Yes, without a doubt Clarke was to blame. Not only did we lead in all 3 home games – we also led in Saprissa and ended up losing 3-1.

Seeing how most of the games progressed and the talent on the bench, the Islanders should have ended with 10 or more points. Sadly, we’ll have to wait for next year.

But you mentioned that the Caribbean should maybe get fewer spots, well with the MLS getting 4 spots this year and only one team advancing … I think the MLS hasn’t fared that much better.

Arrieta and Steele or only better this year, and Marcelin really grew into one heck of a player. Yet, the team failed in USL and CONCACAF. Ultimately, Clarke is to blame.

I just can’t control the excitement. I Can’t wait.

Plus im not from Mexico so it really just doesn’t interest me but if your interested go for it.

You make some big assumptions:
1) that none of us follow the Mexican Primera

2) that we actually care about your opinion of how we invest our time (but thanks a lot for the pointer–De los gustos no hay nada escrito)

3) that we need to be told what to talk about

Seriously, Bro. You did give me a good laugh this morning. You must have been joking.

Enjoy the superclasico this weekend.

Peace.

Watch the Mexican League. It’s better. This weekend is the SuperClassic. You all should be talking about that

Yet, I won’t be surprised if they lay an egg.

All 3 home matches, we outclassed the opponents, except maybe the second half of the Cruz Azul match. If not for wrong coaching decisions, we would’ve ended up with at least 9 points.

League: Islanders came 3rd. They were a whopping 5 points behind the 1st place Commisioner Cup winning Portland Timbers. Out ot 30 matches the Islanders the Islanders record was 15W 8D 7L. Does that look. They took points in 76% of their matches. No they didn’t win the ultimate prize, the USL1 Championship trophy. But I hardly call that record a “miserable failure”. Seriously. the club fell short of the league goal but it is not like they went to hell in a handbasket.

CONCACAF Champions League: True the club failed to win any of it’s 6 group Stage matches (another disappointment). The club lost all of the away matches (not a big surprise) and it did not win at home. The three points from the three draws was clearly not enough to make it out of the group but it is not like they were not were blown off the field. They had 3 “pretty much to be expected” results in place where many MLS and Central American clubs haven’t historically done in better (Estadio Saprissa in Costa RIca and Mexico City) and they got the same result at Crew Stadium that MLS sides have pretty much gotten this season (the Columbus Crew are a good side–they are the reigning MLS Champs and top of the MLS regular season table last time I checked).

Does the Caribbean region get more teams in the competition than it “should”–I can easily see the merit in that position. The Islanders performance was not the worst of the Caribbean trio that participated this year.

Your critique on the clubs futility comes of as heavy-handed even whebn being read by a supporter who expected more sucess with the two afforementioned campaigns.

The bottom line is that while it wasn’t up to the previously high Cinderella-like standard of last year’s Chamipons’ League run and USL1 season this year was not actually that bad for a second division club where the club ownership doesn’t have the financial capital to realistically do any better than it already so admirably has. The Islanders player salaries were the lowest in the group–by far. They got beat by teams with better economic resources that should have beat them…