[FM22] Let's Play Monopoly In The Most Balanced League In The World? Learning The Major League Soccer - Chapter III - Minnesota United FC [Finished]

[Punch]

Awesome season taking them from last to first

Good luck with the next club.

I have a soft spot for LA FC, I use their stadium as my background whenever a club builds a new stadium so I don't have to look at the horrible 'coming soon' graphic

[karanhsingh]

12 hours ago, Cheez3y said:

My time at Dallas is now over.

The NACL isnt really on my list, because it isnt that competitive. Its basicly USA vs Mexico.

And tbh with that team, it would be pretty easy.

I see. Given the fact that Seattle were the first ever US club to win the competition IRL, I thought the Mexican clubs would post quite a challenge.

[Cheez3y]

2 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

I see. Given the fact that Seattle were the first ever US club to win the competition IRL, I thought the Mexican clubs would post quite a challenge.

Yes, Seattle was the only only Amercica team winnining it irl.

Ingame they had a CL final run also.

 

But ingame the CL itsnt really that competitive.

13 hours ago, Punch said:

Awesome season taking them from last to first

Good luck with the next club.

I have a soft spot for LA FC, I use their stadium as my background whenever a club builds a new stadium so I don't have to look at the horrible 'coming soon' graphic

Tyty.

 

[Cheez3y]

Well...David was so ompressed by us, that he approached us just 3 days later.

 

I wanted Miami or NE and I said to myself, I take the first approach.

I guess we are goin to Florida next.

[karanhsingh]

Nice! Is Romeo Beckham in the game lol?

[Cheez3y]

19 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

Nice! Is Romeo Beckham in the game lol?

Sadly I got no facepack on my Laptop, but yes he is!

He is playing for the B Team.

 

EDIT:

We also go the son of Phil Neville.

 

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

 

Im really excited!

 

[Cheez3y]

Since we are still in 2022 we already know that Miami finished last in the East.

 

Big team we got here.

 

Matuidi and Higuain are still here, but someone needs to go.

The finances are not looking good.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Inter worked also on the Draft.

 

[Cheez3y]

I went through the squad and this is the result.

 

Salary Cap: 3,69 Mio/4,123 Mio, so we got a lot of room

Size: 26/30

Reserve HGN: 1/2, but they already signed up two academy prospects

International Slots: 9/7, Inter traded away couple of their permanent slots and traded in 5 one-year slots

 

Overall the team is solid in the back, but the midfield and attack isnt lookin that good.

 

So lets get to work.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

We made some nice trades again.

I starting to thin out the squad for the incoming Super Draft.

 

I think next season will be a complete rebuilding year.

We got nowhere near the quality we found at Dallas.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

MLS Re-Entry Draft 2022

 

The Re-Entry Draft takes place in December.

The MLS Re-Entry Draft is an annual event in which MLS teams select players who are out of contract or have had their options declined by their current teams.

If you pick a player, you can offer them a new deal until the end of the year.

 

There was one player I had in mine, but this offer came in.

Hell yeah I take that and gamble.

 

And we gambled pretty good, the player I wanted was still avaible at our 2nd pick.

Idk why but Toronto and Priso couldnt agree a new deal.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

MLS Re-Entry Draft 2022 - Stage One

 

The Re-Entry Draft got three stages.

 

I mean I take that.

[Cheez3y]

This trade was made by out DoF.

We need a striker, but payed with an international slot if always tough.

After a bit of thinking, I accepted it. He is a nice alrounder.

[Cheez3y]

 

Kinda excited for the Draft.

John Williams looks pretty insane.

 

[Cheez3y]

This will be a spicy Super Draft.

John Williams is mine!

Yes he is already scouted, but I need a cliffhanger. 

[karanhsingh]

I have no idea what's going on 

Anyway looks like Higuain is not there anymore?

[Cheez3y]

13 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

I have no idea what's going on 

Anyway looks like Higuain is not there anymore?

Haha. 

 

What do you dont understand?

Maybe I can explain it.

Because I think...now I fully understand the MLS and their rules.

 

Higuain will be sold once the year switches. He is ruin the finances.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Well...only MLS things.

Osorio was an Inter Miami player for 7 days.

 

I gave Osorio a new contract with only 126k/y Salary Cap impact and suddently NYCFC was interested in him.

So I offered them a trade for their star player Heber.

They came back with his offer.

Caldwell was in my plans as first rotation player, but this offer I cant refuse.

Spoiler

Heber will be the Higuain replacement.

[Cheez3y]

On the last day of 2022 we made another good trade.

We can do better in goal I think, so Im happy to trade away Marsman.

 

Spoiler

 

We signed Abu at Dallas before trading him to Seattler after 6 months.

Pretty good backup for our midfield.

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[DaNascimento]

Looks like Beckham and Inter Miami are going to get their first title soon 

[Cheez3y]

28 minutes ago, DaNascimento said:

Looks like Beckham and Inter Miami are going to get their first title soon 

Yes.

The plan is like always 3 years.

And maybe, we do it with a Beckham on the field.

[Cheez3y]

GAM is always nice to take.

GAM is always nice to take.

TAM is even nicer.

 

Whats Targeted Allocation Money?

Its Monopoly Money to buy down the Salary Cap impact of Senior Contracts.

 

We traded Heber and gave him a new contract.

Since he want a contract, which is over the Senior Contract limit of 515k/y, you can use TAM money to reduce the SC impact.

We used the maximum amount of TAM money we can use.

Now his contract will impacted our Cap by only 126k.

 

We got 534k left of TAM for this season.

 

And also we got 3,4 mio of GAM.

Thats a lot!

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

The media gives a solid midtable finish.

[Cheez3y]

MLS Superdraft 2023 Part 1

There are two players I really really want, so I went to Houston and asked for my 1st round pick.

 

Lets go.

[Cheez3y]

MLS Superdraft 2023 Part 2

 

Here they are.

Williams and Scott.

 

[Cheez3y]

MLS Superdraft 2023 Part 3

9th.10th and 11th pick

Idk if they play a role this season.

 

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

MLS Superdraft 2023 Part 4

  

All will not play a role this season, they will go into the B team.

 

Edited July 27, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Another trade.

We needed to get the player rights first.

Idk why, but we dont need that many forein spots, so this trade is fine

 

Hasal is a solid keeper, idk why Vancouver let him go.

[Cheez3y]

Transfer Overview - Winter 2023

OUT

Three players from our B team and we sold one of our backup keepers.

 

Trade

I stopped to show all the trades, because we were doin some great stuff again.

Got rid of players which I didnt really want like Ceren, Hollingshead.

We cleared our Draft picks and only kept the good ones.

We got two key players for the season in Godoy and Gallese.

And we got another international slot for the next 5 years for pretty cheap.

 

IN

We made some great outside MLS transfer.

Mr. Beckham gaves us like 10-12 mio (wages/transfer fees)  in total to spent

 

Giorgio Altare from my Cagliari will be our leader at CB.

He main partner will be Gravillon, which I used in my Bristol save.

 

Sam Larsson, former Feyenoord, Heerenveen and Göteborg player, jumps from China to play as DP in the MLS.

Then we found our new main AF in Lucas Veraldo in Argentina.He got the holy trinity at 15!

We brought Kyle Duncan back home to the MLS, after we trade his player rights.

 

And on the 20th of February we sign the the man...the myth...the legend... and former World Cup winner with KSA for me.

Lucas Necul! I love this man.

 

We managed to hit the registration rules perfect.

We are just under 100k under the Salary Cap.

This sound easy, but we used like 4 Mio in TAM and GAM to make this happen.

Every player got their contract bought down.

 

I think we crafted a Super team.

Edited July 28, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Squad Overview 2023 - Part 1

 

Goalkeeper

Pretty good selections of keeper we got here.

Gallese looks pretty damn good, this trade was an absolut steal.

Also a steal is Hasal for free as backup.

 

Spoiler

 

Wingbacks

Pretty happy here.

Palacios and Duncan will be our main pairing.

 

Spoiler

 

Centerbacks

Gravillon and Altare would be good enough for a midtable team in the Top 5 Europe.

With Quinteros we got a decent first choice backup.

 

Spoiler

 

Midfielder

I wanted to sell Matuidi, but I decided not to. He will be the leader of this team.

With Godoy and Priso we got two player fighting for the B2B spot.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Cheez3y]

Squad Overview 2023 - Part 2

 

 

Winger

Larsson and Necul on the wings will be an amazing duo for the MLS.

Williams as top draft prospect will be the first rotation option

And yes..Romeo Beckham will be part of this squad.

 

Spoiler

 

Striker

Pizarro and Veraldo will be our main pairing in the front.

Heber and Carranza will fight for the rotation minutes.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Decent preseason again with good result vs Galaxy and Nashville.

 

Atlanta will be a good test what we can expect from this season.

 

At the start I think we can get a solid midtable finish.

But with all the trades and transfers we made, Idk its feels like a monster team.

[Hootieleece]

I like how you really "wheel and deal". How do you research the player rights? I know that I get a screen with all of my team's player rights in the offseason but can usually not bothered with it too much because it doesn't give enough info like player position and age.

Also are you playing on FM22 because the salary cap is higher in my current save ($7,000,000/season) in MLS.

[Cheez3y]

1 hour ago, Hootieleece said:

I like how you really "wheel and deal". How do you research the player rights? I know that I get a screen with all of my team's player rights in the offseason but can usually not bothered with it too much because it doesn't give enough info like player position and age.

Also are you playing on FM22 because the salary cap is higher in my current save ($7,000,000/season) in MLS.

"How do you research the player rights?"

Yes, there is the one screen in the offseason.

But I found a nice trick also.

 

Pick a team and gotto the trade menu.

Select all players which shows up under "player rights" and offer them out for couple of their best players.

Something like that:

 

The will obviously reject it, but...

Couple days later you will get this email:

 

 

Right click on every name and put them on a shortlist and scout.

You can also do it with the offseason email.

 

Yes, Im on FM22.

In 2021 was the SC 4,123 Mio.

Now in 2022 it is at 4,384 Mio.

Edited July 28, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

March 2023 - MLS - Eastern Conference

Decent start to the season.

The only worry so far is, no striker goal...

 

 

Coming Up

A lot of games again in April.

 

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Dallas also with a decent start.

 

[Cheez3y]

Always watching the Waivers.

Leo Suarez will be our new backup to Necul.

Decent stats, but more important decent wages.

 

We waived Rodriguez for it.

He didnt impressed me, nobody was interested and he was on 650k/y.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Well...Vancouver suddently wanted Brault-Guilard.

They first just offered GAM, but this is much better.

 

Spoiler

 

Now we need a backup RB.

[Cheez3y]

Another trade.

Again just to reduce the wages and I think Makoun got more value.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Sometimes you need to set an example.

Pizarro was pissing me off with every game he played.

He did absolutely nothing.

And I cant waste 2,3 mio/year wages and a DP slot.

 

Hopefully this wakes up the entire team.

Spoiler

 

Edited July 29, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

April 2023 - MLS - Eastern Conference

Tough set of games.

But after the firing of Pizarro right after the Cincinnati game, the team finally showed some passion.

 

 

Coming Up

A lot of games again in May.

 

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[Cheez3y]

Im planning a small rebuild this summer, so we move players.

We can cover the 4th choice CB, which our B team. So Makoun can go after 3 weeks.

 

Spoiler

 

Talking about B team.

Neville will take the backup role for the next couple of months.

[Timetxu]

This is really one of the better MLS threads out there! I love how you explain so well how roster building works and it looks like you really got a good grasp of how the trade system works!

One tiny question: what skin do you use? Because I love your matchday setup with the game flow and xG chart in the middle. How did you set that up?

[Cheez3y]

1 hour ago, Timetxu said:

This is really one of the better MLS threads out there! I love how you explain so well how roster building works and it looks like you really got a good grasp of how the trade system works!

One tiny question: what skin do you use? Because I love your matchday setup with the game flow and xG chart in the middle. How did you set that up?

Wow, ty for this compliment. 

 

Its the lovely Tato skin.

 

[Cheez3y]

May 2023 - MLS - Eastern Conference

Maybe I was a bit hyped after the preseason by saying that "we build a superteam".

Our defense is fine in my eyes, but are attack is lacking.

We played Miami FC in the cup with was nice.

 

 

Coming Up

In June we will travel to our our stomping ground Dallas.

 

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Talking about Dallas. They are goin strong in the West.

 

[the_hdk]

Loving it  and will follow

[Cheez3y]

19 hours ago, the_hdk said:

Loving it  and will follow

Ty. 

[Cheez3y]

Home Grown fullbacks? why not.

 

 

Once again a trade masterpiece here.

Charlotte came in with an offer for my boy Necul. The wanted to give us two 2024 1st rounder.

 

I also noticed that they were interested in Suarez, our backup RW.

I sent them the deal for 3 picks in total and they said yes!

 

This is fine, because our top talent Williams get more time.

Spoiler

 

Picked up the Waiver and traded him 3 months later for some good value.

[Cheez3y]

June 2023 - MLS - Eastern Conference

UFF...Dallas is a monster to play against.

Also we are already out of the cup. Games with internationals breaks are always fun....

 

 

Coming Up

 

 

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Once again like last season, Dallas is goin strong in the West and NYRB in the East.

 

 

[Cheez3y]

Another thing that will happen in the MLS is the Allocation.

 

Sometimes you will get an email like this:

The MLS signed Vassilev to a contract and you can participate in the Allocation if you want.

The player is 80% scouted.

 

What the Allocation?

The Allocation Process is the mechanism used to determine which club has first priority to acquire a player listed on the Allocation Ranking List.

This list will consist of

(i) select U.S. Men's National Team players, (ii) select youth U.S. National Team players, and/or (iii) former MLS players returning to MLS after joining a non-MLS club for an outgoing transfer fee of $500,000 or more.

Generally, the League will update the Allocation Ranking List once a year (typically after the conclusion of the MLS Regular Season), but may make additional updates in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, adding players transferred out of MLS and top U.S. youth national team players.

 

Since we finished on the last place last season, we got him 100%.

 

Decent backup on a cheap and long contract.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Cheez3y