although it saddens me to say this, I would put Costa Rica's somewhere at the very bottom of the Americas.... Our national team is a good product but our domestic league is a piece of ************.... Alajuela almost never looses.... Saprissa is good if you enjoy laughter... Cartago hasnt won in like over 60 years... Heredia hasnt won in 10 years.... The rest have absolutely no shot whatsoever of winning it. In brief, following the domestic league here couldnt suck more if we tried...
yo los pondra asi: Brasil/Argentina Mexico/Colombia en esta Copa America se ha visto que los equipos estan muy parejos.
ni tampoco los pumas pero tambien se debe tomar en cuenta que el cruz azul a mejorado mucho desde que llego meza.
Y eso que tiene que ver? el Cali que elimino Cruz Azul en penales, tampoco es de los mejores Colombianos en estos momentos. America tampoco esta en su mejor momento, y el DIM pues subio el año pasado y bajo nivel este año. Boca y River no los veo tan grandes como antes, pero siempre ganan, y los Brasileiros, en Brazil se juega un futbol muy distinto al resto de sud america, mas ofensivo que defensivo, pero siempre nos ganan. asi que todavia me quedo con lo que dije... Brazil/Argentina Mexico/Colombia
I have to say that the brazilian league is the most exciting and competitive. There are a lot of teams that can compete for the title and even if the top teams don't take caution, they can fallen to the 2nd division (Palmeiras, Botafogo). So there is enough of champions rotation and ups and downs among the teams to make the brazilian league an unpredictable one. It's better than the argentinean league IMO because in Argentina they are always the same teams contending for the title: Boca, River Plate and Independiente.
1990/91 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 1991-Apertura RIVER PLATE 1992-Clausura NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 1992-Apertura BOCA JUNIORS 1993-Clausura VELEZ SARSFIELD 1993-Apertura RIVER PLATE 1994-Clausura INDEPENDIENTE 1994-Apertura RIVER PLATE 1995-Clausura SAN LORENZO 1995-Apertura VELEZ SARSFIELD 1996-Clausura VELEZ SARSFIELD 1996-Apertura RIVER PLATE 1997-Clausura RIVER PLATE 1997-Apertura RIVER PLATE 1998-Clausura VELEZ SARSFIELD 1998-Apertura BOCA JUNIORS 1999-Clausura BOCA JUNIORS 1999-Apertura RIVER PLATE 2000-Clausura RIVER PLATE 2000-Apertura BOCA JUNIORS 2001-Clausura SAN LORENZO 2001-Apertura RACING CLUB 2002-Clausura RIVER PLATE 2002-Apertura INDEPENDIENTE
1982- Flamengo 1983- Flamengo 1984- Fluminense 1985- Coritiba 1986- São Paulo 1987- Flamengo 1988- Bahia 1989- Vasco da Gama 1990- Corinthians; 1991- São Paulo; 1992- Flamengo; 1993- Palmeiras; 1994- Palmeiras; 1995- Botafogo; 1996- Grêmio; 1997- Vasco da Gama; 1998- Corinthians; 1999- Corinthians; 2000- Vasco da Gama; 2001- Atlético-PR; 2002- Santos Do you want more rotation than that?
Taking into account the entire first division of these leagues... 1. Argentina (90% of the games played with high intensity, and the craziest fans in the world) 2. Brazil (Brasileirao: new, better org. nat tourney) 3. Mexico (a rich league by Lat Am standards) 4. Colombia (haven't seen it much, but it has to be better than MLS). 5. MLS (10 mediocre teams: parity) 6. Chile (3 or 4 good teams) 7. Paraguay (2 good teams) 8. Uruguay (small country, 2 good teams) 9. Peru (1 good team) 10. Costa Rica (Alajuense probably as good any team in Bolivia or Ecuador)
we have one good team??? in the peruvian league 2 of the big 3 are always competing for the title the other one is always in a financial crisis the 3rd challenger is coming from the province teams but they always fall short
lo dice la academia de alemanes/estadisticos: Así, se suman todos los puntos ganados en competiciones oficiales por los cinco primeros clubes de cada liga y se asignan al país correspondiente. Lista de los 30 mejores 1) España 615 puntos . 2) Italia 602 . 3) Argentina 568 . 4) Brasil 552 . 5) Inglaterra 496 . 6) Colombia 410,5 . 7) Francia 401 . 8) Portugal 388,5 . 9) Holanda 368 10) Alemania 358 11) Grecia 357,5 12) México 350,5
I think within 5-10 years the MFL has a chance to become the best league in the Americas. It is the most financially sound.
as long as talent stays to the level of salaries, yes! but brazil, argentina, colombia, will produce talent even if financial opportunities do not increase. MLS has to increase the size of the league, to compete at the other levels.
mario, more money, more guita = financially sound! here is comment from a caleño site on harold lozano move to mexico (feel free to translate), is has to do with CY observation: "Alerta amarilla para Hárold 'El Betún' Lozano, porque un jugador de sus condiciones y pasando por un gran momento en su carrera como profesional, no puede preferir unos pesos de más en México a la gran vitrina que podría seguir dándose en el 'Viejo Continente'. Está bien y es, desde todo punto de vista respetable, que un jugador veterano ya empiece a pensar en su seguridad financiera, algo que actualmente muchos futbolistas parecen encontrar en la 'rica' liga mexicana. Lo que reprochamos es que un hombre como Hárold, recientemente coronado campeón con el Real Mallorca en la Copa del Rey y en uno de sus mejores momentos en la liga española, decida marcharse para los feudos 'manitos'. Eso hubiera sido lógico cuando las lesiones lo agobiaban y llegó incluso a pensar en el retiro. ¡¡¡Pero ahora, como protagonista y figurón en la península...Es una locura!!! "
teams losing money and salary cap is financially sound? sureeeee! Mexico is the richest league in America and even more wealthy that some countries in Europe!
they may have 2 or 4 in trouble, true, but some salaries are high! no one can pay more in this continent for players today! see my wages thread in mexico forum......
Here goes my list again: 1) Argentina: Every games seems like a final. A lot of speed, excellent passing, excellent team work, excellent defense, crazy fans and "las diablitas de avellaneda". 2) Brazil: Similar to Argentina, excellent players but not as exciting. I believe several argentinian teams have beat brazilian teams in Brazil in the finals of Copa Libertadores. 3) Colombia: This year we almost had two colombian teams playing the Copa Libertadores final. There was a third team (Medellin) that also did really good. In few words, all the colombian teams did really good in this year's Copa Libertadores. 4) Mexico: Somehow they get money to hire stars from South America that I seemed ready to play in Europe. Besides this, I don't know. The games I've watched didn't seem that great. The rest I would list them the following way: 5) Uruguay: Nacional, Danubio, Peñarol. 6) Chile: Colo Colo, Universidad Catolica, Cobreloa. 7) MLS: Every game I've watched sucked, but the US is ranked around #10, so I guess they are good. 8) Peru - Paraguay - Ecuador - Bolivia Last but not least: Venezuela (gotta represent)