After reading LFC Jack (FMstory) and Neilhoskins77 (sigames forum) about their MLS stories i have decided to give my own shot at the possible MLS story.
I will be using the default roster that came with FM15 the only changes i made were taking out Orlando FC and putting in my own MLS expansion club. Which team is it well you will just have to continue to read to find out haha.
Just a bit of history of myself
Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario Canada I was a soccer fan SWMM scouting and Manager course I knew what it would take to run a successful franchise. After finding out that a possible soccer MLS franchise was coming to Canada I knew I had to get in for a interview for the Head Coachs job. It was announced that MLS decided not to go with Orlando but will go with a already made 24,000 field above the boarder in Hamilton, Ontario. With the new built Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton Ontario Canada the ownership jumped on the opportunity to get into the league. So I decided to take my management skills and apply them to a soccer team. So here I am sitting in my Hamilton apartment as i just finished my smww soccer scouting and manager course I have decided to give my dream job to become a Head coach of a soccer club. Whomever takes over the club has their work cut out for themselves as there is no players as they will have to bring in players before the league starts. As I look at the possible ideas to help build a successful club in Hamilton in the MLS, I decided to fax my resume to the ownership of Hamilton FC and after a few interviews as a canadate for the Head Coach position I got a few phone calls later to find out that out of all of the managers that they interviewed i was the best one for the job so now I have been named as the new Hamilton FC Team Coach.
Just so people know my selected nations are:
I have decided to with USA, Italy, Holland and England as far as selected nations, however when it comes to Database I have gone with Advanced and then selected North America, South America, Holland, Italy, and then Canada and USA . We have an approximate 34,000 player count.
We are going with England because of the July 2014 start date that way we have half a year to prep for MLS Expansion draft, Supplemental Draft, Re-entry draft, and Wavier Draft.
Our club will be built from our feeder club, our reserves and the players from our expansion draft, wavier draft, supplemental draft and re-entry draft. We will not be able to acquire any picks or international slots until MLS season 2, our season 1 that way our club will be built through the draft.
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In what may have been as a surprise appointment, the Hamilton FC board has named a virtually unknown Canadian Coach as their new boss. Rick Stevens who turns 28 next birthday was introduced to fans and journalists alike at the Tim Hortons Field this morning.
I was given a 1 yr deal until December 2015 worth $5,000 p/w
Our club is setup to have a Hamilton FC (Main squad), Hamilton Reserves (Reserve squad who aren’t ready for our main squad) and our Academy (Feeder Team)
Information about our club:
Professional Status: Professional
Reputation: National
Chairman Status: -
Finances: Okay
Estimated Value: $87M
Stadium: Tim Horton’s Field
Stadium Capacity: 24000 (22,500 seated with 1500 as standing)
Training Facilities: Impressive Training Facilities
Youth Facilities: Good Youth facilities
Region: North America
Continental Competition: -
Rivals: Toronto FC (100 all Hamilton/Toronto sports teams have a huge rival), Montreal Impact (65)
My Managerial Styles will be set as Suggested badges based on Hamilton FC:
Attacking: 6
Defending: 2
Fitness – 6
Goalkeepers: 2
Tactical Coaching: 2
Technique Coaching: 2
Mental Coaching: 2
Working with Youngsters: 12
Adaptability: 1
Determination: 2
Player Knowledge: 9
Youngster Knownledge: 15
Level of Discipline: 2
Man Management: 5
Motivating: 5
As far as our staff goes I have decided to use the Orlando SC staff
Owner:
President – Phil Rawlins
Director: Brett Lashbrook
Manager: Myself
So we will be looking for a Director of Football, Head of Youth, Reserves Manager, Assistant Manager, 3 other Hamilton FC staff and 3 scouts
Our Tactic that we will be going with is a 4-2-3-1 formation
Our main expansion club will be playing in MLS, our Reserve squad will be playing in American Third Division aka USL Pro and our Academy (Feeder Team) will be playing in ADL
Basically the rules that I will be using for this story is that I will be going with it until 2028-2029 hopefully.. The only players I can bring in are players through my Feeder Club or clubs if I get anymore as also the drafts no other players we can bring in through trades or free transfers or anything so it keeps it kind of challenging
July 8th
Just a recap so far what has happen this season as far as trades and where teams are in the season so far. There has been no trades so far this season however Philadelphia is leading the East with 12 wins 2 draws and 4 loses in 12 games for 22 goals for and 9 goals against for 38 pts. In 2nd place of the East is New York Red Bulls with 30 pts with a 9-3-5 record 26 GF 17 GA, followed by Toronto FC with a 8-3-3 record. Outside of a wild card spot in the east is DC United with 19 pts as 5th place montreal has 20 pts. Behind DC United is Columbus with 18 pts, Chicago with 17, KC with 15 and New England with 14.
In the West Conference so far it’s Portland leading the way with a 9-7-2 record 33 GF 15 GA for 34 pts. In second place in San Jose with a 7-6-2 record with 27 pts, Los Angeles 24, Seattle 24 and Real Salt Lake with 22 rounds out the top 5 in the west. Outside of the Wild Card is Colorado in 6th place with 21 pts, FC Dallas with 20 pts, Vancouver with 15 pts and Chivas USA with 14 pts.
July 9th
We have hired 41 yr old American Diego Gutierrez as a member of our scouting staff, we have also added 45 yr old coach Tony Meola as our new goalie coach for 1,100 per week until September 31st 2018
There were 3 trades today:
Trade #1 – Portland traded their 2nd in 2016 superdraft to D.C. United for International Slot 2 years
Trade #2 – Portland traded their 2nd in 2017 superdraft to Columbus for International Slot – 2 yrs
Trade #3 – NYCFC trades 80k in allocation money to Chicago for Alex and Hunter Jumper
July 10th
Our board has hired Paul Robson as our new head of youth development coach as he will be with us until September 31st 2015 at 1,000 per week.
We have hired Rick Guter a 49 yr old USA physio who was with previously the New York Red bulls before getting released.
A few trades went down today:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded their 2015 Supplemental 1st round pick and 300K allocation money to Philadelphia for Antoine Hoppenot and Ray Gaddis
Trade #2 – NYCFC traded their 4th round in 2015 supplemental draft to New England for Dmitry Imbongo and Bobby Shuttleworth
Trade #3 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Chicago Fire for Matt Watson
July 11th
More trades were announced:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Chivas USA for Ryan Finleu
Trade #2 – FC Dallas traded their 3rd round pick in the 2015 Supplemental draft and 300k allocation money to D.C. United for 2 yrs worth of International Slot
Trade #3 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Toronto FC for Ashtone Morgan
July 13th
Two trades were made today:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded futures to New England for Andy Dorman
Trade #2 – NYCFC traded futures to Colorado for John Berner
July 15th
Chivas USA’s Bobby Burling was named MLS Player of the Week
Montreal Impact paid the price for a international slot for 2 yrs to Toronto FC as they sent their 2015 1st, 2016 2nd and 2016 3rd all 3 picks in the Supplemental draft to Toronto FC for that International Slot for 2 yrs.
July 20th
D.C. United has traded Real Salt Lake’s 2015 2nd round in the Supplemental draft and 300k in allocation money to Columbus for International Slot for 2 yrs.
D.C. United traded their 2015 3rd round in the Supplmental pick and 300 of allocation money to New England for 2 yrs of International Slot.
July 22nd
Chicago Fire’s Robert Earnshaw has been named the MLS Player of the week
Montreal Impact has traded their 2nd round of the 2016 superdraft to Toronto FC for 2 yrs of International Slot. Montreal also sent their 2017 superdraft 2nd round pick to KC for 2 yrs of International slot
July 28th
D.C. United traded their 1st round in 2015 Supplemental and 2nd round in 2016 Supplemental drafts to KC for Eric Kronberg.
July 29th
LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan was named MLS Player of the Week
I will be using the default roster that came with FM15 the only changes i made were taking out Orlando FC and putting in my own MLS expansion club. Which team is it well you will just have to continue to read to find out haha.
Just a bit of history of myself
Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario Canada I was a soccer fan SWMM scouting and Manager course I knew what it would take to run a successful franchise. After finding out that a possible soccer MLS franchise was coming to Canada I knew I had to get in for a interview for the Head Coachs job. It was announced that MLS decided not to go with Orlando but will go with a already made 24,000 field above the boarder in Hamilton, Ontario. With the new built Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton Ontario Canada the ownership jumped on the opportunity to get into the league. So I decided to take my management skills and apply them to a soccer team. So here I am sitting in my Hamilton apartment as i just finished my smww soccer scouting and manager course I have decided to give my dream job to become a Head coach of a soccer club. Whomever takes over the club has their work cut out for themselves as there is no players as they will have to bring in players before the league starts. As I look at the possible ideas to help build a successful club in Hamilton in the MLS, I decided to fax my resume to the ownership of Hamilton FC and after a few interviews as a canadate for the Head Coach position I got a few phone calls later to find out that out of all of the managers that they interviewed i was the best one for the job so now I have been named as the new Hamilton FC Team Coach.
Just so people know my selected nations are:
I have decided to with USA, Italy, Holland and England as far as selected nations, however when it comes to Database I have gone with Advanced and then selected North America, South America, Holland, Italy, and then Canada and USA . We have an approximate 34,000 player count.
We are going with England because of the July 2014 start date that way we have half a year to prep for MLS Expansion draft, Supplemental Draft, Re-entry draft, and Wavier Draft.
Our club will be built from our feeder club, our reserves and the players from our expansion draft, wavier draft, supplemental draft and re-entry draft. We will not be able to acquire any picks or international slots until MLS season 2, our season 1 that way our club will be built through the draft.
http://soundoptions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/speclogo.jpg
July 2014
In what may have been as a surprise appointment, the Hamilton FC board has named a virtually unknown Canadian Coach as their new boss. Rick Stevens who turns 28 next birthday was introduced to fans and journalists alike at the Tim Hortons Field this morning.
I was given a 1 yr deal until December 2015 worth $5,000 p/w
Our club is setup to have a Hamilton FC (Main squad), Hamilton Reserves (Reserve squad who aren’t ready for our main squad) and our Academy (Feeder Team)
Information about our club:
Professional Status: Professional
Reputation: National
Chairman Status: -
Finances: Okay
Estimated Value: $87M
Stadium: Tim Horton’s Field
Stadium Capacity: 24000 (22,500 seated with 1500 as standing)
Training Facilities: Impressive Training Facilities
Youth Facilities: Good Youth facilities
Region: North America
Continental Competition: -
Rivals: Toronto FC (100 all Hamilton/Toronto sports teams have a huge rival), Montreal Impact (65)
My Managerial Styles will be set as Suggested badges based on Hamilton FC:
Attacking: 6
Defending: 2
Fitness – 6
Goalkeepers: 2
Tactical Coaching: 2
Technique Coaching: 2
Mental Coaching: 2
Working with Youngsters: 12
Adaptability: 1
Determination: 2
Player Knowledge: 9
Youngster Knownledge: 15
Level of Discipline: 2
Man Management: 5
Motivating: 5
As far as our staff goes I have decided to use the Orlando SC staff
Owner:
President – Phil Rawlins
Director: Brett Lashbrook
Manager: Myself
So we will be looking for a Director of Football, Head of Youth, Reserves Manager, Assistant Manager, 3 other Hamilton FC staff and 3 scouts
Our Tactic that we will be going with is a 4-2-3-1 formation
Our main expansion club will be playing in MLS, our Reserve squad will be playing in American Third Division aka USL Pro and our Academy (Feeder Team) will be playing in ADL
Basically the rules that I will be using for this story is that I will be going with it until 2028-2029 hopefully.. The only players I can bring in are players through my Feeder Club or clubs if I get anymore as also the drafts no other players we can bring in through trades or free transfers or anything so it keeps it kind of challenging
July 8th
Just a recap so far what has happen this season as far as trades and where teams are in the season so far. There has been no trades so far this season however Philadelphia is leading the East with 12 wins 2 draws and 4 loses in 12 games for 22 goals for and 9 goals against for 38 pts. In 2nd place of the East is New York Red Bulls with 30 pts with a 9-3-5 record 26 GF 17 GA, followed by Toronto FC with a 8-3-3 record. Outside of a wild card spot in the east is DC United with 19 pts as 5th place montreal has 20 pts. Behind DC United is Columbus with 18 pts, Chicago with 17, KC with 15 and New England with 14.
In the West Conference so far it’s Portland leading the way with a 9-7-2 record 33 GF 15 GA for 34 pts. In second place in San Jose with a 7-6-2 record with 27 pts, Los Angeles 24, Seattle 24 and Real Salt Lake with 22 rounds out the top 5 in the west. Outside of the Wild Card is Colorado in 6th place with 21 pts, FC Dallas with 20 pts, Vancouver with 15 pts and Chivas USA with 14 pts.
July 9th
We have hired 41 yr old American Diego Gutierrez as a member of our scouting staff, we have also added 45 yr old coach Tony Meola as our new goalie coach for 1,100 per week until September 31st 2018
There were 3 trades today:
Trade #1 – Portland traded their 2nd in 2016 superdraft to D.C. United for International Slot 2 years
Trade #2 – Portland traded their 2nd in 2017 superdraft to Columbus for International Slot – 2 yrs
Trade #3 – NYCFC trades 80k in allocation money to Chicago for Alex and Hunter Jumper
July 10th
Our board has hired Paul Robson as our new head of youth development coach as he will be with us until September 31st 2015 at 1,000 per week.
We have hired Rick Guter a 49 yr old USA physio who was with previously the New York Red bulls before getting released.
A few trades went down today:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded their 2015 Supplemental 1st round pick and 300K allocation money to Philadelphia for Antoine Hoppenot and Ray Gaddis
Trade #2 – NYCFC traded their 4th round in 2015 supplemental draft to New England for Dmitry Imbongo and Bobby Shuttleworth
Trade #3 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Chicago Fire for Matt Watson
July 11th
More trades were announced:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Chivas USA for Ryan Finleu
Trade #2 – FC Dallas traded their 3rd round pick in the 2015 Supplemental draft and 300k allocation money to D.C. United for 2 yrs worth of International Slot
Trade #3 – NYCFC traded future considerations to Toronto FC for Ashtone Morgan
July 13th
Two trades were made today:
Trade #1 – NYCFC traded futures to New England for Andy Dorman
Trade #2 – NYCFC traded futures to Colorado for John Berner
July 15th
Chivas USA’s Bobby Burling was named MLS Player of the Week
Montreal Impact paid the price for a international slot for 2 yrs to Toronto FC as they sent their 2015 1st, 2016 2nd and 2016 3rd all 3 picks in the Supplemental draft to Toronto FC for that International Slot for 2 yrs.
July 20th
D.C. United has traded Real Salt Lake’s 2015 2nd round in the Supplemental draft and 300k in allocation money to Columbus for International Slot for 2 yrs.
D.C. United traded their 2015 3rd round in the Supplmental pick and 300 of allocation money to New England for 2 yrs of International Slot.
July 22nd
Chicago Fire’s Robert Earnshaw has been named the MLS Player of the week
Montreal Impact has traded their 2nd round of the 2016 superdraft to Toronto FC for 2 yrs of International Slot. Montreal also sent their 2017 superdraft 2nd round pick to KC for 2 yrs of International slot
July 28th
D.C. United traded their 1st round in 2015 Supplemental and 2nd round in 2016 Supplemental drafts to KC for Eric Kronberg.
July 29th
LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan was named MLS Player of the Week
Michael Petrasso 
– Dax McCarty
– Felipe (Montreal) 2a 8.2 rating
Zach Loyd (Hamilton FC)
Augusto (Hamilton FC) (43)
