An Observer Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 16 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: This is commonly the case with bigger European players, who choose MLS teams based on "coolness" of a city. Often based on ignorance. Then I suppose the bigger market teams often can pay more. When objectively just go to the best team possible. Noone thinks hey, Turin isn't so nice (least attractive large Italian city, perhaps), not going to la Juve. Same with Manchester, or Newcastle, you go because of the prestige of teams and you and the family are fine. Often the modest market teams mean cost of living is lower. Why don't the Missouri teams, Fire, the Ohio teams, go for the big name players in the present? Do they think they can't fully benefit from the investment? The thing is that at that stage of your career you are going more for the paycheque, your family, and the outside football life. You aren’t going for the prestige of the team or to build your career. That is done. I am close to retirement age and I could probably get my wife to move to LA or NYC for a few years for one last paycheque but fuck me if I could get her to move to Columbus or Kansas City, lower cost of living or not. Unnamed Trialist, Shway and lowlander 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 16 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: This is commonly the case with bigger European players, who choose MLS teams based on "coolness" of a city. Often based on ignorance. Then I suppose the bigger market teams often can pay more. When objectively just go to the best team possible. Noone thinks hey, Turin isn't so nice (least attractive large Italian city, perhaps), not going to la Juve. Same with Manchester, or Newcastle, you go because of the prestige of teams and you and the family are fine. Often the modest market teams mean cost of living is lower. Why don't the Missouri teams, Fire, the Ohio teams, go for the big name players in the present? Do they think they can't fully benefit from the investment? I think it's easier to sell living in a minorly shit place in Europe than it would be in North America. It's just so much easier to go somewhere less shit in Europe, whether that's a daily commute, short getaways, or even day trips than if you're living in a shit, American city. WestHamCanadianinOxford, Borjans Sweatpants, Corazon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 32 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said: I think it's easier to sell living in a minorly shit place in Europe than it would be in North America. It's just so much easier to go somewhere less shit in Europe, whether that's a daily commute, short getaways, or even day trips than if you're living in a shit, American city. Absolutely. St. Louis? Cincinnati? Columbus? Kansas City? Even places like Salt Lake City and Austin and Nashville, relatively nice places, are in the middle of nowhere compared to playing in Wolverhampton or Lille. I would bet that in the UK some of the less classy locales have trouble attracting when the choice is multi-millions living in London or multi-millions living in Burnley, or Sheffield, or Birmingham. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 12 hours ago, An Observer said: The thing is that at that stage of your career you are going more for the paycheque, your family, and the outside football life. You aren’t going for the prestige of the team or to build your career. That is done. I am close to retirement age and I could probably get my wife to move to LA or NYC for a few years for one last paycheque but fuck me if I could get her to move to Columbus or Kansas City, lower cost of living or not. Fair enough, city matters. I once did a house exchange with someone in Vancouver, apartment for apartment, when I went back there to work, went very well. Then a few years later she wrote saying hey J, we are now in Columbus, Ohio. Proceeds to list the city's amenities, cultural life, restaurants, because she wanted to do another exchange to Barcelona. She forgot to mention Crew however. I ended up doing a full month exchange with some friends of hers who were travelling in Europe, spent a month in a full home and garden in Vancouver. Edited January 5 by Unnamed Trialist An Observer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 19 hours ago, The Real Marc said: Absolutely. St. Louis? Cincinnati? Columbus? Kansas City? Even places like Salt Lake City and Austin and Nashville, relatively nice places, are in the middle of nowhere compared to playing in Wolverhampton or Lille. I would bet that in the UK some of the less classy locales have trouble attracting when the choice is multi-millions living in London or multi-millions living in Burnley, or Sheffield, or Birmingham. Or Dirty, Dirty Leeds Canuckia, The Real Marc and narduch 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Crepeau to Timbers https://x.com/tombogert/status/1743405038112780383?s=46&t=spIaqlQfufAO3HreB1455Q it’s Crepeauver. Trois Reds, costarg, Corazon and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 BREAKING NEWS "Canada has just annexed Portland Oregon" narduch and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 In all seriousness, this is crazy how Canadian Portland Timbers has gotten in the past week or so. I wanted Crepeau to go to Europe but honestly as far as MLS goes I am pretty excited for what's going on down there under Neville. The Timbers got to be THE team south of the border to watch in 2024, especially if this move goes through. johnyb, Canuckia, MauditYvon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 3 hours ago, Obinna said: In all seriousness, this is crazy how Canadian Portland Timbers has gotten...under Neville. Is having invited Neville as an assistant coach for...what was it...just one Gold Cup, now paying dividends? Edited January 6 by Olympique_de_Marseille costarg, Corazon, Fullback and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Crazy, I am shocked. It was rumoured they’d sign a 1, but can Canada lead them to the MLS cup ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 21 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: Crazy, I am shocked. It was rumoured they’d sign a 1, but can Canada lead them to the MLS cup ? I'd say Crepeau is about as good as any other #1 they could get from Europe and plus he's proven in MLS. Great pickup for them, they are building really well. narduch, johnyb, BearcatSA and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, Footyeh said: I'd say Crepeau is about as good as any other #1 they could get from Europe and plus he's proven in MLS. Great pickup for them, they are building really well. Keeping is key and I think that he will be an excellent addition there. Canuckia, johnyb, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 He can doubly fuck off now. Trois Reds, costarg, Unnamed Trialist and 10 others 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 6 minutes ago, Watchmen said: He can doubly fuck off now. Was wondering how the Caps fans would feel when the Canadian core leads them to an MLS Cup. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 21 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Was wondering how the Caps fans would feel when the Canadian core leads them to an MLS Cup. It's a good Whitecaps team, but I don't think quite that good 😉 BearcatSA, Obinna, Canuckia and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 13 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: Crepeau to Timbers https://x.com/tombogert/status/1743405038112780383?s=46&t=spIaqlQfufAO3HreB1455Q it’s Crepeauver. Party at Christine's house! The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Crépeau to Portland confirmed: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/portland-timbers-sign-goalkeeper-maxime-crepeau lowlander, Corazon, Obinna and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 rkomar, Kadenge, Corazon and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Max is listed as Questionable for Portland's season opener v Colorado tonight. The reason given is 'Not Due To Injury' johnyb, dyslexic nam and Borjans Sweatpants 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Made his Portland debut last night in a 2-2 draw. Had an 8.1 rating on Fotmob. Miller and McGraw were playing in front of him Cheeta, blueseeka, Unnamed Trialist and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 29 minutes ago, saladroit said: Crepeau looks terrible on that one. Miller too. Corazon, Kadenge, saladroit and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 We might have to start asking if St. Clair should be starting at Copa. Noticed he was MOTM on Fotmob yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 21 minutes ago, nolando said: Crepeau looks terrible on that one. Good. Fuck him. NVsoccer, dyslexic nam and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Good. Fuck him. Your sentiments reminded me that I meant to post this clip from an article on Max last week: https://www.google.com/amp/s/canadiansoccerdaily.com/2024/04/02/crepeau-returns-to-vancouver/%3famp=1 Edited April 7 by nolando saladroit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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