I actually think all Americans are Americans, I've said that for years. I just think it's funny when someone who benefits from a country that (in theory) accepts all sorts of folks says they hate Canadians...just because. That's like saying, "There are two things I can't stand: those who are intolerant of others' culture...and the damn Dutch." To be really accurate, we'd have to call you an Idiot-American.
it's easy; it's a money thing. It's better for the league to be in Canada. Similarly, it's better for the owners of those teams to have a team in an American league than to play in a Canada only league.
And Canada simply would have trouble - given its relatively small population and few very large population centers - supporting its own league of any reasonable size.
Back to Montreal's attendance, the early saputo issues were heavily price related. Soon after the poor numbers(12,000-14,000) came in the FO introduced significantly cheaper group packages. The first game after that was 17k, all the rest were sellouts(or near-sellouts). Both remaining home games look like sellouts as well. We will have to wait till next year to see if this price sensitivity remains, or if interest in the team picks up the slack. In my opinion the latter will be the case.
So what have we learned from this healthy discussion (racial and ethnic hatred and bias discounted)? Canada has 7 metro areas of considerable size (sorry, Hamilton... you get an MLS team after NYC gets its third and Chicago its second)... and they have three teams doing OK (other than the whole dollar valuation/conversion thing). Realistically, MLS is not going to follow the NHL lock, stock and barrel into Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg or Ottawa. That's just reality (please hold your snickering comments about Columbus -- I blame it on Kroger). Soccer players can't skate and local lads aren't taught to kick while still in diapers. That's reality, folks. Three MLS teams in the three largest markets coast-to-coast seems realistic. Enjoy the view!
The Canadian teams are in no way preventing Hartford or Atlanta from getting MLS teams. Your complaint makes no sense.
He didn't call you a "hyphenated American" because of your race. He called you that because you don't list "United States" as your country. You're the one that is still holding allegiance to another country - while at the same time saying residents of a third country are undeserving. That does make your post rather hilarious - and a touch hypocritical.
Seriously, unless you speak Apache...we're all hyphenated Americans. We just don't all benefit from the experience of living in America and then get so goddamn jingoistic about it that we dismiss valuable markets to the north...for absolutely no valid reason at all.
Aren't Apaches Asian-Americans as well? They just immigrated to the US much, much earlier than whities did.
ha! I guess with that logic then we are all africans? isnt that the alleged birthplace of human beings?
Except that by that theory, it was all one big land mass so there really weren't any continents. Hmmm . . . we really are all the same.
Would you count the Las Vegas Americans as Americans (Juli Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)? And please don't confuse Idiot-American for American Idiot... for Green Day's sake.
It's not my logic, it's the history of the world ... I know, hard to fathom since it isn't written by Soundersfan
whats the truth there? that i only believe historical data spat out by sounders fans? what are you talking about? you tried to be funny but it was just an epic fail
Apparently not, the intended audience had a response elicited. As for the rest of that, I'm sorry that when the ball bounces you get lost. Although, this conversation was pretty straight line between you and I but I digress.
Doing it to yourself first so you can still say "Seattle invented ..." ? Seriously, this is too easy.
i have no idea what your talking about, dont know you, not even sure why you first commented, sounds a little like some sort of inferiority complex maybe, have a problem with seattle, whatever makes you feel better