Meet The New Chivas USA, Same As The Old Chivas USA
I haven't seen "Revenge Of The Sith" yet, but I think I know how the remaining Jedi felt when Anakin Skywalker crossed over to the dark side. It's truly a depressing day for Fulham supporters around the world as Edwin van der Sar is now the new goalie for Manchester United.
Fulham doesn't have much in the way of truly international talent. They have some starters for countries like Senegal, Canada, and the United States but the one thing they had, at least since 2001, was the starting goaltender for powerhouse Holland. Now that's been taken away.
So much for Malcolm Glazer tightening the purse strings.
The dark side was strong in that one, however. Earlier this season, right before signing a contract extension with Fulham, he stated he would jump to Manchester United if they wanted him.
I just hope, "there is another!"
With this news clouding my footcer judgement today (and making me talk like a Star Wars looney), I'll just return to the happier days of yesterday.
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A lot has been made in MLS circles about "new Chivas." Sort of like New Coke, the small changes haven't been all positive in the two matches. While the 1-1 tie against Kansas City midweek had Chivas USA fans excited (at least I think they were excited, my Spanish isn't great), yesterday's 5-2 loss to the Fire can't exactly have Chivas fans feeling "muy bueno."
Porque Chivas los E.E.U.U. sigue siendo malo.
Thank you Babble Fish. :)
New Chivas USA mentality, same old result. Chivas USA is one of the two teams in MLS with ties to a larger, more established club in another country (in their case a Guadalajara side). But their 1-9-2 record up to this point doesn't show it. However, since they are allowed to raid their parent side, the ownership is threatening to bring in two "Chivas Mexico" players (about all the MLS salary cap will allow them to) by the end of the summer.
However, unless they're the goalie and a couple of defensemen, nothing is going to solve this expansion side's problems that easily.
Their new manager, Hans Westerhof (former coach of some major teams in Holland and Mexico's Chivas), is trying his hardest to get the team that can't shoot straight into a well oiled machine by increasing the intensity of practices.
And it's too early to tell if the new coach will really make a difference. And I do wish Chivas USA the best, unlike many MLS fans who want to see them faulter since to them Chivas USA represent some sort of Mexican invasion.
I don't want to see the Chivas USA experiment faulter since if they're successful it's a bridge to the Mexican community in the United States who, in Chicago at least, has stopped attending matches in the numbers they used to. And a great hope for MLS is Chivas USA being successful and encouraging more European, Mexican, and South American owners to start up teams in MLS.
It's a great deal for the players who get to practice with the full sides in the home country on occasion and it's great for the fans who possibly get to see the stars from other leagues on occasion.
Of course this first test of the exchange agreement is coming under dire straits to be certain, in the future it might catch on. Hopefully better than New Coke did.
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If New England doesn't stop drawing every match, I'm going to need to start calling them Inter Bostan after Inter Milan who didn't lose a single match in their first 20 or so but ended up third in the Italian league because they ended the season with 18 draws and 18 wins).
Other than that, everything went pretty much to form in MLS and the new dream one-table standings look like this:
1. FC Dallas (a.k.a. Burnsenal) [7-1-3] 24 pts. GD: +12
2. New England Revolution (a.k.a. The Chelsealution) [6-0-4] 22 pts. GD: +11
3. Los Angeles Galaxy [6-2-2] 20 pts. GD: +6
4. Chicago Fire [6-5-1] 19 pts. GD: +1
5. Kansas City Wizards [4-2-5] 17 pts. GD: +5
6. New York/New Jersey MetroStars [4-3-4] 16 pts. GD: +6
7. San Jose Earthquakes [3-3-5] 14 pts. GD: 0
8. D.C. United [3-4-3] 12 pts. GD: 0
9. Real Salt Lake [3-6-2] 11 pts. GD: -9
10. Columbus Crew [3-6-1] 10 pts. GD: -10
11. Colorado Rapids [2-7-2] 8 pts. GD: -5
12. Chivas USA [1-9-2] 5 pts. GD: -17
Fulham doesn't have much in the way of truly international talent. They have some starters for countries like Senegal, Canada, and the United States but the one thing they had, at least since 2001, was the starting goaltender for powerhouse Holland. Now that's been taken away.
So much for Malcolm Glazer tightening the purse strings.
The dark side was strong in that one, however. Earlier this season, right before signing a contract extension with Fulham, he stated he would jump to Manchester United if they wanted him.
I just hope, "there is another!"
With this news clouding my footcer judgement today (and making me talk like a Star Wars looney), I'll just return to the happier days of yesterday.
---
A lot has been made in MLS circles about "new Chivas." Sort of like New Coke, the small changes haven't been all positive in the two matches. While the 1-1 tie against Kansas City midweek had Chivas USA fans excited (at least I think they were excited, my Spanish isn't great), yesterday's 5-2 loss to the Fire can't exactly have Chivas fans feeling "muy bueno."
Porque Chivas los E.E.U.U. sigue siendo malo.
Thank you Babble Fish. :)
New Chivas USA mentality, same old result. Chivas USA is one of the two teams in MLS with ties to a larger, more established club in another country (in their case a Guadalajara side). But their 1-9-2 record up to this point doesn't show it. However, since they are allowed to raid their parent side, the ownership is threatening to bring in two "Chivas Mexico" players (about all the MLS salary cap will allow them to) by the end of the summer.
However, unless they're the goalie and a couple of defensemen, nothing is going to solve this expansion side's problems that easily.
Their new manager, Hans Westerhof (former coach of some major teams in Holland and Mexico's Chivas), is trying his hardest to get the team that can't shoot straight into a well oiled machine by increasing the intensity of practices.
And it's too early to tell if the new coach will really make a difference. And I do wish Chivas USA the best, unlike many MLS fans who want to see them faulter since to them Chivas USA represent some sort of Mexican invasion.
I don't want to see the Chivas USA experiment faulter since if they're successful it's a bridge to the Mexican community in the United States who, in Chicago at least, has stopped attending matches in the numbers they used to. And a great hope for MLS is Chivas USA being successful and encouraging more European, Mexican, and South American owners to start up teams in MLS.
It's a great deal for the players who get to practice with the full sides in the home country on occasion and it's great for the fans who possibly get to see the stars from other leagues on occasion.
Of course this first test of the exchange agreement is coming under dire straits to be certain, in the future it might catch on. Hopefully better than New Coke did.
---
If New England doesn't stop drawing every match, I'm going to need to start calling them Inter Bostan after Inter Milan who didn't lose a single match in their first 20 or so but ended up third in the Italian league because they ended the season with 18 draws and 18 wins).
Other than that, everything went pretty much to form in MLS and the new dream one-table standings look like this:
1. FC Dallas (a.k.a. Burnsenal) [7-1-3] 24 pts. GD: +12
2. New England Revolution (a.k.a. The Chelsealution) [6-0-4] 22 pts. GD: +11
3. Los Angeles Galaxy [6-2-2] 20 pts. GD: +6
4. Chicago Fire [6-5-1] 19 pts. GD: +1
5. Kansas City Wizards [4-2-5] 17 pts. GD: +5
6. New York/New Jersey MetroStars [4-3-4] 16 pts. GD: +6
7. San Jose Earthquakes [3-3-5] 14 pts. GD: 0
8. D.C. United [3-4-3] 12 pts. GD: 0
9. Real Salt Lake [3-6-2] 11 pts. GD: -9
10. Columbus Crew [3-6-1] 10 pts. GD: -10
11. Colorado Rapids [2-7-2] 8 pts. GD: -5
12. Chivas USA [1-9-2] 5 pts. GD: -17
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