LOL... The flight time is really to long. This will force all Argentine clubs participating to either concentrate on our league or the copa. It's almost impossible to win both.
the mls is not ready for the copa libertadores ,but that's what i think , maybe they could do something when they are there. plus, i heard some people saying that other teams in concacaf should stop going to the copa libertadores ,well maybe they will if the commebol would stop asking them
I'm confussed.. Why so long.. I believe it took me that same amount of time..17 hours, to get to Argentina from Miami with stops in Caracas and Rio..
I don't think there is enough money for conmebol in the US for them to have libertadores there. In general the US is a large market but in futbol, however, the fanbase is not large enough to support the copa libertadores. Someone may argue that south americans in the US could provide the fanbase, but most latinos in the US are mexican and probably won't go out of their way to see a libertadores game in the US unless it included a mexican team. When futbol becomes more popular in the US, then maybe conmebol will invite MLS teams. and when the MLS gets rid of it's salary cap, then it will start to be competitive in the tournament, otherwise they won't get out of the first round (they may not even get to the tournament because they will probably have to compete against mexican teams for slots).
i am a traditionalist i believe that the libertadores is for south-american teams only. besides american teams are a second division level the MLS is a second division league or third division compared with the south american teams. the mexican teams thats another story because mexico has a strong league none the less i still think that mexican teams should stay in the concacaf zone you dont see UEFA invite african or asian teams to play the champions league that would be absured. ps: i dont want to offend anyone from mexico or the usa. cheers!
No offense taken, I can understand your point of view on this. I personally want to see MLS sides take part because I realize it is just one way that MLS can improve itself. But perhaps you are on to something, perhaps MLS and MFL should be limited to competing in COPA Sudamericana?
Even if MLS teams were to be invited, one big problem is MLS' calendar. MLS doesn't follow the standard FIFA calendar year. Most American leagues are already 6-7 weeks into reg season right now. MLS is preseasoning right now.
even worse, they may even take a conmebol Team to the field were NE revolution played alajuela yesterday! the only way for MLS to be a part, it must be as one of the teams in la prelibertadores (called Inter-liga by FMF)...the one they play in MLS venues as HSC and Houston or Frisco. travel time for argies/urus/paraguas is a bad idea to play MLsers
I say the more the merrier. If that means there is a chance of a Brazilian Club playing the Metrostars one day in an official Libertadores game, IM THERE. What better way to really gauge how MLS is quality wise. Over the long haul we we see if MLS is a punching bag or not. Right now we cant say either way cause they simply dont compete against each other.
Agreed, the better the teams that MLS plays, the more international games they can play the better. Hell the MLS season is relativly short compared to the rest of the world so adding these games should not be a problem.
that is when they win consistenly win vs costaricans and mexicans in the club championship ( now sponsored and broadcasted to USA by fox!) It took the place of copa libertadores games.....at least this wk
I used to be part of the "pro-libertadores" camp, but no more. I think it's a bad idea to be flying our clubs all the way down to South America when we can't even beat Mexican, Costa Rican, or Honduran teams. We (meaning fans of CONCACAF clubs), need to focus on getting Jack Warner out of the Presidency once and for all....and change the format of the CCC to make it more competitive and popular. A CONCACAF champions league would be simply BADASS if the starting date were moved up to allow in-form MLS clubs to compete as well as the big Mexican and Costa Rican clubs.