World Soccer XXVIII: Campeones de NorteAmérica.

[unofan]

Do you believe USA hockey pays for Kane to play for them during the Olympics?

Don't know if they do, but they should.

[Jimjamesak]

That is pretty crazy...first road clean sheet in MLS.

I honestly hope Alonso will be able to go the whole season this time, he’s a d- good player.

In other news, Atlanta tied Cincinnati and, once again, the Atlanta fans are melting down. Hard. Like, “let’s fire this coach who’s only been here for five games” meltdown.

[Jimjamesak]

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Sporting KC loses 5-0 to Monterrey and all the folks on r/MLS and Twitter lose their minds.

“We’ve fallen behind!” “We need to get rid of the salary cap!!!” “Let’s force the bad owners to spend more money!!!”



Maybe, just a thought, Monterrey is probably the best team in CONCACAF while SKC is a middling MLS team who reached the semis because of a lucky draw?

Maybe LigaMX has taken steps to improve their league just like MLS?

JFC.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Sporting KC loses 5-0 to Monterrey and all the folks on r/MLS and Twitter lose their minds.

“We’ve fallen behind!” “We need to get rid of the salary cap!!!” “Let’s force the bad owners to spend more money!!!”



Maybe, just a thought, Monterrey is probably the best team in CONCACAF while SKC is a middling MLS team who reached the semis because of a lucky draw?

Maybe LigaMX has taken steps to improve their league just like MLS?

JFC.

I saw a thing that said Monterrey would have 10 DPs and 5 TAM players if they were under MLS rules.

[Jimjamesak]

I saw a thing that said Monterrey would have 10 DPs and 5 TAM players if they were under MLS rules.

Yup, and outside of maybe Atlanta (and I even doubt that) no MLS team would be able to afford that kind of salary bill without sustaining huge financial losses. The financial gap between MLS and the top LigaMX teams is bigger than most people think.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Yup, and outside of maybe Atlanta (and I even doubt that) no MLS team would be able to afford that kind of salary bill without sustaining huge financial losses. The financial gap between MLS and the top LigaMX teams is bigger than most people think.

I think MLS is getting much better but yes, the top of LigaMX is pretty far...the rest of the league is completely reachable but the top will be difficult.

[ticapnews]

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This is the longest of long shots, but yesterday's mail had my ticket to St James' Park for the 20 April match between Newcastle and Southampton. Thanks to medical reasons I'm stuck stateside. The ticket is front row just to the left of the net in the Gallowsgate Stand. Anyone going to be spending Easter weekend in northeast England and feel like some EPL football?

[First Time, Long Time]

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What a game.
Spurs got "lucky"

[Jimjamesak]

What a game.
Spurs got "lucky"

That’s what VAR is for. The right team won.

Of course come Sunday the VAR won’t be there...

[Kepler]

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Oof da.

[Spartanforlife4]

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USMNT not happy about playing on grass on top of turf against Venezuela.

https://www.apnews.com/f9041c2d11b84136bc2257b556da2b78

MLS wants to expand to 30
https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/04...e-teams-28-30/

Supposedly 28 and 29 will be coming shortly, most likely in Sacramento and St Louis. I’m very confused how both Detroit and Phoenix could have >50% chance of being the final team. Detroit is probably out because they sabatoged the bid to include Ford Field. Unless that changes I think anything Detroit is DOA.

With all the cities left on the board, MLS1 and 2 with promotion and relegation idea mentioned in the article would be interesting, but I’m sure that would just spark lawsuit after lawsuit from the other leagues in the pyramid.

[ticapnews]

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USMNT not happy about playing on grass on top of turf against Venezuela.

https://www.apnews.com/f9041c2d11b84136bc2257b556da2b78

Turf was good enough for the women. Suck it up.

[Jimjamesak]

Oof da.

It’s Haisley, the Fox News of the anti-MLS crowd.

[Jimjamesak]

MLS wants to expand to 30
https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/04...e-teams-28-30/

Supposedly 28 and 29 will be coming shortly, most likely in Sacramento and St Louis. I’m very confused how both Detroit and Phoenix could have >50% chance of being the final team. Detroit is probably out because they sabatoged the bid to include Ford Field. Unless that changes I think anything Detroit is DOA.

With all the cities left on the board, MLS1 and 2 with promotion and relegation idea mentioned in the article would be interesting, but I’m sure that would just spark lawsuit after lawsuit from the other leagues in the pyramid.

There was a great post on BigSoccer that summed up the Pro/Rel talk: The European leagues will rid themselves of Pro/Rel before its instituted in the US.

There will be an AL/NL split or at the very least a divisional split as the league grows.

As for expansion, it’s the expansion teams that are growing the league right now, think Toronto, Seattle, Atlanta, Portland, LAFC, while the 2002 survivors are struggling except for SKC and the Galaxy. Expansion really hasn’t hurt the league in anyway, even the level of play has gotten better.

For the most part it’s about growing to markets that will increase TV viewership and gaining a large enough TV contract. Even an NHL level TV contract would put MLS in the top 5-6 of leagues worldwide. Given that, I’d expect St. Louis, Phoenix, and Las Vegas as the cities getting teams.

[First Time, Long Time]

That’s what VAR is for. The right team won.

Of course come Sunday the VAR won’t be there...

That's why I put lucky in quotes.
Really need ManU to beat City or the title race is done.