 |
| HAPPY AND CONTENT. |
Right, time to slide back into the routine. (Who knows? Maybe it’ll help distract me from all the fucking idiots lighting the world on fire.) Welcome to the first MLS Weekly of 2020…by which time humanity should have become less stupid, not more…sorry, the routine, the routine. Deep breath…now, BIG SMILE!
This post includes with updates on the state of the two teams I follow – FC Cincinnati and the Portland Timbers – and then I’ll wrap up with some odds and ends. I’d intended to close with an unlikely attempt at rekindling the dying embers of my interest in the U.S. Men’s National Team, but then realized I don’t have anything more to say than, I’ll watch friendly against Costa Rica at the end of January camp and see what happens. Moving on to regularly scheduled programming…
FC Cincinnati
Have done nothing of interest since signing that Swedish defender, and that wasn’t all that interesting. More, please.
Portland Timbers: Faith in the People and the Process
With Timbers fans past the “Two Charas” buzz, it feels like a good time to soberly (or not) reflect on the sum of the decision to add Yimmi Chara to the roster. To start by sharing something nifty I found only yesterday, if you google “Yimmi Chara,” a list of his stats will appear on the right side of the screen and, if you hit “View All,” you can to tick through the numbers Yimmi put up in each of his past seasons. You’ll see numbers in there that would get Portland closer to the Promised Land – e.g., that 11 goal, 3 assist season with Junior F.C. in 2017, or maybe that 11 goal season with Deportes Tolima back in ’14, or even the seven assist output in 2018 – and those speak to something the Timbers need – e.g., second-banana level on-field production behind first bananas like Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco.
Where I’ve seen people squirm, however, comes with questions about the length and cost of Yimmi’s contract. Stumptown Footy’s(?) Chris Rifer put out a pair of tweets that sum up the argument nicely:
This post includes with updates on the state of the two teams I follow – FC Cincinnati and the Portland Timbers – and then I’ll wrap up with some odds and ends. I’d intended to close with an unlikely attempt at rekindling the dying embers of my interest in the U.S. Men’s National Team, but then realized I don’t have anything more to say than, I’ll watch friendly against Costa Rica at the end of January camp and see what happens. Moving on to regularly scheduled programming…
FC Cincinnati
Have done nothing of interest since signing that Swedish defender, and that wasn’t all that interesting. More, please.
Portland Timbers: Faith in the People and the Process
With Timbers fans past the “Two Charas” buzz, it feels like a good time to soberly (or not) reflect on the sum of the decision to add Yimmi Chara to the roster. To start by sharing something nifty I found only yesterday, if you google “Yimmi Chara,” a list of his stats will appear on the right side of the screen and, if you hit “View All,” you can to tick through the numbers Yimmi put up in each of his past seasons. You’ll see numbers in there that would get Portland closer to the Promised Land – e.g., that 11 goal, 3 assist season with Junior F.C. in 2017, or maybe that 11 goal season with Deportes Tolima back in ’14, or even the seven assist output in 2018 – and those speak to something the Timbers need – e.g., second-banana level on-field production behind first bananas like Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco.
Where I’ve seen people squirm, however, comes with questions about the length and cost of Yimmi’s contract. Stumptown Footy’s(?) Chris Rifer put out a pair of tweets that sum up the argument nicely:
