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Welcome to the newest home thread for the MZUSA Federation. Here you will find a place to discuss your joys and heartbreaks with other USA based managers. Feel free to ask questions or pose solutions to issues. Discussions and the waiting list for the MZUSA FL series (tables above for the 16th edition) can also be found here. Enjoy.
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I probably overstated on that comment. I think I can be competitive against those teams. Hopefully, I will get a chance to make my mark in that div.

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hey by the way have you noticed that it takes more time for a plyer to get 9 balls in form? maybe im wrong
i received 2 young players with 1 ball in form and its taking so long for them to reach 9 balls. (playing all my games)
they used to gain 9 balls in 2 weeks from 0 or 1 ball, easily.

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Yes. I have a youth that came to my team with 0 or 1 form, can't remember, at the beginning of this season. He is currently at 6 but he was in TC for 5 weeks, too. All my players are at 9 except for this dude. Sure I will be dumping him as soon as I can because he came in with no speed or stamina balls and now has only 1 speed ball, dah!!!!!!

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On the promotion/relegation question: Unless there is a compaction and realignment of the division, the path up and down remains consistent for a division. The Crew makes it known when there will be a realignment and this typically happens during the close season. I started playing in Season 29 and there have been two that I recall in that time frame, so they do not occur all that often.

I did the yo-yo thing for a few seasons - got promoted, got relegated, got promoted again. Hopefully this season I can stay up. Sometimes teams aren't fully prepared to play at the next higher division and need another season or two to really gt their team in order. This is usually when you'll see them yo-yoing up and down between divisions. Sometimes the competition is harder than you anticipate at the higher levels and sometimes your players just need another season of development.

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As I am a noob,I don't really understand the realignment. Yes I kinda figured about the inactive teams and stuff,I really thought the inactives drop out after 1 season,but from what i saw,in my league was an "inactive" team lost every game from previous season and this season it was the same as all his players retired? and still in it
Do some people intentionally lose or what? or wait...he might have been hit by a metorite or something and comes out of his coma once in a while to make him "active"

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In divs 6, 5, and 4, 99% of the teams are inactive. Some appear inactive but are active with managers that don't spend much time with their team. My rule of thumb is to check their fixtures. If they only play league games, definitely an inactive. If they play friendlies and leagues then somewhat active.
Generally, bottom 3 drop to a lower div. What happens to the bottom 3 in Div 6 I have no clue.
Some inactive teams are taken over in the middle of the season by new managers coming into MZ.

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the bottom 3 in div 6 stay in that division since there's not lower division.
And u r right my first year and a half in mz I didn't have too much time to check my team, that's why I spent so much time in div 3. I was somewhat active.

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In a realignment, teams are distributed more evenly across a division. For example after a while most of the active teams wind up in the lower numbered subdivisions (say 3.1 thru 3.15) and the rest of the subdivisions are mostly inactives. A realignment would spread the active teams more evenly through the division and result in less subdivisions of only 1 active team. Compaction is another techniques which condenses the leagues to squeeze the inactive teams into the lower divisions and put more managers into active divisions. Both actions mostly effect lower divisions as there are more inactives there and in the upper divisions (1,2, and 3) results in more of a shuffling of the deck so you wind up playing against different teams than you've grown used to in your division.

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Oh ok.Thanks for that info guys. I understand it now.

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Did everyone go to sleep in the US. Any thoughts on the new sims??
Did you meet or exceed your expectations in your League???

I clinched my promotion to div 2.1 with a win Wed. 0-6. Now on to preparation to meet the snarly dragons in div 2. Expectations are only to survive, and not become the yo-yo.

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i think i did a good job in div2. i though i was gonna do really bad. good luck next season

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Managed not to go down this season. Doing some experimenting with new SIM. Getting ready for next season by doing some early house cleaning of players who no longer qualify for U23, but are far from ever finding a place in the senior squad.

Anyone interested in a "pre-season" tour cup? Trying to line up teams before organizing the cup. Thinking about pre-paying for everyone and then asking for 3 tokens to be gifted back to me to make it more affordable. Any thoughts?

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Hey, hey Mr. E. Right up my alley. 400,000 euros would be nice to have.

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Yep.I got promoted.So up I go to new league,and going to restructure squad.
New Sim? Well,I dont know yet.I have been kinda busy in life to tinker about tactics lately.
Youths are doing great,and hopefully I can spend more time in the game
*sighs* didnt even know my CM ran out :/ lol
Congrats to you guys on promotion and keeping afloat.
Hope all goes well to the new season.

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@royalmax.....Thats great. div 3, a little bit more competitive. Too many uncertainities in the new sims, yet.

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Hey everyone, just discovered the MZUSA forum. Just wanted to say hey and remind everyone to get that pre-season tour money. Nice $475,000 bonus during the off-season.

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@goliath....Yes the money will be nice. Surprise you have just found us. Maybe next season you will join the MZUSA FLs.

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Rediscovered I should say, I started back in '03. Blown-up my team and taken a few breaks since then. I will definitively join the MZUSA friendly league next season, just wanted to get my team back to decent for first.

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Good.

Happy Easter everyone. Don't forget to collect your eggs offered by MZ.

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Hired two 10 ball coaches today. Big price increase from my current 9 ballers. Sure hope it's worth it, I figure the easter egg for hiring new coaches that I receive will be gone in about 3 weeks.

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I fired a 10 ball coach and hired a 9 b coach ,I dnt see much difference between 9 and 10,only money :) its only a ball.

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How do you determine how well they are doing???

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Nice to see it's easy to get coaches now. I don't know if foreign influence matters. Only time can tell.
Another note...Looks like im taking a break for a while as I'm gonna be too busy in my latest job in real life, I hope to be back real soon and err...I hope all goes well for everyone for the new season !

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i told u what to download , remember

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... anyways, do you really think ithere's a huuuuge difference between a 9 and 10 balls coach, maybe a couple of days faster, maybe 3 or 4.

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Not sure at this point. I figured I'd give it a go and see if there's a noticeable difference and probably release these guys if there isn't at the end of their contracts, since there's now a pretty hefty fee to cut them loose earlier.

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Hey everyone. Happy Easter to all.

I too just found this federation. I figured there was on after joint the friendly but never actually looked for it.

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@fernand.....yes u did. Whatever rate players earn balls with, or without, coaches, it is way too slow for my blood. imo, there can't be any noticeable difference between a 9 to 10 ball coach.

@pablo.....welcome. Happy Easter to everyone, too.

Don't forget to collect all your easter eggs. Make a post on a Crew thread. I calculate I will collect 640,000 euros on the 19th, so far. NICE!!!!!!!

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U win a FAI think its actually more like €665k .

400k with the tour
75k if you have 17+ youths
40k if you have a coach or hire one
100k on Fay 2 50k more if a FA which I didn't yet.
50k on day 4.

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Hey dowo.. we are gonna play in the same friendly cup "emirates",jajaja I didn't notice it at first, good luck
Talking about coaches,I was training one of my players with a 9 balls coach ,he was gonn gain a ball in 2 days,so I moved the coach ,now my players will gain a ball in 12 days.
With 9 ball coach --2 days left
Without coach. --12 days left
Training camp is faster
Of course its an approximation (90% accurate) :)

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@pablo....I don't have the youth academy, just 8 of them. so mine gones
400k
40k
100k + 50k
50k
for a total of 640k. Of course thats euros so I don't know what it translates into dollars.

@fernand.....Haven't looked at the league. I really didn't want to join it but did because of a friend of mine, 'vanshika'. I won't really have my strong focus on it. Too many games a day.

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lol, thats why i joined that league , i like a fast league (new sim only)so that i can review my tactics before the season starts , good luck

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@dowo:

my 665K comes down to $822K.

your 640K is about $791K

Here is the converter if you don't have one.
http://mzplus.com.ar/c

So any plans on how to use it? I'm finishing my stadium is on a HUGE construction right now. it will take over a month to complete!

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@pablo.....Thanks. I am sure I will find good use for the money. I'm not one to hoard money. I spend it like it is burning a hole in my pocket. My stadium is due to complete its construction to the div 2 capacity standard today sometime. I will spend a lot on facilities thats where I am lagging. Also, would like to find 1 or 2 good players to help me in div 2.

@fernand.....Your such a speedster. Bet you have a Ferrari in your garage. Thanks good luck to you too.(except when you play me then all luck is off) lol

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Tough break for the USA U21 team. Lost in OT in the final of the U21 Confederations Cup. Congratulations to our coaches for taking us that far.

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As the MZUSA FL's are winding to a close, things are still too close to call in terms of who's going up and who's going down but it looks like we may be needing new coordinators for the A League and the D League. If there are any managers currently in either of those leagues who wouldn't mind setting up the leagues in the next edition, please either mention it here or sent me a GB message. Thanks.

Also, if you are interested in getting on the waitlist for the next edition, please make mention here and we will start to compile that list.

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I have never seen penalty shootouts before in MZ :P But one of my cup games went to one. The game lasted 156 min long :P

managerzone.com/?p=match&sub=result&tid=137732&mid=563938072



You know I am always interested in the Next FL :P

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@quazza56.......Been involved in 3 or 4 shootout matches. Have won only one of the shootouts. Longest one was 155 mins. They always catch me by surprise. Never think to check the order of my penalty takers in the tactic i am using for knockdown rounds in cups.

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I've learned that penalty taker order isn't something you can just set and forget. As you bring players in and out of the line up for camps, injuries and what not it tends to muck up your order. I try to check it at least once a month if I'm dealing with a lot of changes, but I don't think I've done that recently so I guess I should again.

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Hey Mr E did you change your badge. Seems to be different. If so pink background????? I would think some smokey color would have been better. Just my opinion.

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I have been messing around with it. Still not totally satisfied, so there will be more changes I think.

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Much better.

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hey guys who do i contact in order to join the leagues? or whats the process.

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Yea!!!! You made contact. Thats all you need to do. 'tree_amigo' will put your name on the list for a invite in the next season's leagues.

Oh!!! By the way, hello and welcome.

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hi all. its been a while since i was here. I have neglected the team.I dont know about the next edition of MZUSA in taking part. I may be quitting the game for a while, If I do,then I will give you guys a holler if I decide to come back. Thanks for letting me participate in MZUSA and I wish you all the best for the rest of the season. ;)

Royal.

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@royalmax....Hate to see you go but understand.

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i suppose its time i start participating socially around here. whatsup everyone!?

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What's up, how's ur team doing with the new sim

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@mchutio......Been busy working on tactics and review games in the new sims. Takes a lot of time, and kinda boring because there is not too many formations that work with this new sims.
Hey!!! tree_amigo was looking for coordinators/administrators of the D League. If I get promoted are you interested.

@fernand.....Ditto on what I said above about the sims. It seems to be fair and consistent with teams at the same level. Trying to beat higher level teams is like pulling teeth, though. Probably the way it should be. Wish they would beef up the wing tactic so we have more options for tactics to use against opponents.
Hate the fact that my keeper doesn't goal kick worth a sh..t. More training in AP and set plays I guess.

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with the old sim i definitely felt like my squad was out-performing its value with wing play and have since been brought down to reality with 2.18. i agree with @dowopado in that the new sim dumbed wing play enough to where i cant perform consistently. all i see now are narrow formations like i did when i began playing in season 39 and its the only style that is working for me currently.

@dowopado if you need a coordinator for D league i can do it for the next edition
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