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Bower4311 · 01-16-2008, 02:47 AM

Iv taken over Chivas USA and bought Emilio from DC United & loads of quality Honduras, colombion and Gutamela players & then realised there's a limit on foreign players which im pretty ****ed about lol.....What time of the year does the draft take place in?

retired_cbstill · 01-16-2008, 03:42 AM

When you attempt to sign a player using draft allocations, how many do you usually offer? I never quite know what is realistic for players.

FitnessandNrg · 01-16-2008, 07:52 AM

MLS is good fun but it has a lot of bugs which sort of ruin it. Also after a few years it will get bad with youngsters not really developing. The ones in your team probably will since you would manage them well and have better training and coaches and facilities but the others wont. Also the teams you loan the youngster to suck so much the players wont develop much at all.

FitnessandNrg · 01-16-2008, 07:56 AM

Also to master MLS, I like to have a 20 man squad. A bit like the 2 player per position 22 man squad but with 1 less defender and 1 less midfielder. But with 20 man squad you will need 2 development players since you can only have 18 senior players. Use one on your 2nd choice goalkeeper and then the other one is usually a problem. Have to get some crap player. Usually getting a foreigner for this developmental player pays off since the youngsters from USA wont be good because they wouldn't have developed much at the lower US leagues. Also you might want to get a 3rd choice keeper and put them in your reserves. Should be a development player as well.

retired_bamboo8 · 01-16-2008, 10:50 PM

I enjoy playing as Toronto FC. They have a good fan base (I am getting 24k fans / game -- highest in the league), but they are Canadian. The draft hasn't helped me at all since mostly American players are in it. I have signed lots of South Americans and I've gotten about 4-5 to take up Canadian citizenship. I find that to be very worthwhile. It works well to buy players from Brazil who are like 18 with 1 star out of potentially 4-6. You can even get a feeder club and they will keep getting days towards Canadian citizenship while on loan (it takes 3 years to get it). They seem quite interested in doing this because all of my players that took the citizenship have then started the next games for the national team. It is my goal to build up Canada to a good level and get them to compete despite not managing the team. It's quite a challenge, but the drafts seem worthless. If there are any good Canadian players in the MLS, I will always get them in exchange for as many draft picks as the other team wants.

retired_racinchick17 · 01-16-2008, 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by rancer890:
I always exclusively start in the MLS (North American soccer fan). Try Toronto FC if you want a challenge. It's an expansion team and finished near the bottom of the table in real life, but in the game, they have a good nucleus of players and are competitive. The MLS rules are very strict (most of my TFC roster has to have Canadian players, which is especially hard because most players in the draft are American, so if you choose TFC, you kind of forced to draft Canadian players, and sign Canadians, mostly from the CSL), and you won't have enough money to go around because of the salary cap in MLS.

Another challenge with TFC is the fact that the board won't allow me to get a parent team...

TFC was beaten 4-1 by my Portland Timbers. ;P

retired_thesma789 · 01-17-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by Shiny223:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by rancer890:
I always exclusively start in the MLS (North American soccer fan). Try Toronto FC if you want a challenge. It's an expansion team and finished near the bottom of the table in real life, but in the game, they have a good nucleus of players and are competitive. The MLS rules are very strict (most of my TFC roster has to have Canadian players, which is especially hard because most players in the draft are American, so if you choose TFC, you kind of forced to draft Canadian players, and sign Canadians, mostly from the CSL), and you won't have enough money to go around because of the salary cap in MLS.

Another challenge with TFC is the fact that the board won't allow me to get a parent team...

TFC was beaten 4-1 by my Portland Timbers. ;P </BLOCKQUOTE>

FM's TFC is a lot better than real life TFC

FitnessandNrg · 01-18-2008, 01:29 AM

Anyone else find the slow player development in MLS annoying? I am managing Canada and I have to use FMM to increase the CA of youngster towards there PA because the game certainly isnt doing it. Very bad for USA also...looking at there NT all there squad is 28+ except for about 4 player...2 of which are 27yo and one of the other ones is Adu so he is developing faster at Benfica.

retired_krissyski · 01-18-2008, 05:07 AM

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Originally posted by The Fox69:
What time of the year does the draft take place in?

Early January, right after the MLS Combine (make sure to assign a scout to the Combine!).

retired_krissyski · 01-18-2008, 05:08 AM

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Anyone else find the slow player development in MLS annoying?

Yes. I'm in my second season, and my prior year draftees are improving a bit, but should be a lot better. Still, I find the declining ability of subsequent draft pools a much more irritating problem, which is why I'm currently job hunting in my game.