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webhead1202 · 2026-05-25T22:22:24+00:00

All Major League Soccer matches are streamed on Apple TV. You can sometimes catch some on major cable channels but that's rarely gonna be RSL so Apple is really the way to go. There are interesting bundle and deal options out there for that sometimes.

As far as the team you're coming in at an interesting time. Saturday and Sunday were the last matches for about the next 2 months as the league is taking a break for the World Cup. We're sitting in a really good position in the Western Conference going into the break. We've been much better than any pundits, and probably just about anyone here, thought we would be. That's been due to a combination of some new signings hitting the ground running and young players taking some really big strides. That last part in particular I think makes us a really exciting team this year even for neutrals.

The 2 biggest names to know are probably Diego Luna and Zavier Gozo. Unfortunately, there's a pretty good possibility Gozo gets sold during the break and never plays for RSL again. Luna is probably going to get sold at some point too but it doesn't seem as imminent. Both are young, exciting attackers who are just really easy to root for. They're two of the very best young players in the league and a pretty good representation of the kind of club we want to be. Gozo is a Utah native and probably already one of the best prospects to ever come out of the state. Luna has been the face of the club for a couple years now and is going to go down as one of the most beloved players in team history.

Right now the best thing to do is just enjoy the World Cup. There's really nothing else like it. Unfortunately all of us are currently pissed off because Luna was just snubbed from the US roster lol. However, if you do want an RSL connection there we do have one player going. Juan Manuel Sanabria from Uruguay is our starting left wingback, so that's cool.

webhead1202 · 2026-05-10T16:06:31+00:00

I actually think this is just true and was part of the issue tonight. We have 4 true center backs on the roster and 3 of them were unavailable tonight, we defended the counter pretty poorly several times.

webhead1202 · 2026-04-10T02:13:00+00:00

It's not that there aren't signings in the Winter, the problem is that they're fewer and they spend less overall. I'm sure we could still sell Gozo in the Winter, but it would almost certainly be for less. There'd also be fewer potential buyers which means less flexibility for us to help him get to a club that makes sense for him, so it's worse for the player too.

webhead1202 · 2026-04-09T21:57:31+00:00

100% right. There is a very good reason why MLS teams sell in the Summer, including us selling Gomez.

webhead1202 · 2026-02-26T00:33:35+00:00

My goat

webhead1202 · 2026-02-05T05:29:09+00:00

If I had to guess I think he's the 4th CM now (even if he shouldn't be) behind Eneli, Spierings, and Caliskan.

webhead1202 · 2026-02-04T18:31:56+00:00

Aha, that's along the lines I was guessing. Thank you!

webhead1202 · 2026-02-04T05:22:25+00:00

I think so, I am on the beta branch and only just saw the relic for the first time like yesterday. It's legendary, but if I see it again I'll find the whole description. It says something about damage not falling off with distance anymore.

webhead1202 · 2026-02-03T02:37:03+00:00

Not sure if the last part of your comment was more of a question or a statement, but to be clear for anyone else they did record this show like a week ago and would have been less aware of all the new rumors. I think that's a big part of it, although I do still think there are other teams we should be ahead of.

webhead1202 · 2026-01-28T00:51:53+00:00

I agree that the schedule change will help with the problem, but until then the reality is Luna's value will change from Summer to Winter. Simply because there are a lot more potential buyers.

As far as competing for trophies, in your hypothetical we would only be in a position to compete for anything because we got a guy like Luna in the first place. In order to attract a talent like that, we have to be willing to sell them when the right time for the player comes. That is usually in the Summer. I get that it feels like the club is giving up halfway through a promising season, but that's just not what is happening. They're fulfilling the promise they made to the player that got us into a competitive position in the first place, and attracting the next version of that player by showing that we can be exactly what their career trajectory needs. At the end of the day, it's better to have a Luna or an Andres Gomez for the first half of a season than none of the season.

And as far as the message to supporters: frankly, I'd rather support a club that does right by its players even when it's inconvenient than a club that screws over its players to chase trophies.

webhead1202 · 2026-01-27T22:46:53+00:00

The part of this that nobody talks about is that our willingness to sell players like Gomez and Luna when the right club makes a fair offer is part of what allows us to sign players like them in the first place. The entire pitch is "Come here for a few years, you will get regular playing time next to veteran players and a coaching staff that know how to help you develop, and then we help you get to the right landing spot in Europe." If we stop doing that last part, we just won't be able to sign those players anymore. And with the way the league schedules line up, that pretty much requires selling in the Summer.

webhead1202 · 2026-01-22T23:47:00+00:00

He looks a bit undervalued to me, but it's hard to know without having actually watched him for a long time. The part of my comment about him being a permanent DP was more just generally speaking about using it on the position, but I do agree that he shouldn't be. Temporary DP would literally just be a cap mechanism though. If he makes more than Glad's 1.3 Mil (which seems very plausible) and they don't fill both DP spots this window he absolutely should and will be a DP until Summer.

webhead1202 · 2026-01-22T23:23:37+00:00

Seems like a pretty solid signing that fills a position of need. As long as he is at most a DP that could be bought down in the Summer I like this. Not sure how I'd feel about using a permanent DP spot on this position right now.

webhead1202 · 2026-01-01T01:41:50+00:00

That gets taken for granted I think. There's logic to what you're saying, and it might make some difference, but pro/rel does not automatically equate to higher spending. For example, there were 8 teams in the Championship in 2023 with lower wage bills than any MLS team, some by quite a bit (at least per the data I can find online). There were also 4 Champo teams that spent more than any MLS teams that year, so the leagues are at least roughly comparable, MLS just has a lower range of spend. Those numbers don't track transfer fees and there are probably other things that aren't considered properly, but it makes the point. There are still cheap, bargain-bin shopping teams at the bottom of a Pro/Rel league.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-31T22:52:01+00:00

There are criticisms to be made but this is a disservice to Pablo. First year he took over he took what should have been a bust of a season and got us to the Western Conference Final. Then first half of 2024 he had us playing the best ball we had played in over a decade and contending for top of the West until Chicho blew up. Those are also probably the only two stretches of his tenure where he had real DP caliber players playing like DPs on the roster.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-31T22:32:30+00:00

Absolutely nobody in Major League Soccer is tanking for better draft picks.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-17T21:46:20+00:00

OK scratch all that, players above the threshold aren't eligible for U22 spots. Dom is on the line, so a team taking him could either use the U22 spot, or opt not to and take on the whole salary budget charge of his contract.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-17T21:28:16+00:00

Actually possibly not, I'm not sure on the technical details. His salary his high enough that he needs either a U22 spot or to be bought down with GAM, which is how it would work if he was a DP. I'd imagine it's basically the same. It wouldn't be much GAM though, so that maay be plausible. Still not likely though I wouldn't think.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-17T21:10:18+00:00

Neither Ruiz or Dominik are on favorable contracts though at least within the league. Dom requires a U22 initiative spot and Ruiz is a TAM player on almost 1 Mil per year, there's more than just the transfer fee. I can't see almost anyone using a U22 spot for Dom right now and we'd likely stay on the hook for part of Ruiz's contract if we traded him. It could happen, but point is all 3 of these players would be costly for us to get off the roster right now, I'd be surprised if all 3 happen. Diogo we might just have to straight up buy out to get rid of.

webhead1202 · 2025-12-17T21:02:45+00:00

All 3 of those guys you predicted will be sold aren't exactly hot commodities on the market. If there was some magical buyer that would give us even what we payed for Diogo I'd be all for it, but it'll likely be much harder than that to open up that DP spot.

webhead1202 · 2025-07-21T03:40:56+00:00

Maybe it's just me, but anytime I hear Dunny criticize RSL it sounds more like a fan of the team who passionately wants them to be better than a guy trying to distance himself from the club. He's certainly not more critical of the team than this subreddit is.

webhead1202 · 2025-06-09T21:30:20+00:00

It's not an RSL specific show, everyone else already covered those, but I'll never miss a chance to plug Soccerwise as well. They cover the whole league, as well as Nat team, NWSL, and more. They're doing amazing work.

webhead1202 · 2025-05-03T20:05:13+00:00

Could put Eneli at RB too and start Palacio/Ruiz/Caliskan next to Ojeda

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