Recent content by mabindurham

What seems to be lost on many folks here abroad is that we've had a tradition of association football here in the States since the early 1900s. My home town club, for example, won the US championship 6 times between 1916 and 1924. Even if we didn't have that, why would it surprise you that...

Garber never says anything to the press that isn't calculated to promote his brand--not so sure I'd call it shady (unless of course you make the argument that good marketing is naturally shady, which I might find some sympathy for). On the whole, though, if you've followed the league from the...

Donovan really has played poorly over the last month or so--I agree he seems to be tired. But last night he was quite good. With Beckham returning (he played about 20 minutes), there's going to be a great battle for the Supporter's Shield.

Maybe I'm missing the context and not understanding what you're trying to argue (I haven't gone back through the 119 pages of this thread to find out). Whatever it is, the average is the wrong statistic to use for any argument. Even if you eliminated the top earners, the MLS distribution is...

You're mixing up what an average and a median tell you. Unless the distribution is reasonably symmetric, the average (mean) is actually a distorted estimate of what a typical player makes. The median is actually the better estimate of what a typical player makes. In this case, it's the...

The Hispanic population is S. Fla is largely Cuban by far. They don't care a bit for futbol.

Right, and don't get me started on the whole "I won't watch MLS till it's a top league" thing. My own brothers, who were very good players int he college ranks and even in the national team system (regional level) years ago, take this attitude. It's so short-sighted. An attendance and ratings...

Haven't Scottish and Scandinavian leagues been around for considerably longer than MLS? Say, maybe ten time longer? There are also work permit differences, no? Not saying I disagree with you about the level of MLS too much, but not sure that pointing to Scottish success is making your...

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Don't think anybody begrudges you holding the view that the side needs something different. What I think people have objected to and have pretty thoroughly discredited is the reason you offer for wanting something different. It's clear to anybody who's followed his career that the break is one...

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, he's broken behind at least a few times in each match since he's been here, but either nobody sees him or decides not to play to him. If I recall correctly, a few years ago at least, his documented sprint times over short distances apparently rivalled...

It's not the best 42, it's ALL of the 42 international goals he's scored.

That's probably about right. One thing I've noticed so far with him at Everton is that this aspect of his game is not being exploited. I can count at least a couple of occasions per match where he was able to break beyond the left back into lots of space, but the ball was never delivered.

Jozy came off yesterday due to a knock.