NASL a real threat to MLS?

Discussion in 'MLS: Commissioner - You be The Don' started by BradDavis, Jun 17, 2013.

  1. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
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    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cosmos are claiming the reason is that the remaining seats are obstructed view.
     
  3. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Boo Hoo ...

    sounds like an excuse to me:

    [​IMG]
     
  4. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What a bunch of total losers.
     
  5. edwardgr

    edwardgr Moderator
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    Mar 6, 2006
    Seattle
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Uh yeah google images seems to show otherwise
     
  6. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [​IMG]

    Didn't fill all the "unobstructed" seats anyway.

    From the article:

    "near sellout"

    "felt like a minor league affair"

    "Maybe it was the team's surprisingly young crowd, which appeared confused on whether to clap or cheer and had plenty of uncomfortable periods of silence throughout the match. Or it could be the quality of play overall, where two of the three goals scored came from multiple defensive mixups and an insistence on long balls made MLS look like Serie A."


    "It's a telling sign that Pele, the club's most important icon, jetted immediately after postgame, refusing to talk to reporters after the match. He has a habit of being honest."

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
     
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  7. Arsenalkid700

    Arsenalkid700 Member

    Aug 9, 2011
    New York City
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pele... poor Pele.
     
  8. INKRO

    INKRO Member+

    Jul 28, 2011
    I'm sure Edson's crying all the way to the bank. ;)
     
  9. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    "While the team pulled out a victory in its first game back, Cosmos fans deserved a better re-launch than Hofstra University's college soccer field."

    Deserved? These people don't deserve shit.
     
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  10. holiday

    holiday Member+

    Oct 16, 2007
    sorry, but no one who follows mls should have the nerve to question whether an announced sellout is really a sellout. or to split hairs about 'near sellout.'
    which is not to say that anything wonderful took place at hofstra.
    but it should be easy enough to let 'those people' be.
     
  11. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    If they are a real threat, letting those people be is the last thing I should want.
     
  12. davidrpaige

    davidrpaige Member

    May 17, 2008
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Hey, 71 people short of 12k for a D2 soccer match is pretty good. We'll see how we'll they do when we get to, say, game 5. Will they draw league average (4-5k) or can they draw higher, like 6-8k? I have my doubts they can, or will, draw 12k at a consistent level. I'm still a firm believer that if they build that 25k stadium that they'll be tarping over their own seats.
     
  13. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
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    DC United
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    United States
    I think one of the reasons people on here scoff at the Cosmos is because so many pro-Cosmos posters on BS are so douchey about MLS.

    I mean, does anyone on here have anything negative to say about the San Antonio Scorpions?
     
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  14. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
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    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    They have a better stadium than the Revs
     
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  15. Arsenalkid700

    Arsenalkid700 Member

    Aug 9, 2011
    New York City
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Well... um.... they have a bad defense.
     
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  16. triplet1

    triplet1 BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 25, 2006
    I agree -- we live in a glass house of tickets distributed, so best not to compare empty seats.

    Still, that's a far cry from the Cosmos I remember.
     
  17. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well they have that one annoying BigSoccer poster as a fan... :D
     
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  18. Zoidberg

    Zoidberg Member+

    Jun 23, 2006
    All it takes is a couple. Aduesque ruined every Adu thread for years.
     
  19. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
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    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    It's a far cry from the Metrostars first game as well
     
  20. edwardgr

    edwardgr Moderator
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    Mar 6, 2006
    Seattle
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tell me about it. I think I incurred his wrath last week ;)
     
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  21. billf

    billf Member+

    May 22, 2001
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
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    United States
    I was actually at that one! Ending on an own goal was an interesting anti-climax... :)
     
  22. holiday

    holiday Member+

    Oct 16, 2007
    the quality of play, if such a term be allowed, was better in this cosmos game than in the early mls games. from the few minutes i watched, i'd say this nasl game passed the minimum quality test.
    and i've been to plenty of metro/rb games at giants stadium that would make the crowd at hofstra look like multitudes.
    well, i'm one of the few people who actually had seen the cosmos play at hofstra before saturday night. iirc it was season two (in season one i saw them in the original ys). my little buddy's father was one of the investors. so this actually did remind me of things long gone. it was like having my entire childhood back. pleasant, although kinda weird.
     
  23. triplet1

    triplet1 BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 25, 2006
    Sorry, I only go back as far as Downing Stadium, and that only on TV from Pele's first games.

    You're right though, the Cosmos weren't the Cosmos for five or six years. As you know, the Cosmos first season was 1971, while Pele signed in 1975. Attendance nudged over the 10,000 mark in 1975, but didn't jump over the 20,000 mark until 1977. So, by comparison Cosmos 2.0 had a better crowd than Cosmos 1.0 at this point in their development.

    Still, I'm not sure the new Cosmos have the discipline to slog out a six or seven year project like that though. If, after four years, they're also averaging 3,500 a game like Cosmos 1.0 was, will they still pour money in?
     
  24. Sam U El

    Sam U El Moderator
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    May 31, 2013
    Seoul Korea
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If piss were liquid gold we would all be rich! Or poor because gold wouldn't be worth piss. 11,000 people showed up for what was a D2 retro novelity that was in the t-shirt and hoodie business in most peoples opinions... If they keep playing and putting out a good product the team can succeed... The bigger short term issue to me is still approval of the SSS in Elmont. I've no doubt if its approved the Cosmos have the money to build it.... Based on the first outing filling 25k in LI is achievable.
     

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