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2017 MLS SUPERDRAFT
Before going into a SuperDraft I like to follow all the news that emerges in the days leading up (with the exception of all the articles about how a player is hoping to be drafted by a certain team, way too many of those and it doesn&r...
OFFSEASON
Awards
We had a few players recognized for their performance during the MLS Season. Tyler Deric was named the Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year and I was given the MLS Coach of the Year Award. We also had four players named to the MLS Best XI squ...
I don't really have any plans, per se. I usually let these games progress and take me where they go. I actually got sacked in one game I played earlier when I finished 3rd in a rebuilding season. In that save I took the USA U23s to the Olympics and f...
2016 MLS PLAYOFFS
Western Conference Semi Final – v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
The Whitecaps came in tired after outlasting Seattle in the Wildcard round to advance. We took advantage, shelling in the away leg 4-0. The home leg was a little more even...
2016 REGULAR SEASON
Well it went down to the final match of the season, but we were able to secure the MLS Supporters Shield for the team with the best overall regular season record. This means we have home the home field advantage throughout the playoffs...
SQUAD ROTATION
I’ve said before that I like to rotate my squad. I want every player that starts a match to be at least 95% fitness. I also just like to rotate to give players matches. I usually have four “Quick Pick” selections saved. I...
WAIVER DRAFT
So after registration, many clubs are forced to release players. I always loan two players out to my affiliate just before the Waiver Draft in case there are a couple players I want to pick. This year I found a couple. First was Canadian pro...
2016 Preseason
The bookies have us picked to finish seventh overall in the league, which would have us end up in fifth in the Western Conference. We had no players selected for the Media Dream Team. We do have two players on the Key Players list, Eric...
FIRST BIG SIGNING
With a DP slot open, I decided to go bring in either a center back to strengthen the back line or a midfielder that could help me diversify my options. Unfortunately I have no Discovery Signings available until next season which meant I...
Our season begins with a Training Camp in Phoenix, Arizona during which we will make four trips for friendly matches. Here’s the team I’m taking with me.
The Squad
Goalkeepers
Tyler Deric is the clear starter. Joe Willis can step in in a...
Uncle Sam just completed the season in the year 2016 managing Houston in the Major League Soccer in their FM Career Uncle Sam's FM 17 Career
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THE MANAGER
So with my Major League Soccer Guide out of the way, I begin my quest.
Let’s start by looking at the Manager.
Born in Knoxville (TN), he prefers a possession-with-a-purpose style. He wants his team to have the ball while always looki...
My last FM17 career (no, for real) using my own USA Expansion DB update.
You are welcome try. I always make all of add-ons open source. But you're going to have to go to each league and change the way it selects its teams. To make sure the game didn't reshuffle teams into different divisions, I set it up so that each...
Like everything else, there are a lot more moving parts in the transfer and player acquisition process than in your typical league. Let's start by looking at the different methods:
Before I dive in to each method, let me explain the unique structu...
If you’re new to MLS on Football Manager, it can all seem ridiculous trying to figure out all the squad contract types. So let’s break it down. Essentially, the MLS squad can be broken down into two: The Senior Squad (First 20 Roster slots), a...
A guide on how to make sense out of the nonsense that is MLS
I haven't seen any issues that could be related to that.
Moneyball
So the word "moneyball" here in the United States refers to a strategy for assembling a professional sports squad using principles of fiscal responsibility and statistical analysis. It was made famous by Oakland Athletics baseball Gen...
You can't find them because they folded in real life, so they were folded in my file.
The transfer update from this site should work with my update just fine. It's when they mess around clubs and competitions that run the risk of messing up the file.
USA kits for the Gold Cup:
They're my favorite since the red and white hoops.
Ha, are there any questions that you have specifically?
That should work, that's what I do.
Yes, the file was built off of the one that is downloadable from this site. It will rename all of the competitions in the game without messing up the competition names in my file.
Some of them do turn out to be very good, national team quality. I often "take a risk" on GA players that my scouts rate highly because I can pay them whatever contract they demand without taking up a Senior slot and taking up salary cap space....
Yes, downloading all of the files in the original post is a great way to start. If you already have logos that override the ones I've provided, then you'll have to remove them and adjust the config files. That's really not as difficult as y...
Yes, unfortunately there is no way to make them selectable at the beginning of the game. I tried even putting them into another league but it botched up the game.
Good question.
Real Life explanation: The Generation Adidas (GA) program was started to entice young, talented players to either leave college soccer early (before they graduate) or to skip it entirely. The benefit of college soccer is that players get s...
Squad Evaluation
One way to look at your squad in MLS is to divide your players into two categories: (1) Senior and (2) Off-Budget. Senior players count against the Salary Cap, while Off-Budget players do not. What that basically means is that all of you...
New USA Gold Cup kit
I have not had this in my experience.
Purpose behind the rules
So why does MLS have all of these crazy squad rules? There really is no one simple answer, it's a combination of a number of things. I'll make a list here.
1. Avoid overspending - While there are a lot of reasons that...
I'll start with #2, because it's the easier question. I choose my designated player (DP) based primarily on need, and then on quality of the players who I think I can get. For example, I play with one up top, so if I have two strong strikers, th...
I would be willing to start a sort of question-and-answer session in this thread.
Ha, I used to have a guide but to be honest, it would be a lot more in depth as FM has come very close to catching up with how the league works in real life.
Expands the USA down 8 levels, all the way to amateur leagues, including the NCAA.
So, my latest experiment was to test the theory that issue had something to do with the .png files themselves. So I opened all the kits in photoshop, and then saved them into a new folder, deleted the old folder, and built a new config. Here is the result...
The real life folder is just a place where I dumped some kits for clubs that I didn't when to lose where I made custom kits. There is not even a config file in the folder.
The custom kits folder is where I put kits for clubs that I created by modify...
Yes, apologies. I do know that the screenshot isn't showing the default kits. That image is of the old kits that continue to show no matter what I do. I did figure out the reason the default kits continued to show. In one of my many experiments I had...
I have looked for duplicate kits, duplicate folders, etc.. While I suppose there is a remote possibility that I've missed something, it really looks unlikely that that's the problem now that the only kits that show up are the default kits. I tri...
Experiment #2,307:
1. I removed the Football Manager 2017 folder, and restarted the game.
2. When I reloaded the skin, the default kits showed up.
3. I then returned the graphics folder to the new Football Manager 2017 folder WITHOUT the USA kits folde...
I don't know if this helps you to come up with any ideas, but I did manage to get the default kits to show by removing the Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017 folder from the Documents folder, however once I out the graphics folder back in the o...
I really don't know what other images to post. The screenshot is the old kit. Below is the new kit:
I honestly have tried everything I can think of. I have even uninstalled the game, and reinstalled. I have cleared caches, both in game and manually...
I'm pretty sure I've narrowed it down to the USA graphics. I've deleted the config file and reloaded and the kits remain. I don't understand at all what the F is happening.
I uninstalled the game, Verify the game's file validity in steam, I've deleted the cache files. I even removed the graphics folder so that everything went back to default, but when I returned the graphics folder and reloaded the skin it STILL sh...
So I've traced it back to something with the graphics folder in my documents. I don't understand for the life of me what it could be.
Thank you for the response. One quick question, will I have to reload all of my custom views?