Lower the Number of International Slots in MLS

You're saying Messi was "playing" and Alvarez is "barely playing" after it's already been pointed out that Alvarez is getting twice as many minutes as Messi got at the same age?

I'm not entirely surprised by this, coming from the same person who claimed Alphonso Davies was "rotting on the bench" in Vancouver when he had in fact played the second-most minutes of any player on the team that season.

 

So are you telling us that a young MLS player who plays every minute of every game is still "barely playing", or are you telling us that one game for Barca (often against completely overmatched opposition) is somehow the equivalent of a full season of development in a lesser league?

(BTW, Ballou Tabla was being used as a supersub in MLS. Barca bought him because he showed lots of promise at a young age.)

 

I don’t think you understand basic probability. Either that, or you are trolling.

 

The difference here is pretty simple, isn't it. You enjoy watching soccer events, while others actually enjoy the game itself, and so devote time to the sport played at a professional level. club football is real football. National team stuff is fun, but it's cherry on top stuff. If you only have the cherry, it isn't that interesting. I enjoyed the WC just about as much as I have past cups when the US is taking part.
The LAG will be very, very lucky indeed if it turns out that their 17 year old is to them and MLS what Messi has been/still is to Barca and La Liga.
Also, he has twice the minutes of the players I mentioned. That means he is playing, and playing at a level that is.
Also, you raised Alvarez as an example, others put his situation in the proper context, and you respond that you didn't care anyway?

 

Just fyi, Guillermo Barros Schelotto's job is to win the MLS Cup, then perhaps the CCL.

 

Yeah, at this point it’s clear they are trolling.

 

Seriously? It's clear and obvious that you don't watch MLS, nor do you even care about MLS. It's also clear and obvious that you do ZERO research and/or fact checking. You also live in fantasy land.


Balou Tabla:

2016: 21 appearances with FC Montreal (USL), 5 goals
2017: 21 appearances with Montreal Impact (MLS) 2 goals
2018: 30 appearances with Barcelona B (Spanish Third division) 2 goals
2019: 2 appearances with Albacete (Spanish Second Division) on Loan
2019: 2 appearances with Montreal Impact (MLS) on Loan

It's ironic you bring up Tabla, a Canadien player. When your whole premise has been to get more minutes for American players........

 

To be fair, I think he's really talking about domestic player development, which includes Canadian players on Canadian teams.

The part I take issue with here is the part where he's making stuff up and insisting on it even after being shown the statistics.

Like, y'know, Davies "rotting on the bench" while he ranked second on the team in minutes played. Or how DPs "always play 90 minutes" when fully one-third of the DPs in MLS history got benched for extended periods and many never established themselves as starters. Or the time he named specific coaches as "anti-American" including Remi Garde, when Montreal (a Canadian team of course) had four Americans on their roster and three of them had started every game so far that season at the time.

 

Indeed it is. It's like a whole different league to the one I started watching 5 years ago.

There seem to be far fewer "aimless balls" and midfield giveaways than there used to be.

 

I was really impressed when I moved back from Europe. The game completely changed.

The first touches are the biggest thing right now.

 

Top two Eastern Conference sides meeting in Philly. Union started 3 home-grown players, Atlanta started 4 recent US internationals in Robinson, Nagbe, Guzan, and Hyndman. Meanwhile Jonathan Lewis opened the scoring at Red Bulls Arena.

 

Lewis gets a second.

 

I just thought I'd report that Ebobisse set a record for Portland tonight with 73 consecutive appearances.

Christian Ramirez is with his third MLS club in 3 years.

And 19 year-old Alphonso Davies is valued at $88 million.

 

Yeah, while I questioned the legitimacy of thie original point of this thread, it has not aged well, at all. To be fair, it was written in 2018, based on perceptions the poster had from previous seasons. While I believe he was misreading those previous seasons, the seasons since have been all about young players getting time in MLS. I'm not sure there's a side left who don't have promising young players.It's still early days for MLS academies, but the early returns are really promising. The quality of young player is jumping, and most of these academies are not yet 10 years old.

 

That is insane money.
He was good at Bayern last year, but that is a crazy figure.
Good for him and good for MLS.

 

Good for his Edmonton team too if/when he gets sold.

 

He officially joined Vancouver when he was 14. When did a team in Edmonton get sell on rights for him?
It is insane money, but he's pretty widely considered the best left back around right now. The Guardian picked him for their all world team to face Mars (silly, but says something about his status) and he's an absolute lock for BMunch..

 

FIFA training compensation covers players careers from their 12th birthday onwards. Edmonton Strikers received training compensation when he joined Bayern.

 

So they're hoping Barca panic buys him next summer, and then before he's 23 ManCity swoops in.

 

Yep.

 

Most USMNT-only fans seem to be Eurosnobs.