Are we going to have an MLS season this year? No one knows!

But let's be a little optimistic and get this bad boy started.

First things first, RIP Lando


The Legend walked away with another MLS Cup (his 6th) and got his name added to the MVP award so that everyone knows who they have to live up to.

But it wasn't just Donovan, we also saw the last of Thierry Henry on a football pitch.


Other storylines from 2014
-Seattle Sounders got back to their winning ways, winning both the club's first Supporters' Shield and 4th US Open Cup. They kept the Oba/Dempsey/Cooper/Pappa attacking squad, but may struggle with defense coming in to 2015.
-The British Strike Force Invasion was in full force as BWP and Dom Dwyer combined for 49 goals and took up the top-2 spots in the Golden Boot race.
-New England Revolution, and Lee Nguyen in particular, blossomed into great MLS products. After finishing 2nd in the Eastern Conference last season they'll look to build on that with the return of Juan Agudelo.
-Toronto FC continued to disappoint, missing the playoffs again despite dropping $10M on Jermaine Defoe and Michael Bradley. They'll hope the Jozy/Defoe swap and Giovinco purchase will be enough to finally get this squad into the post-season.

Sounders Open Cup / Supporter's Shield



And now on to 2015! So what's happened since we last had a soccer season? Well, a whole bunch of USMNTers came to MLS.

Brek Shea - Orlando City
Mix Diskerud - NYCFC
Jozy Altidore - Toronto FC
Sacha Kljestan - New York Red Bulls
Juan Agudelo to New England Revolution

But that wasn't all. Oh no, that wasn't even close. Here are a few other major additions/subtractions since we spoke last

Shaun Maloney to Chicago Fire
Kei Kamara to Columbus Crew
Cubo Torres to Houston Dynamo
Steven Gerrard to LA Galaxy
Marco Donadel to Montreal Impact
Laurent Ciman to Montreal Impact
David Villa to NYCFC
Frank Lampard to NYCFC (maybe?)
Kaka to Orlando City
DeAndre Yedlin SOLD by Seattle Sounders
Roger Espinoza to Sporting Kansas City
Sebastian Giovinco to Toronto FC
Jermaine Defoe SOLD by Toronto FC

Now, with all that out of the way what are some storylines to watch for this season?

1) How will Sporting KC and Houston do in the Western Conference? (really well and not so well, imo)
2) Is this finally Seattle's year? (nah, injuries to that defense is gonna make it tough)
3) Is Eddie Johnson going to be able to play soccer again? (seriously, he was listed as "out for 3 weeks" in January pending some medical tests, then things got worse. He has known heart issues)
4) Which USMNTer is the next to make a Nguyen-esque leap? (Luis Gil)
5) LAG reaches into its youth ranks to fill out its attack (Gyasi Zardes - 23, Jack McBean - 20, Bradford Jamieson - 18, Raul Mendiola - 20, plus Jose Villareal's back in midfield - 21)


And finally, the Bet365 Odds for MLS Cup 2015
+400 Los Angeles Galaxy
+500 Seattle Sounders FC
+600 New England Revolution
+900 DC United
+1,000 New York Red Bulls
+1,400 Real Salt Lake
+2,000 Columbus Crew
+2,000 Toronto FC
+2,000 FC Dallas
+2,000 Orlando City SC
+2,500 Sporting Kansas City
+2,500 New York City FC
+2,800 Portland Timbers
+3,300 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
+4,000 Colorado Rapids
+5,000 Philadelphia Union
+5,000 Houston Dynamo
+6,600 Chicago Fire
+6,600 Montreal Impact
+8,000 San Jose Earthquakes

Want some advice? Fade Seattle, DC, and the expansion sides. I really like Columbus and TFC at those numbers. And Sporting KC at 25:1 is just absurd. I think they're gonna win the West this year, so give me all of that action.

It's no Scottish League, but its pretty good.

innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Posting to get the non-Henry pics in the OP one-post closer to the previous page.

At this point they might as well demand that they can take a **** on the players chests as well.

at those prices yeah i'd probably fade:

• DCU - feel like last year was a little too much of a heater
• RSL - same old group back again? think they're closer to the pack than the front
• Portland - Johnson coming back from that gruesome broken leg, and Valeri starting the season injured is not good
• the expansion teams - probably too thin over a full season
• Colorado - might get pounded out west

- agree on buying SKC, still pretty good and solid i think, though moving west will be tough.
- i'm obviously super biased, but i think that's a pretty good price for Vancouver. feel like they could be 3rd or 4th in the conference if everything breaks right. think they're ahead of Portland, right there with RSL & Dallas, maybe SKC if they falter.
- decent price on TFC i guess too, someone has to get points out east, maybe this is the year they put it all together.

still have to do some research on a bunch of the teams to get a feel for where they're at now. anyone reason to think that Houston, San Jose & Colorado won't be pretty bad?

lol what a joke

hopefully the owners make a real offer soon so the season starts on time

Go Pachuca.

It's pretty gross how many TFC fans are rooting for Montreal.

They probably want MLS to grow so TFC can load their roster with more big names and still fail.

But seriously, THE DON can't talk about being a top league by 2022 and then still have MLS 1.0 owners nickel and diming the **** out of the players.

Update Ms OTT

New MLSSoccer.com host and native Torontian Rachel Bonnetta jumping ship to the Impact:

rachel bonnetta is the best

Lolwat no free agency?

Is that even allowed with labour laws etc.

Year Six of supporting the Revs / being an MLS fan. For all those on the fence, it's a great league.

Revs > Sounders this year for me.

Huge homer here but 25:1 does indeed seem absurd. Disappointing season last year but they were ravaged by injuries all year. Also there was a report in a German newspaper that SKC just offered Van Der Vaart 4.8 million dollars to join but it seems like it has since been debunked. I guess we will see. Probably horrible to ever trust those Euro newspapers as they are 99% trash. Anyway I haven't even seen VDV play since Spurs so I don't even know if he is still any good or would fit in either way.

van der Vaart, Marcel de Jong, same difference right?

apparently he's Michael Bradley's agent, so not just some random twitter clown

Ives suggesting that the owners might already be moving off of that stupid 32/10 offer, maybe down to 28/8 or 6. hell, if i'm the players i argue why does service with one team matter in this single-entity setup? they're all just MLS players, right? 28/6 or something and it all counts.

How does Mosquera not have a card yet? 2 bad challenges.

Shaky start for IMFC, Reo-Coker's been a turnover machine.

Subscribed. I have no sense how close/far apart the two sides are apart at the collective bargaining table. Anyone have live odds on the season starting on time?

Also, pachuca has been fairly wasteful so far. Neither keeper has had a save to make yet 55 minutes in

This will be my first year following the MLS as NYC now has its own club woooo!! Go NYCFC from the Bronx down to the brewery!

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Bush!! Ridiculous save!

I'm not a huge MLS guy but this Montreal-Pachuca tie has been very entertaining. I love that Nigel Reo Coker is on Montreal for some reason

Pachuca's had 3 golden opportunities and kinda flubbed them all. Wonder if the turf is giving them issues.

Ciman, wtf man?

Pachuca 1-0 on pk

gotta feel bad for that bald guy who caused penalty. he knew he messed up

was a pretty soft pk call tho. still dumb to grab him even for a second in that position.