AxB Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Isn't the Spanish-speaking population of Miami almost entirely Cuban? Because Cuba's top sports are Boxing and Baseball. You never hear of a Cuban footballer. If you wanted a Spanish name, you should do that in a town with lots of Mexican Americans, like Orlando City did in a past life (Austin Aztecs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 14 hours ago, AxB said: Isn't the Spanish-speaking population of Miami almost entirely Cuban? Because Cuba's top sports are Boxing and Baseball. You never hear of a Cuban footballer. If you wanted a Spanish name, you should do that in a town with lots of Mexican Americans, like Orlando City did in a past life (Austin Aztecs). Short answer, no. Long answer... Cuban immigrants and their descendents make up slightly over 50%, Caribbean (PR, DR, Mexico) immigrants and their descendents are about 15%, the other 35% or so are South/Central American in origin. In total population the Latinx population makes up roughly 70% of the total population. Additionally, of the total population, roughly 60% were not born in the US. There's absolutely a market for a soccer team. Horrible mismanagement/general Florida corruption killed the Miami Fusion back in 2001, but they always sell out international games in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Short answer, no. Long answer... Cuban immigrants and their descendents make up slightly over 50%, Caribbean (PR, DR, Mexico) immigrants and their descendents are about 15%, the other 35% or so are South/Central American in origin. In total population the Latinx population makes up roughly 70% of the total population. Additionally, of the total population, roughly 60% were not born in the US. There's absolutely a market for a soccer team. Horrible mismanagement/general Florida corruption killed the Miami Fusion back in 2001, but they always sell out international games in the area. Oh I remember what a lovely guy Whoreowitz was. Funniest thing was the team was killed after winning the shield and their fans never gave it back as one last gigantic fuck you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I would think Stephen Ross’ group and BeIn being HQ in Miami will also help any team in South Florida. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Diego Maradona is going to Mexico to manage Dorados de Sinaloa of the Ascenso (second division). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 On 9/5/2018 at 4:25 PM, sabremike said: I used to think my club being named after soda was the worst name possible, but then I see all these awful pretentious Euro style names in MLS and suddenly New York Red Bulls doesn't seem nearly as bad. You should take a gander at the names in South America. There's a few Racing's, one Boston (Uruguay), a Freaking Barcelona... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 44 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: You should take a gander at the names in South America. There's a few Racing's, one Boston (Uruguay), a Freaking Barcelona... I think a lot of those names come from people connected to those Euro clubs having been the ones who set up those South American clubs. I swear I saw somewhere that was the case for the Barcelona from Equador. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 15 hours ago, Wyld Samurai said: You should take a gander at the names in South America. There's a few Racing's, one Boston (Uruguay), a Freaking Barcelona... Yeah, but to be fair, a lot of South American teams may have come before European teams. Racing from Argentina, for example, was founded years before Racing Santander from Spain. Also, what @sabremike said is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 It's quite often the same language aswell. May not be the case with Barcelona, but Racing or Real can, theoretically, be the "first name" of many football clubs. Just as there are multiple Football Clubs, Athletics, Borussias, -spors etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Edwin Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Jaume Roures, a co-founder of Mediapro said on Catalan radio they are negotiating for a Champions League final to take place in New York. There has been talks about this for some years now and I think there is a possibilty this could occur. Sure, it is a horrible idea for the clubs, not as bad as the idea of playing a LaLiga game in Miami, but I will say selfishly I would love this to happen. I would definitely head to New York regardless of the final if it materialized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Given some of the logistics isssues that a CL final requires, not totally surprising it would be moved around internationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 See, the World Club Championship moving around the world, that makes sense. And it has the Champion's League winner in it. But the European Champions League final should be played in bloody Europe. No further West than Iceland. PS: NFL games in London is a different issue. Whoever wins the Super Bowl is referred to as 'World Champion' so therefore games (and indeed teams) should come from multiple countries. The Champion's League is a strictly European teams only affair. Play the Continental America's Champion's League final in New York as much as you want, that's one of the places it belongs. Putting the Euro CL Final in America is just silly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I dont think it should. Just that i expect it to happen. Really, it should just prob rotate between london/manchester, paris, berlin/munich, madrid/barca, rome/milan and moscow, if logistics are the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 A mess: It's what Bradford City fans know and now national papers picking up on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Barça and Girona have reached out to the RFEF seeking permission to play their league game on January 26 at 2:45 PM at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami... As I've said previously, this is a horrible move and hasn't gone over well with the local supporters, but from a selfish POV, I'm stoked about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 UEFA is apparently discussing a third club level competition, which might be starting from 2021. It's widely considered appeasment for weaker leagues, who also want to take part in European competition. The last time we had three European Cups was 1999. Back then we had CL, UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 minute ago, ReiseReise said: UEFA is apparently discussing a third club level competition, which might be starting from 2021. It's widely considered appeasment for weaker leagues, who also want to take part in European competition. The last time we had three European Cups was 1999. Back then we had CL, UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup. Yeah, this is interesting. I read Agnelli from Juve was pushing for it this morning. Curious to see how some of the mid level Spanish and Italian clubs would fair against the upper table clubs from smaller unknown leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Man, Spain put a whipping on Croatia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Happy Hate DC Week everybody!!!!!!!! I smell hair plugs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Mexican fans continue their "wonderful" tradition of shouting out a homophobic slur on the goal kicks. I wish the guy who plays for Minnesota who just came out had gotten a call up, entered this game and scored the winning goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 hours ago, odessasteps said: Man, Spain put a whipping on Croatia. Wish Lucho had managed them in the World Cup and Saúl had actually gotten some minutes. Maybe things would have panned out differently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 For you familiar with the british footy media, espn just started a Serie A pod with paolo Bandini, Miza Rouzuki and (former pod guest and ecw regular) Gab Marcotti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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