The futility of expansion teams: A brief history

2008 - San Jose, on pace for 25 points in 30 games. 

Last place in MLS.

2007 - Toronto FC, 25 points in 30 games.

Last place in MLS.

2005 - Chivas USA, 18 points in 32 games. 

Last place in MLS.

2005 - Real Salt Lake, 20 points in 32 games. 

2nd to last place in MLS.

Assuming San Jose doesn't improve a huge amount in a short time period, each of the last 4 expansion teams to enter MLS will have gone on to have hilariously pathetic seasons. The only one not to be last place in the league was Real Salt Lake, only because the other expansion team was even worse. The good folks running Seattle Sounders FC have said that they want to be competitive immediately, but based on recent history, this seems quite unlikely to happen. Just having a team in MLS should be enough for the 2009 season, Sounders fans. Lets keep our expectations in check.

Australian soccer players are all zombies

Tomorrow we'll have a post with real, actual on-topic content. We promise.

(The zombie in front plays for the Central Coast Mariners, which is like Seattle Mariners, who play across from Qwest Field, where Seattle MLS will play. ON-TOPIC.)

Whatever our uniforms are like...

...it won't be as bad as the original MLS uniforms in 1996.