (it'd mean that they're actually in the same conference as the other Texas team) and competitive balance-wise (moving SKC to the west would make the balance of talent between the two conferences even MORE lopsided).

[Lineker]

Tan? Brilliant.

[Szumi]

No Chivas USA will certainly boost the average attendance for the league.

I want a Tan owned club so bad. The _______ Red Dragons for the MLS Title!

[GoGo Yubari]

Tan? Brilliant.

Turns out he'd be a minority owner but I don't even care. VINCENT TAN.

[HailtotheYo]

Wow .... I guess his first move would be to rebrand with yellow and blue

It looks really good that Guber is in that group.

[GoGo Yubari]

Grant Wahl reports that Thierry Henry will not be renewing his contract with NYRB, but not for sure retiring as of yet.

[HailtotheYo]

He also stated that NYRB was entertaining offers for the franchise, which was quickly shot down by both NYRB and Don himself.

Henry though ... wouldn't be surprised if he's done after this season. Hope not, but not surprised at all.

[Toe]

I just discovered something, guys.

Robbie Keane is pretty good at soccer.

[HailtotheYo]

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/07/heart-shaped-return-columbus-crew-add-free-agent-forward-kei-kamara-2015-sea

Kamara is back for 2015 .... back in the black and gold of CLB.

[HailtotheYo]

Crew rebrand released yesterday.

Honestly, I like it. Nod to the original crest with the mini 96 crest in the middle, the 9 yellow/black diagonals are representative of the 9 other founding clubs of the MLS along with the Crew, and the checkerboard is a nod to the supporters.

[HailtotheYo]

New CLB badge with the rest of the league. Yeah, it looks good.

[GoGo Yubari]

Hahaha, they released a new one with Chivas included? The original one of those I saw omitted them.

Bless their little cotton socks.

[GoGo Yubari]

And so, it's come to this. With both teams blowing their matches this weekend, the Sounders and the Galaxy will go into the final two weeks of the regular season level at the top of the table on points with two matches to go, and both of those matches are against each other. Sounders just need to win one of those matches to win the Supporters Shield, but, uh. It's LA.

Shit's gonna be intense. Both teams are filled with players that parallel each other in some way; Donovan and Dempsey, Keane and Martins, Yedlin and Zardes, Alonso and Juninho, Marshall and Gonzalez...

[HailtotheYo]

It should be a load of fun.

Oh, and this: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/14/long-term-deal-makes-heineken-new-official-beer-mls-starting-2015 ... Heineken will be the official beer

[GoGo Yubari]

All but official now, Dom Kinnear is leaving Houston Dynamo to take over at San Jose.

[HailtotheYo]

All but official now, Dom Kinnear is leaving Houston Dynamo to take over at San Jose.

Just coming in to post this. It is official, broke yesterday: http://www.chron.com/sports/dynamo/article/Kinnear-leaving-Dynamo-for-San-Jose-gig-5822857.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile

[GoGo Yubari]

Better luck next year, Toronto FC.

[Rafael]

Today is the day! Go Sounders! Oba Oba is the man!