Category: Analysis & Opinion
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Kit Nerd Corner : Chicago away, NYRB home & Colorado away
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Chicago away In a nutshell : windswept steel isn’t as boring as it sounds The outside back collar has : Crossed hammers with a six-point star The jock tag position has : Est. 1997 The sleeve has : the four red six-pointed stars from the…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Seattle away, RSL away, Montreal away
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Seattle away In a nutshell : Oh shut your face, that’s nice. The inside collar says : Sky of blue, sea of green The outside back collar has : Seattle Sounders NASL logo The jock tag position has : Made in 74 Compared to previous…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Minnesota home & away, Portland home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Minnesota home In a nutshell : dark grey and light blue shouldn’t work together, but they do. The inside collar says : nothing at time of publication The outside back collar has : nothing at time of publication The jock tag position has : nothing…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Atlanta away, Houston home & Orlando home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. Atlanta away In a nutshell : It’s a solid away kit. The inside collar says : none The outside back collar has : Atlanta United The jock tag position has : none The sleeve has : ATL UTD Compared to previous kit : best ever…
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Kit Nerd Corner : Toronto home
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. In a nutshell : Black sleeves with sublimated hoop pattern The inside collar says : nothing yet The outside back collar has : All for One The jock tag position has : metallic maple leaf The sleeve has : nothing yet Compared to previous kit…
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Kit Nerd Corner : The 2016 Kittie Awards!
Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. I love awards. In fact, my favourite type of awards are about niche topics from unofficial sources written by someone who has a horse so high, it’s a struggle to get on it at all, so I’m doing this for me, and you can choose to…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #1: Jozy Altidore
Mark: 1 – Quite the tale of two halves and I’m a sucker for a redemption story. On May 15th, a game against Vancouver, the version of Jozy Altidore, the one that was brutal and had the “press” coming to his defense, hit a new low. Perhaps even a bottom. Goal drought, down by two, gets…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #2: Sebastian Giovinco
Duncan: 2 – Didn’t really get a lot of support for various tactical reasons through the long away trip and the mid summer patch where everyone else was injured but generally still kept playing well, scoring goals and doing his Seba things. Eventually seemed to wear him down and towards the end of the season and…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #3: Michael Bradley
Kristin: 4 – So weird; I actually liked Michael Bradley this year. Vanney found/he agreed to a new position on the pitch, he didn’t try to do everything himself every game, defensively worlds better, huge towards the end of the season. But please stop taking free kicks. K, thanks. Michael Bradley has been with Toronto…
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VMP 2016 Final Countdown #4: Drew Moor
Duncan: 1 – This is a bit of a hypothetical number one ranking really as it’s based on what probably would have happened if he got injured. Bradley, Altidore, Giovinco, Irwin, all missed time at various points in the season, and we got by fine enough, and I don’t think that’d be the case if Moor…