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TFC, pt.2; For greater glory!!!
Topic Started: Mar 9 2011, 07:45 PM (824 Views)
looknohands
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February 1st of 2010 and here's where things now stand:
Beat out a bunch of teams to sign Ewerthon as a DP at $1.8 million a year.
Landed Christian Nazarith (19 y.o. Colombian striker) on a free for $300,000 a year (already valued at over $1 mil)
Picked up Adam Street and James Chalk (Canadian U-20s) on frees.
Found a good Brazilian named Ithamar that can play M/AM/ST on a free.
Traded Ty Harden for Will Johnson. *snicker*
Defense still looks a bit shaky.

Do I stick with my bread and butter 4-4-2 or try a 3 defender formation? Tough call...
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looknohands
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First game of the campaign is a 1-2 victory over Columbus. Ewerthon picks up a goal and an assist to win MOM honors.

4-4-2 with one CM barrowing back to DM on defense (classic tactics as I don't really care for the newer system)

Starting 11:
GK- Frei
DL/C/C/R- Attakora, Cann, Josildo (19 y.o. Brazilian freebie, have to refrain from giving him the nickname "Josildo the dildo," LaBrocca
ML/C/C/R- Will Johnson (for now...just signed Daniele Conti on a free) De Guzman, Ithamar, DeRo
ST/ST- Nazarith, Ewerthon

Total transfer $ spent: 0.

Re-signed Frei and Attakora and slapped $5million price tags on 'em.

Seems as though my strategy of plundering the PDL-based Canadian squads for newgens isn't going to work in this year's version...but I did find a 16 y.o. newgen GK that can be "as good as Frei."
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looknohands
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10 games in and the squad's under-performing. 15 points put me 4th in the East (Philly has 0.) 16 goals for and 16 against. Ewerthon so far has played 9 games with 10 goals and 5 assists. Nazarith still hasn't scored in MLS and just scored his first in the custom Canadian tourny I created. Ugh.

Don't want to get too far until FMRTE is released for 11.3 in order to edit the draft class.
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Coasterkoa
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Well it looks like FM is accurate then if TFC is under performing :P. Keep at it man, Nazarith can be a beast in this patch. I generally try to refrain from signing the well known free transfered players at the start, but I guess to each their own (there seem to be a ton of good Colombians available, along with Mexicans).

Hopefully your draft class isn't shit.
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looknohands
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Ha, ha. Actually getting ready to start a new game (sigh) that has the likes of Mariner, Brennan, Soler, etc. as coaches so that they'll actually appear in the game. Plus I added away goals as a factor in my Canadian tourny as I apparently forgot to include them before. And now that LaBrocca's been traded in real life I'll have to find more defenders!
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looknohands
Mar 11 2011, 10:46 PM
Ha, ha. Actually getting ready to start a new game (sigh) that has the likes of Mariner, Brennan, Soler, etc. as coaches so that they'll actually appear in the game. Plus I added away goals as a factor in my Canadian tourny as I apparently forgot to include them before. And now that LaBrocca's been traded in real life I'll have to find more defenders!

Plus, you've got Alan Gordon now! Who needs Nazarith or Ewerthon.
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looknohands
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I just vomited in my mouth a little.
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looknohands
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Let's try this again, shall we?

26 players, 10 internationals (0 from the U.S. thanks to the bug)

G: Frei
DL/C/C/R: Attakora, Cann, Araujo, Leumir
ML/C/C/R: Bouchiba, De Guzman, De Rosario, Martina
ST: Ewerthon, Nazarith

Have 5 Canadian newgens on the squad aged 17, 17, 16, 15, 15
Found a 3 star newgen defender that I'm unable to sign for some reason (can scout him but can't attempt to sign/make offer) Think it has something to do with age (21) and him being on a PDL squad (Victoria)

I've spent a total of $12k in transfers (compensation for signing a newgen GK) and pulled in $130k for selling Dan Gargan

10 games in: 6-2-2 20pts, 18 GF 11 GA, first in the East
Ewerthon has 13 goals and 1 assist in 10 games, 5 MoM, 7.86rating

Drew Vancouver in the first round of my custom tourny. Tied 1-1 at home, then beat them 1-4 on the road. Tough squad with their MLS roster...also bumped up their reputation by 2000 (along with Portland) to put them in MLS-level. Interesting that they don't play their first team in the custom tourny (very low rep) but they came at me in the Champion's Cup; scraped together a 2-1 win at home. Hopefully I can take care of Montreal and not have to worry about beating Van on the road.

Brennan and Dichio are currently assistant coaches with the Academy (where 3 of the newgens came from!) Tim Regan is currently an unemployed coach...but his DDM ratings are nice (46) so he could turn into a nice coach down the line...
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Quick note:
Donovan has been sold to ManU. Every game that I've played/holidayed and the same result.

Boca(!) just purchased Montero.

Injuries have been brutal- Martina is out for 3 months, Lao missed 2 or 3 months, Ewerthon is out for about 2, Nazarith out for several weeks, and a backup is out for at least 6 months!

Update:
Aaaaand Liverpool have just purchased Marquez from NY for $7.5 mil. Celtic have paid $1.3mil for Boskovic.
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Yeah Donovan is always sold early when I play
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looknohands
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August 17th:
Getting ready to face Montreal in the final of my custom tourny. After that I play Xelaju of Guatemala in the Prelims of the CCL.

Sitting in 1st place in the East at 34 pts from 17 games. 27 for, 15 against.

Just sold De Guzman to Blackburn for $4.6mil...double his value! Team was mad and I don't really have a suitable backup. Just signed Phillipe Davies for $130k but I may move Cann to my holding midfielder role and have Henry start at defense.

DeRo...already down to 10 pace and stamina, despite putting him on a training schedule that focuses on strength/aerobics. All the other categories are set to "light" with the rest in the other two. Doubt I'll keep him around after this season...
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20 games in:
Still in 1st with 38 pts. 34gf 20ga.
Champion's League B alongside Columbus, Cruz Azul and Municipal.
Won the Canadian Classic Super Cup over Montreal for a nice payout of...$40,000. :D Ended up paying the squad close to $100k in bonuses and probably made about $75k, but that's okay as it gave me a chance to play my backups and youngsters.

Best players:
Ewerthon- 7.49 with 16 goals in 18 games
Randy Edwini-Bonsu- 7.33 with 10 goals in 18 games
Bouchiba- 7.3 with 1 goal, 13 assists in 22 games. NE inquired about him, offering his value of $300k. I tried to counter by asking for an international slot (I've seen the computer trade them) but the drop-down tab just brought a small box with nothing in it. Hmm. Rejected the offer as I need him for the rest of the season. At 31 I probably won't bring him back next season as DeRo's only a year older but is dropping atts left and right...
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WOW!!!
Playing against Seattle (in Seattle) and doing like I always do- start the game, then browse the internet while the first half plays out.

Half-time:
Seattle 2, TFC 5

Ewerthon 19,23,27,29,37
10.0 rating so far
:o

Finished:
Seattle 3, TFC 7
Ewerthon with 6 goals and 1 assist
10.0
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Bet Sao Paulo are really going to be interested in him now!
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End of Regular Season:
Supporter's Shield winner with 59 pts. Played 4 games over 5 days, my last 8 in less than 3 weeks. 57 for, 35 against.

Ewerthon led the league with 21 goals in 19 games and a 7.50 (30 in 29 overall, 7.57)

Nazarith only had 6 goals in 34 games, but scored a 7.02.

Finished second in CL group behind Cruz Azul. Seattle and LA advanced, Salt Lake has 1 pt after 5 games.

Stefan Frei led the league(!) in passing% at 91.

Can't wait to find one or two DPs at the end of the season. Bouchiba and DeRo will be released or sold, Cann will be kept around unless I land a decent DM/DC replacement.

Can't wait to dive into the draft with FMRTE!
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MLS Cup Champions after beating San Jose in the final 1-0 (and I missed 2 penalties!) with Ewerthon picking a lousy time to tank (5.9 for the game.)

Just finished editing the draft class- GA includes Lester Dewee, Ellis McLoughlin, Tom Heinemann, Cody Arnoux and John Lesko. One newgen (17 y.o. had a 170+ PA :o Decided to drop it to the 140 range.)

Plenty of 8 acc/14 pace combos <_<

Canadian newgens available may actually be able to contribute down the line (think the best one now has a PA around 120) but I'll stick to my philosophy of snatching up youngsters from big nations and grooming them for the Canadian national team...

Semir Stillic will be my newest DP for 2011 (and replacement for DeRo) after purchasing him for $1.3mil and offering $650k/year in wages. Beat out DCU to sign him. B)
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