[STpassion]

Champions League debacle hurts image of MLS
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[cleazer]

uhh... I think there might already be a thread about this subject

maybe

[sidefootsitter]

When Steve Morrow - not avery bright guy, btw - said that MLS is on the average Premiership level, people pointed out to him that, while the starting eleven from the top MLS clubs can compete on that level, the depth required for a 10 month long Prem season was nowhere in sight.

Well, the fans were proved right again last night.

PS. The first line quality of MLS isn't that great either. It can compete with the Mexican clubs on sheer athleticism but the T&T and the Panamanian clubs don't suffer as much there and the football sense in MLS is frequently lacking.

PPS. I hope the Mexican teams that were knocked out at Superliga feels even worse.

[EL MONO MARIO]

The best thing MLS did this WHOLE year was dup Villareal to buy Jozy Altidore for 10 million, and He isn't even in Manuel Pellegrini's plans and I doubt he'll even get a game in......


After these results and the preposterous notion that ANY American player is worth 10 million coming out of MLS is a joke... This league is a Joke in regards to how it assess itself.....

No one here can tell me MLS is in a right state of mind shelling out 2 teams FULL salaries to have one over 30 bored of soccer Englishman in LA and not raise the cap space to teams playing in international tournaments ect ect.

This has been a HUGE blow for US soccer in the last 3 years:

1. Ranked 8th in the world and bow out in 3 games, getting out played TERRIBLY in 2, in 06.

2. A ALL MLS roster, mostly, you know the 10 million dollar players, getting smacked around copa America.....

3. Only way to save MLS, you know America's league, shell out 5 million in salary to a ENGLISH MAN.

4. Jurgen Klingsman affair with NO PLAN B option.

5. Olympic disaster.......


Need I go on.... MLS and US Soccer have MUCH to answer for......

[drew_VT_6]

Good. I hope more people in the media criticize MLS. They deserve it.

[holiday]

Originally Posted by STpassion

Champions League debacle hurts image of MLS
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it only hurts the image of mls if you thought don garber was einstein, league games are incredibly compelling, and mls is printing money. (the funny thing is, that's a sizable component on big soccer).
but if you're a realist, the results weren't anything out of the ordinary. it can happen. you need to get used to playing good opponents who are really focused on these matches.
and there's still two mls teams in ccl, which has a tough schedule for mls to perform at its best, besides the competitiveness of it.
but with the proper focus mls can do better, imo.
we'll see.

[brittkamp]

Yawn.....Here come the overeactions, So if DC or the Dynamo do well will MLS all of the sudden be good again? I am dissappointed but the Revs and Chivas were shells of themselves and they both got destroyed. They deserved it, simple as that.

[Flash_Gordon]

Originally Posted by EL MONO MARIO

I'm a dumb ass who has no idea what he is talking about

Every post you ever make is garbage. Always about how bad MLS is, and it's rep, and blah blah blah. Anybody who thinks MLS can hold up to some of the better leagues in South America and the Mexican league need to go kill themselves.

As I've told a few people on this board, go kill yourself, because you're a complete moron with nothing positive to say.

edit - And don't even get me started on your completely stupid and wrong ideas about the USMNT, and the price of its players.

[Virginian]

Originally Posted by STpassion

Champions League debacle hurts image of MLS
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...until Houston wins it all.

[lfcli30]

Originally Posted by Flash_Gordon

Every post you ever make is garbage. Always about how bad MLS is, and it's rep, and blah blah blah. Anybody who thinks MLS can hold up to some of the better leagues in South America and the Mexican league need to go kill themselves.

As I've told a few people on this board, go kill yourself, because you're a complete moron with nothing positive to say.

edit - And don't even get me started on your completely stupid and wrong ideas about the USMNT, and the price of its players.

He's completely right, too.

MLS and US Soccer in general have a LOT to answer for when it comes to these results. Garber and co. have not listened to the fans at all. One designated player doesn't make a team. This cap is pathetic, as are the roster limitations.

Every single fan of this league should be embarrassed and shamed for what has transpired this first week of the CCL. I've never in my life thought MLS quality was amazing, but this has proven to me just how much we underestimate leagues in our hemisphere. There is much to be done, and unless Garber and the owners realize this soon, they're going to lose a ton of potential fans. The "David Beckham effect" can't carry a league 5 years from now.