7 Worst MLS Designated Players of All Time

From New York Red Bulls centre-back Rafael Marquez to FC Dallas winger Denilson, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the worst designated players (DPs) ever signed by Major League Soccer teams.

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The top worst premier league kits of the 21st century

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man city's new kits, all of them

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Man City's last Nike kits were acc pretty nice, dunno about their Puma kits so far tho

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Brendan Rodgers yes I’m talking about puma kits for the upcoming season, this current seasons aren’t THAT BAD. However, as a city I believe we took Nike for granted

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The Newcastle yellow away monstrosity

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Any kit that has a pink goalkeeper's jersey! It's like watching a six and a half foot blancmange between the sticks!

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7 players who made their club biggest financial loss when sold. I.e. Andy Carroll loss £20M

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Newcastle did quite well out of him but yes I’d like to see this list done

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Bump this comment, I'd like to see more MLS related vids

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Stadiums one would be great I think. Especially with the diversity of designs and sizes in the league.

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@@MiguelLopez-zn1wo me neither.Let's focus on proper leagues.

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7 most dangerous rivalry matches to attend Ex: Red Star-Partizan, Olympiakos-Panathinaikos

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Boca juniors vs River Plate an Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates

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West Ham v Millwall

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Nik Turk tbh its dangerous to attend just about any millwall game

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Spartak Moscow vs Zenit , old firm derby

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@@FoulFootball360 Went 1st game of 01-02 season. Very hot August afternoon, they beat Norwich 4-0. The guys about 3 seats away from me were smoking joints. So a very chilled atmosphere.

[@TheYangban5]

I worked as an usher for FC Dallas when Denilson signed. Before games he would put on a show of his ball handling skills that impressed fans and teammates alike. Once the game started he couldn't kick the ball twice without giving it away or falling down. Truly dreadful.

[@nycfcawaydays3259]

The reason DP players get so much criticism is because they are 1 out of only 3 players that are paid excessively more than the rest of the team, so if you sign a striker with a salary of $1,000,000 but can’t find the back of the net, he will be ripped apart by fans. For example, some NYCFC fans would say Frank Lampard was our worst DP signing of all-time because he spent more time injured on the sidelines as opposed to on the field. When he was on the pitch, he was a goal-scoring machine, but fans don’t want to hear that their club spent millions on a player that’s injury-prone. The designated player rule sure is a controversial one, but that’s why there’s no top 6 teams in MLS. That’s why every year there’s a different winner for the supporters shield, MLS cup and US open cup.

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Scenario: The Yugoslavia War never happened and neither did COVID-19. Euro 2020 is going ahead this summer and Yugoslavia have qualified. Who would be in your 23 man squad? There are no maximum restrictions on the number of players from each modern day country, but to keep the citizens happy, you must select at least one player from each modern day country (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia). Ideally give us your starting 11 too.

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GK: Jan Oblak. Centre Backs: Dejan Lovren, Domagoj Vida. Right Back: Sime Vrsaljko. Left Back: Aleksandar Kolorov. Central Midfield: Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitij, Miralem Pjanic. Attackers: Dusan Tadij, Ivan Perisij, Edin Dzeko. 4-3-3

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Day 4: Best Xi of players who have come through ajax academy

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Or worst, Derk Boerrigter comes to mind

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Everyone knows, boring topic

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@@zuhayershadmankhan9870 how cann you name some

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ibrahim mohamed Shut up, its probably the best academy in the world, so everyone who knows something about football outside of England and other than the big teams, the UEFA Europa and champions leagues will know this. If your REALLY that desperate, google it because it’s not difficult. Stop asking and shut up

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HyPxr YT lol chill

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We've almost got Alfie to 300K.

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All Southampton FC strikers since Rickie Lambert, where are they now?

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Best player at every champions league Winning team 2000- 2019

[@FoulFootball360]

Half of this would be Messi Ronaldo, other half would probably be the ballon dor player

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i like this

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bruno well they didn’t win every year and they both weren’t always the best at their teams

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Ronaldo and Messi would be named at least 8 times of this was done

[@alexsosa266]

Raul, Kahn, Zidane, Shevchenko, Deco, Gerrard, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Ronaldo, Messi, Eto'o, Messi, Drogba, Schweinsteiger, Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Kane....doh...we lost.... van Dijk then! Done 😁

[@maxb829]

Definitely do best DPs next! Love the MLS centric content, thanks for doing some content on US soccer!

[@anthonylong9067]

I should mention that as an earthquakes fan, innocent had an acl injury which is why he barely played after scoring that goal

[@someguynamedmike4766]

Could you show us your 7 favourite DP's, footballing or otherwise

[@lovefan7694]

For the best 7 DP you gotta include Nacho Piatti. He was the only source of creativity at Montreal Impact from 2014 to 2019. He formed great partnerships with amazing and terrible players, like Drogba or Matteo Mancosu. Without him we would have never reached the CCL final in 2015 or the Conference Final the year after. I could go on forever and ever, you get the point. Way better signing than Drogba or anyone else.

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Piatti is constantly underated

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@@___________________. My Argentinian god

[@mrraccoon1775]

Actually the Mboli saga was he was a DP but for a brief time when they were techincally allowed to "buy down" his salary to no longer make him a DP, it was a really wierd scenario but I do remember his game against the Chicago Fire he was a DP, this was however a time when Philly had an injury bug with their goalkeeprs if I remember correctly he was basically a desperation signing at the time. Now for the Shaum Maloney signing, as a Chicago Fire fan i was close to the team and Maloney could never get use to the travel in fact there were times were he would basically sleep a whole day after traveling away to a game, this caused him to be sluggish in practice and at times when i talked to him 1 on 1 looked like he was about to fall asleep. He could never adjust to the US travel and for that his morale and performances declined fast, it was sad to see. I have a ton of Fire stories from a lot of players

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Give the google "best dp" results the HITC sevens treatment imo

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Best USA exports to play in a Top 5 League

[@MattSaysHello]

Really interesting. I wonder what who the best are. google’s *Best Ever DP* Oh......

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Hahaha well who won?

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Riley Reid

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Must be Lana Rhodes

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Piper Perri

[@danielknauss5019]

What about Lothar Mattheus or the Brazilian Bronco? They played prior to the DP rule and branding being in place, but were very much hailed (and paid) like one when they came over.

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Every National Team in the 10 Fifa rankings worst position eg. England Left Back

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A world XI with one player from each of the top 11 teams according to FIFA rankings

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7 Best MLS Designated Players of all time.

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Please do highest assist XI of the decade

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At 10:43 how are Toronto and Dallas allowed to wear those jerseys? They look so similar, must've been confusing

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As an American, the first 20 seconds were spot on

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Nathan Brewer haha ..

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Facts

[@Yoshilover46]

I'm a Whitecaps Fan, this is the first time i've heard of Jarju since he signed. He was that bad.....

[@GabrielOliveira-oe2kh]

Video idea: Top players with "atypical features" for their positions. Ex: Smallest GK/CB/ST; Tallest WB/Wingers; etc. Or maybe players who joined an unexpected career after retirement, like the politicians George Weah and Romário or Paolo Maldini and Petr Cech who went on to play tennis and ice hockey, respectively.

[@matterialistictendencies]

I’m surprised to not see Fanendo Adi on here. His 2019 season was a gigantic dumpster fire.

[@jacobcoil7399]

His time in Portland as a dp outweighs the bad in Cincinnati

[@fallofmanbrand]

great content

[@fyfoh]

Saw Denilson play in Dallas, and I remember thinking "wtf is he doing?" whenever he had the ball. He was dreadful.

[@jackkelesoglu9640]

Great video! You should do a series of videos making a best 11 of players all with the same number.

[@andrewstarry6492]

You should make a video of the best players bought from the MLS to play in europe.

[@seanmccombie6379]

hardly call it backwards compared to other countries

[@Aegean541]

Yeah but compared to most developed countries UK and especially the US are very backwards especially when the US president is a known sex offender, reality star, and had an ongoing case against abusing a 13 year old girl. That is more than backwards in most places.

[@KR-mm4el]

@@Aegean541 Yeah, those two countries are so backwards that people from "most places" want to move and live there. Very backwards indeed.

[@Halcryder]

Denilson was pretty much a disappointment everywhere he went. I mean, this is a guy that was once the most expensive player in the game. Yet, the guy basically only knows how to do stepovers. Never learnt to do anything else

[@rtsharlotte]

He was well known for being lazy long before he went to the states

[@jimon8998]

Should do a similar video about the 7 worst A-league marquee players Marquee players being the A-league equivalent of dp

[@rossperry1253]

Wales Euro 2016 semi final team, where are they now?

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7 most promising mls players

[@wjburgess64]

As a Portland Timbers supporter I would rank Kris Boyd rather high on the worst DO list. As a poacher one is only ever useful inside the box, and Boyd was in Scotland. In Portland he was hopeless. I remember our local newspaper carrying a full-page ad from the Timbers welcoming him to Portland. His leaving had much less fanfare.

[@GuilhermeColome]

10:00 Denilson is nowhere to be found in this pic. This is a picture from the last goal in the 2006 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores Final (the equivalent of the Champions League in South America), scored by LENILSON, not DENILSON (who was at that time moving from Bordeaux to Al-Nasr). Fun fact that the red team is my team SC Internacional (academy club from Alisson Becker) and we drew 2-2 against São Paulo FC to clinch the Continental Title for the first time. I know it is not your main public, but try to do more things about south America! Like top 10 south American goalkeepers or best 2 goalkeepers from each country from the continent. Love your channel and the content, keep up the excellent job! Cheers!

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my niece loves ur channel & keeps her occupied lots of love ppl keep it up

[@evancohenn]

I remember how excited I was for Rais Mbolhi...

[@paulguevara6321]

You should have put Marco Fabian or David accam from Philadelphia

[@MatoBateman]

Do an Australian A-league worst 'Marquee' players. Plenty to choose from. Adelaide United: Paul Agostino, Baba Diawara Central Coast Mariners: Ross McCormack Melbourne City: Joshua Kennedy Melbourne Victory: Ricardinho, Robbie Kruse New Zealand Knights: Li Yan Newcastle Jets: Mario Jardel, Edmundo Zura Perth Glory: Daniel Sturridge, William Gallas, Brian Deane, Stan Lazaridis Western Sydney Wanderers: Federico Piovaccari, Alexander Meier Just to name a few.

[@ripdippy6964]

more mls please

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Awesome! I'm very surprised to even see this list. But yeah I wasn't surprised to see Denilson at the top though. lol.

[@Shore1985]

Wasnt M´Bolhi pretty damn good in the 2014 World Cup? I remember him makin some insane safes against germany

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

Good player, just wasn't fit for Philly Union

[@shanemurphy3186]

@@3dsaulgoodman43 Wasn't fit is putting it extremely lightly, he was so terrible

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@@shanemurphy3186 Lol

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Maloney out here assisting couching De Bruyen, Hazard, Lukaku, and Mertens.

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as an american I really appreciate these mls vids

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Best XI From South East Asia

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If there's one player from Malaysia, I'll shave off my head. Our national team sucks.

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Who doesn’t love a cheeky DP

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Why is Denilson posing with Laurence Fishburne at 10:33 lol

[@Epicbutton12]

A very limited free agency, meager salary cap and no autonomous clubs will forever stump the mls growth.

[@mofoshit72]

As a Montreal Impact fan, Hernan Bernardello definitely deserved to be on this list, if not for his performance, but also for the fact that we signed him twice. Still haven't got a clue why we brought him back.

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Top 200 premier league kits of all time

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KDB'S Last Game For Wolfsburg: Where Are They Now?

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Most aggressive XI players with the most bookings in the top five European leagues

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then you can also do the best designated players

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7 worst signings by Hull City

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Hitc sevens vid ideas: 7 best players never to play in the champions league Which big team has the weakest position and same for countries Hitc sport vid ideas Every pl clubs most important goaless draw How would a super club table of 20 look like Ie the best 20 teams in a league

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Day 3: Who would be playing for West and East Germany if they were still around. You could also involve players like Ozil and Gundogan for East Germany since they have origins in Turkey.

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Marquez scored an absolute golazo versus Toronto in 2010

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It’s really not that easy to play in MLS!

[@coloneldust4286]

Indeed my good sir... Nobody ever considers the amount of traveling, the wide range of weather/temperatures from all around the country, and the physicality that the league actually has!

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I totally agree Mr Colonel

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7 most sucessful sides in there 1st season promoted from the championship to the premiership

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Can u do some sort of tips and tricks video on fantasy premier league before the return of it next week

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Robbie Keane better be in the best DPs

[@justwatchinthis1]

lol @ the opening statement 😂😂😂😂 I agree

[@rtsharlotte]

That sounds like a terrible rule. If your DP's not pulling his weight he's going to feel the wrath of the team especially when there's players in the team more worthy

[@MickeyMouse-dp6nt]

Top 5 best mls players

[@ML-ir5vo]

Bit harsh on Maloney considering he was a winger. Not the best return, but surely there's been worse.

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I’ve commented this for so many days now: 7 best forwards who have never scored a hat trick #thepeopleschannel

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Yeah your right

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I keep downvoting

[@coltonvanessa5096]

Honestly Lampard and Gerrard should probably be in here. Cost a ton, barely played, contributed next to nothing.

[@maxt.5457]

NYRB fan: marquez was generally pretty well regarded as far i remember, but his attitude and discipline, as well as his history with mexico (big international rival) he wasn’t as well liked as Henry. I do remember meeting him and he was a nice guy though

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2:56 you miss T on Mista

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AWESOME VIDEO :D

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Make a video of top 20 players who have suffered the highest racial abuse on the pitch

[@AKUNJIG]

Do the 7 Best Designated Players now.

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Josef Martinez, Vela, Jozy, Ruidiaz, Rossi, Taider, Nani

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@@___________________. What did Nani do?

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@@AKUNJIG he was Orlandos leading scorer and pretty much their only bright spot last year, made the all star game

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Ronaldinho last match with Barcelona XI where are they now

[@matthewgrindrod9282]

Do an XI of one club men but one per league

[@Emmanuelw2Ms]

I didn't even know Denilson was at my hometown club. Although it was probably because I was too young when he was there. 😅

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How about making a video on best football formations?

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Best 10 other positions to play beside Messi and again for CR7 and then pick the best team.....Using club and international players.

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Yes, please do the best.

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MLS rules are a fucking nightmare.

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7 best players who later became actors

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Important players in their national teams playing for the smaller clubs.

[@UnnamedPod]

Top 7 footballer with the most top 7 placings in hitc sport top 7

[@bluebillbo]

Lawrence Fishburne(Morpheus) there at 10:33

[@yomomma2054]

Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle Sounders FC) was bad

[@tomhilliam301]

@10:33 what's Lawrence Fishbourne doing in Saudi Arabia?

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Canadian premier league is going to be something big give them 5 years

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Ranking every PL club captain on basis of how good they would be as managers

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Yeah! 12.5 %

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Worst Foreign players that played in the A-League

[@KennDrumm]

Great intro

[@hyperrat12]

Try being an FCD fan... This whole list could be our DPs 😭

[@MiguelLopez-zn1wo]

Try being a Revs fan haha

[@hyperrat12]

@@MiguelLopez-zn1wo both have mega rich owners that don't care about the clubs... I feel your pain 😅

[@felixveysey1225]

loved this vid very interesting

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Best 11 who have never played in the Champions or Europa League

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i would love to see this player

[@onfar3506]

would be a good idea, but maybe best players who have never played in champions league or europa league in europe? I feel like that would fit better or else it would be pretty much a full south american 11

[@nicolaslatorre810]

Pele, Garrincha, Carlos Alberto, Elias Figueroa, Jose Luis Chilavert, Hector Chumpitaz, Landon Donovan, Martin Palermo, Jairzinho.

[@jtaco4101]

@@nicolaslatorre810 lol. One of these doesn't fit with the others.

[@leo-vb5jq]

@@nicolaslatorre810 lmao I meant current players

[@hellyapex7331]

#8 Brian Fernandez- Timbers 2019. Scored in his first 8 games and came with a record price tag. The rest of the season saw him “out with the flu” while he still showed up at the stadium to watch games. Turns out he was back to doing coke and become toxic in the locker room. Now he’s out of a job, Timbers can’t get their money back and the league is suing his old club :)

[@oscarnatonek933]

I think we got a lot of money back because mls sued liga mx

[@yusufkassim8236]

Day 4: 7 Biggest clubs to have never won major silverware/7 Smallest clubs to have won major silverware

[@alumpy-acho112]

Yusuf Kassim that is a good one

[@Jack-kv4mi]

the rangers if you consider them a ‘big club’

[@elliotstone2764]

Pretty sure he’s done that

[@radjaaddakhiel2755]

Totnum

[@alumpy-acho112]

Radja Addakhiel you mean Tottenham

[@Gh0st1778]

The player from each country who has scored the most premier league goals

[@liam8519]

Done already no?

[@Jack-kv4mi]

think it’s been done