MLS 2022/23 Season: Part 2

You end up getting a yellow card just for celebrating a goal you didn't even score, especially when you know damn well you barely even touched 🙏

For the sake of humanity, just wipe every single recording of this game from existence.

Carl Hernandez3 said:May 29, 1960.

Two of Dinamo’s key players suffered serious injuries from the opponent's brutal tackles—which sparked a massive protest from the club's board—and the atmosphere in the stands was absolutely electric, bordering on dangerous, during the big derby between Hajduk and Dinamo. At the time, the Blue squad was locked in a "photo finish" with Red Star in the race for the championship title, but they hit a major roadblock right in Split against the home side. Hajduk walked away with a 3-2 victory, leaving the second-place Dinamo trailing Red Star by a point with only three games left. A draw would have been enough for the Blues to stay in contention for first place; they went on to win all their remaining matches, but Red Star managed to pull through as well, ultimately clinching the title. After the whistle, Dinamo's chief secretary, Otto Hofmann, released an official statement expressing pure outrage over the reception in Split, stating: “The match was played under impossible conditions; several of our players were seriously injured due to malicious fouls—specifically Jerković and Matuš. Throughout the game, our players were surrounded by intense tension and stones being thrown from the stands onto the pitch.” Later on, some individuals even threw stones at the Dinamo team bus, while the Hajduk management actually confiscated negatives from the visiting photographers, destroying their work. The drama didn't end there either—the local club officials publicly called out their own player, Ante Zanetić, for not playing hard enough, and he was later physically assaulted in town... The home defender, Stipe Ilić, essentially neutralized Dinamo’s most dangerous striker, Dražan Jerković, within the first ten minutes with a brutal blow to the shin, forcing him off on a stretcher. He was replaced by then-junior Ivica Cvitković. In the second half, Pavle Garov leveled the playing field with a similar move on Željko Matuš, who also had to leave the field. Under the rules back then, you couldn't make tactical substitutions once players were gone, so Dinamo had to fight through the last thirty minutes with only ten men. Despite the chaos, Luka Liposinović gave the Blues the lead with a volley in the 12th minute, and Zlatko Papec equalized in the 31st following an assist from Garov. Two minutes after that, Liposinović nearly shattered the woodwork. However, the Blues reclaimed the lead when Nedeljko Dugandžija took a pass from Vladimir Čonča, beat the keeper, Ante Vulić, and shook the net. Just before halftime, Garov leveled things again with a strike from 20 yards out. Finally, in the 50th minute, Papec capitalized on a pass from Zvonko Bege to make it 3-2.

I mean, seriously, is this even real life?
People were so obsessed with Red Star that they actually turned on their own player for not being aggressive enough—it's just wild.

loneeagle6 said:Hi everyone,

just wondering...

Usually, every question finds its answer, and every corner of the internet is filled with them. 😉 😁 Every nook and cranny...

They seem to have an answer for everything, acting like they know it all, basically the peak of human intellect...

But since I posted this morning at 8:21 AM, nobody has said a single word.

How is that possible? Really... 🤔

Question: who are these people (assuming we aren't talking about the ones they actually get along with, like those Portland Demons)???

😉 🤔

Best,
loneeagle6

Hey, look, I don't know what you expect from me, but here goes... Listen, loneeagle6 and Carl Hernandez3—I’m reaching out to you both.

Blaming one side for potentially rigging things in favor of some club over on the eastern side of the Mississippi—especially at the expense of our "brother" club—while turning a blind eye to the exact same shady business happening right here in our own backyard... honestly, that’s just malicious. It’s low, plain and simple. Not exactly high-class behavior, if you catch my drift. Just so we’re all on the same page and nobody can claim ignorance—since apparently, selective memory is a thing now—I wanted to point out that your club hasn't exactly been playing by the rules either. In this specific situation, you guys haven't acted any differently than we have. I'm dropping this article here just to keep things real.

Best regards,

Frank Hayes71

I am fully expecting an Istria victory today, provided we can actually manage to secure a decent win at the track.☕

If you judge a season by its opening act, then things are already heating up in the race for second place in the MLS this year.

Look, Frank Hayes71,
you guys are acting like you're some kind of big shots just because you pulled in five units in fifteen minutes—yeah, we did the exact same thing. But let's be real, we aren't the same.
You didn't even manage to pull a win in the last round.
Seriously, man.

George Diaz63, you really need to focus on what boldbadger1 was getting at with that whole "people tearing each other apart over a star" thing... because honestly, it’s obvious everyone's just clawing at each other here. And as for the whole Lokse situation—look, even Dinamo didn't sweep every single match that season when Hajduk managed to snag one off them, which is exactly why boldbadger1 is whining about it so much. So yeah, the comparison totally holds water.

George Diaz63 said:Look, Frank Hayes71,
you guys are acting like you're some kind of big shots just because you pulled in five units in fifteen minutes—yeah, we did the exact same thing. But let's be real, we aren't the same.
You didn't even manage to pull a win in the last round.
Seriously, man.

I was just sitting here thinking about 🙏 🙏

Fast forward sixty years, and it’s pure déjà vu all over again.😬

Absolute top-tier MILF in the frame

Mlakar 🙏

Solid win for Hajduk (just one of those kings of insignificant matches)
Bad showing from Osijek (Tomas is totally exposed)

Osijek isn't making it into Europe

John Fowler2 said:Solid win for Hajduk (just one of those kings of insignificant matches)
Bad showing from Osijek (Tomas is totally exposed)

Osijek isn't making it into Europe

I'm not sure how they aren't... I suppose they’ll make it regardless if Istra and VZ don't pull it off, and even if those guys do win, Osijek might still be in the running, I guess.

Erceg 👋

Copper 🤦 man, seriously, first off—stop being such a cheapskate with the additions, but this whole "not adding anything" thing is straight up criminal 🙏

For real though, even that handyman didn't do squat because there was basically a two-foot wall of junk in front of him the entire time.

Majkić 🙏

I suppose it might be fair to suggest calling up Majkić as the third goalkeeper for the national team... I don't quite see why Labrović would have the edge, I guess.

Man, I honestly feel like that would’ve been an indirect free kick rather than a penalty call...

stormyangler32 said:Man, I honestly feel like that would’ve been an indirect free kick rather than a penalty call...

Honestly, I could've called that one myself... ☕

Finally, someone actually executed an indirect free kick the right way. Instead of just aiming straight at the keeper, they sent it to someone totally unexpected—a clean strike from 14 yards out.

And then they still managed to cross it too.🙏

Stagnation has finally yielded fruit ☕ an intriguing indirect result