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Rancer - This has been a great career so far, well played.
It's also made me want to have another crack at North America but with this edit. The only downside I find in MLS is the lack of relegation, so this would be great.
Rancer - This has been a great career so far, well played.
It's also made me want to have another crack at North America but with this edit. The only downside I find in MLS is the lack of relegation, so this would be great.
Markham Marauders Wall of Honour
This is another feature I will introduce now. With the release of my YP2012 and YP2013 youth products, it's time to create a 'Wall of Honour' to give recognition to those players to put on the Marauders shirt and made some very good contributions to the club. Without further ado, here are the inductions of Radford Sinclair and Anthony Baker. They both weren't the most flashiest players, and as we went up the divisions, their roles were diminished to the point I had to loan one of them out, but overall, without them, we wouldn't be in the USL-Pro East since 2018 without them.
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Some might argue that the standards of entering this Wall of Honour must not be very high of someone of Radford Sinclair's caliber was inducted. Yes, he did not contribute at the USL-Pro East level, but he's the only one of my 2012 youth intake that managed to get this far with us. Remember, we have terrible facilities back in 2012, and to see how far Sinclair has worked to have a career with the Markham Marauders and play for 7 seasons is remarkable in itself. He was a big catalyst in leading us up the divisions and he will always be known as one of the pioneers in creating the initial history of the Markham Marauders into the club known today.
Name: Radford Sinclair
Nationality: Jamaican/Canadian
International Career: Capped at Jamaican U20 level
Date of Birth: June 2, 1996
Place of Birth: Markham, Ontario
Position: Striker
Markham Marauders Career Stats:
Code:Year Division Apps Goals Assists MoM Rating 2012 Colonial Amateur League 39 18 7 4 7.06 2013 Colonial Division 2 25 2 2 1 6.60 2014 Colonial Division 2 22 6 7 2 6.92 2015 Colonial Division 2 33 16 12 4 7.22 2016 Colonial Division 2 35 17 13 6 7.36 2017 Colonial Premier League 26 11 6 4 7.15 2018 USL-Pro East 16 0 0 0 6.72 2019 USL-Pro East 0 0 0 0 0.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Totals 196 70 47 21 -.--
Name: Anthony Baker
Nationality: Canadian
International Career: Uncapped
Date of Birth: February 15, 1997
Place of Birth: Markham, Ontario
Position: Striker
Markham Marauders Career Stats:
I always liked calling him 'Mr. Consistency' because when you played him, you knew what to expect of him, which was a solid performance and goals. Before his playing time was reduced to a part-time role, he scored in double digits from 2013 to 2017. As of the beginning of the 2019 season, he was the club's all time leader in appearances, and as of the end of the 2019 season, he's also the club's leader in goals scored. He scored goals at all levels that he participated in, and that's a big accomplishment for him. He wasn't the quickest or strongest, didn't have the best soccer IQ, or even had the best pure skills on the team, but in the end, he got the job done and the results speak for themselves. He has embarked on a new career path, to Gangneung City in the Korean N-League (2nd tier). He happens to be one of three Canadians on the team (one of the other two happens to be a former Markham Marauders youth who I didn't sign!) so hopefully he makes the most of the rest of his career in South Korea.Code:Year Division Apps Goals Assists MoM Rating 2013 Colonial Division 2 29 12 3 2 6.94 2014 Colonial Division 2 35 12 6 2 6.86 2015 Colonial Division 2 34 16 7 1 7.05 2016 Colonial Division 2 32 18 6 3 7.26 2017 Colonial Premier League 40 15 11 3 7.01 2018 USL-Pro East 24 5 6 3 6.84 2019 USL-Pro East 22 2 4 0 6.68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Totals 216 80 43 14 -.--
Really love the Wall of Honour idea Interesting the there are two players from the Marauders on the same team in the N-League now!
Well done in the USL so far! Looks like you can push for the playoffs this year
Hopefully there won't be anymore inductions for a while...because most of the core I'm not ready to give up on yet.
And there's actually 3 Canadians on that team, which you know after your 1.5 years of management there that there's only a max of 3 foreigners, so it's a bit strange since the entire coaching staff is purely Korean!
In other news, another good high scoring win!
Nice to see a bit of nostalgia of CSE with the Nep thread style YP wall of honour. Anyone from the 2nd tier been promoted to the MLS yet? IIRC in all the updates you did none of them made it past the play-off with the bottom MLS side, should be very tough for you once you eventually get there if the same teams have been in the MLS the whole save!
Looks like a canny game for the neutral .
Random question, has Dover moved up at all in your save? Markham promoted in the second year and turned semipro in my save.
Giving your fans value for money!
It'll be a while because we even get into the NASL because they don't have auto promotion and I have to win through playoffs! We still have some holes to fill in the squad though.
Still looking well rancer
Out of interest, how's the file coping? No problems with the xml?
2019 Season - Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - What a fantastic season that went down to the final game of the season, but we pulled through, and we'll be in the USL-Pro division, 3rd tier, next season.
North American Open Cup - A fantastic run in the Open Cup, getting to the 4th round, and facing MLS opposition in a competitive match for the first time, losing 3-2. We played the way I wanted them to play, Portland were just better.
USL Cup - It wasn't my priority and happy we didn't go far here.
Ontario Cup - Tanked the 2nd game.
Transfers - Some tough decisions, but some players just had to be released because of our depth. Sinclair has officially retired from the game, and Baker is in the reserves on his Korean club.
Squad - the squad is starting to have a bit of depth. Hopefully the next batch of youth players will give us more depth.
Youth Players:
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - He's a free agent at the end of next season and I want him to stay with Markham for a while.
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - He doesn't really have much of a future at the club at this stage.
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - Another great season from Cavalluzzo and he will be a key factor in helping us stay afloat in the USL.
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - I was expecting Cotic to make the step forward onto the bench on the senior squad but he didn't do that. He still has a lot of potential though so hopefully he can still become a squad player.
Steve Franks (YP 2019) - He did alright in limited playing time.
Carlo Silva (YP 2020) - A fantastic first season and he will only get better!
Other notables:
Sasa McCallum - A solid job by McCallum, now we just need to hammer out a new 5 year contract soon.
Pedro Lopez - A good season by Lopez.
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
We have a bit of money so maybe it's time to invest in facilities, but I want to deal with the contract situations first.
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
2018 Season
2019 Season
2020 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- Survive. 4 relegation spots...
- Resign Matheson and McCallum to fair multi-year contracts, otherwise one of them might have to be sold on
- Become BFFs () with Mark Rajkovic so contract negotiations can be easier, since he represents 10 of my players now
- We need defensive Youth Products. We have midfielders with talent and a good core of strikers. We really need additional help in the backline (Navin Simon keeps getting himself yellow cards, and we need a 'keeper)
- Training and youth facilities could be better, we still have basic and minimal facilities respectively. $2 million should be enough...
- Maybe the stadium could be expanded? We already packed over 2400 in the stadium on average every game...Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists 2018 USL Pro East 4 12th 472 Survival 2019 USL Pro East 4 7th 476 Top-half finish 2020 USL Pro East 4 1st 2438 Promotion
Good luck surviving.
In other news, Junior Coaching has been increased to an exceptional level, and training facilities will be improved, at a cost of $250,000 (lot less than I thought... ).
Unfortunately, $1.7 million (if we discount the $250k) is still not enough for youth facility improvements...
Last edited by rancer890; 12-05-2012 at 22:00.
Congrats on promotion! Should be a very interesting year in the USL-Pro.
Well done on another promotion! Good to see the new stadium being filled out already
Congrats on promotion! One step below NASL now?
great job on promotion, should be interesting to see if you can survive especially with those 4 relegation spots
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro
2021 Youth Intake
Our 2021 youth intake has mostly Markham area players, but there's also one from nearby Vaughan, and one from the eastern part of the GTA, in Oshawa.
Victor Hugo Esparza - He's a natural wingback, but he can also play right back, so we'll be training him as a right back. Marking and tackling will be attributes I will be training.
Fabian Baker - A decent midfielder. He's got potential to be decent.
Gilles Bourgault and Daniel Fath were offered youth contracts but they both betrayed. Fath joined a team in the St. Lawrence Soccer League. That's right, he turned down my youth contract offer from a tier 3 side for a team in the f****** 8th tier. Bourgault signed with a team in Louisiana in tier 7.
And the youth product is...
Ugo Conversano - I think he's really good . I already signed him to a pro contract because MLS club New England Revolution (!!!) were interested in him after he signed his youth contract.
I'm also at a crosswords, as I can't figure out why I can't afford to keep McCallum and Matheson (stupid wage cap), so I can probably only keep one of them beyond this season. It normally wouldn't be a problem, but I'm playing a youth only challenge so it's a bit different....
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro
2021 Contract Situations
Robert Stillo has been resigned to a new 5 year contract, until the end of 2025. He will receive $7,750 this season, with annual 5% wage increases.
Cordell Lumley has been resigned to a 5 year contract. He will earn $9,750 in the 2021 season, and have annual 10% wage increases.
Sasa McCallum has finally been resigned to a new 5 year contract. He was set to become a free agent at the end of the season. He will earn a base salary of $67,000 each season. There are no appearance fees or wage increases. Unnamed sources have said that McCallum was promised a 5 figure loyalty bonus, rumoured around $15,000, and his agent received a one time $15,000 payout after successful negotiations.
The remaining first teamers left to resign are Navin Simon and Angelo Carmelo Matheson. Manager Ricky Nakano has confirmed the signings of Stillo, Lumley, and McCallum, but has declined to comment on the progress of negotiations with Simon's and Matheson's agent, who also happen to share the same agent as Stillo and McCallum.
Conversano does look promising. How are your youth facilities looking?
Conversano looks great, another Canadian superstar! Love how diverse the second nationalities are! I always love developing those from the lesser nations just to see how they can help out their national teams in the future.
Still waiting for a Chinese Canadian to sign though. There's only one player who's willing to play for their second nationality than Canada, Navin Simon who wants to play for Jamaica. We had a lot of players called up for the Canadian U20s in their career, but none have made the jump to the senior team yet. They didn't really get capped though, because I kept withdrawing those players.
I also resigned Simon and Matheson to 3 year and 5 year contracts respectively. Simon was easy to resign, even though I hate him (too many yellow cards), but Matheson I didn't have extra wages to give him, so I had to bride the agent $30k to freeze his salary. So we now got the core of the team locked up long term, so the future is bright.
Congrats on locking up the team long term. SHould really help with your push towards the next level.
YP21 looks very good . Will be nice to see how he develops.
Nice progress you've made here Rancer And some of your youth candidates look promising
How has this file worked out for you so far? Any bugs or annoying glitches?
Another good youth intake! WIsh I had your luck!
There's no bugs or glitches so far, although I have avoided using other xml files, because there's a higher chance of crashing.
2021 Season - Markham Marauders - USL-Pro
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures | Promotion Semi Final Leg 1 Semi Final Leg 2 | Promotion Final Leg 1 Final Leg 2 - A fantastic season that I was even surprised about. Unfortunately, no auto promotion here so I had to get through 2 rounds of playoffs to get to the 2nd tier NASL!
North American Open Cup - We're happy to have made it to the 3rd round, but sucked that we didn't have our best players for the AC St Louis match.
USL Cup - lost in the 2nd round that we appeared in.
Ontario Cup - annoyed that we lost in the first round we appeared in, but it's not that important...
Transfers - Only released one player who wasn't doing much.
Squad - Lots of potential for a lot of them, so something to look forward to in the future.
Youth Players:
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - Good year from Matheson. Never going to like the wages he's on but as long as the team is successful with him playing a key role, we'll keep him.
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - Probably released once I get a youth player to replace him in the same position.
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - He's the team MVP, and maybe the league's MVP as well. He was unstoppable.
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - He's even behind Franks on the depth chart, so I don't know his future. I could sign him to a senior contract and then loan him out but we probably still won't use him at Markham.
Steve Franks (YP 2019) - He's developed well, but he's blocked at all the positions he can play in by Matheson/Conversano/Brown.
Carlo Silva (YP 2020) - He's becoming a solid CB. Hope he continues to progress!
Ugo Conversano (YP 2021) - he played as CM most of the season, and was very solid in his rookie year. He's certainly someone who can play in the top tier.
Other notables:
Sasa McCallum - Another good season by McCallum. He requested a transfer because we didn't strengthen the squad with any signings (and I wasn't planning to sign any players ) so he requested a transfer. Nothing to worry though, as he's under contract to 2025...
Pedro Lopez - Another good season from Lopez. He's a reliable left back.
Fernando Di Pietro - He had a very good rookie season, and I was skeptical whether he would go through the infamous 'Sophomore Slump'. He didn't.
John Cain - He's surprisingly developing into a decent 'keeper, as attributes are being improved into double digits. He's not a liability, but we could use a developmental 'keeper soon. He's not going to steal games, but he can succeed with the talent around him.
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
We lost a lot of money during the season but made it all up with end of season prize money.
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
2018 Season
2019 Season
2020 Season
2021 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- Have a decent year hopefully. With no automatic relegation spots, I think we can stay in the NASL, but that's definitely dependent on whether we have Cavalluzzo, because without him, we actually didn't win a single game.
- Are we going up the leagues too fast? I don't know, but I won't complain about winning...
- We really need a right back. Navin Simon keeps getting yellow cards and red cards (15 yellows, 2 reds, 33 games). He isn't Joey Barton stupid, but still he's stupid sometimes.
- We're starting to fill out the new stadium already, 2638 out of 2725 seated are filled on average...but not sure if we should use the money right now. For now, I will let the board decide on facilities or stadium expansion.Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists 2018 USL Pro East 4 12th 472 Survival 2019 USL Pro East 4 7th 476 Top-half finish 2020 USL Pro East 4 1st 2438 Promotion 2021 USL Pro 3 1st 2638 Promotion
Well, the board decided on stadium expansion over facilities:
$1.15 million of that was through a grant, so the actual cost is around $1.15 million for expanding the stadium to about a bit less than 4000 seats (3978 to be exact).
LA Galaxy also offered me the managerial position there. Lots of money but staying at Markham so I said no.
Almost at the top now! Has anyone been relegated from the MLS yet, or is it still the impossible task?
Nice stadium increase as well, always good to know that you'll have a bit more money flowing into the club.
Portland had a couple close calls against Orlando City and FC Buffalo, but they managed to win on away goals against Orlando and defeated Buffalo 4-3 on aggregate. Markham might make history down the road if any of the original 20 clubs are worried.
The stadium expansion is nice but we're still near the bottom in terms of attendance (although we were at like 97 or 98% capacity every game!). It's not something I'm too worried about because we had the lowest attendances and lowest player salaries in more of less every division we played in but I want to improve facilities soon.
2022 pre-season might be interesting. I want to test myself against the best to see how can we handle the NASL level...
Markham Marauders end of season re-signings:
December 2, 2021:
The Marauders have resigned Fernando Di Pietro to a 5 year contract until the end of 2026. He will earn a pro-rated $14,250 for the rest of the year, and have 10% annual increases. "We felt that there was going to be some interest in Di Pietro because of the two fantastic seasons he had at the club, and we felt comfortable giving him a full-time contract so he can continue to develop with us for at least the next 5 years."
Congrats on promotion! You're now in the league with the club from my hometown, FC Edmonton. Don't know much about that as I live in Vancouver and am a Whitecaps fan, but will be interesting to see you play them Haven't seen them pop up on any careers yet.
Great work getting promoted Rancer .
Congratulations on another promotion!
Give it a couple more seasons at most and you'll be the first side to relegate an MLS team.
Markham Marauders - North American Soccer League
2022 Youth Intake
Darko Halilovic - He has decent MLS potential, which will be good. Managed to sign him to a youth contract. He can start at AML because our other ones aren't that good.
Daniel Shepherd - He didn't sign with us, opting to go for a $40,000+ a year contract with a club in Birmingham, Alabama. He could have replaced Simon.
The other annoying part is how the f*** (yes I'm pissed every bloody year that I lose youths) could they have signed him even though he had a hamstring injury after the Youth Candidates vs U18s match. Wouldn't he have failed his physical???
Oh and we're getting $8 million this year in TV revenue! Our money troubles will be a thing of the past!
Last edited by rancer890; 17-05-2012 at 17:40.
Should start to get a bit harder now. Good luck, I'm sure you'll defy the odds once again!
I've never experienced a youth player signing with another club. Then again, I've never had good youth!
Almost reached the big time now! Big couple of seasons coming up for you, hopefully you can become a force in the NASL sooner rather than later!
Wow! Massive TV money coming your way now then.
Good luck for the new season.
You've come a very long way and congrats on winning promotion.Good luck in the 2nd tier
Very good tv money.
I suffered a bit of FM burnout on this save and was doing a bunch of other things instead of FM for a week, but I'm back now.
FM12 welcomes my return to the save with this:
Seriously? I'm shocked my 'keeper wasn't carded for some weird reason! Well done ref for booking 10 of my 14 players!
That's a crazy number of cards! I don't think I've ever seen something like that.
Bit much marauding I see.
Or maybe my players just have a good hockey mentality.
2022 World Cup - Hosts: QatarNotable Absentees:
- CAF - Cameroon (2018 World Cup Finalists),
- UEFA - Spain
- CONCACAF - Canada (Didn't even make it to the Hex ffs)
- CONMEBOL - N/AGroup Stage
A - Algeria, Uruguay, N. Ireland, Qatar
B - Germany, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast
C - Israel, Japan, England (drew Japan and Morocco, lost to Israel), Morocco
D - Argentina, Russia, USA, South Korea
E - France, Iran, Belgium, Senegal
F - Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Peru
G - Italy, Serbia, Colombia, Egypt
H - Brazil, Portugal, Australia, Jamaica
Second Round
Czech Republic (p) 3-3 Algeria
Uruguay 2-3 (e) Germany
Russia (e) 3-1 Israel
Argentina (p) 1-1 Japan
France 1-2 Netherlands
Mexico 1-0 Iran
Italy 1-0 Portugal
Serbia 1-0 Brazil
Czech Republic 1-0 Argentina
Germany (e) 1-0 Russia
Netherlands (e) 1-0 Serbia
Mexico (e) 1-0 Italy
Czech Republic 2-0 Mexico
Germany 3-0 Netherlands
Third Place Playoff
Netherlands 1-0 Mexico
Czech Republic 0-2 Germany
Best Goalkeeper - Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern)
Golden Ball - 1st: Emmanuel Gonzalez (Argentina/Fiorentina), 2nd: Luc Castaignos (Netherlands/HSV), 3rd: Anibal Pio (Argentina/Marseille)
Golden Shoe - 1st: Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria/Le Mans), 2nd: Svyatoslav Vasyliv (Russia/Deportivo), 3rd: Emmanuel Gonzalez (Argentina/Fiorentina)
Best Young Player - Kevin Melaard (Netherlands/Ajax)
2022 World Cup Dream Team
Looking back at the match with all the cards, I'm wondering if you must have shot someone! Or at least a bench brawl.
Haha - Israel qualify for the World Cup in Qatar! That would be interesting in real life Them beating England and knocking them out would not be though
October 25, 2022
TORONTO - Fans of Toronto FC at BMO Field are noticeably frustrated after they earned the distinction of being the first original MLS club to be relegated to the 2nd-tier North American Soccer League (NASL). Toronto's premier soccer team have lost to FC Buffalo, the 2022 NASL Champions, to a 3-2 aggregate scoreline. Having drawn the first leg at the City of Light Soccer Park in Buffalo 1-1, players and fans alike were looking at an advantage at BMO Field back in Toronto where they would have an advantage and win to retain their MLS membership. However, FC Buffalo tallied the first goal in the 48th minute, before TFC tied the game 14 minutes later. Another 1-1 draw meant the game was going to go into extra time, and penalty kicks if necessary. Unfortunately for the Reds, Buffalo scored a goal in the 105th minute and hung on for the 2-1 victory, making history in the process.
It's hard to believe that a big club such as Toronto FC would suffer the fate of becoming the first MLS club to get relegated from the top flight in the history of American soccer, but there's a reason why MLS Cup Championships, and likewise the MLS/NASL playoffs, are played on the pitch. Players and fans were visibly distraught after the final whistle blew, and while the Buffalo players were celebrating the historic achievement, the home team was booed off the pitch.
Afterwards, the manager and the players braved the barrage of questions afterwards about the match.
"We had a really bad season overall," manager Didier Deschamps, who replaced the sacked Ben Olsen in mid-May, told the local media, "there really was no excuse for us to be in this position to be in the MLS relegation playoff in the first place. We had the talent. We had the resources from upper management. A lot of things didn't work out for us and now we're at rock bottom. Relegation is a terrible feeling and I have no words to describe it."
"I really feel bad for the loyal Toronto fans," a solemn captain Michael Ndiovu said, "this city wants to cheer for a winner, but all we gave them was a disappointing season and this loss at home. I firmly believe we are an MLS team, but of course, the results have said we are not. Give Buffalo some credit here. They were huge underdogs since a MLS club haven't been relegated before. They played us tough over the two legs. You don't just get two fluky wins at this stage of the competition."
As a local reporter for the Toronto Sun asked whether his plans for next year would include playing for Toronto FC in the 2nd tier NASL, Ndiovu sidestepped the question, "I don't think it's the right time to discuss something like that. One thing though is that I love playing in Toronto and I love the city. Right now, it really hurts. I'm not thinking about next year right now. What has just happened today hasn't sunk in yet, and the off-season will be very tough on all the players, including myself, as well the coaches, the owners, and the fans."
As for Buffalo, the managers and players couldn't have been more excited. Manager Michel Vork on the victory: "The players and fans are ecstatic about the performance today. As you know, Toronto and Buffalo have a little hockey rivalry, and the fans really got involved in the games and were cheering on us to beat Toronto. Toronto FC are a great team and a class organization from top to bottom. Beating them over two tough legs was no easy task. I thought in the first leg we did a very good job limiting the damage that Toronto could have caused, and we came into this match looking to win, and win we did."
When news spread that FC Edmonton defeated the Markham Marauders in the other Semi-Final, Vork gave his brief scouting report. "The Markham Marauders were the highest scoring team in the league this season, and for FC Edmonton to contain their star players is a testament to the FC Edmonton manager for his strategy and tactics. We may have defeated Toronto FC, but we are not in MLS yet. We have two legs with a very tough FC Edmonton team. We each won one league in the two meetings against each other, so I expect it to a very evenly matched aggregate series. With a spot in MLS next season on the line, both teams will be giving it their all. We can celebrate tonight, but afterwards its back to training and watching video to see how we can play FC Edmonton."
Well, I guess on current form that is what would happen in real life if the MLS/NASL were structured like this. Shame as I have a soft spot for TFC as you know from my FM10 career
Great to see a team finally replace a side in MLS, shame it wasn't you though.
Spain are rather notable absentees.
And Major League Soccer is coming to Buffalo, New York in 2023!!!
2022 Season - Markham Marauders - USL-Pro
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures | Promotion Semi Final Leg 1 Semi Final Leg 2 - Overall, a really great season. Once I got into the playoffs, I did want to win it and wasn't going to throw it away even though we definitely weren't ready for the big time MLS. Unfortunately, we tried our best but still got played off the pitch by FC Edmonton, who were defeated by FC Buffalo in the Final in the one of the most expensive game in North America with the amount of money at stake.
North American Open Cup - lost 5-2 to the San Jose Earthquakes in the First Round (we entered from the First Round). Unlucky draw and this was probably a better indicator that we needed some better players to compete.
NASL Cup - lost to America USA in the Second Round, which was the first round we entered. Didn't lose any sleep over this, I wanted to beat them in the league for 3 points, not in a cup competition.
Ontario Cup - defeated Belleville in the Qualifying Round before losing to fellow NASL outfit Serbian White Eagles in the first round proper. I've never done well here and last thing I want is a fixture congestion near the end of the season.
Transfers - Finally released YP2015 Brian Hussein. Hopefully he can stay in football and find a new club eventually.
Squad - A strong starting XI, but not much to show for on the bench. Depth is a problem.
Youth Players:
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - The veteran of the team now, he had a consistent and good season.
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - He tore defenses apart in his first season in the NASL. Won some Canadian caps too.
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - He's probably not good enough, and if there's decent youth at his position, he will be released.
Steve Franks (YP 2019) - I think he has at least earned a pro contract. I hope to have a good intake though so I can possibly loan him out for experience.
Carlo Silva (YP 2020) - A solid year from Carlo Silva. It's nice to see him recognized internationally and be capped for Canada.
Ugo Conversano (YP 2021) - Solid year. 3 caps and only 17. Wow.
Other notables:
Sasa McCallum - Solid season from what you might expect from McCallum.
Pedro Lopez - A very good season from Lopez who's young and still improving.
Fernando Di Pietro - If you couldn't think he could have a better year, he just did.
John Cain - He had a good season and he keeps improving so that's good as well. At only 22, he could be the solution at 'keeper for now.
Navin Simon - typical year from him. He made it to the list because he might be a potential Jamaican international!
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
Lots of income from TV revenue and prize money upgrades to the stadium and training facilities
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
2018 Season
2019 Season
2020 Season
2021 Season
2022 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- Now that I think we can compete (if we're at full strength), it's time to see how far we can go. With Toronto FC getting relegated to the NASL, it's a good test for us to see how we manage against a quality opponent like them. You don't stay over 10 years in MLS by mistake. FC Edmonton really beat us easily over 2 legs, and our main weakness was always depth, so hopefully some new youth players can help us in that regard
- Keep improving those training facilities, because we definitely won't be improving youth ones at this rate....
- We need youth players that we can sign and not get poached! Anyone is fine, just don't sign with another club if I want you!Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists 2018 USL Pro East 4 12th 472 Survival 2019 USL Pro East 4 7th 476 Top-half finish 2020 USL Pro East 4 1st 2438 Promotion 2021 USL Pro 3 1st 2638 Promotion 2022 North American Soccer League 2 2nd 3432 We made playoffs!
Just one step away now.
Your correct in your Assessment,another season in NASL will probably do you more good as it gives the players more time to develop.
Also have to somehow get the core to new long term contracts. I have to make them an 'amazing' offer...
Markham Marauders - North American Soccer League
2023 Youth Intake
Tyler Ball - a decent midfielder prospect. He can be a squad player eventually.
Erik Fletcher - a decent striker prospect. Hopefully he can play on the first team in the future.
Daniel Grubisic - a solid right back. He'll get his opportunities.
And YP 2023, who has signed with the club, is...
Srecko Jeremic - he has some solid attributes. He needs a bit of work but he will get an opportunity to contribute, possibly as early as this season, depending on how he is in pre-season.
Some players I wanted to sign went to other clubs. I'm too pissed off to really talk about them. It's the one thing that I really hate about this save and could ruin me in the future.
- Robert Stillo has signed a new year contract with a base salary of $83,000 a year. He will get a 5% wage increase. He was previously only earning a bit more than $10,000 a year.
Tough beat to FC Edmonton, but as its my hometown, I can't be too sad for you Another season in the NASL will ensure you're truly ready for MLS once you do get there.
Looking forward to seeing you in the MLS soon . Will be interesting to see how you do once you reach it. Is there that much of a diffrence in terms of quality? (Forgive my lack of MLS knowledge :o)
Very close to the big time now! Hopefully you can keep your momentum going
Gonna take a little break from updating this. Or a long break I don't know. Kinda got bored by my own rules but I don't want to break them in this save.
A new (or old, depending how you look at it) save has my interest again right now and will be posting it up soon.
Fair enough. It was a great career to read
I know that feeling, I start to get bored with the youth rules at the start of pretty much every season when I see how much I want to strengthen my team Hopefully you'll get the motivation to come back to this some day, it was a good read.
Understandable and probably best to take a break. A few weeks and your interest will be renewed...that's how it works with me.
Shame that you've chosen to take a break so close to making the MLS. Hopefully the break will get your interest back up.
Sorry to hear this man. Good luck and hopefully you'll find the motivation to continue soon!


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We STILL seem to have a RANDOM ARCHIVE GLITCH where clicking on the next comic will take you to the next comic page, but oddly display a comic from a totally different date. Hitting Refresh sometimes helps.
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Quick Handy Links: The Author Dr. X, and the Grisly Cold-Case Murder!
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Thank you for an fantastic project. It's clean, well managed, and a delight to use - (if only IBM took lessons from you, I would be a happier person)
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I was wondering if you could nudge me in a good direction. I am using RSyntaxTextArea in a swing application. The editor is for Jython. The text area is working great, and I would like to implement code completion in Jython. Besides the Jython keywords I would (at least) like to support a local Java package (through Jython) in the code completion.
Initially I saw a CompletionXML.dtd and was thinking I'd need to write a doclet for my package to have javadoc write it to match the DTD. Then I saw RSTALanguageSupport project.
So to summarize, the "users" of the editor will be writing in Jython, and I'm interested in code completion for (Python keywords + (at least) a couple of local Java packages)
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He was born in Bellaire, Ohio on March 17, 1932 a son of the late James and Harriet Young Gaughan.
After graduating from St. John's High School in 1950 he started a career in broadcasting at WMOD Radio in Moundsville, West Virginia. After he returned from serving two years in the U.S. Army, he continued his broadcasting career at WTRF-TV Channel 7 in Wheeling, West Virginia. During 32 years of broadcasting; he did weather, news, sports and a children's program featuring "Seaweed Sam" and "Santa Claus" at Christmas time. Pat retired in 2003 after 13 years with the EPA in public relations.
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TAMPA | The aftermath of the Jameis Winston case has parents turning the sad saga into a cautionary tale for their teen and college-age daughters, but shouldn't it also serve as a teachable moment for young men?
A WDAE-AM 620 listener said last week that she tells her Florida State University daughter to "accept the first drink, sip the second and refuse the third." But why aren't we telling young men not to have sex if they or the girl has been drinking? Let's end the "boys will be boys" mentality and make the walk of shame a path for two.
My friends tell me I don't realize how casual sex has become among young people, but we need to draw a line between what is and what should be and challenge people to rise above.
If we underscore respecting themselves and each other, maybe we can move sex closer to something meaningful and further away from a random, drunken foray full of morning-after regret.
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The Tampa/Hillsborough Human Rights Council will honor locals who participated in the 1963 March on Washington at its 40th annual breakfast Friday at the DoubleTree Westshore hotel. Internet: www.thhrc.org.
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I don't know whom the late U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young endorsed as his replacement, but it's difficult to imagine he told his wife and son to fight about it after he was gone. I hope that fence gets mended.
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Also, I don't want books which are too mainstream (i.e. reading books like: "How AI will destroy the world")
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5 Ways Television Went Crazy Since I Quit Watching in 2003
#2. We Will Watch Everyday Dudes Do Random Jobs
I walked in the door one day and asked my girlfriend what she was watching.
"Some show about cakes."
"I was just..." She paused as if searching for an honest answer. "I don't know." Another long pause. "I honestly... don't know."
Despite the fact that neither of us smoke pot, two hours later we were still watching a show about cakes. A completely different one than what we started with. Because it turn out there are shows and shows and shows about making cakes. Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, Amazing Wedding Cakes, Ultimate Cake Off, Cupcake Wars -- that was what I found in one night of channel surfing. Hour after hour after hour of people mixing butter and flour and carefully squirting icing.
Fuck every last bit of that shit to the left. Find out what that white thing is.
And they're not even cooking shows -- you actually learn to cook by watching cooking shows. No, it's all about the everyday process and drama of running a cake business. I can easily imagine one show like this doing well -- there's a niche for everything. But there's like half a dozen of them. Was there one cake show that just took off in the ratings, and suddenly everyone else jumped on board? If so, I can't figure out what it was. It's more like there was a Big Bang-like explosion of cake-related cable TV programming. There existed an entire television universe that was completely devoid of cake shows. And then, suddenly... cake shows.
My research is telling me that this whole trend may have started with American Chopper, about the family that builds motorcycles, and then somebody upped the stakes with Deadliest Catch, the show about crab fisherman where every 20 minutes somebody almost dies. But instead of finding more and more exciting jobs, somebody decided to just go the other direction.
I got it! How about a show on people who proofread magazines?
So now there are two popular shows about pawn shops, and both of them have porn puns in their names: Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn. It's all just people bringing in their most valuable possessions and accepting half of what they could get from a collector or ebay because they need that cash right now. That's why they're there. Heroin doesn't buy itself.
Six bucks? Sold!
All I can picture is a network executive, listening to this pitch. "We'll be filming the inside of a pawn shop from the perspective of the guy who works behind the counter. Just filming day after day of him doing an ordinary job that is pretty unspectacular in almost every way."
"Do you mean like crackheads coming in all cracked out on crack? Selling a thousand dollar stolen gun for ten bucks so they can buy more crack? And one of them tries to stab somebody every episode? Because that does sound interesting."
"Well, no, it's not that type of pawn shop. It's just a regular ol' pawn shop. It's kind of a big place, but there aren't really any criminals. Even if there were, they wouldn't come in if they saw us there with cameras."
"Hmmm... I guess it can work if they're all fat enough."
If you would like to catch up with Pawn Stars, it won't take long. After all...
#1. Every Channel is a Marathon Now
I just turned on my TV and flipped through the guide. Right now at this very moment, there is one channel playing six episodes of Scrubs back to back. Another has four episodes of Family Guy. You can't find an episode of How I Met Your Mother airing alone any more than you can buy one roll of toilet paper at Walmart. It's always two or four airing back-to-back.
Remember not too long ago when it was a special occasion when networks would run marathons of a particular show? In the 90s, my best friend and I would put on a pot of coffee at Thanksgiving and watch an entire 30 hours of Mystery Science Theater 3000. They called it "Turkey Day," and we looked forward to it all year.
And you couldn't record it without a shitload of VHS tapes
But now, all of cable TV seems to operate in blocks and I have no freaking idea why. If you're giving me eight straight hours of King of the Hill, aren't you forcing every single non-King of the Hill fan to abandon your channel for the rest of the day to go watch something else? Most likely a show about cakes?
My best theory is that it has to do with the DVR's everyone has now. If I want to catch up on House, I set to record and 15 hours later, my DVR has captured a little over thirty-six hours of reruns for me (including the same episode recorded 13 times). See, I don't think they do this to help the Tivo crowd. TV execs hate Tivos because they know you're fast-forwarding through the commercials. No, I think the idea is to completely spam your hard drive. "Oh, you want to record this show? Well here's 20 goddamned episodes, fucking CHOKE ON 'EM."
Oh, you like peanuts? THEN HAVE SOME GODDAMNED PEANUTS ASSHOLE
It's actually great for somebody like me, I was gone most of a decade but in a month or so I will have seen every episode of every relevant series that aired during that time period. I should shut off my TV again and come back in 2017, to compare and contrast, but I have 23 episodes of Tabatha's Salon Takeover to plow through.


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van Os J, Howes OD. Antipsychotic drugs for prevention of relapse. Lancet. 2012 Jun 2 ; 379(9831):2030-1. Pubmed Abstract
van Os J, Howes OD. Antipsychotic drugs for prevention of relapse. Lancet. 2012 Jun 2 ; 379(9831):2030-1. Pubmed Abstract
Since the John Davis meta-analysis in the 1970s (the second meta-analysis in medicine; see Davis, 1975), there is little doubt that drug beats placebo in relapse prevention. What is terrific here are the details on aspects of course that are addressed and more information on the risk side to complement benefit. I will comment on two findings. First, depot beats oral. Especially in the United States, we need to move depot into an attractive option and first-line approach (assuming oral administration of the same compound supports safety in the individual). Second, I have thought that there is little evidence for second-generation antipsychotics being superior to first-generation antipsychotics (clozapine excepted) in efficacy and effectiveness, and that the strongest case for second-generation antipsychotics was better relapse prevention. This meta-analysis failed to support this supposed advantage, and I have to adjust my view in this regard.
The van Os and Howes commentary merits a serious and thoughtful read. It gives emphasis to how early and modest the field is in discovery for the psychopharmacology of schizophrenia. In the 60 years since chlorpromazine, progress has been narrow, not very innovative, and not very robust.
Davis JM. Overview: maintenance therapy in psychiatry: I. Schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry . 1975 Dec ; 132(12):1237-45. Abstract
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I recommend the Primary Papers
Antipsychotics are (generally) effective in relapse prevention—however, evidence-based indicators for more individualized treatment are needed.
Leucht and colleagues (Leucht et al., 2012) conducted a new, highly comprehensive, but also very differentiated meta-analysis on the relapse preventive efficacy of antipsychotic drugs as compared to placebo, which is now published in The Lancet. In addition, detailed comments are provided by van Os and Howes (van Os and Howes, 2012) in the same issue. As in former reviews addressing this topic, the results clearly underline that antipsychotics are (generally) effective in preventing relapse in schizophrenia compared to placebo with average one-year relapse rates of 27 percent versus 64 percent, an estimated risk ratio of 0.4, and a number of 3 needed to treat (to benefit) patients. On the other hand, and despite this high-grade evidence, many patients with schizophrenia still show cognitive, affective, motivational, or "functional" deficits and impairments in the longer illness course. This indicates that antipsychotics are not so effective in all symptom domains and contributes to the notion by some researchers that schizophrenia is still a "poor outcome" disorder, in particular as compared to other mental disorders (Jobe and Harrow, 2005). Thus, further efforts are needed to develop drug and other treatment strategies to affect the illness course more comprehensively. In this regard, a more uniform and broadly accepted definition of "relapse" would be very helpful. For example, the consensus-based definition of "remission" (Andreasen et al., 2005) has stimulated a large amount of research and enables a better comparison of results across studies.
Some other aspects are noteworthy to address. First, it is still unclear how long antipsychotic treatment has to be maintained, especially after a first episode. A comparison of evidence-based treatment guidelines from different countries developed on highest-quality criteria yielded no or inconsistent recommendations regarding the duration of maintenance treatment (Gaebel et al., 2011). In the last years, different trials compared maintenance treatment (MT) with (stepwise) drug discontinuation (mostly supplemented by early drug intervention based on early signs for relapse, i.e., targeted intermittent treatment/IT) in the long-term treatment of first-episode patients. Whether drug treatment was discontinued after six months (Wunderink et al., 2007), after one year (Gaebel et al., 2011), or, as just published, after two years (Emsley et al., 2012; observational design after drug discontinuation), risk for relapse did noticeably increase after drug discontinuation (up to fivefold after one year compared to further MT). On the other hand, a considerable proportion of patients remains stable under intermittent treatment (in the Gaebel et al., 2011, trial, about 50 percent after MT in the first year). In addition, a relevant proportion of patients (about 20 percent) remain relapse free and develop only one illness episode also if drug treatment was suspended (e.g., Harrow et al., 2012).
There are other significant findings indicating that different patients respond differently to similar treatment strategies. Although efficacy of antipsychotics in general is proven, a distinct proportion of patients suffers from partial remission, symptom recurrence, or relapse despite antipsychotic treatment. This applies also to depot treatment, which minimizes adherence problems, although some patients do relapse, as once again shown in a recent placebo-controlled trial not yet included in the Leucht review (Kane et al., 2012). Similarly, the inconclusive results regarding abrupt versus stepwise drug discontinuation and the development of a "supersensitivity" psychosis represent (to a great extent) different effects in different patients. This corresponds to a finding of our own discontinuation trial, in which assured pre-treatment with antipsychotics and an excellent treatment response have been predictors for deterioration in the case of drug discontinuation (Gaebel et al., 2011). It seems that some patients do very well with antipsychotics (often mistaken by themselves as not being in need of drugs), and that they are the ones who should be recommended to rather maintain than to discontinue treatment.
Based on the Vulnerability-Stress-Coping-model for schizophrenia, many influencing factors contribute to illness development and course. Accordingly, schizophrenia represents a heterogeneous illness due to various pathogenetic factors. Thus, different effects in different patients to similar treatment strategies are to be expected. On the other hand, different antipsychotics do also show some differences in efficacy on different symptom domains (Leucht et al., 2009), as well as in side effect and receptor profiles (Correll, 2010). Thus, besides developing new drugs and other treatment strategies, research should also focus on matching the right patient to the right treatment strategy. This requires the availability of valid (i.e., evidence-based) indicators to enable effective individual treatment decisions. This could be clinical indicators (like symptom characteristics, response, adherence, etc.) or biological markers such as genetic variants, neurophysiological, chemical, or functional parameters (among others). For example, Mössner et al. (Mössner et al., 2009) analyzed data from the first-episode study incorporating the above-mentioned discontinuation trial (Gaebel et al., 2011) regarding genetic characteristics and drug response. They found that response in the negative symptom domain is different according to a common polymorphism (-1019C/G) located in the promoter region of the serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor gene only for the SGA risperidone (as compared to haloperidol). Other observational trials show similar effects, but well-controlled RCTs are needed to provide sound evidence. Accordingly, we are now preparing a trial in which patients with primary negative symptoms are randomly allocated to different SGAs to investigate response differences in the negative symptom domain in relation to their (-1019C/G) polymorphisms.
Leucht S, Tardy M, Komossa K, Heres S, Kissling W, Salanti G, Davis JM (2012). Antipsychotic drugs versus placebo for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 379:2063-71. Abstract
van Os J, Howes OD (2012). Antipsychotic drugs for prevention of relapse. Lancet. 2012; 379):2030-1. Abstract
Jobe TH, Harrow M. Long-term outcome of patients with schizophrenia: a review. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2005; 50, 892-900. Abstract
Andreasen NC, Carpenter WT, Kane JM, Lasser RA, Marder SR, Weinberger DR. Remission in schizophrenia: proposed criteria and rationale for consensus. Am J Psychiatry 2005;62:441-449. Abstract
Gaebel W, Riesbeck M, Wobrock T (2011): Schizophrenia guidelines across the world: a selective review and comparison. Int Rev Psychiatry. 23: 379-87. Abstract
Wunderink L, Nienhuis FJ, Sytema S, Slooff CJ, Knegtering R, Wiersma D. Guided discontinuation versus maintenance treatment in remitted first-episode psychosis: relapse rates and functional outcome. J Clin Psychiatry, 2007, 68:654-61. Abstract
Gaebel W, Riesbeck M, Wölwer W, Klimke A, Eickhoff M, von Wilmsdorff M, Lemke M, Heuser I, Maier W, Huff W, Schmitt A, Sauer H, Riedel M, Klingberg S, Köpcke W, Ohmann C, Möller HJ; German Study Group on First-Episode Schizophrenia (2011): Relapse prevention in first-episode schizophrenia: Maintenance vs. intermittent drug treatment with prodrome-based early intervention. Results of a randomized controlled trial within the German Research Network on Schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry. 72: 205-18. Abstract
Emsley R, Oosthuizen PP, Koen L, Niehaus DJ, Martinez G (2012). Symptom recurrence following intermittent treatment in first-episode schizophrenia successfully treated for 2 years: a 3-year open-label clinical study. J Clin Psychiatry. 73: e541-e547. Abstract
Harrow M, Jobe TH, Faull RN. Do all schizophrenia patients need antipsychotic treatment continuously throughout their lifetime? A 20-year longitudinal study. Psychol Med. 2012 Feb 17:1-11. Abstract
Kane JM, Sanchez R, Perry PP, Jin N, Johnson BR, Forbes RA, McQuade RD, Carson WH, Fleischhacker WW. Aripiprazole Intramuscular Depot as Maintenance Treatment in Patients With Schizophrenia: A 52-Week, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. J Clin Psychiatry 2012;73(5):617-624. Abstract
Leucht S, Corves C, Arbter D, Engel RR, Li C, Davis JM (2009). Second-generation versus first-generation antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Lancet; 373: 31-41. Abstract
Correll CU (2010). From receptor pharmacology to improved outcomes: individualising the selection, dosing, and switching of antipsychotics. Eur Psychiatry. 25 Suppl 2:S12-21. Abstract
Mössner R, Schuhmacher A, Kühn KU, Cvetanovska G, Rujescu D, Zill P, Quednow BB, Rietschel M, Wölwer W, Gaebel W, Wagner M, Maier W (2009). Functional serotonin 1A receptor variant influences treatment response to atypical antipsychotics in schizophrenia. Pharmacogenet Genomics;19:91-4. Abstract
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Dear mr. Kam VedBrat take some public-speaker lessons or look at the talks presented by Herb Sutter, your presentation was boring and it leaked any useful information, we are PROGRAMMERS we don't give a hoot on marketing materials or on pretty pictures we want to see code, well explained code, we have to see performance comparisons we want to see how to use the new API and how to use it well.
I thought the content was decent for an intro. I feel like the presentation could have been a little longer though.
It seems like that it must be very difficult to transform windows7 DirectX apps to windows8 metro style.
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Karl Lagerfeld Will Let Only Nobu's Creations Touch His Rarefied Lips
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Does this replacement change the meaning to something wrong?
I came with her or I came to her
I talk with you or I talk to you
Does this replacement change the meaning to something wrong?
I came with her or I came to her
I talk with you or I talk to you
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I came with her and I came to her mean two quite different things. The first means I accompanied her here, but the second means that I came here {to see / be with / meet [CHOOSE ONE]} her. Answer: No, "with" cannot be replaced by "to" in the first sentence, because it changes the meaning of the sentence.
The second example is a little more complicated because not everyone will agree that I talk with you and I talk to you mean the same thing. Some people say that "to talk with someone" is to have a conversation and that "to talk to someone" implies a one-way discussion: one person does all the speaking and the other does all the listening. This happens when someone criticizes you. Many native speakers of English make no such distinction, however. For some speakers, those two sentences mean the same thing.
To be on the safe side, I'd recommend not using "to" to replace "with" in the second sentence because it may change the meaning for some speakers.
In general, I'd say that you cannot use "to" to replace "with". I want to dance with you is fine, but it doesn't mean I want to dance to you; I want to eat dinner with you is fine, but it doesn't mean I want to eat dinner to you; I drink to you is fine, but it doesn't mean I drink with you; etc.
Yes, the meaning in quite different if you use to rather than with:
I came with her = We came together
I came to her = I approached her (more usual as I came up to her.)
The difference between I talk with you and I talk to you is more nuanced. (It is also important to note that your example sentences using talk are in the Simple Present, so they describe routine or regular activities.) Usually, when you talk with someone, you have a conversation, and both people participate; on the other hand, when you talk to someone, you tell them something, and they just listen. Because most conversations involve both people speaking, these two sentences can often mean the same thing, at least in casual spoken English. You can get around the distinction by using talk intransitively: We talked, or, in the Simple Present, We often talk, both of which show that both people participate(d) in the conversation.
I hope this helps.


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July 10, 2013
New York University College of Nursing's (NYUCN) Dr. Tara A. Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, Executive Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and professor of Geriatric Nursing, was recently named to the Health and Aging Policy Fellows 2013-2014 Program in the non-residential track. The year-long Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The key partners in this effort are the American Political Science Association which has established the most respected and longest running policy fellowship program in Washington, DC. and Atlantic Philanthropies, which provides funding for the fellowship.
"One of today's greatest policy challenges is how to ensure that the U.S. health care system can meet the needs of a rapidly increasing older population," said Dr. Cortes. "Overcoming this challenge will require the translation of cutting-edge science and practical clinical experience into sound health policy."
The goal of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is to provide professionals in health and aging with the experience and skills necessary to help lead this effort, and in so doing, shape a healthy and productive future for older Americans.
"My work within the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU College of Nursing is focused on advancing interdisciplinary models across the continuum of care to support healthy aging in place and to promote access of care to vulnerable populations," said Dr. Cortes.
The non-residential track allows fellows to remain at their home institution but work on a policy project that involves brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Core program components focusing on career development and professional enrichment are also provided for fellows.
Fellows are selected each year through a national competition based on their commitment to health and aging issues, leadership potential, and interest in impacting policy. The program has a broad interdisciplinary focus, and fellows have included physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, dieticians, healthcare administrators, epidemiologists, economists, and lawyers from academic and practice settings, spanning career stages from newly minted PhDs to senior professors and community leaders.
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows program is directed by Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University (in collaboration with the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program) and made possible by the generous support of The Atlantic Philanthropies. Additional funding is provided by the CDC and the GSA's National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence and through partnerships with other agencies and organizations.
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Who has been the biggest signing you've made on FM12 in terms of reputation?
For me, I'm Swansea in the 3rd season and I've just signed Arjen Robben on 60k a week and hes 29
Who has been the biggest signing you've made on FM12 in terms of reputation?
For me, I'm Swansea in the 3rd season and I've just signed Arjen Robben on 60k a week and hes 29
I generally avoid big names as I don't like paying over the odds but Angel Di Maria at £12m was too good to resist
biggest was Jésus Navas in 2011 for 40 mil,my only signing as Man Utd,
was playing against my brother,he got injured in his 3th match for 4 months,and just when he was coming back he got injured for another 2 months,my brother however bought Neymar,Hazard,Dzeko,David Luiz,Phil Jones and i also think he went for Ganso on the winter as Chelsea and was still left behind by 5 points .
best was probably neymar for 29 mil iirc
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On this FM its Hazard in my current game with Man Utd. Ask the board to sign him first season and they paid a massive £47.5m.
Signed Micah Richards for Aberdeen on FM11. Too bad I have no idea how to access my old account. Had to search for a bit before I found the old Aberdeen thread in the Good Team thread.
Still, him and Matej Delac were amazing players to have at Aberdeen. IIRC Richards was still an England regular at Aberdeen.
Not going for marquee players this time around on FM12. Trying to be more realistic though paying Falkirk almost £2m for a regen seems a bit unrealistic. Oh well.
Sorry, to sum up, Micah Richards at Aberdeen in FM11. Proud of that one.
EDIT: Sorry, I know you asked for FM2012, just re-read your opening post. Plus just remembered I signed Hatem Ben Arfa for Aberdeen on the same game for free then sold him to FC Bayern for more than £10m. Sorry Micah but you've been ousted.
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The mighty Pablo Counago for Burton in League 2. Finished the season with 22 goals and 26 assists and helped us win the league.
If a free transfer can be a marquee signing!
After 6 premier leagues in a row with Everton and the highest transfer fee being 9.75m for Alex Sandro, I've just signed Neymar for 29m in 2017.
I thought I was finally entitled to at least 1 big name signing after a net spend of -92m in the previous season.
He's been pretty good so far, to be fair to him.
James Rodriguez for £14.5m, picked him up from Real Madrid and had an EPIC 18 months for me, scoring and setting up silly amounts. He has a goal of the season to his name too (Perhaps two). I use him in rotation with a newgen now who is at least his equal.
i paid £110m to sign messi for man city on FM2010 and £90m to sign rooney for arsenal on a previous version.
biggest signing on this one was steven fletcher for £5.25m but i've only played as forest so far so that's as close to a marquee signing as i'm likely to get for a few seasons.
Jack Wilshere to Sunderland - €32m
Peter Cech to Sunderland - FREE (34 too )
There were a few others. Spent €130m at sunderland in 1st transfer window. Got them to champs league position. Offered job at Arsenal.
2 seasons later, sunderland fighting relegation. I should have stayed. Have that save still there might go back to it
Özil for 130 million euros in FM11. I had more money than I could spend 3 seasons in as Bayern, so I ended up with an attacking midfield of Özil, Pjanic, Kroos, Wilshere. Not too shabby.
Think this has to be up there as my most exciting trasnfer window yet.
as man utd...
olic? hamsik? kagawa?
i dunno
Signed Pedro from Barca for my Newcastle team for 13m, signed Bosingwa on a free, signed L Diarra for 6.5m, Signed Joe Cole for 3.5m which all got me kit sales from signing them.
Cristiano Ronaldo for Man Utd.
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For Panathinaikos, it's probably Pablo Aimar. Got him on a free, but he's 33 now. It hasn't worked out. He doesn't fit the formation I play and he's been crap as one of a central midfield three. Can't get off the bench most of the time. I only gave him a one year contract so I'll let him go next summer. Shame, though. I held out high hopes.
Regens have been my biggest signing on FM so far, but from the real players I would say a fully developed Radja Nainggolan (£15.5m) or Sokratis Papastathopolous (£20m) for Hoffenheim.
I picked up Jack Wilshere (€10M) and Mario Götze (€20M) in the same window as Swansea. Both were way above my reputation, but had been unhappy for almost a full season due to fights with the manager.
West ham signed tevez he was 30 for free and on 75k wages it was 2014-15 season and they had just been promoted to the pl
favoured clubs for that one
Probably as Galatasaray on FM10, I spent £15M on Anderlecht's Lucas Biglia, he was a good player but his end products were normally disappointing.
David Goodwillie on a free to the dons
I got Robert Pires to return to FC Metz. I was expecting him to stay on the bench and play a few matches throughout the season but Robert had a stunning season with ten goals and eighteen assists. Signed him on a free transfer as well. However, he was not as good in the second season and I had to let him go as his salary was pretty high.
Edinson Cavani, 26m
Quinton Fortune. He was rubbish though. Have now signed him as a player, then twice as a coach.
Who was that for?
Got Yaya Sanogo on a Bosman free in the 2nd season for Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. He signed the contract whilst I was still a League One side too! Tore the Championship apart with 26 goals and 13 assists and is currently the Premier League's top scorer with 14 goals in 18 games.
Edison Cavani - 25.5 million, 125k p/w + appearances - worth Every. Single. Penny. I have lost count of the number of big games he has won for me almost single handed.
Wouldn't reaaally call him a 'marquee' sigining to be honest. Was never that great at his peak. His ability to warm Man United's bench is only to be rivalled by the abilities of Michael Owen at the moment.
What use is it being able to play in lots of positions if you are useless in all of them.
I should add that my team won League 2 with a record points total and didn't lose a single game in the league, so to be so bad really is quite an achievement!
i can think of better quality bench warmers... or torres as he is known
I've never really been one for signing name players (or spending huge wodges of money), although I do remember one exception which was a "no chance" punt at the time and totally shocked me when he agreed. As you'll see, we're going back a fair few years here- he'd just blown up big in real life, but was still sitting in the reserves on the game.
League One Gillingham signed an 18-year-old French kid from Arsenal for £1m- some guy named Nicolas Anelka. Did a pretty decent job for us, think he got something like 40 goals in 30 games the following season, before obviously his wage demands made keeping hold of him a total impossibility.
I managed to sign Jan Vennegor of Hesselink to Adelaide United in the A-League, and he performed much better than Kewell or Emerton.
Ronaldo and Bale for Man Utd :-)
My biggest signings have been Mattia Destro (£16M) and Emmanuel Adebayor (free), both in 2014/15 for my Premier League Sheffield United side.
Adebayor has 19 in 31, so that's worked out pretty well!
That's easy, the best player in the game/IRL.
Messi in season 6, on a free to Arsenal
The two big names I got on freebies are Emmanuel Adebayor and Owen Hargreaves. Managed to keep the latter injury free for the most part. Nicholas Lodeiro was a pretty big signing on a free to.
Daniel Drinkwater end of April in first season with Newport County on a free. Bosses my midfield and my free kick specialist.
Kiesuke Honda for 12m
Cristian Eriksen For 10m
Not bad considering there two of my star players, and Honda's deadballs are priceless.
Mario Gotze to Tottenham for $97mil. Sure, I probably overpaid, but he was only 19 and should be with my club for a very long time to come and he's been spectacular.
I signed a 33 year old Ronaldo for £42m for United. I had money to burn, so I thought why not.
He was still pretty fantastic.
I've signed Diego Maradona for Luch Vladivostok,...
...Diego Maradona Nery Ferreira from Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
Thiago Silva, Marek Hamsik, Ganso and Guiseppi Rossi for Man City. They've made a great team into an unbeatable team. Cost about 100-110 million pounds all together, but definetly worth it.
Best ever has to Fabregas on FM2007 for 83 million. Was the heartbeat of my Man Utd team for over a decade!
On Fm2012 thinks its going to have to be Cavani, just signed him for 28 million and hes scored twenty goals in 17 appearances
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Hazard 45 million for manchester united
for united i have Hazard, kagawa and hamsik as well as the regualar midfield
made an east stirlingshire save, scouts were finding me people for £0. which was my transfer budget O.O found this antique
Hah, I've signed Sinclair as well, for Maidenhead- figure he can give a bit of depth at least for a season. Has a really bad habit of giving away penalties though.
well he wants to be a coach so, that is a good bonus to have.
I only sign regens, lol.
Won last 2 season, every trophy possible, super cup, club world championship, the lot. No worries. REGENS FTW
I signed a 37 year old 'Kily' González as a free agent. He can't play an entire match, but when he plays, he does it fine
And in my last FM11 game, I remember signing a 16 year old CB called Gaston Carvajal. He had a 4 and a half stars potential and a 2 and a half of actual quality. I wasn't going to make him play yet, but the injury of one of the CBs forced his debut, and he made it with 2 goals :O. Then he kept the place and made it great to the point of achieving the 1st division. He was so good that at the age of 17 Roma asked for a price for the boy. I had to say no since the time for buying/selling players was about to finish and I wasn't going to be able to find a replace in time
The best signing I have ever made was a regen called Juan. Right back. Signed him age 16 before his club could, which actually cost me around 5 mill in compensation. By the second half of the season he was starting to get regular games, still 16 years old. By age 17 he was my first chose DR. Age 18 he was the best player in my team. Age 19 he won the golden boot and footballer of the year.
I miss Juan.
A RB winning the Golden Boot.


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The Project Boostraps seminar that had been scheduled for Feb. 1 has been canceled due to scheduling difficulties, organizers say.
The seminar, offered twice a year, is intended to bring some of the area's most successful entrepreneurs together with those who are interested in starting their own business.
Organizers say the series will resume in the fall.
Presented by the Students in Free Enterprise chapter at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Bootstraps is designed to inspire area residents to open their own business. Joining with SIFE to sponsor Bootstraps are the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Progress Alliance, the Community Foundation of Jefferson County, the Herald-Star and Valley Ventures Inc.
Taylor Cain joins family business
Taylor J. Cain has joined the family business, Gary W. Cain Realtors & Auctioneers in Steubenville.
He is the third generation in his family to work in the family business, working with his father, Brad L. Cain, and grandfather, Gary W. Cain, in the real estate business.
Taylor graduated from Edison High School in 2007 and Otterbein University in 2011, obtaining his Real Estate license from the State of Ohio.


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No Photo ID in PA until after election. Whew!
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what a beatiful day in romney/ryan world
When Kane says "folks" he really means illegal immigrants. Whew! thank goodness my vote can now be cancelled out by an illegal citizen of another nation. Now that's fair for everyone!
How do some segments of our society make it through life without a photo I.D.? Can they cash a check without an I.D.? Can they receive medical care without an I.D.? How do you do anything in life today without an I.D.? The government provides people with welfare checks, food stamps and medical services, is it possible all those people get that stuff without some form of I.D.? I'm trying to understand the crazy notion that having an I.D. is somehow a burden on people.
Don't call me a racist, Eugene was the one who said some segments of our society.Hide replies
I have not had to show my ID to get medical treatment in the past five or so years. If you have a regular doctor they do not require it after the first visit.
I have not had to have an ID to get a job in the past 10 years.
I have not had to use an ID at a bank since I opened my account over ten years ago.
I buy liquor from a liquor store that does not require IDs from older people.
If I didn't drive I would have no pressing need for one.
Bing, proof of citizenship to get a job is a federal requirement (the I-9 Form). Note also, that if someone else leaves a medical bill in your name, or uses your bank account, or pays payroll taxes with your SSN, you find out about it. If one person votes in another's else name, there would be no way of knowing unless the second person went to vote at the same poll.
Being employed is not a requirement for voting so that argument is not valid. Even if it were, the photo id I used to get my current job over ten years ago would be expired and no longer valid for voting.
If someone uses my name in another polling site then they are falsifying documents to prove residency and they could just as easily have forged a photo ID.
I'm trying to understand how after 164 years of elections, voter ID in Wisconsin is suddenly a necessity.
Because 70 % of the population now thinks it prudent and logical to safeguard their most basic right of democracy?
I agree with the 70%, I just can't tolerate the arguments that IDs are required to exist is society and keeping them current is not a burden to some segments of society, namely the poor sick and elderly.
I am for voter ID laws that respect the burden and that are well thought out, constitutional and implemented well.
"I am for voter ID laws that respect the burden and that are well thought out, constitutional and implemented well." Well that's progress. What part(s) of the current Wisconsin bill do you find objectionable?
come bing?? a burden to have an id? Get real! at 54 I have to show an id to buy cig's, to buy beer, to cash a check at the bank. Where is started working just 5 years ago, I had to succumb to a federal fingerprinting and needed 2 proofs of id. So either the restaurant that you bus tables at doesn't care or you are a liar!
I don't get it why is it such a big deal to get a photo id. It's free and this bull about needing documantation is stupid. How do you get through life with NO id no birth certificate nothing. If you have nothing to id who you are in my opinion then you don't exsist and therefore should not be voting.
you need an ID to drive,to get a job,open a bank account,cash a check,rent a apartment,
apply for food stamps,welfare,resnt assistanc,write a check,sometimes to use a credit card and I could go on and on and on.
If you are too dumb to figure this out then I feel really sorry for you.
For future reference, here's what ACTUAL voter disenfranchisement looks like:
"[Madison, Wisc...] At least 30 Wisconsin municipalities failed to send absentee ballots to military voters before the 45 day deadline"Hide replies
Which party would most people without voter I.D. vote for? Which party does the majority of the military vote for? It is easy to see why the voter I.D. issue is so important to report on and the absentee ballot issue for the military is not. At this point, I expect no less from our media and that is sad.
Yes, where are the articles on the military getting screwed?
Eugene, here is a report about your "imaginary voter fraud" - http://media2.620wtmj.com/breakingnews/ElectionResults_2004_VoterFraudInvestigation_MPD-SIU-A2474926.pdf
This is the most pivotal election ever held in America. Obama took office with the economy in a complete mess and two major wars. Now he has things on the mend..with a slow but steady improvement on all fronts. Republicans,ungrateful repubs,now say..HE MADE A MESS? The true danger is the amount of funding these people will spend to buy this office. Voters will soon see some of the dirtiest tricks they ever seen by republicans and their paid flunkies. Missing and uncounted ballets,voting machines not working and people turned away for not having an ID. Sinful amount of money will produce sinful conduct.Hide replies
Credible re-write:"This is an important election for America. Obama took office with the economy in a complete mess and two major wars. Then he made the economy worse, paid off lots of his campaign contributors with crony capitalism, and escalated one of the wars. Anyone who has been paying attention now says..HE MADE A MESS! The true danger is the amount of funding these people will spend to buy this office. Voters will soon see some of the dirtiest tricks they ever seen by Democrats, Republicans, and all of their paid flunkies. Missing and uncounted ballets,voting machines not working, and military ballots not sent, and dead people voting. Sinful amount of money (and federal power) will produce sinful conduct.
Thank GOD people who are too ignorant, incapable, and inept are still able to go cheat their vote for King Obama. Phew...dodged a legality there.
"reasonable folks can sit down and talk to try to make a new voting law more fair for everyone" What is more fair than everyone have a legal id? Come on man!
"some segment"... Yeah, cheaters.
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