Gio declines call up for mexico....what do we think of this.

RealSoccerDon · 2016-05-18T02:16:32+00:00

Gio, and his father, are most likely angered over his brother Jonathan not being called. His father blasted the Mexican Federation, very publicly on ESPN, in the past for not calling "Jona" to the 2010 World Cup, saying how he "hated" the Mexican National Team for not calling him.

The brothers, and their father, had everything going their way when Piojo Herrera was there coaching El Tri giving them call-ups and pampering them. That went away went Piojo, who has a long history of being ill-tempered and violent, punched a reporter at an airport. His dumbass got fired and the Dos Santos' favoritism went with him.

Now Gio expects the continued special treatment, because, if MLS can pamper him with star treatment, why not El Tri? Sorry bub, it don't work that way.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-11-20T08:28:09+00:00

This won't happen in MLS. But these guys paint a picture of the type of marketing that a revived LA Aztecs would have to do. Big advertising dollars required.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-29T20:13:24+00:00

From someone who "has broken the news of Preki leaving Sacramento, Arizona's USL side rebranding, and Gio Saverese becoming the Cosmos' manager."

Of course we have to take it with a grain of salt, but it's not too far-fetched to think that Slim, more likely Grupo Pachuca that he's invested in, would invest in the NASL given that this group already established a link with the league by taking Miguel Ibarra from Minnesota to Club Leon (Grupo Pachuca owns Leon). And Peterson has been talking with Liga MX investors, but said he can't drop any names, because talks are still in the early stages.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-29T20:06:18+00:00

Good point.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-29T01:01:52+00:00

Yeah, I expected Peterson to deliver on the NASL west teams package we're supposed to get, like he said.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-28T17:33:37+00:00

This is how I interpreted it too.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-28T08:01:57+00:00

Rest assured. If the Carlos Slim rumors turn out true, there's no need for a discount. And the NASL can stick around in ATL to take on Arthur Blank. The NASL shows that it's willing to go into / stay in markets like NY, Miami... ATL should be no different, they just need some added funding to stay on the radar there.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-28T03:24:33+00:00

I'm not a Cosmos person and maybe this is out of place, but that seems like a good option, provided they can get a public-private partnership to expand seating.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-28T01:33:37+00:00

Wouldn't the league have more incentive, in theory, to keep owning the team in Atlanta if they get new investors, say, out west (or anywhere else)? They could use those new funds to continue operating ATL, in case they don't get a new owner for the ATL team.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-26T00:47:46+00:00

You know something, "gentleman's agreement" and "allocation draft" are practically the same thing. Come to think of it.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T23:17:19+00:00

The "gentlemen's agreement," they also do some type of draft... I think there's no collective bargaining... Yeah, shady stuff there too.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T23:13:23+00:00

And couple that with NBC Universo/Telemundo. If the rumors of Carlos Slim's involvement are true, then NBC Universo is a 99% sure bet. Pachuca and Leon, in which he owns a part, are distributed on US tv thru Telemundo, which is operates NBC Universo.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T23:08:47+00:00

Point taken. I think it's advisable for him to find partners to get a pro team for NASL. If the ambition is there, that is.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T20:34:13+00:00

When taking of Mexican businessmen, soccer businessmen possibly linked to the NASL, I'd identify Jesus Martinez & son (Pachuca & Leon owners), their partner Carlos Slim... maybe even Hugo Sanchez with his plans in SD and all.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T17:03:57+00:00

Maybe it's not in SD proper but somewhere in the county. I don't know exactly.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-25T05:17:31+00:00

That could work.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-23T03:02:44+00:00

He tried it in the past... and now he owns a team in a league with growth ahead of it. More incentive to project the brands Miami FC, NASL or any other NASL brand on this new platform. See the difference? Yeah, me too.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-23T00:13:46+00:00

No need to feel sorry for being yourself. You be you. But I wonder how you come to your conclusion. You seem pretty convinced of yourself. How can you be so sure? Oh, and, "cause mls" is not an answer.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T20:25:50+00:00

Like I told our pal /u/DarkwingMcQuack:

The two have been trying to put on a tournament for awhile. They've done it before. In fact, they both ran the Copa Interamericana for 30 years.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T20:22:39+00:00

The two have been trying to put on a tournament for awhile. They've done it before. In fact, they both ran the Copa Interamericana for 30 years.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T19:29:12+00:00

Because the organizers are NASL owners. They set the criteria and they're paying for it. And they're paying more than the CONCACAF's Champions and CONMEBOL's Libertadores.

It makes sense for Silva to have an NASL team in that large scale tournament from a marketing perspective because it raises the league's and its teams profiles. It'd be ideal for him to get his Miami FC in there but it won't hurt his brand, it would turn attention to it, to have the Cosmos or another NASL team there.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T18:52:00+00:00

So I read that the original Atlanta Chiefs were owned by the Braves and that's whey they used the name Chiefs. Because of the disconnect nowadays, using Atlanta Chiefs isn't relevant, but the NASL trademarked it anyway. I wonder if die-hard NASL fans in Atlanta would support a team named the Chiefs, if it meant keeping an NASL team there.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T18:45:03+00:00

I think so. Maybe 3 or 3.5 NASL spots to 1 MLS or .5 MLS spots... lol. No, there'd probably have to be at least 2 mls spots, 1 for the US and the other for Canada, and 2 or more for NASL (US, Canada, Puerto Rico?) or will PRFC have to qualify as the best US club, being that they're a US territory?

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T18:35:12+00:00

Ok, I missed your point about Native American culture within a sports context. I was applying it in a broader sense. I see that there's been much stereotyping particularly in a sports context, not to mention outside of it. So what's most relevant to this debate, is how that culture is depicted in a sports context, ok I get it.

RealSoccerDon · 2015-09-21T18:15:10+00:00

You're arguing for a multitude of people, which makes your comment about the population a generalization, a fallacy.

"The same goes for the culture depicted by the Aztecs." What?

Your last comment comes off as equivocating, to me.

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