QuoteWell if I was the owner of Red Bull and I bought a football team in New York, thats what I'd call them. Makes sense in America. Changing the Austrian team to Red Bull Salzburg is stoopid thoughOriginally Posted by jebus
Calling your team the New York Red Bulls, I mean ****sake....
Anyway, now that Beckham is making the switch stateside at the age of 31, Juan Pablo Angel has left Villa at the age of 31 for a move to America, Zinedine Zidane is being wooed by Los Angeles, and the Major League is thinking of dropping the number of non-nationals allowed play for you team, aswell as the wage cap, could we soon see a mass imigration of European and South American players to the States?
A few teams are apparantly looking into signing Frank Lampard, and whilst I think thats a bit optimistic from them, the fact that they would even look in the first place may be a sign of their future ambitions
Well if I was the owner of Red Bull and I bought a football team in New York, thats what I'd call them. Makes sense in America. Changing the Austrian team to Red Bull Salzburg is stoopid though
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what a waster that fella is , he only had one good season coindeidentally in the lead up to his new contract !! o'neill dead right to cut him as soon as he could
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
I've always thought he was decent..just got stuck and got ahem... *comfortable* at Villa
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
He should go to the Chicago Fire, the food in that city would be perfect for him. Lots of burgers, BBQ ribs, fried chicken, pizza loaded with cheese, double portions of french fries... Just take him to the dunkin donuts at the airport and he'll sign up.
Im going to the game this weekend, doubt he will feature but not a bad signing
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Toronto have signed Daniele Dichio from Preston. A decent enough signing but I hope he's not their marquee player!
If he is I'd say Kilbane has a fair shot of becoming a real celebrity in the USA
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Red Bulls sign Angel.
"Red Bull gives you (Angel) Wings"
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
If America takes football seriously they would become a major force. I could also see an expansion to the champions league if things did take off.
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or the scrapping of the Champions League and the expanding of the World Club Championship?
Angel..loads of ability but a lazy ballbag. They'll need to drip feed him Redbull
to get him moving!
you are only a loser when you stop trying. Playing sport does not build character, it reveals it.
World Club Championship hasn't got a great image. Who really gives a damn about it.
The Champions League although a miss leading name, it certaintly has all the prestige you would need.
So I would say the CL would be more of a goer due to its greater image and prestige
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Which would be all well and good if he'd actually bought a team, in New York. The Metrostars are in New Jersey, as is the new Red Bull Park he's building for them. At least when Distillery moved out of Belfast they had the decency to call themselves Lisburn Distillery....
Make no mistake that the owenr of Red Bull (Mateschitz) wants to use football as an extension of his brand - nothing more, nothing less. He really doesn't give a sh!t about the game, and cares less for any team that he usurps to act as his little brand vehicle. He was an evil b@stard with what he did to Salzburg in Austria - changing their name, colours, declaring a 'Year Zero' and saying they had no history. Luckily for him Amedrican clubs have no history, support or identity and their goonish fans don't give a sh!t about such things.
Though he is also looking for a club to do the same with in England, so get the popcorn in for the mother of all b!tch-fights over that, as he slowly realises he has bitten off more than his brand can chew...
Why would the CL expand out of Europe at all - it's a UEFA product ?!? And why would CONCACAF agree to it - surely they'd rather have their own version ?
And if it did, why would it ever look to involve North American teams, when there's leagues full of dramatically better and more glamorous sides in South America ??
Man United v Boca Juniors or Man United v Colorado K-Mart Ass-Biscuits. Hmm - now which would be the bigger draw......
Bit harsh. Most reports I read had their fans protesting (oh and they get better crowds than we do, so I wouldn't be using that stick to beat them with)
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Pretty ignorant comment. There's a NY/NJ Metrostars fan on this board who was pretty upset at what had happened to his club.
Why? MONEY, the greenstuff that makes the world go round, that's why.Why would the CL expand out of Europe at all - it's a UEFA product ?!? And why would CONCACAF agree to it - surely they'd rather have their own version ?
And if it did, why would it ever look to involve North American teams, when there's leagues full of dramatically better and more glamorous sides in South America ??
Man United v Boca Juniors or Man United v Colorado K-Mart Ass-Biscuits. Hmm - now which would be the bigger draw......
Also if MLS did become a force then the big teams there will be a big draw. Just like Chelsea, 5 years ago they where a decent club with modest draw. Now they are a massive draw - Why? they have plenty of money and made a good side into a great side.
UEFA and CONCACAF would work together if they thought they could double there income.
The South American teams might have a few big name clubs, but they carry very little value with them. Is any of them in the top 100 richest clubs?
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I'd say a number of them are. Look at the transfers fees iinvolved in Argentina. Far more than the vast majority of european leagues could afford
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And the history of American sport shows many examples of fans getting extremely upset over losing their team.
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