I'm only a few years older than you. My old neighborhood has changed a great deal also. It used to be middle class. My neighbors were mechanics,...
I don't mean while classes were in session. I mean after school, weekends and in the summer. Of course there were some imitations when organized...
definitely true...a lot of factors are at play. Phones and video games as well as parental attitudes with kids being outside on their own. (at...
Never used to be a problem. Yes, AYSO, Little League and before that Pop Warner took priority but any open plot of grass was ok to use. It is...
I agree that the Latin leagues are fun. I played in various Mexican and Central American leagues in LA. The atmosphere was completely different...
Not as a universal pastime but it is already happening to some degree. A barrier that is greater than our soccer culture is the trend (at least in...
I am not trying to say that playing club soccer isn't or can't be fun. My point is that just having fun playing with your friends where the goal...
I tend to believe that it isn't so much the soccer side of things in an unstructured environment as the fun side...the social side. One of the...
I seriously do not know how you do it! Just knowing all of the players, let alone ranking them is something I could never do....heck, sometimes I...
Very good list imo. I only have a few minor quibbles. For some reason, I was overlooking that Dest was outside of big five... I would put Scally...
Interesting question. I have never thought of it before but you are right. I think I may have a theory... 1. Particularly now, young players in...
Thank you for your answer, but I'm not looking for a MLS vs Europe answer. I'm just looking at players. CCV fits the bill. I would guess Pepi too...
I definitely think that players will, on the whole, become a bit more selective in their moves. I definitely do not believe you will see many...
You never answered my question: Who are your players from teams outside of the top 5 that YOU would place in our team for the Copa? Be careful...
just wanted to be clear about what I meant by your post being very good. I do more or less agree with many/most of the points made but was most...
More than anything...this is what many detractors of MLS fail to see. MLS is no longer a joke league. It is a quality league that is as good or...
I think #4 is the most important. 1. after the latest influx of players (all very young), it has become far more difficult to break into the...
First of all, I would say that is a very good answer. It sounds tom me like you would put MLS roughly in the top 20ish. Probably somewhere...
1. You don't seem to understand your own question. 2. You don't seem to understand how development works.
The only leagues for which there is a consistent consensus year in and year out are the top 5. After that, it pretty much varies with the rating...
Not to put you on the spot but out of curiosity, where do you think many people that overrate MLS would rate them and where would YOU rate MLS?...
Definitely more than one way. That being said, I expect that the paths taken by most will tend to converge. for the near term, we will continue to...
Interesting question. You seem to infer that I have said something I didn't. I never said MLS was a top league...which was your starting point....
The thing is that you keep changing your argument. First it was about top breakouts in top leagues....that implied you feel Austrian B1 is a top...
To some extent, I think that is true but I think there are many that can see the forest.