Lately we have been playing a few friendlies while spring training. We've played SC Lourinhanense, Fatima, and Sporting. Here's a link to the Crew's game reports( http://www.thecrew.com/show.cfm?article=313 ) ....anyone here have a take on the comp. we've been playing against, compared to the quality in MLS?
Chris, If the Crew wants to be a top team in the MLS, they have to beat teams of lower divisions. This is how Portuguese Soccer works: Superliga 2nd Division of Honor 2nd Division B(which is broken into 3 zones) 3rd Division(which is broken into many zones) SC Lourinhanense is a team in the 3rd Division which they beat 1-0. Fatima is a team in the 2nd Division B which they tied 1-1. Sporting is one of the top teams in Portugal which they lost to 2-1 (I know for a fact that Sporting played with most of there subs and some reserves from the B team) Uniao de Leiria is also a SuperLiga team let's see how they do.