Should MLS operate an indoor league during winter

Discussion in 'MLS: Clubs' started by Luis_Rancagua, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. Luis_Rancagua

    Luis_Rancagua Member

    Apr 16, 2000
    After watching NASL and MISL indoor soccer on YouTube, I was wondering if MLS should operate an indoor league during the winter. I know that the NASL did it during the 70s and 80s, competing against the MISL. Will this be a good idea??? Would it be a huge risk of a money loss??? Or would you say indoor soccer sucks all together.

    On another note, someone told me that the NASL-indoor (of the 70s and 80s) should have work together with the MISL during the winter as a one indoor league entity, rather than competing with one another. Now that the NASL has been resurrected, why don't they work out a deal with the USL that has recently bought the assets of the MISL. It will be nice to see NASL and MISL working together for the cause of indoor soccer.


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  2. krudmonk

    krudmonk Member+

    Mar 7, 2007
    S.J. Sonora
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    No, they'd lose money on rent, which is what they've been working against for over a decade.
     
  3. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What would be the point? The NASL did it to defend itself against competition from the MISL. MLS doesn't have that problem.
     
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  4. Macsen

    Macsen Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 5, 2007
    Orlando
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Which was probably a gigantic mistake, and only hastened, if not flat-out caused, their demise.
     
  5. Jewelz510

    Jewelz510 Member+

    Feb 19, 2011
    Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh I didn't know that.

    Oh I didn't know that.
     
  6. Hachiko

    Hachiko The Akita on Big Soccer

    Jun 8, 2005
    Long Beach, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No. Over my dead body.
     
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  7. Jewelz510

    Jewelz510 Member+

    Feb 19, 2011
    Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I'm not playing anymore.
     
  8. Darth Vegas

    Darth Vegas New Member

    Jul 21, 2009
    Columbia City
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Oh HELL no. Indoor soccer is supposed to fix everything that Americans find objectionable about real soccer, and still no one watches it.
     
  9. bullsear

    bullsear Member

    Feb 17, 2009
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Is there really anyone (aside from the person who started this thread) asking for more indoor soccer in the US? The second iteration of the MISL is really all we need.
     
  10. Hachiko

    Hachiko The Akita on Big Soccer

    Jun 8, 2005
    Long Beach, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. UnionFreak1

    UnionFreak1 Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Tucson, Baja AZ
    Club:
    FC Tucson
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. Jewelz510

    Jewelz510 Member+

    Feb 19, 2011
    Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Never again. Just forget indoor soccer ever existed.
     
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  14. Skippysasquirrel

    May 11, 2012
    San Diego, CA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nope. PISL GO SIDEKICKS!
     
  15. Minutemanii

    Minutemanii Member+

    Dec 29, 2005
    Abington MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Awful, just like arena football!
     
  16. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'll just add another NO. No point to it. It's not soccer, it's hockeier.
     
  17. Hushx

    Hushx Member

    Aug 20, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NO...but with a question: Would more Futsal/Indoor Soccer cross-training somehow help the development/ability of your average MLS player?
     
  18. BigJeff

    BigJeff New Member

    Jan 8, 2012
    127.0.0.1
    Club:
    FC Kaiserslautern
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    No! The Bundesliga tried and it failed.
     
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  19. Skippysasquirrel

    May 11, 2012
    San Diego, CA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are there any outdoor leagues that have also had a successful indoor league or vice versa?
     
  20. bullsear

    bullsear Member

    Feb 17, 2009
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    I love that people are just now finding this asinine 6 month old thread and commenting on it!

    It's a testament to how truly bad this idea is.
     
  21. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Its the season. :p
     
  22. Hushx

    Hushx Member

    Aug 20, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What are your thoughts then on the control/technique benefits (if any) from more MLS guys playing futsal and non-traditional forms of soccer? Smaller field of play, more concentrated action in midfield, making better control of the ball essential. Might help:



    :D
     
  23. bullsear

    bullsear Member

    Feb 17, 2009
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Never mind that teams would probably like to focus on those proficiencies themselves, in a controlled, practice environment. Instead of, you know, increasing the contract lengths of all of their players, exposing them to further and much greater risk of injury, and drastically increasing their operating costs and staff sizes.

    I love indoor soccer. It's what I end up playing most because of the small team sizes and easy access to adequate facilities. I'll also be the first to admit that it's improved my control of the ball and the fluidity with which I play (with certain teams). But the notion that this is the only--or even the best--way to improve these skills is just plain stupid.
     
  24. Hushx

    Hushx Member

    Aug 20, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I should've specified that I meant in the off-season, cross-training as a form of maintenance and fun. I live in California: What purpose could it possibly serve for the Galaxy to run an indoor team when they can pretty much play outdoors 365 days of the year in their own stadium? :D

    Plus, considering the intensity with which these guys train on outdoor fields (turf at times), playing a few other guys indoors on what is basically a gymnasium floor doesn't seem that much riskier, especially given that conditioning-wise, professional footballers are already physically sound to begin with, barring acute injuries or illness.
     
  25. Kronzy

    Kronzy BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Feb 26, 2003
    what would be the point of that?
     

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