Caleb Porter believes his team was the better one but they still lost

The team of Caleb Porter experienced their 9th defeat of the season on August 30 after losing against Seattle Sounders with a scoreboard that displayed 2-1 in favor of the home team but the coach of Portland Timbers is certain that his team was the better one and this loss was due to the referees.

Caleb Porter expressed his opinion concerning how the match was managed and he stated that the referee of the game, Alan Kelly did not make a good job in controlling the game and the decisions that the match officials made in the game were very poor.

The 40 year old manager of Portland Timber complained about the referee in the game as he said: “Our plan was to come in and go toe-to-toe, and I thought we did that, and I thought we were far and away the better team. I thought the official was very poor. I’ll stick with the theme of coaches complaining this week, but the reality is I call a spade a spade, and the official was very poor today.”

In terms of possession, both teams had their fair share of time with the ball but Portland Timbers did have the clear upper hand in relation to the shots that were launched as the visiting team launched a total of 20 shots which is huge compared to Seattle Sounders which could only muster 6 shots but managed to score twice from those limited attempts and this is something that Portland Timbers failed to do. Continue reading “Caleb Porter believes his team was the better one but they still lost”

American League trying to secure more Fans for their Club

Attracting more people and turning them into supporters for the MLS is something that the American League has been doing superbly well and this can be evidenced by the rapid growth that the MLS is experiencing specially in the year of 2014 where huge feats and events were made but the future is expected to be brighter for the Major League Soccer as new teams will be entering but the MLS Deputy Commissioner, Mark Abbott believes that the amount of clubs that are going to be arriving should be strategic instead of simply adding more and more.

“When we started the league, we did a lot to study all the other professional sports leagues, and we studied the North American Soccer League, specifically. We were concerned not about the ultimate size but the rapidness of the expansion. When we think about expansion, we try to think about it strategically.” Mark Abbott told reporters. Continue reading “American League trying to secure more Fans for their Club”