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Post by Reiver on Jun 25, 2020 19:59:06 GMT
Meet Robert Halford. Blissfully unaware of the striking resemblance to an English namesake that was usually seen clad in leather singing about breaking the law, this Canadian 35 year old, a good soccer player in the city of Labrador but a very lousy one in the grand scheme of things has just retired from his amateur soccer "career" spent in Canadian and American "soccer clubs", and in a midlife crisis decided to try his luck out as a manager.
This will be a journeyman save, starting in the depths of north american football.
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Post by Reiver on Jun 25, 2020 20:30:35 GMT
 Kaw Valley FC - 2019 USL League Two Heartland League - Central Conference
Kaw Valley FC is an American soccer team formed in 2017, based in (you guessed it) the Kaw Valley. The river Kaw, also known as the Kansas, flows through Kansas (the state), passing through Lawrence and Topeka and joining the Missouri at Kansas (the city). In real life, they share the training grounds of Sporting KC in Kansas, and plays in Lawrence and Topeka. In game, they play in Hummer Sports Park in Topeka, with capacity for 2000 people. They play in the USL League Two (previously known as the Premier Development League), unofficially the 4th tier of American (and Canadian) football, where teams are mostly semi-pro and amateur. The teams are regionally divided into 4 conference (Eastern, Southern, Central, and Western) and further divided into 11 leagues. Each team in each league plays 14 games, 7 home and away regardless of size of the league, then there's Conference and then League Playoffs. Kaw Valley is currently part of the Central Conference, and the Heartland League, playing against Des Moines Menace, Thunder Bay Chill, FC Manitoba, Green Bay Voyageurs and St. Louis Lions. The board currently asks us to not finish last. The team was, to put it bluntly, bad. And short. I had around 14 or 15 players when I joined the team. The stars of the team at the time were Ya'akov Avraham and Kevin Komódi, the latter a product of the Puskas Academy in Hungary. And let me tell you, scouting was hell. The team's reputation is so low and the scouts so bad that most signings came from players offering themselves or asking players for suggestions. The rules of the league are very simple. Maximum of 26 players registered, with 8 foreigners. By the end of the season our team looked like this: All the players that are 5 stars except for Komódi came throughout the season. Catherine, Benitez and Townsend previously played at Sporting KC II, Barton at Seattle II, Albisar last job was in Mexico at Queretaro, and De Sousa hadn't played senior football elsewhere at all. You can easily see, that we have a good midfield, but fall short everywhere else. So, how did we do in our first season?  We weren't last. which means I'll probably keep my job! The team has potential, and if i manage to keep my midfield for next season and improve the rest, I might actually have a shot at the playoff spots.
On a different, not. I'm quite enjoying this, despite the clear lack of quality of the team and the scouting issues. The league is fast, and I breezed through the season. i hope this is just the first year of an amazing career for Mr. Halford, and that soon he's conqueror the world (of soccer). |
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 25, 2020 20:30:45 GMT
Reiver, I can assure you that if you think this is going to be some sort of walk in the park, you've got another thing coming!
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Post by Nick on Jun 25, 2020 20:53:47 GMT
Good stuff and a comfortable start.
What other leagues do you have loaded and is there a direct route to the MLS from the division you're in, even if it's with another team?
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Post by Reiver on Jun 25, 2020 21:02:33 GMT
Good stuff and a comfortable start. What other leagues do you have loaded and is there a direct route to the MLS from the division you're in, even if it's with another team? I currently have loaded USA to this level and NCAA, Canada top two levels, Mexico top two levels, Australia top level and the top coule of league of the UK nations. There-s a lot of other American leagues, but they-re not active (yet). USL 2 has a few under 23 teams for MLS teams, like the NYRBs Under 23s. MNy plan is to a) get some good results here and go to a higher league or b) crash and burn and get higher at another team and try again. |
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Post by chaodck on Jun 25, 2020 21:15:19 GMT
Good first season Reiver, love having Rob Halford as the manager. I think that at atrocious level of football, improving isn't that hard as 1-2 remotely decent signings can make quite a difference. How are the finances looking? I'm guessing all players are on non contracts and you don't bring much funds in. Here's hoping you jump ship soon haha.
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Post by Reiver on Jun 25, 2020 21:24:04 GMT
Good first season Reiver, love having Rob Halford as the manager. I think that at atrocious level of football, improving isn't that hard as 1-2 remotely decent signings can make quite a difference. How are the finances looking? I'm guessing all players are on non contracts and you don't bring much funds in. Here's hoping you jump ship soon haha. Komodi has a contract (which he doesn't want to renew), and there«s hungarian tier 2 teams sniffing around him, so he won't be here much longer. Everyone else on non-contracts. Finances are ok. We were losing 5 to 10k each month, specially ni the off season, but you get 200k for playing the league, so there's no risk of going bankrupt for now. The biggest trick now is finding players willing to come. |
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