Comments on: 10 Brits who did MLS before Beckham

By: scotty

scotty — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:45:47 +0000

hi…i think its widely accepted that the MLS is very poor in standard. most of these guys are here because they couldnt cut it in the uk, europe or any of the other top leagues. this is not a criticism, its a fact. one of the reasons a lot of euro teams dont do well in friendies here, has alot to do with the climate and also, some relatively dodgy pitches. for anyone to think that the likes of man utd chelsea, rangers and celtic would give any mls team a sniff in a real competitive game would be crazy. these teams usually use these matches purely as preseason warmup matches, whereas the MLS teams are playing out of their skins. its a positive learning curve though, but they have to resist going out and trying to attract has been players. beckham is overrated, but he is a saleable asset…therefore a good bit of business…not all players can say that….cheers…oh yeah…p.s. the reason the MLS is so boring is that they pass the ball to death and the commentators have as much charisma as a stiff in a morgue…u need some brazilian commentators…..gooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:56:00 +0000

Maybe Cunliffe said “a university in Colorado” and FourFourTwo got mixed up but he definitely went to Fort Lewis
http://chivas.usa.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t120&player=cunliffe_j&playerId=cun369477&statType=current

By: Rob P

Rob P — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:04:22 +0000

Allen – Cunliffe seems to think he went to the University of Colorado. At least that’s what he told FourFourTwo magazine in July…

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:50:19 +0000

Cunliffe went to Ft. Lewis College in Durango, CO. He did not go to the University of Colorado.
Ronnie O’Brien has only played for FC Dallas and Toronto FC.
Bobby Houghton coached the Colorado Rapids in their first year and was fired.
Dalglish has been injured this year. He’s played in 5 games, starting 3 of them. He hasn’t scored any goals this year.

By: Rob P

Rob P — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:40:20 +0000

Eric – yes heard of him but he’s not British of course!
CDUinCT – that’s one possible conclusion. The other is that MLS is a poor league! We’ll just have to see how Becks gets on…

By: DCUinCT

DCUinCT — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:30:34 +0000

Do we need any other info than this list that most British players are vastly overrated? For the amount they’re payed relative to the average MLS salary all have been big disapointments.
There are a quite a few others that could be added to this list to. Didn’t New England have a central defender last year or the year before brought in to save the defense and proved to be uter crap?
Maybe an Italian or Spanish player would result in less bang for the buck than a Brit, but it’s hard to imagine. Hope it’s not true with Becks.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:12:12 +0000

Ever heard of Ronnie O Brien, Irish guy who made it huge in the Sates, he started out with Boro, before being toutedd as a real star and being snapped up by Juventus! his first year at Juve he won player of the year! It was an online Fanpoll and all us Irish people voted him as no.1! He left Juventus and currently plays for Toronto, but has played for a few teams in the USA so far!