NFR: hometown pride

[hesedmedia]

MLS side Columbus Crew (my second club, as it were) just beat Stoke City 2-1. Preseason or not, I love watching Stoke lose.  :scarf:

[YankeeJim]

I'm sure our English brothers would dispute it but baring the size of the squads (English teams are far larger so injuries don't effect them as much) I think that quite a few MLS sides could give the middle & bottom of the Prem sides a run, Especially if it was an afternoon match in say Columbus, Dallas or KC in August. Now , if the match was in England, not so much.

[btings]

Yowza. The Crew are not even that strong this year (sorry), although I did watch them nearly beat the Earthquakes a couple months ago.  (Alan Gordon heroics in stoppage secured the draw.)  Incidentally, Andy Gruenebaum should absolutely have be in the MLS all-star game.

(I was really excited for the Quakes-Swansea friendly that's coming up in a week or so, but then Swansea lost Rodgers and Gylfi in quick succession and now I'm not sure what to make of them any more.)

Edit: Just checked the standings, the Crew are doing better than I thought :)

[LBNo11]

MLS side Columbus Crew (my second club, as it were) just beat Stoke City 2-1. Preseason or not, I love watching Stoke lose.  :scarf:

...congratulations, just to see "beat Stoke City" in any sentence gives a warm glow"...

[Mr_Moon]

Aren't the MLS sides mid-season?

[RidgeRider]

Aren't the MLS sides mid-season?

yes

[Mr_Moon]

yes

Chuffin eck. Eddie Johnson's stats are pretty good! 8 goals in 17.