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[MUFC]

Originally Posted by BethlehemFC

Did you see every match?

I went to watch the Manchester United vs Barcelona game, only spent a week there but was brilliant. The people were so friendly and it was exciting staying there. Some of the destinations around New York were also just perfect.

[Frank Cunha]

Originally Posted by BethlehemFC

Did you see every match?

everybody his out of catch, blame the conservaties

time for the Liberals to take over

[Lemmy]

What Frank said :thumbsup:

[Kaiser]

:hey:

Please give me a list of players, under-23 playing in the MLS that you think can hold their own in Europe.

Cheers.

[Lemmy]

I'm working on it :thumbsup:

[Lemmy]

List of players:
http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/stats_results.sps?iType=267&icustompageid=7074

Casey, Conor F. Karlsruher Germany
Onyewu, Oguchi D R.A.A Louviere Belgium
Yelldell, David GK -- -- Blackburn Rovers England
Yi, Alexander D Antwerp FC Belgium

Several of the players are from the DC area :danc:

[Soccerdad]

Landon Donovan and Conor Casey without a doubt!!!!!!!!!

[Frank Cunha]

. MLS: League scraps regular-season overtime

For the first time in the league history, MLS regular-season games that are tied after regulation time will not be not be followed by a tiebreaker phase. Both teams will be awarded one point.

From 1996 to 1999, the 35-yard shootout tiebreaker was employed following a tie after 90 minutes. The shootout was scrapped after the 1999 season and from 2000 to 2003 a 10-minute sudden-death (golden goal) overtime period, comprised of two five-minute halves, were played. Ties after overtime gave each team one point.

The MLS Competition Committee also eliminated the 3+1 substitution rule - of which FIFA disapproved -- used since the league's inception, which enabled teams to substitute three field players and an additional goalkeeper substitution (if necessary) during the course of a match.

Other decisions:

* REMOVAL OF JERSEYS: In accordance with FIFA mandates, cautions will be automatically awarded to individuals who remove their jersey during the course of a game. Cautions for this infraction will add two (2) penalty points to a player's respective caution point total.

* ADDITION OF FINE SCHEDULE FOR BRINGING THE GAME INTO DISREPUTE: In addition to the specific fine schedule developed in 2003 to address dissent (which remains in place for 2004), a separate but parallel fine schedule will be initiated this season for issues deemed to be "bringing the game into disrepute." This is intended to discourage acts of "aggressive attitude, inflammatory behavior and taunting."

* TEAMS TO MATCH SPECIFIC PLAYER FINES: A matching team fine schedule will be implemented for both (a) dissent and (b) "bringing the game into disrepute." Therefore, fines assessed to players either for dissent or bringing the game into disrepute will also be assessed to their respective teams and collected at the end of the season.

* CAUTION POINT CHANGES: The penalty points assigned to: (a) reckless fouls; (b) fouls from behind; and (c) tactical fouls will be increased by one (1) point to five (5) penalty points. The penalty points assigned to deliberate hand balls that attempt to score will increase by two (2) points to five (5) penalty points, thus equaling the same number of penalty points issued for deliberate hand balls that attempt to prevent a score.

(Players who accumulate 21 cautions points are suspended for a game and fined. The league deducts points from players who go three games without a caution or ejection.)

* TWO-GAME SUSPENSIONS: A player will receive a two (2) game suspension if he receives a straight red card in the same game wherein he received an earlier yellow card that pushed his penalty point total in excess of the suspension threshold.

* SUSPENSIONS & NATIONAL TEAM CALL-UPS: Players suspended from MLS League matches (regular season or playoffs) who are called in for national team duty shall have their suspensions held in abeyance until they return to their MLS team.

* SUPPLEMENTAL DISCIPLINE: The Disciplinary Committee will have the latitude to impose supplemental discipline in connection with incidents of dissent, mass confrontation and bringing the game into disrepute when such instances are either (a) not seen or heard by the officiating team or (b) such incidents are egregious.

[Frank Cunha]

Beardsley and Convey

man that seems a bit of a strange idea, with all of these new regulations. What next, a player touches the ball, ten thousand pound fine

* REMOVAL OF JERSEYS: In accordance with FIFA mandates, cautions will be automatically awarded to individuals who remove their jersey during the course of a game. Cautions for this infraction will add two (2) penalty points to a player's respective caution point total. That is the most stupid thing i have heard

[Frank Cunha]

MLS no more a pirate league, they have to follow the World rules net:

suppose so, but i just feel some of the new rules are silly, why keep changing it every five minutes???

[Jager]

Honestly, I'm not a fan of player's removing their kits...I don't get it, to be honest. I like all the celebrations...except that one.

[Frank Cunha]

like to see the women do it

[Kaiser]

Thanks guys :hey:

The guys mentioned by Lemmy I haven't a clue, I'll sure try and keep tabs on them.

By the way, do you know of anything about the 2 kids at Man United, namely Kenny Cooper jnr and Jonathan Spector? I saw Cooper in a Man Utd reserve match once and he looked way too lanky.