We'll see what happens when we have 11 players on the pitch and Ralston and Twellman back.

The ref handed the game to the Fire. Nice dive by Mapp too.

I'm not sure of it's exact amount.

Gomez is also 33 now, so they probably would rather bring in some younger players. And the addition of Fred and Emilio helped DC alot last year so Gomez wasn't as important.

2brown347 wrote:Does anyone know why DC dropped C. Gomez?

Probably to make salary cap space since they signed a bunch of players from South America.

And I think Gomez is making alot more at Colorado now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Gomez

I think you're thinking of Christian Gomez.

The MLS does have a limit on how many foreign players a roster can carry.
I realized that some of those players in Davidson's post may have a green card which doesn't consider them as an 'international player'.

btw, I am pretty sure Gomez was born in the States.

Well thats was for 2007. May have changed in 2008, but I'm not sure.

http://web.mlsnet.com/about/league.jsp? ... t=overview

ScottyBoy wrote:everyones going on about the number of foreign players in the premiership but what about the MLS.

In the MLS each team is allowed 7 international spots on the roster.

I think that the Revolution is better without Twellmen and Houston is better without Ching. Without Twellman, we wouldn't have been in the last 2 MLS Cup finals, let alone the playoffs probably. Nicol has built alot of this team around Twellman. We may have looked good tonight without him, but he w...

Have you heard anything else on the game, ratherton? Is it a definte yet?

and make sure to drink alot of water to hydrate for further concentration throughout the game. Exactly. I think thats almost even more important than what you eat. Drinking plenty of water the day and night before is also very important. Makes a huge difference. I like to eat some whole wheat toast...

Well, whether it's a publicity stunt or not, Capello certainly won't want to lose to the U.S at Wembley..

I heard rumours a while ago and its been on the news today that negociations are at an advanced stage for a friendly match between England and the USA at Wembley on Wednesday March 28th. Expect to see Beckham to gain his 100th cap. I heard it was going to be in May, when the England was going to pl...

John_Bob wrote:well with more weight there is more force but the force is countered by the padding so it might be around equal to no pads

Really, how much do you think those pads weigh?

That much added force to equal it to where it would be like they have no padding?

I'd be shocked if that were true.

I highly doubt it increases it that much wear it would cause more of chance of injury.

If that were the case, then they wouldn't wear pads at all..

I don't really want to go too much off topic here (not that really is much of a topic anyway)... But I always here people say "rugby players are tougher" or more "manly" becasue they don't wear pads. To me they are just more ignorant for not wearing any pads. I mean someone who thinks they are provi...