What was wrong with "MLS Teams"?

Discussion in 'MLS: Clubs' started by Jegao Paraiba, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. Jegao Paraiba

    Jegao Paraiba Member

    Aug 6, 2004
    Morgantown, WV
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Now in order to get here you have to click the "MLS Clubs" link?
    Is Red Bull's influence already so pervasive that they are junking up BigSoccer?
    What's next?
    "MLS Sides"?

    I guess I'm just getting older but the change has really thrown off my BigSoccer rhythm.
     
  2. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
    MidAtlantic
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good question. the Eurosnobs have won.
     
  3. jade1mls

    jade1mls Member

    Jul 9, 2006
    Seattle
    Anyone who respects the tradition of the game is a Eurosnob even though this is something played all around the world.....

    South america has Clubs, as do Africa and Asia

    Or is this another case of someone who loves American provincialism?
     
  4. BBBulldog

    BBBulldog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2004
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    as long as it's not franchises, that word makes me angry :D
     
  5. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    But it's the most accurate word.

    Either "franchises" or "clubs" is more accurate than "teams." Teams is too restrictive. You could only call it teams if you're only talking about the guys on the field and the bench. If you talk about the owner, the stadium, the business, that's not part of the team.

    But they are all franchises of one company, technically.
     
  6. RevsCurvaSud

    RevsCurvaSud New Member

    May 1, 2006
    The Fort
    That Cletus avatar combined with that post just makes me chuckle.
     
  7. Titanole

    Titanole Member

    Nashville SC
    United States
    Feb 15, 2005
    Nashville, TN
    Club:
    Nashville Metros
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Baseball franchises are called clubs as well. Surely they cannot be called Eurosnobs as well.
     
  8. Nacional Tijuana

    Nacional Tijuana St. Louis City

    St. Louis City SC
    May 6, 2003
    San Diego, Calif.
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. Dave Brull

    Dave Brull Member

    Mar 9, 2001
    Mayfield Hts, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    A gaggle of MLS?
     
  10. OKTerrific

    OKTerrific Member

    Sep 10, 2005
    The River End
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    My God, cork it. Let it go. It's soccer. We invented every sport here in North America but soccer. They invented it in Europe. We should, in turn, use their terms.
     
  11. LinesmanBoo!

    LinesmanBoo! New Member

    Apr 10, 2006
    Denton, TX
    Can we have one sport in the world that isn't americanized garbage and turned to utter shite like the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc. etc.
     
  12. Cashcleaner

    Cashcleaner New Member

    Feb 5, 2007
    Ajax, Ontario

    Well that's not really true. I mean Basketball and Hockey were invented by Canadians. But I'll totally give you Baseball and American Football. :D
     
  13. WelshCelt

    WelshCelt New Member

    May 31, 2007
    Glasgow / Cardiff

    "Franchise" is sacrilege! It makes it sound like a business, a football club is so much more than that.
     
  14. OKTerrific

    OKTerrific Member

    Sep 10, 2005
    The River End
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not anymore man, everyone knows that football is a business now.
     
  15. WelshCelt

    WelshCelt New Member

    May 31, 2007
    Glasgow / Cardiff
    Football is business, but the clubs are institutions, they belong to the fans, the city. A football club is sacred, relegated or Champions, its your club for life.
     
  16. revs

    revs Member

    Apr 22, 2003
    MA
    Thats what I wish we could have here, needless to say, my dreams are not fulfilled.
     
  17. Roush

    Roush Member

    Dec 19, 2001
    Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Except that baseball was a modified version of rounders (invented by the brits) and American Football is a variant of rugby... :D
     
  18. OKTerrific

    OKTerrific Member

    Sep 10, 2005
    The River End
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i always thought baseball came from cricket
     
  19. peabrainedidiot

    peabrainedidiot New Member

    Nov 21, 2005
    wessagussett
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wish you were right, but you are just a walking dollar sign (or quid sign in your case). You're loyalty is your passion, but to them it's just brand loyalty to a product. You are a meaningless number to them. They don't care who you are personally, you are a seat filler. Especially biger clubs who have publically traded stock.. forget about it...shareholders 1st, fans second. and for the fans who are shareholders, they will care about your share value long before they care about you.
    it's just the sad truth.
     
  20. WelshCelt

    WelshCelt New Member

    May 31, 2007
    Glasgow / Cardiff
    Yes, I know. I mean I'm a season ticket holder, I go to every game home and away, yet I am disposable.

    However, that is not the important thing. Sure the Celtic management can abuse me, and they have done so to all the fans in the past, the priority is that Celtic survive.

    If someone tried to bring down Celtic football club for financial purposes, or to 'relocate the franchise' to somewhere else, they would be found floating in the Clyde.
     
  21. Rowdies4ever

    Rowdies4ever New Member

    Jun 11, 2006
    New England
    No. Think rather of cricket as baseball's older brother.

    Baseball does come from rounders but the baseball game that developed in America bears little resemblance to rounders today.
     
  22. Rowdies4ever

    Rowdies4ever New Member

    Jun 11, 2006
    New England
    Agreed. Soulless corporations love the word "franchise". It's the death of true sports fandom. Who the f_ck wants to cheer for a "franchise"? I don't care if the word is accurate from a business point of view; from a fan point of view the word is horrid. Call them clubs or teams or sides but not "franchises".
     
  23. Rowdies4ever

    Rowdies4ever New Member

    Jun 11, 2006
    New England
    No; that would be "unAmerican". We must turn soccer into a soulless copy of all other North American McSports franchise marketing entities; if it is good enough for McDonald's and KFC and Wall Street, it is good enough for McSoccer fans. We cannot allow McAmerican McSports McFans from having any choice in the matter. They must all be nothing more than consumers, first, last, and always. Fans are not welcome.
     
  24. Benedict XVI

    Benedict XVI Member

    Nov 22, 1999
    Ciudad del Encanto
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    people call american sports teams clubs.

    lighten up, folks.
     
  25. OKTerrific

    OKTerrific Member

    Sep 10, 2005
    The River End
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mostly baseball.
     

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