Ninja Scooter
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Sporting Kansas and Real Salt Lake, so awful.
I've heard people push for the Miami team (if it ever happens) to be named Inter Miami

Sporting Kansas and Real Salt Lake, so awful.
LOL what the fuck is this comment?I hope MLS surpasses Baseball, aka the worst popular sport in America.
It's revenue is growing and their recent TV deals are huge in Canada and the United States.
The NHL is growing among younger demographics as well.
The NHL has MUCH higher average ticket prices than the MLS and the NHL TV deals in Canada and the US dwarf the MLS. They aren't really comparable at all.
They aren't even close when you pull out the revenue drawn from just Canadian teams.
Let's also compare the quality of the players.
Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Claude Giroux, Steven Stamkos, Pekka Rinne, Shea Weber.
The NHL has the best players in the world. They are the biggest league around in an international sport that spans continents.
The MLS will never recruit a Sidney Crosby level talent to come over to the MLS in their prime. The MLS isn't competitive with the NHL in terms of compensating their players either.
The NHL is much closer to catching the NBA than MLS is to the NHL. It's not close.
I hope MLS surpasses Baseball, aka the worst popular sport in America.
Yup, check out Orlando's opening match as an MLS team last week:
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If EPL can do that, it's only a matter of time before MLS does it as well. It won't happen tomorrow or in 5 to 10 years but, eventually, it'll happen. Hell, even NASCAR has surpassed the NHL.
Remember, MLS is 20 years old. It's still growing but its come a long way from where it was when it first started.
There are obviously a couple ways to look at this and as we know television ratings dont always tell the whole story, although with the EPL in America its a bit different since the game is only available through television vs. attending the games in person. Theres also the time factor of when the games are broadcast. The EPL on Saturday and Sunday mornings along with occasional midweek afternoon games faces little, if any other competition in terms of live sports aside from the late Saturday kickoff at 12:30 p.m. which butts into NCAA football and basketball. Through its first 1.5 years NBCSN has done an excellent job, too, of making soccer fans want to stick with the channel from the first kickoff to the final whistle and sometimes beyond that with their highlight packages.
Nighttime NHL games are shown at the same time as the NBA, NCAA basketball, other NHL games and even Monday night football. Much like baseball on television, hockey is a regional sport meaning casual viewers are likely less-inclined to watch two teams play whom they dont have a vested rooting interest. Put it this way, if NBCSN is airing Penguins-Flyers and youre a Red Wings fan and they also play at the same time, which game are you going to tune in to watch?
I've heard people push for the Miami team (if it ever happens) to be named Inter Miami
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Inter is short for Internazionale.
"This wonderful night will give us the colours for our crest: black and blue against a backdrop of gold stars. It will be called Internazionale [International], because we are brothers of the world."
9 March 1908, Milan
Miami is diverse as fuck and naming the club after that same idea is not at all as bad as you think.
The biggest problem with teams being named in a similar fashion to Euro clubs is American ignorance.
From the 2nd link you posted:
I'm a fan of the MLS, but come on, the triumphalism here is ridiculous. The league has a long, long, long, long, long way to go before it's anywhere near the NHL, NBA or MLB.
Not like Americans won't be used to flopping from the NBA.
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Another thing brought over by the Europeans, thanks Vlade Divac
I'm moving to Atlanta soonish and I hear a team might be forming there in the next 2 years. If that happens I'll buy a season ticket. As a fan of the PL that hasn't been able to get into the MLS seriously yet. I think that would do a lot for me to help me get more interested. I'd really like the league to get more competitive to the point where they can compete with the smaller European leagues for talent in the next say 5 years. That would be significant progress.
I'm moving to Atlanta soonish and I hear a team might be forming there in the next 2 years. If that happens I'll buy a season ticket.
Bradley Wright Phillips.
From Charlton Athletic to the MLS. His agent deserves a raise.
Anecdotal of course, but the Crew have built a super loyal following at my work. It's gone from being 90% Buckeye's football talk to probably 75%, with the Crew and then the Jackets starting to become more mainstream.
2015 NHL Winter Classic posts lowest TV ratings in event's history
EPL Games Garnering More Viewers Than NHL Games on NBCSN, Rights Fees for Next TV Deal Should Only Increase
If EPL can do that, it's only a matter of time before MLS does it as well. It won't happen tomorrow or in 5 to 10 years but, eventually, it'll happen. Hell, even NASCAR has surpassed the NHL.
Remember, MLS is 20 years old. It's still growing but its come a long way from where it was when it first started.
Their rebranding was one of the best I've seen in the league, and they have a good squad this year. Good mixture of international veterans and young talent.
I wonder how Americans would react to the concept of relegation which does not exist in their country.
Also, as foreigners, football connoisseurs often forget that one major impediment to the sport is the immensity of the country. It's twice as large/wide as Europe.
Geography is a big part of how the sport develops in any country.
The caveat would be that non-European teams that are far away (eg. not North African or Middle Eastern teams) would have to base themselves in Europe.
Say what? NHL..growing? I understand it's a very regional sport but I'm amazed to hear it is growing by any metric. It feels like a shadow of itself from the 90s. MLS already averages greater attendance figures than NHL and that number is continuing to improve especially with Chivas gone. MLS TV ratings are still not particularly great, but will improve over time especially as European soccer regularly draws better ratings than the NHL despite the unfortunate start times comparatively speaking.
You know you've hit a true believer when they pull this shit out of their ass
You know you've hit a true believer when they pull this shit out of their ass
For those who are too lazy to click the link.
Thinking about sports in America while watching college basketball, realizing that college soccer isn't even on the radar.
The sport has a long way to go in the US. decades, not years.
European soccer is extremely top heavy, once you get past the top 15 or so teams, you are left with broke ass teams that survive solely based on selling prospects to the big guys.
I hope MLS surpasses Baseball, aka the worst popular sport in America.
For those who are too lazy to click the link.
Major League Soccer (18,807)
National Hockey League (17,455)
Whomp whomp.
For those who are too lazy to click the link.
Major League Soccer (18,807)
National Hockey League (17,455)
Whomp whomp.
I've not watched a full game of hockey in my life, but that comparison doesn't mean much when you consider that the NHL has 30 teams and each one plays more than twice as many games (82) as any MLS team. The overall attendance numbers are staggeringly different: NHL had over 21 million fans in attendance for the 2013-14 season, while MLS had a little over 6 million for the same period.
Another thing brought over by the Europeans, thanks Vlade Divac
Sporting Kansas and Real Salt Lake, so awful.
Soccer will never catch on in America
Third: Stop complaining about people calling a sport by a distinctive name in a country that supports multiple codes of football.First: stop calling it soccer, please.
Second: no, I don't believe MLS is going to be relevant any time soon. The few top players that go there only do when their careers have ended, and that's not changing. Let's trust Wright-Philips and Kaka, yeah.
Third: Stop complaining about people calling a sport by a distinctive name in a country that supports multiple codes of football.
Orlando City ownership has really hit it out of the park with building excitement and marketing in the area. Everywhere you see the support. And momentum will continue once the new soccer specific stadium is done next year.Soccer will never catch on in America
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The crappy us FOOTBALL league will never have any importance until they remove the "s" and call it as it really is: Major League FOOTBALL.
It would help if they change the name from their handegg league, but 'muricans are too stubborn to understand facts (like evolution or the concept of social security).
I get where the name comes from, I just don't get throwing those names on teams in countries where they don't have that same kind of meaning.
Neither does "Football Club". It just feels way too on the nose, and feels like they are trying to hard to crib an identity rather than letting one develop on it's own, naturally.
Say what? NHL..growing? I understand it's a very regional sport but I'm amazed to hear it is growing by any metric. It feels like a shadow of itself from the 90s. MLS already averages greater attendance figures than NHL and that number is continuing to improve especially with Chivas gone. MLS TV ratings are still not particularly great, but will improve over time especially as European soccer regularly draws better ratings than the NHL despite the unfortunate start times comparatively speaking.
LOL what the fuck is this comment?
MLS is getting bigger and bigger, but has some way to go to match the quality of 2nd tier European leagues (Erdevisie, Ligue 1 and arguably Seria A) and obviously even further before it can compete with the big guns (Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga).
I think it'll be comparable with the 2nd tier in 4 or 5 years though, which is great news for football fans.
North African teams would be a perfect fit because they aren't far away, they are really close. Middle Eastern teams would be a worst fit but logistically doable considering Kazan can be in today. Don't see it happening in either case though.
North American teams forget it, it just wouldn't work on CET. Play Libertadores instead.