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I think Stenny have performed well enough this year to (hopefully) earn a spot and it may be interesting to see if they do come up how they fare against Ayr! I also hope Hamilton stay in L1 as without all those penalties they would have been in the playoffs at the top of the table. Other than that I only really care that ICT are back in the Championship.

This off-season I certainly trust Kells, Charlie, and Alan Savage far more than previous incumbents to make the best and most affordable choices for ICT. If they can put together a squad that finishes mid-table next season, then this should be good for most of us. If we find a few gems then who knows, we could be in the promotion mix, but priority must be to avoid the drop and rebuild the foundations we once had. Premiership can be the ultimate goal, but being a solid Championship side first is more important IMHO.

Good to see the scoring system working as intended ... he was top in one month, but consistent performances across the season gets votes and points. Well done Oscar.

Signed, as a Toronto FC season ticket holder. At the risk of offending a few folk on P&B ... Signed this as a Toronto FC season ticket holder. This is all about the money. TFC have the Toronto Argos as tenants as MLSE own both teams, and the city owns the stadium and quite a few teams around the league play in stadiums used for NFL or MLB. The issue seems to be that Vancouver doesn't get any of the profits from the stadium (unlike Toronto) so Garber is less than supportive of them. Garber has done a decent job of expanding MLS and avoiding that issue of teams moving around like they do in other sports. In the last 20 years I think only San Jose moved (to Houston in 2006) and became Houston Dynamo and then in 2008 they reformed in San Jose and got back into the league. Coincidentally San Jose is who TFC played today! If Garber wants to continue to grow MLS and for the league to be taken seriously then he has to help the Caps who have been - and this is hard for me to say as a TFC fan - one of the best teams in MLS for the last 2 or 3 years and are again riding high. Losing the Caps is also not good for the development of the Canadian National Team as it removes 1/3 of the development capacity in Canada as MLS has pretty good rules surrounding the provision of academies within MLS. While not a product of Vancouver all the way, Alphonso Davies spent a few years with the Caps and he may well be the best Canadian on display this summer. This is why we need the Caps to stay where they are. The Vancouver Southsiders supporters group are also not a bad bunch really.

90 +6 on OneFootball with Accies missing a pen on 90 +4 .. and breathe and celebrate: 2-1 final :)

90+7. County make it 2-2 ... still bottom. 90 +8. Raith score to make it 3-2. 90+9. final score.

Looking increasingly unlikely - Morton had equalised against Airdrieonians to put them up to 9th but Raith just scored 2 in 5 minutes to send them back down to 10th with 10 minutes to go.

Call me cynical but I don't see the SPFL renting a helicopter for this and setting it down in the grounds of Balmoral to wait for the result ... If there is a helicopter (for show) my guess, is it would likely be rented at Dalcross and flying from there with a replica trophy if we win or from Dyce if we don't. Should show up here if legit: https://www.flightradar24.com/56.99,-4.19/9

Hopefully we will all be getting hammered in celebration on Saturday night :)

For me, the problem with the current badge is the size of the outline, its too big. Understand it is cheaper to produce so could live with the stick-on badge if it looked more 'normal' . Definitely prefer embroidered though.

Article in the Courier: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/ict-host-hundreds-of-men-getting-tested-as-part-of-prostate-433679/

Given the announcement yesterday of Macron as the new kit supplier, unlikely we will get anything smaller until new kit is released.

Can anyone say Errea!! I have Adidas kit for Scotland just recently purchased and XL is fine. I tend to hover between XL and XXL depending on the cut from a normal supplier ... but with Errea I was 4 or 5XL !!! Has to be said though, I did like Errea quality, especially of the leisure wear. I still have a couple of ICT polos from 20 years ago that I wear to knock around the garden or in the house ... I think the top in my profile pic is also Errea and good quality.

Thank You to all who have responded in here. Hopefully it makes it easier for others to realise there is or should be no stigma or embarrassment around getting your prostate checked. Getting it checked won't kill you! Leaving it unchecked just might! For some reason it is the same over here. We pay something equivalent to National Insurance to cover the Canadian version of the NHS but some tests are not included, and you must pay out of pocket. It's not a huge amount ($75 i think) but any cost is often barrier enough for people to say 'nahh', especially if they don't fit into the stereotypical risk group. The only caveat is if your GP ticks the box on the bloodwork requisition form and in some cases, it seems they don't like to do that. After the story about my uncle, my GP said she was ticking that box and I don't think it's being melodramatic to say she saved my life with that check mark. My cancer was found to be stage 3 (Gleason 3+4) with positive margins meaning it had just reached the outer edges of the prostate and there was a risk of spread and becoming Stage 4. Long story short, they removed it, found no evidence of cancer in any of the lymph nodes, so no spread, and for the last few years the PSA scores have been good. However, because of the positive margins, there is a good chance that there are some residual cells left behind in the prostate bed which will get treated with radiation once the PSA level goes above 0.25 Well done to all signed up for these tests, and if anyone on here does get a concerning result, then I think a few of us on here would be more than willing to discuss our experiences in private with you. It is a daunting diagnosis but ignoring the signs doesn't make it go away, and if caught early enough then it is eminently treatable.

Was just reading the website listed and one stat on there is truly staggering Why? Is it the famous Highland/Scottish reserve and/or stoicism? FFS, as a population we do need to put any sense of embarrassment aside and get checked out. I was lucky, my GP ticked the box on my standard blood tests I get for my yearly physical to include a PSA test that is not normally included. If she had not, then I might be telling a different story - or none at all!

As a Prostate Cancer survivor, due to early detection, I really want to promote and post about the absolute importance of the Prostate Cancer initiative that ICT have got involved with. I lost an uncle (in Inverness) due to this condition because it was detected too late and my doctor (in Toronto) sent me for a test because of his death. I was 52 at the time and conventional thinking said it was "too early" for me to be affected by PC or even that other favourite as you get older, an enlarged prostate. Fast forward a few weeks and after a reading that was too high, and a biopsy that followed, I was going under the knife to remove the cancer that had been confirmed. Early detection meant a good prognosis and although I now need to have checks regularly - which are simple and easy blood tests - the alternative does not bear thinking about. The club sent out a press release today with an invite for the media to come along and publicise this event, and that reminded me I had not made any comment yet so here is my tuppence worth as this is a subject that is very close to home and of which I have personal experience. I would urge anyone who has any symptoms, or who has a family history to go get tested. For me, looking back, the only real symptom I missed was that I was having to pee more frequently, especially if I was drinking carbonated drinks like Coke or Irn Bru, or alcoholic drinks like beer! I put it down to getting older, no big deal. Take advantage of this kind of initiative or talk to your GP. Don't be embarrassed. A PSA test is a simple blood test, and it will not only put your mind at rest if the results come back as clear, but if there is anything detected, it will hopefully give you time to have it seen to before it is too late. PC is one of those slow burns, usually building over a number of years, and often unseen ... my doctor told me after my surgery that early detection was key as it is eminently treatable if caught in time. This is the kind of initiative that can prevent the preventable so please go get tested if you can. ICT Release follows: Whilst this is a media release and the spots are already filled, it is worth highlighting this so you can keep an eye out for any future opportunities.

If the shoe was on the other foot, we would be outraged that our club moved fans to accommodate the opposition. So, fair play to East Fife for even looking at how they could accommodate a larger than normal travelling support and being able to sort something out. They didnt have to do that but it works for both clubs. East Fife gets higher match revenue, and we get more fans able to attend to watch us try to win the title on the day.

Shame my work network blocks the P&B forum subdomain as being 'malware'. Would have had a quick look and a laugh. Think I am the only active Canadian poster on here at the moment ... and while I may have my citizenship, my Toronto FC season tickets, and my role as a volunteer at this year's World Cup games in Toronto, I am still 100% Scottish. The only international top I possess is dark blue, and its worn with pride ... oh and my computer desktop background is a certain overhead kick from late last year :) . I am comfortable in who I am, where I am, and where I came from. Not that facts ever got in the way of Internet reality, but we are in year 33 of this site, and the owner of it has been a dual nationality Canadian citizen for less than half of that. I can likely guess the names of those posters ... always the same ones. I used to care but then realised they all had magic keyboards that turned their thoughts into nonsense. Trolls do live under bridges so being so near to the Kessock Bridge it is no wonder we get our fair share that congregate there ... We must be doing something right if we are still relevant to them. Anyhoo, back to the Canadian perspective on all this once I get my maple syrup and pancakes and have the lumberjack chop down a tree to make into a pencil for me .... I am with Kells currently. He did well last year to keep us up after the -15 penalty. We are in touching distance of the title despite starting this season with -5 points, and when playing well we are doing good. The only doubts in my mind are the same as others have noted - too much rotation, and an apparent reluctance to change things when the plan is not working, or when the opposition have figured out our game plan. I have no idea if some of the loanees have clauses about playing time, I have no idea if he is playing favourites or trying to be (too) fair to everyone, but whatever he does he absolutely must get the game plan, the tactics and plans B and C locked in for this weekend. This is the definition of the proverbial six pointer. If we lose (or draw) this weekend, then the rest of this thread may get more negative opinions on his tenure. Win, take us up, and all is good. We really can be fickle !

And now for the promised part 2 of the World Cup Approaching blog. For this part, I am going to review the Toronto Stadium now that I have had a chance to sit in the finished article for the world cup and also pass some good news (for me) on at the end. Thanks to my son's youth team, I was able to secure tickets for us to go along to Canada -Vs- Iceland as I mentioned in part 1. This was my first international game in 30+ years. My last time was at Hampden Park in the early 90s I seem to recall so this was a bit of an adventure. It was also my son (and my wife's) first ever international game. The game itself was a disappointing 2-2 draw in freezing temperatures, with both of Canada's goals coming on Jonathan David penalties in the second half. Prior to that Iceland had led 2-0 at HT courtesy of sloppy and shoddy defending from Canada in the first half that gave away goals that should never have happened, albeit with a largely second or even third string defence on the field. Do that in the World Cup and the result will not be as forgiving. If I am honest, I had to admit, as a regular visitor to BMO Field, my focus was more on the stadium itself as it is officially classed as completed ahead of the world cup with any tweaks to be largely cosmetic or fixing, covering or 'prettifying' certain things. Personal opinion is that I hope they do tart it up a bit as some of it is still a bit underwhelming or even embarrassing. We spent $146m on what appears to be North America's largest stockpile of scaffolding poles and only a small portion of it will be left behind as any legacy of the World Cup. The scaffold poles are apparently all being shipped out to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics once FIFA leaves town. The picture in the header of this article can be clicked for an entire panorama of the stadium, but here are the individual stands with a little commentary about the changes that have taken place and what if anything will be left behind. South Stand The south stand is traditionally the supporters' section at BMO Field and has been there since the stadium was opened in 2007. The portion where the current crowd is located is the normal home for the noisiest and most raucous TFC fans and holds maybe 3500-4000. In the graphic you can see an all-new section above this that will hold about the same as well as what appears to be a hospitality area - likely for some people in the regular seats as it seems to be too far away from the actual pitch to be a viewing box. Despite the BMO Field canopy (not really a roof), the sightlines from all seats have been checked and there is no issue. The entire upper section (grey seats) will be removed and disposed of at the end of the World Cup which is a bit of a shame. The reality however is that Toronto FC do not need 45,000 seats or even 35,000. The current capacity of just under 30,000 will be sufficient for all but the most popular of games (currently Miami and LAFC with Messrs Messi and Son) Main Stand The Main Stand has been left untouched from the Toronto FC layout with any tweaks and upgrades being cosmetic or not associated with the actual capacity. The dugouts have been replaced, some of the main stand hospitality suites have been upgraded or merged and upgrades are pretty much all behind the scenes. You can also see two of the massive 4 screens that are in each corner. They dont look much in the picture, but when you get up close and personal they are pretty huge. These will stay after the World Cup. East Stand The East Stand, opposite the main stand is another with little to no adjustments apparent for the World Cup. This is a normal 2-tier stand and the view from the top level is as shown in the blog header at the top of the page. Again, there are the big screens now in each corner which will remain after the World Cup. North Stand I left the North Stand until last as the entire structure was not there before. It is nestled between the end of the playing field and a building nearby called the 'Food Building' which is used during the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) each year to serve up weird and wacky food combinations. Google the CNE if you want more info - or perhaps that's an idea for a blog entry in August since there is usually one or two matches during the CNE. Another reason there is typically not a stand or anything other than casual standing at the at end during the normal season is that BMO Field is shared with the Toronto Argonauts, a CFL team that uses a longer field so needs more space for the endzones. (CFL is like the NFL but with less downs, lower wages, smaller crowds, and less brand recognition). After the World Cup the bottom seats and the top seats will all be removed, but the structure holding the hospitality boxes, as well as a rooftop patio will remain. Not quite sure how that will look, but I guess we will see in August/September. The angle of the upper tier seats appears to be very steep and again its like a huge Meccano set at the back of it. I really hope the scaffolding is covered up with some form of FIFA supported branding during the tournament. Scaffold Poles Apparently, it has passed all structural design and safety checks, but the sheer quantity of scaffolding poles joined in every conceivable direction just has to be seen to be believed. What also blows my mind - working for an engineering company - is that each and every one of these poles would have been mapped out in a 3D modelling program and subjected not only to design review but also risk analysis and various simulations. It is not just a haphazard joining of scaffold poles to one another. The time it would have taken to do this has to be acknowledged as impressive (and likely tedious for the engineers). A couple of pictures here, taken outside the South Stand really do fail to do it justice. Again, I hope they cover this up with something for the games to at least prettify it! Ticket Woes With the Italians failing to qualify for the world cup in the playoffs, Canada will now face Bosnia & Herzegovina at the stadium on June 12th. There was apparently a surge in the number of resale tickets offered up on Ticketmaster and StubHub after the Italians didn't progress. However, with an estimated 162 different nations represented in Toronto, and with the city being acknowledged as one of the most diverse on the planet, there is also a somewhat healthy Bosnian diaspora as well. According to the last census in 2021, there were around 36,000 people who listed Bosnia & Herzegovina as their country of origin, with roughly 1/3 of these living in the Greater Toronto Area. The games are still expected to sell-out and tickets for the game on June 12th first priced at around $500 are still on the market for about $5000, with the most expensive pitch side seat apparently listed at over $100,000 !!! Most normal fans simply cannot afford it. And now for the good news! After exhausting all avenues to get a ticket from official sources, and giving up hope of hearing anything from FIFA about the volunteer position I applied for last year, which was supposed to be notified by February, an email dropped quietly into my email inbox a couple of weeks ago ... its official, I am now a Host City Ambassador. I have a vague idea of what that is, but FIFA preparation is very thorough and training for the position starts tonight! I hope to bring some insight into the journey in future blog postings and am starting to make my way through a 50+ page manual that details all the do's and don'ts, which so far do seem pretty normal and sensible. Wont post any more about it until I have read it completely as one of the first things I noted as part of this, is that FIFA asks you to make it clear your social media posts reflect your personal opinion, not that of FIFA or the Competition. all pretty standard disclaimer type wording. So be aware, everything I post (and everything I have ever posted to be honest) is my own opinion, and may not reflect the opinions or policies of the organisers, sponsors or anyone else associated with FIFA. Ok, so with all that being said, its time to wrap up this post and prepare for the training. You do get FIFA branded uniforms/gear as part of this, which will be a pretty nice souvenir to go in my football cabinet. Over the cold and snowy winter, I have (finally) been able to set things up in my home office with all the various Caley Thistle and TFC memorabilia I have amassed over the years instead of it sitting around in plastic storage containers in the basement. Will have to create some space for the World Cup memorabilia that I will either purchase myself or be given as part of my role in this World Cup. Really pleased to have been selected. Onwards and Upwards.

Well my last AI generated blog header aged well didn't it! Shows what can happen when you make assumptions. The World Cup playoffs yesterday certainly brought some surprises not least of which was Bosnia & Herzegovina deservedly beating out the Azzurri to reach the finals of the World Cup. I watched the match yesterday and have to say that this was a deserved victory for Bosnia & Herzegovina. They fought hard for every ball, looked like scoring on multiple occasions and deservedly equalised when they did. Was very impressed with them and they will now be in Canada's group for the World Cup alongside Qatar and Switzerland. They will be Canada's opening game opponent here in Toronto on June 12th and at the risk of looking foolish by making another assumption, I suspect there will be a lot of tickets made available in the coming days on the resale market. There is a huge Italian diaspora in Toronto and around Toronto and Ontario and many of them are now likely to try and offload the tickets they paid so dearly for. Still not going to be cheap but if the Italians had qualified then the existing tickets would have increased in value even more. This defeat for the Italians also sets an enviable new record for them and for the World Cup. Apparently, this is the first time that any previous winner has failed to qualify for the tournament three times in a row. Elsewhere, the stage is now set as the final six nations in the World Cup are now decided. As mentioned, Bosnia will now go into Canada's group alongside Qatar and Switzerland. Sweden beat Poland 3-2 and will join Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia in group F. Turkey beat Kosovo 1-0 and get slotted into group D alongside USA, Paraguay and Australia while the final European qualifier Czechia, who beat Denmark on penalties last night go into Mexico's group with South Africa and South Korea. I am just glad that Scotland somehow got the job done against Denmark at Hampden and could watch this from the sidelines. We would have undoubtedly found some way not to qualify if we had needed to face some of the nations in these playoffs. The South American, Caribbean, Africa and Middle East playoffs also took place yesterday to decide the final two teams that will make up the 48 teams at WC 2026. Iraq triumphed over Bolivia to secure a spot in group I with France, Senegal and Norway. The final spot went - perhaps controversially - to DR Congo who will face off with Portugal, Uzbekistan and Colombia after defeating Jamaica 1-0 in extra time. Why controversial you ask? The Congolese progress in the competition was beset by complaints from the Nigerian federation that DRC had illegally played a number of players in their match against them and should have the scoreline revoked. This would have put Nigeria in the playoffs against Jamaica and potentially got them to the World Cup. The complaint noted that under Congolese law dual citizenship is not allowed and that between 6 and 9 of their players had played during the playoff match against them. You can read more about it here but FIFA eventually threw the complaint out and after last night it seems there is no way back, even under an appeal for the Super Eagles. https://www.withinnigeria.com/2026/03/27/nigeria-2026-world-cup-qualification-can-the-super-eagles-still-make-it-through-the-fifa-case/ For now, my attention now turns to the games in Toronto with of course an extremely watchful eye on at least three games in Boston and Miami! Canada -V- Bosnia & Herzegovina (June 12) Ghana -V- Panama (June 18) Germany -V- Ivory Coast (June 20) Panama -V- Croatia (June 24) Senegal -V- Iraq (June 26) 2nd Round game (July 3) - runners up group K -V- runners up Group L (Portugal/DRC/Uzbekistan/Colombia -V- England/Croatia/Ghana/Panama) - I predict Colombia -V- Croatia Didn't think I would have to write a blog admitting to getting it so wrong about the Italians failing to qualify, but as Greavsie used to say about footy .... "It's a funny old game". That is why this is labelled as part 1a. Part 2 is still to come :)

Pepple on the bench again for Canada vs Tunisia tonight. KO in 15 mins

While Scotland was losing to Japan, I was at BMO Field in Toronto watching Canada go down 2-0 in the first half against Iceland due to really bad defensive errors, before scraping a late draw courtesy of TWO Jonathan David penalties. There was a long list of Canadian players not selected - including Alphonso Davies - due to either injury or trying out a few other players, but the atmosphere was pretty flat, the performance insipid and uninspired, and the weather was brutal (0c at kick off and we had both sunshine and snow during the game). Richie Laryea and Ali Ahmed had decent performances, and Tajon Buchanan was the standout for Canada before getting a straight red near the end for a completely unnecessary elbow to one of the Icelandic players as he was trying to shepherd the ball out of play. Canada has 3 more friendlies before the world cup so any ban will have luckily expired before then, but it was a stupid end to the game for him when playing so well. On the plus side, we got free tickets from my son's football club, but others paid anything from $30 to $100 depending on the section so likely as pissed off as Scotland fans paying £40 for a Hampden ticket, but call it World Cup preparation as everything over this side of the pond is going to be extortionate for fans this year. From a Caley Thistle perspective, there was a link as Aribim Pepple was called up to the full Canada squad for the first time and was on the bench for this game. Disappointing he did not get onto the park, but maybe tomorrow in the next friendly against Tunisia. I compared this game to the last time I was at an international - which was probably in the 90s at Hampden Park and the atmosphere was nothing like I recall experiencing with Scotland. 70+ days from now though I know the stadium will be rocking for what is likely to be Canada -v- Italy in the opening game of Canada's group. If the play like Saturday, then the Azzurri will have a field day.

Doesn't seem like several months since my last post in this blog, but apparently it is! That means its longer since I last posted than it is until the first game at the Toronto Stadium in the World Cup. 77 days from now, on June 12th Canada will open the Canadian portion of the FIFA World Cup when they take on that famous team of "TBD". (that's apparently what it says on the electronic ticket - for those lucky enough to secure one). Yesterday morning, the identity of 'TBD' was between Northern Ireland, Italy, Wales and Bosnia & Herzegovina but after some horrible results for the home nations the final qualifying match next Tuesday in this group will see Bosnia & Herzegovina take on the Italians for a spot in the World Cup. The game will take place in Zenica rather than in the capital of Sarajevo. The Italians did something similar last night and dispatched Northern Ireland in Bergamo, home of Atalanta, rather than playing in vast stadiums in Rome, Milan or Naples. There is a huge Italian diaspora in Toronto and the surrounding area (known as the GTA [Greater Toronto Area]) who are holding their breath hoping that the Azzurri can make it to the finals after failing to qualify for the last two World Cups and in danger of becoming the first previous winner to fail to qualify for the competition three times in a row. If they do qualify, that could see face value tickets that averaged around $1200 for the Canada game surge to 3 or 4 times that cost. The Ontario government is however trying to expedite a new law for the province that would make selling tickets for any event above face value illegal - they hope to have it in place before the World Cup. This past week, the Toronto Stadium as it will be called for the World Cup (or BMO Field to those of us who have Toronto FC tickets) was finally completed with only minor tweaks to happen so apparently, we are ready to host that first game and 5 more after that. The video of the mayor unveiling a plaque circulated online this week and showed a good view of the seats. It looks absolutely "fugly" from the outside, like a Meccano set of scaffold poles. The sheer quantity of poles looks incredible but we are told it is safe and it is similar to temporary expansions put in place before for the Grey Cup and the MLS Cup finals in 2016/2017. Much of it will be torn down after the world cup but the new screens and the new hospitality suites will remain. I will get my chance to see it in person tomorrow, as Canada take on Iceland in one of their last friendlies before the World Cup proper. I will be in a different seat to my normal Toronto FC tickets so that too will be an experience. Hopefully lots of photos and maybe a video or two to come after that if my fingers are warm enough to take some footage! It’s -8 here today and forecast to be 0c tomorrow at 1pm when the game kicks off. This will be my first Canada game and also my first international in probably 30 years Would need to do some research but I know it was at Hampden last time I saw Scotland play The new stands will not be operational tomorrow unfortunately. The first outing - I think - for the new stands is in May when Toronto face Inter Miami FC in TFC's last MLS game before the world cup. That will be the final home game of a set of 9 consecutive home games! More to follow in part 2 - and some interesting news.

The season apparently runs May-July with playoffs in July and August. I dont know much about USL2 but reading online its mainly college kids and college coaches. The team had open tryouts in December (https://loraincountyleviathanfc.com/2026-team-tryouts) and a wikipedia page does list a squad but no-one on the squad has their own wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorain_County_Leviathan_FC I highly suspect no-one on that squad other than the two marked as English would be eligible to get a work permit. Certainly not through football at least. A hell of a way to go for a World Cup jolly - and quite far from any World Cup stadia. Its a 2-hour flight to Boston and a 1-hour international flight to Toronto for the closest World Cup stadia. Flight prices do seem to have settled down now though ... anything around June 11-30 was showing up 4 or 5 times the normal for a while but now seems to have settled down to 2-3 times the normal. Apparently accommodation in Boston is through the roof though!

Yeah I commented on this on Facebook. I really don't see what's in it for ICT. Good luck to them and all that, and maybe some time down the line there's something to be had from it, but the article makes the connection sound pretty significant with US wide recognition coming because of this. There is probably more brand recognition in myself and @luvgravy wearing our ICT tops to a Toronto FC game so I have to say our former CEO or one time potential phygital chairman back then would be mighty proud of the verbage and spin. These were my facebook comments (which someone in their supporters didnt seem to like ;)) then ... Bottom line is that USL2 is tier 4 (of 5) in the US pyramid and these 2 graphics kind of explain it. Click image to make them bigger. No-one outside of the local base for each team hears of them unless they perhaps do something in the US Open Cup (equivalent of Scottish Cup) where you might hear the name if one of these teams did a giant killing act. Sacramento Republic are the closest thing to an upset and that team reached the Open Cup Final in 2022 with Nick Ross taking part (came on as 88th minute sub) as Orlando beat them 3-0. Sacramento were tier 2 of the pyramid ....