Beary Sweet Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 8 minutes ago, YummyCakeFace said: Nice work Jacobson. I like that guy. Plays an honest game. I agree and really solid, versatile midfielder. I see why he's in the lineup. Defends well, makes good clearances, and makes clutch tackles. Nice assist on Waston's goal. He's starting to come around quite well which is great to see. Parker scored a 3rd goal to seal the win. Great match played overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Beary Sweet said: I agree and really solid, versatile midfielder. I see why he's in the lineup. Defends well, makes good clearances, and makes clutch tackles. Nice assist on Waston's goal. He's starting to come around quite well which is great to see. Parker scored a 3rd goal to seal the win. Great match played overall I think it was a tremendous goal line save.... with Montero popping it on right after. I was hoping that Waston would get the hat-trick, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lancaster said: I think it was a tremendous goal line save.... with Montero popping it on right after. I was hoping that Waston would get the hat-trick, lol. Yeah but from the replay here at home, it looked liked it was just over the line. Oh well a goal's a goal. Montero was there to make sure it was in for sure. We defended brilliantly today imo and couple good saves by Ousted. Waston was a beast and I was pulling for him to get the hatty as well. It's all good as he had a great match. Edited June 4, 2017 by Beary Sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCanuck001 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Davies became a Canadian citizen today, and was also called up to the 40-man Gold Cup sqaud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 On 6/6/2017 at 2:35 PM, CaptainCanuck001 said: Davies became a Canadian citizen today, and was also called up to the 40-man Gold Cup sqaud. Davies played very well for Canada. Could have easily popped in like 3-4 goals. He drove towards the goal, drawing a PK which should have won the game for Canada (instead it hit the post, out of bounds, quick toss back into play and eventually scoring anyways). A quick question as I'm not a soccer expert..... why doesn't Davies play striker? I would assume that his presence would force defenders to be more cautious of his speed, thus opening up the midfield, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Lancaster said: Davies played very well for Canada. Could have easily popped in like 3-4 goals. He drove towards the goal, drawing a PK which should have won the game for Canada (instead it hit the post, out of bounds, quick toss back into play and eventually scoring anyways). A quick question as I'm not a soccer expert..... why doesn't Davies play striker? I would assume that his presence would force defenders to be more cautious of his speed, thus opening up the midfield, etc. I really think Davies isn't playing striker because he has such great pace, speed, skill, shot making ability that he can be a good creator for his teammates as well and checks off everything that you want from a winger. One day when he becomes a more consistent goal scorer, he will eventually become a no.10. For now, I think it's best to not pressure the kid and let him develop and improve on his game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Never good to blow a 2 - 0 lead but the Caps were lucky to escape with a draw. Minnesota played surprisingly well for an expansion team. Now on to Chicago to meet Schweinsteiger & co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Caps need another fullback. Badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 7:27 PM, ReggieBush said: Caps need another fullback. Badly. Bring back Fraser Aird? Not the quickest guy, but he does reminds me a bit of how Laba plays. How he will just outright run through and tackle players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 When are the Caps ever gonna be a dominant team? It's been years now. So sick of middling around through the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Time to relieve Lenarduzzi of his position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, YummyCakeFace said: Time to relieve Lenarduzzi of his position. Lenarduzzi should be replaced, but ownership is the biggest limiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Well, that was rather humbling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 7 hours ago, StealthNuck said: Lenarduzzi should be replaced, but ownership is the biggest limiter. I would rather they keep him on-board.... just so ownership can't just get rid of him and claim that they are "doing something". Lenarduzzi, Robinson.... they can only do so much with the limited resources they have. The Whitecaps could hire Sir Alex Fergurson to take the reins, but the quality of the team won't be changing drastically. I'm just wondering who is actually in charge of the ownership for the Whitecaps. I know there's a quartet of owners, with Steve Nash being the very minority stakeholder (he's rich... but not a billionaire). Jeff Mallett and Steve Luzco seems to be very wealthy... but they just seem to be "investors".... so that leaves Greg Kerfoot. He's obviously rich... but not rich enough to warrant a page in Wikipedia.... but it's been estimated he has about $2 billion... with the total ownership group having about $4 billion.... tiny by sports team standards. To put things into perspective.... TFC is owned by MLSE which is only valued at $1.5 billion... but the owners of MLSE consists of Rogers, Bell and Kilmer Sports.... they have lots of spending power. NYCFC.... same company as ManCity and ownership group consists of members of the royalty and nobility in the UAE, etc. So they're super wealthy. LA Galaxy is owned by AEG, once of the largest sports business in the world. AEG owns the LA Kings, a couple of minor league hockey teams, a couple hockey teams in Europe and were an initial investors in MLS... as in they used to partially own all the teams in MLS. They also own and operate the Staple Center and few other sports arenas internationally. AEG is worth about $10 billion.... not including the other parties related to the company. Sounders.... one of the owner, Paul Allen himself has a net worth of $20 billion..... and they have a few other owners as part of the group too. For all intent and purposes... until the Whitecaps are able to have some new owners or someone who can really throw money around... they will always be a peripheral playoff team at best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 8 hours ago, Lancaster said: I would rather they keep him on-board.... just so ownership can't just get rid of him and claim that they are "doing something". Lenarduzzi, Robinson.... they can only do so much with the limited resources they have. The Whitecaps could hire Sir Alex Fergurson to take the reins, but the quality of the team won't be changing drastically. I'm just wondering who is actually in charge of the ownership for the Whitecaps. I know there's a quartet of owners, with Steve Nash being the very minority stakeholder (he's rich... but not a billionaire). Jeff Mallett and Steve Luzco seems to be very wealthy... but they just seem to be "investors".... so that leaves Greg Kerfoot. He's obviously rich... but not rich enough to warrant a page in Wikipedia.... but it's been estimated he has about $2 billion... with the total ownership group having about $4 billion.... tiny by sports team standards. To put things into perspective.... TFC is owned by MLSE which is only valued at $1.5 billion... but the owners of MLSE consists of Rogers, Bell and Kilmer Sports.... they have lots of spending power. NYCFC.... same company as ManCity and ownership group consists of members of the royalty and nobility in the UAE, etc. So they're super wealthy. LA Galaxy is owned by AEG, once of the largest sports business in the world. AEG owns the LA Kings, a couple of minor league hockey teams, a couple hockey teams in Europe and were an initial investors in MLS... as in they used to partially own all the teams in MLS. They also own and operate the Staple Center and few other sports arenas internationally. AEG is worth about $10 billion.... not including the other parties related to the company. Sounders.... one of the owner, Paul Allen himself has a net worth of $20 billion..... and they have a few other owners as part of the group too. For all intent and purposes... until the Whitecaps are able to have some new owners or someone who can really throw money around... they will always be a peripheral playoff team at best. Good read and well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 11 hours ago, Lancaster said: I would rather they keep him on-board.... just so ownership can't just get rid of him and claim that they are "doing something". Lenarduzzi, Robinson.... they can only do so much with the limited resources they have. The Whitecaps could hire Sir Alex Fergurson to take the reins, but the quality of the team won't be changing drastically. I'm just wondering who is actually in charge of the ownership for the Whitecaps. I know there's a quartet of owners, with Steve Nash being the very minority stakeholder (he's rich... but not a billionaire). Jeff Mallett and Steve Luzco seems to be very wealthy... but they just seem to be "investors".... so that leaves Greg Kerfoot. He's obviously rich... but not rich enough to warrant a page in Wikipedia.... but it's been estimated he has about $2 billion... with the total ownership group having about $4 billion.... tiny by sports team standards. To put things into perspective.... TFC is owned by MLSE which is only valued at $1.5 billion... but the owners of MLSE consists of Rogers, Bell and Kilmer Sports.... they have lots of spending power. NYCFC.... same company as ManCity and ownership group consists of members of the royalty and nobility in the UAE, etc. So they're super wealthy. LA Galaxy is owned by AEG, once of the largest sports business in the world. AEG owns the LA Kings, a couple of minor league hockey teams, a couple hockey teams in Europe and were an initial investors in MLS... as in they used to partially own all the teams in MLS. They also own and operate the Staple Center and few other sports arenas internationally. AEG is worth about $10 billion.... not including the other parties related to the company. Sounders.... one of the owner, Paul Allen himself has a net worth of $20 billion..... and they have a few other owners as part of the group too. For all intent and purposes... until the Whitecaps are able to have some new owners or someone who can really throw money around... they will always be a peripheral playoff team at best. From http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/25/mls-team-payrolls-2017/ "MLS player salary information was released this week by the MLS Players Union. The compiled data shows that Toronto FC is again the highest spending team in MLS, with more than $22 million in total compensation paid. The Rapids ranked 10th in total spending, according to the figures, at $8,040,619. Rank Club Base Salary Compensation 1. Toronto $20,153,697.00 $22,478,565.27 2. NYC FC $17,370,525.68 $17,930,365.69 3. Orlando $12,382,053.80 $13,219,199.70 4. Chicago $12,272,624.00 $12,952,278.17 5. Los Angeles $9,768,662.64 $12,117,892.11 6. Portland $9,294,532.04 $10,824,144.54 7. Seattle $9,052,852.89 $10,372,300.48 8. Atlanta FC $7,958,612.04 $8,930,754.26 9. Vancouver $7,040,366.08 $8,079,371.07 10. Colorado $7,254,748.75 $8,040,619.75 11. Real Salt Lake $7,156,440.44 $7,734,355.44 12. Philadelphia $6,516,876.00 $7,117,010.10 13. San Jose $6,429,566.00 $6,959,287.11 14. New York Red Bulls $6,313,982.00 $6,895,186.17 15. Columbus FC $6,345,232.48 $6,747,544.99 16. Kansas City $6,365,856.00 $6,730,358.78 17. FC Dallas $5,690,579.28 $6,510,760.94 18. New England $5,406,993.25 $5,800,118.33 19. Minnesota United FC $4,926,046.04 $5,322,864.55 20. DC United $4,812,135.44 $5,272,447.94 21. Montreal $4,995,921.08 $5,215,855.89 22. Houston $4,837,899.98 $5,025,066.65 23. LA FC $118,008.00 $118,008 **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** MLS is a (relatively) low-budget league. The Caps owners wouldn't have to spend that much more to be one of the top five payroll teams in the league. But the money, as always, would have to be spent wisely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Reyna is the Rey-na of this city! Scores his 1st goal in his first appearances just now! It was a beauty. Refs weren't with us in the 1st half but they were keeping things tight throughout the rest of the way. Few minutes remaining now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 More entertainment in that game than the last half dozen matches I've seen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Nice come-back win. I thought they were cooked when they went down 2-1. Reyna could prove to be a very interesting addition to the Caps roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 The officiating in the match was disgusting, although still not as disgraceful as NYCFC's flopping. Have to give credit to the Caps for completely turning it around in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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