Does anyone know why? Did we turn them down or vice versa? Mexico and Costa Rica I think are in it, and they're both CONCACAF
I believe it was because too many games between MLS, qualifiers, and letting some of the Euro's actually have a vacation that they haven't had the past two offseasons
I know a lot of people get pissed about us not going, but I think it is the right call, maybe not from a national team perspective, but have you been watching the MLS games when all the guys (US and other players) are missing for qualifiers? The play gets considerably uglier when you take the best players off both teams. Before the qualifiers, I was pretty pleased with much of the play in MLS (except for the lack of intensity that get shown until the playoffs start). But once everybody lost half their players things just started to look pretty ugly to me. I really wish MLS would do something about scheduling to ensure that teams could expect to play with their full sides. The fans deserve it. And, remember, the national team owes a lot of its improvement to MLS, dumping on the league for the sake of the national team could backfire in the long run.
That's what we get for allowing MLS to sign Transitional Internationals. With such lax rules RE: foreign players, what did you honestly expect?
we decided to give El Tri all of the bragging rights for the U-23s.Just so long as your team does not bother challenging us at the senior level. So I guess both countries are happy
Sirstrikesalot: Welcome to Bigsoccer.com! This topic has been discussed at length in other threads. https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114198&highlight=copa+America I am going to close this thread so the discussion does not become too redundant.