PS: US soccer just denied MLS pulling their first teams out of the U.S. Open cup. There will surely be more negotiations, but it looks like our Federation has a backbone and will stand up for 100+ years of history.
@@cx34 same here my friend same here. I follow Charlotte/Nashville in MLS, but my real passion is with the Birmingham Legion in the USL championship. I think back to the game in the quarterfinals last June when 20,000 Birmingham supporters went down to protective stadium to cheer on the hometown team in their one - zero quarterfinal loss MLS opposition. that moment was magical. It said the Alabama state record for the largest attendance of a pro soccer game in the history of the state of Alabama. It still means something to lots of people. If MLS wants to get rid of something it should get rid of the leagues cup that nobody asked for, and nobody wanted. To further reduce schedule congestion, they should maybe consider trimming a few of the games off of the playoffs. Nobody asked for or wanted or needs to see a ninth ranked team make the playoffs. There’s no reason why that should be accepted and a 110 year old tournament should be ditched. The U.S. Open cup started in 1913, but there was a prior cup competition that started in 1883 before the trophy was lost in the early 1900s. The US open cup picked up where that left off in 1913.
I've commented on it a lot on my Twitter account. But to summarize: I'm bummed out, because I'm a huge fan of the tournament. But even I was surprised about the response from all the fans. I understand the frustration from fans of lower division teams. But for MLS fans, most didn't care about the tournament when MLS teams were playing their reserves. So when I see uproar from certain people, and media companies who didn't care about the tournament beforehand, it seems a little disingenuous. I didn't think the league would all dropout, I thought it was going to start off as a few teams dropping out. And I wonder why the decision to drop out or not wasn't left up to the teams themselves. The news of US Soccer declining this request surprised me, as I thought they would just roll over and let MLS send their Next Pro teams. I think in general, US Soccer has done a terrible job promoting the tournament, which lead me to believe that they really didn't care. It's not guaranteed that MLS will now be sending their first team (reserves) after all, but I think that'll be the end result. I just hope that all of this actually leads people to treat this tournament with more respect. It's still a trophy and CONCACAF spot on the line.
@@dannytradio when I saw the MLS was pulling out of the tournament Essentially my first thought was this is how they’re finally going to kill the USL for all of us USL fans. This is how they will monopolize soccer once and for all. Then I thought… This is the best gift ever for the USL because there is still a champions cup spot on the line. USL, winning and getting champions cup money will be the last thing the MLS wanted
Don't forget next year when we'll hopefully hear more details about the final four competitions between 2 CONMEBOL clubs and 2 CONCACAF clubs as part of the strategic partnership between the two confederations.
More likely than not Leagues Cup will become and exclusivity thing where only a few teams from MLS and Liga Mx will qualify in order to be able to invite teams from CONMEBOL. Which will improve the level of competition, hopefully
As a Saint Louis fan looking back I’m not surprised we finished last in our group considering we had this years Liga MX and MLS Cup champions, that was literally the group of death! Also what the hell is going on with the upon cup withdrawl.
As a fellow fire fan (I feel your pain) Chicago should be fine. Soldier field more than likely will be theirs alone and they are building that new training facility in tri-taylor. Praying the on-field product changes but off field he is making moves to keep them here
2024: Miami wins the Triple; Shield, Cup & ConcaChampions 2025: Leagues Cup will involve more than LigaMX & MLS 2026: Indy Eleven & Vegas join MLS 2027: Pulisic and Co join MLS 2028: Mbappe joins LAFC
I definitely see us in 5 years as the 2nd best in our hemisphere and I can totally see us being the best league outside out Europe in 10. The American market is just that desirable for players and the fan side does seem on the upswing.
I think the Argentine league is alot better than you think I doubt MLS will surpass them in 5 years and definitely not the Brazilian league not with Don Garber refusing to increase the TAM or number of DP slots or the salary cap.
You are full of crap my guy, you guys need to wake up, nobody in the western hemisphere see you guys as a competitive league, everybody knows those youngies go for the cash, there's no hunger for glory, nor passion for the game, maybe in a decade, you can START to form a competitive league. But you guys need to chill out, you are overhyping a league that has only won 1 concacaf champions league and one leagues cup that YOU play at home, and yet saying that the MLS will be the best league behind brasileirao in the next 5 years...
It is absolutely completely baffling to me that there is no raise in the salary cap. That just goes to show the problem with the structure of MLS how it is a money first fans second league. It will not grow unless the salary cap grows. You cannot get better players unless you can pay more money. The salary cap is supposed to be based off of revenue. TV revenue tripled, who knows what the messy revenue was… How can they not afford to raise the salary cap just a little bit?
@MCH721 MLS fans just takin' it. MLS should make the franchise owner sell to another investor group and buy a new franchise for the new market they want to move to. UEFA fans would riot if club owners proposed to move, because they are supporters and not just fans/consumers of sports product.
Completely agree with you regarding relocation. Thankfully RSL seems to have figured things out and is seeing a resurgence off the field but they were rumored the past few years to be exploring options. But Montreal, Quakes, Pids are completely in danger in my eyes. I absolutely see it happening in the near future. I do not see Chicago moving due to how gargantuan that market is. I think you'd see a new downtown stadium and club overhaul before they leave.
I agree with you that Apple TV+ will expand its sports streaming. The future of sports is on OTT streaming services. It allows your league to access global markets. What I disagee with is a significant price increase. The MLS needs the global market to keep growing. Increasing subscription fees significantly would kill global interest in MLS. They have to make it affordable for people in Western and non-Western countries. I could totally envision MLS Season Pass staying about the same (it's already pricey) and Apple TV+ offering more expensive packages that include European leagues and etc. The Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1,and Bundesliga are very cheap to watch outside of Europe. MLS would be wary to charge people too much. I follow rugby and a big reason it doesn't grow more is due to the leagues being stuck in the dinosaur age. They either don't have an official OTT service or they charge insane season pass prices that only domestic fans would pay (e.g., NRL, URC, Premiership Rugby, Top 14).
You need a new Columbus jersey. That’s crazy that the fire have not won a playoff game since 2009. Did not know that. Also hard to believe this channel doesn’t have more subscribers. I get excited when I see one of your vids drop. Thanks for the entertainment
The one prediction I take issue with is MLS competing well in the Copa Lib. Sure, they might be able to knock off the Bolivian and Chilean teams, but there is no way they are hanging with the Argentine and Brazilian clubs. Talent is constantly being pumped through those teams at a level that the MLS isn't even close to touching yet.
You'll eventually raise the salary cap, and after that you'll be the biggest league in CONCACAF, i mean your probably a top 15/20 league as it is, it might be when MLS has to renegotiate the TV/streaming rights deal but the cap will go up and you'll all of a sudden be a more attractive destination
@dannytradio I was hoping so too, im not American but I do watch a bit of MLS on appleTV (time difference permitting), MLS isn't as bad a standard as some say, I mean theres plenty of leagues here in Europe that I think MLS is on a par with, if not better than (e.g Scotland, especially if they didn't have Celtic or Rangers, honestly it's a hard thing to watch minus the 2 big Glasgow clubs) personally I'd just like to see the cap raised to around $25m eventually (even if they do it gradually and start by upping it to $10m then just raise it bit by bit each year) MLS is quite a fun league, I'd like to see it it grow further
The Rapids moving seems possible, but they're a founding team and won and MLS cup before. Also, the Kroenke family has won a Super Bowl, Stanley cup, and an NBA championship in consecutive years they're probably going to want to capitalize on growing hype in US soccer. They're a coun flip.
I think you left off San Jose as a possibility for relocation. Small market, and not a whole lot of ambition. And the owner is the same guy that moved the A's to Vegas.
Before last year's playoff. It basically said that the Supporters Shield winners don't win MLS Cup anymore, ant that LAFC therefore wouldn't win it. Needless to say, it aged like milk
Mass change of ownership as owners cash in on the success of the '26 World Cup Four conferences instead of two, East, South, Central, West Leagues cup expands and games are hosted in Mexico Neymar play's in MLS Four DP slots instead of three
How could you be okay with MLS leaving the Open Cup? You honestly don't seem to care about American soccer at all if you're willing to disregard USL teams. Y'all are heartless
I would totally hate for soccer to become synonymous with betting in America. I guess it would be good that more people would get into it, but it would just suck for it to be for sleazy reasons like that. On the other hand though, it probably wouldn’t work anyway because most Americans don’t understand how it works and wouldn’t want to put their money on it. And I highly doubt any of it would go through Apple. They wouldn’t drag their brand into that muck.
The sportsbetting segment reminded me that a Crew fan parlayed the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl and the Crew to win MLS Cup for dirt cheap. Once the second half of the parlay kept becoming more and more likely, the betting house kept offering bigger and bigger offers for him to drop the bet and he said no. Dude won 8k on a 10$ bet
I've watched 99% of all Philadelphia Union games since they came into the league. I'm not renewing the Apple subscription unless they do something really good. Some weekends I couldn't even watch any games because it would buffer or not even come on. I'd rather watch the Union on the local channel that used to cover them.
Soon there should be divisions in MLS, they should've done that by the time the had 16 teams as of 2010, why 2010? Because they had 16 teams by then so four in each. MLB has never had fewer then sixteen teams ever and despite the 1962 expansion to twenty teams it took until 1969 for them to have divisions, but it was only East And West then in 1994 a Central division was added to both conferences. NHL had 16 teams by 1972 with the Flames and Islanders, but it wasn't until 1974 when the Capitals and Scouts (later Rockies, now Devils) joined, but through 1981 the divisions in the NHL were arbitrary, then in 1981 the leauge tried to make them geographically accurate as best as they could. However the divisions didn't use accurate names until 1993 with names such as Atlantic, Northeast, Central and Pacific, that only lasted until 1998. With the 1998-2000 expansion a Southeast and Northwest divisions were added. From 1998-2013 the NHL had six divisions. To coincide with the thrashers-jets relocation in 2011, the NHL reverted back to four divisions in 2013. The NBA first had divisions in 1970, from 1970-2004 there were four divisions Atlantic, Central, Midwest and Pacific. Then in 2004 the NBA went to having six divisions, with the expansion of the Bobcats (now Hornets), but sadly since around 2007, the NBA decided to stop giving a fuck about divisions. Last but not least the NFL actually first had divisions in 1967, clearly the NFL didn't care about geography from 1967-1969 because the divisions were so scattered that the Colts who were in Baltimore at the time were literally in a division with the 49ers and Rams for three seasons. Then from 1970-2001 there was East, Central and West divisions in the AFC and NFC. Then in 2002 the league expanded to eight divisions with the Central divisions being renamed North divisions and South divisions being added. Here's my concept on what MLS divisions should've look like 2010-present 2010 (16 teams): Atlantic: DC United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union. Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Kansas City Wizards, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake. Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders. 2011 (18 teams): Atlantic: DC United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union. Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes. Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2012-2014 (19 teams): Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union. Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes. Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2015-2016 (20 teams): Atlantic: Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union. Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, DC United, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2017 (22 teams): Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union. Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2018 (23 teams): Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union. Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2019 (24 teams): Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union. Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2020 (26 teams): Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC. Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC. Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2021 (27 teams): Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC. Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC. Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2022 (28 teams): Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC. Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Orlando City SC. Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Nashville SC (WTF are we doing here), Sporting Kansas City. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2023-2024 (29 teams): Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC. Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC. Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Sporting Kansas City, St. Louis City SC. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. 2025 (30 teams): Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC. Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Sporting Kansas City, St. Louis City SC. Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, San Diego, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps. Disclaimer: the San Jose Earthquakes would have to be in the Frontier division from 2011-2014 because Portland and Vancouver simultaneously get expansion teams for 2011, also the Seattle Sounders were a recent new team, so I don't want the cascadian teams to be in separate divisions and obviously I can't have Chivas USA and LA Galaxy in separate divisions because there both based in the greater LA area and just like the Clippers and Lakers both teams played in the same stadium until Chivas USA folded after 2014. This forced Houston Dynamo to temporarily compete in the Eastern conference's Central division from 2011-2014. Also the Kansas City Wizards were in the Eastern Conference from 2005-2014. Houston Dynamo had to be in the Eastern Conference from 2011-2014. In 2015 and 2016, DC United had to be in the Central division, because there were a total of 20 teams in the league at the time (5 per division) and Montréal is too far East to be in the central. In 2022, it made ZERO! sense having Nashville SC in the Western conference, even for one season. Honestly the Chicago Fire should've temporarily been in the Western conference in 2022, because Nashville is much closer to Atlanta, Charlotte and even Cincinnati than Chicago is to those three cities. Meanwhile, Kansas City and St. Paul are closer to Chicago than they are to Nashville. With Real Salt Lake, it was hard determining which division they should be in, because there too far inland to fit in the Pacific, but they are 922 miles away from Kansas City, 985 miles away from St. Paul and at least 1,000+ miles away from Austin, Dallas, Houston, and St. Louis. However they are 800 miles from Vancouver, 700 miles from Seattle, 633 miles from Portland, 584 miles from San Jose, 579 miles from Los Angeles, which has two teams and 627 miles from San Diego. Real Salt Lake is much closer to all the teams in the Pacific division than they are to most teams in the Frontier division. In conclusion, starting in 2022, Real Salt Lake must be in the Pacific division, instead of the Frontier division like they were from 2010-2021
You clearly dont understand sports betting. You dont gamble against the bookie. They get their %. Bookies dont predict odds based on who will win. The set ofds to attract equal money on both sides of the bet. So you are gambling against the other betters - not the bookie.
PS: US soccer just denied MLS pulling their first teams out of the U.S. Open cup. There will surely be more negotiations, but it looks like our Federation has a backbone and will stand up for 100+ years of history.
The USSF having a backbone and standing up to MLS for once?!?! Never thought I'd see the day...
@@cx34 same here my friend same here. I follow Charlotte/Nashville in MLS, but my real passion is with the Birmingham Legion in the USL championship. I think back to the game in the quarterfinals last June when 20,000 Birmingham supporters went down to protective stadium to cheer on the hometown team in their one - zero quarterfinal loss MLS opposition. that moment was magical. It said the Alabama state record for the largest attendance of a pro soccer game in the history of the state of Alabama. It still means something to lots of people. If MLS wants to get rid of something it should get rid of the leagues cup that nobody asked for, and nobody wanted. To further reduce schedule congestion, they should maybe consider trimming a few of the games off of the playoffs. Nobody asked for or wanted or needs to see a ninth ranked team make the playoffs. There’s no reason why that should be accepted and a 110 year old tournament should be ditched. The U.S. Open cup started in 1913, but there was a prior cup competition that started in 1883 before the trophy was lost in the early 1900s. The US open cup picked up where that left off in 1913.
this didnt age well. Garber gave USSF the finger. USSF just took it.
I thought they reached an agreement? @@r2dad282
At least the Fire are going to get soldier field all to themselves since the bears wanna move out.
And you can make that a SSS. The Fire just get one fon a discount!
1:24 oof
Danny, Inter Miami actually won the Supporter's Shield
Can you address the US open cup controversy?
fuck the league for that tbh
I've commented on it a lot on my Twitter account. But to summarize:
I'm bummed out, because I'm a huge fan of the tournament. But even I was surprised about the response from all the fans. I understand the frustration from fans of lower division teams. But for MLS fans, most didn't care about the tournament when MLS teams were playing their reserves. So when I see uproar from certain people, and media companies who didn't care about the tournament beforehand, it seems a little disingenuous.
I didn't think the league would all dropout, I thought it was going to start off as a few teams dropping out. And I wonder why the decision to drop out or not wasn't left up to the teams themselves.
The news of US Soccer declining this request surprised me, as I thought they would just roll over and let MLS send their Next Pro teams. I think in general, US Soccer has done a terrible job promoting the tournament, which lead me to believe that they really didn't care.
It's not guaranteed that MLS will now be sending their first team (reserves) after all, but I think that'll be the end result. I just hope that all of this actually leads people to treat this tournament with more respect. It's still a trophy and CONCACAF spot on the line.
Yes!!
@@dannytradio when I saw the MLS was pulling out of the tournament Essentially my first thought was this is how they’re finally going to kill the USL for all of us USL fans. This is how they will monopolize soccer once and for all. Then I thought… This is the best gift ever for the USL because there is still a champions cup spot on the line. USL, winning and getting champions cup money will be the last thing the MLS wanted
Don't forget next year when we'll hopefully hear more details about the final four competitions between 2 CONMEBOL clubs and 2 CONCACAF clubs as part of the strategic partnership between the two confederations.
More than sure it's going to flop, Conmebol teams doesn't care about, one year and no more
If Chicago did move then it would be relocated to ether Milwaukee or Indianapolis
More likely than not Leagues Cup will become and exclusivity thing where only a few teams from MLS and Liga Mx will qualify in order to be able to invite teams from CONMEBOL. Which will improve the level of competition, hopefully
Prediction #1: BUSTED!
I just want my Galaxy to finally put a competitive team like the old days 😢
As a Saint Louis fan looking back I’m not surprised we finished last in our group considering we had this years Liga MX and MLS Cup champions, that was literally the group of death! Also what the hell is going on with the upon cup withdrawl.
I wouldn’t be nervous about the Fire, they are likely going to claim Soldier Field for themselves when the Bears leave. A SSS would help a lot.
As a fellow fire fan (I feel your pain) Chicago should be fine. Soldier field more than likely will be theirs alone and they are building that new training facility in tri-taylor. Praying the on-field product changes but off field he is making moves to keep them here
1:30
This prediction is about to fail...
Update: FAILED!
Thank you for your passion for the beautiful game in America. There’s not enough ppl like you
2024: Miami wins the Triple; Shield, Cup & ConcaChampions
2025: Leagues Cup will involve more than LigaMX & MLS
2026: Indy Eleven & Vegas join MLS
2027: Pulisic and Co join MLS
2028: Mbappe joins LAFC
I definitely see us in 5 years as the 2nd best in our hemisphere and I can totally see us being the best league outside out Europe in 10. The American market is just that desirable for players and the fan side does seem on the upswing.
I think the Argentine league is alot better than you think I doubt MLS will surpass them in 5 years and definitely not the Brazilian league not with Don Garber refusing to increase the TAM or number of DP slots or the salary cap.
You are full of crap my guy, you guys need to wake up, nobody in the western hemisphere see you guys as a competitive league, everybody knows those youngies go for the cash, there's no hunger for glory, nor passion for the game, maybe in a decade, you can START to form a competitive league.
But you guys need to chill out, you are overhyping a league that has only won 1 concacaf champions league and one leagues cup that YOU play at home, and yet saying that the MLS will be the best league behind brasileirao in the next 5 years...
It is absolutely completely baffling to me that there is no raise in the salary cap. That just goes to show the problem with the structure of MLS how it is a money first fans second league. It will not grow unless the salary cap grows. You cannot get better players unless you can pay more money. The salary cap is supposed to be based off of revenue. TV revenue tripled, who knows what the messy revenue was… How can they not afford to raise the salary cap just a little bit?
It is definitely frustrating, I agree. I hope that it's still something than can happen soon.... but unfortunately it won't be now
We will be in Chicago for the first time this summer and taking in Fire vs NYCFC as neutral TFC supporters. Really looking forward to it.
mls will soon announce several expansion plans
And no relegation
My prediction union disappoint me in heart break once again
He said they'd lose the supporters shield and win mls cup, went the opposite way lol
8:50 sj to Vegas
You are a Soccer Prophet!
I wouldn't go that far.... I picked TFC to win the Shield last season!
@@dannytradio Lololol!
I bet San Jose will be relocating to Las Vegas, they already have a owner that has a team based in Las Vegas
I hope they don't. Those fans have suffered enough. But I agree that they are one of the more likely teams to relocate.
@MCH721 MLS fans just takin' it. MLS should make the franchise owner sell to another investor group and buy a new franchise for the new market they want to move to. UEFA fans would riot if club owners proposed to move, because they are supporters and not just fans/consumers of sports product.
Completely agree with you regarding relocation. Thankfully RSL seems to have figured things out and is seeing a resurgence off the field but they were rumored the past few years to be exploring options. But Montreal, Quakes, Pids are completely in danger in my eyes. I absolutely see it happening in the near future. I do not see Chicago moving due to how gargantuan that market is. I think you'd see a new downtown stadium and club overhaul before they leave.
MLS Next Pro: Yay or Nay!
I agree with you that Apple TV+ will expand its sports streaming. The future of sports is on OTT streaming services. It allows your league to access global markets. What I disagee with is a significant price increase. The MLS needs the global market to keep growing. Increasing subscription fees significantly would kill global interest in MLS. They have to make it affordable for people in Western and non-Western countries. I could totally envision MLS Season Pass staying about the same (it's already pricey) and Apple TV+ offering more expensive packages that include European leagues and etc. The Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1,and Bundesliga are very cheap to watch outside of Europe. MLS would be wary to charge people too much. I follow rugby and a big reason it doesn't grow more is due to the leagues being stuck in the dinosaur age. They either don't have an official OTT service or they charge insane season pass prices that only domestic fans would pay (e.g., NRL, URC, Premiership Rugby, Top 14).
You need a new Columbus jersey. That’s crazy that the fire have not won a playoff game since 2009. Did not know that. Also hard to believe this channel doesn’t have more subscribers. I get excited when I see one of your vids drop. Thanks for the entertainment
Pretty sure San Jose is the team most likely to move to Vegas…
Good thing that Champions Cup starts on February 6 at least😌
Grab your winter coat!
@@dannytradio won’t need it if you head down to the Caribbean/Central America for the first legs lol
The one prediction I take issue with is MLS competing well in the Copa Lib. Sure, they might be able to knock off the Bolivian and Chilean teams, but there is no way they are hanging with the Argentine and Brazilian clubs. Talent is constantly being pumped through those teams at a level that the MLS isn't even close to touching yet.
You'll eventually raise the salary cap, and after that you'll be the biggest league in CONCACAF, i mean your probably a top 15/20 league as it is, it might be when MLS has to renegotiate the TV/streaming rights deal but the cap will go up and you'll all of a sudden be a more attractive destination
I would hope so.... but it all depends on what the owners are willing to spend. I was hoping that number would've raised this year.
@dannytradio I was hoping so too, im not American but I do watch a bit of MLS on appleTV (time difference permitting), MLS isn't as bad a standard as some say, I mean theres plenty of leagues here in Europe that I think MLS is on a par with, if not better than (e.g Scotland, especially if they didn't have Celtic or Rangers, honestly it's a hard thing to watch minus the 2 big Glasgow clubs) personally I'd just like to see the cap raised to around $25m eventually (even if they do it gradually and start by upping it to $10m then just raise it bit by bit each year) MLS is quite a fun league, I'd like to see it it grow further
Priaces, you mean price?
The Rapids moving seems possible, but they're a founding team and won and MLS cup before. Also, the Kroenke family has won a Super Bowl, Stanley cup, and an NBA championship in consecutive years they're probably going to want to capitalize on growing hype in US soccer. They're a coun flip.
I think you left off San Jose as a possibility for relocation. Small market, and not a whole lot of ambition. And the owner is the same guy that moved the A's to Vegas.
Gonna get the new Charlotte jersey?
Haha when did you make the LAFC will fail video?
Before last year's playoff. It basically said that the Supporters Shield winners don't win MLS Cup anymore, ant that LAFC therefore wouldn't win it.
Needless to say, it aged like milk
and fantasy sports slowly moves to videogames
Honestly if you really want to, you could make a Bucks video in the offseason like when Maqwell did on the Nuggets if it makes you less bored.
Make an MLS in CCL Part 6.
Chicago is exactly what came to mind 😮
Miami hasn’t played the Crew yet 🤔
Would be cool to include copa America, CWC, and WC26 in MLSseasonpass. I’d pay $100yr for that
Mass change of ownership as owners cash in on the success of the '26 World Cup
Four conferences instead of two, East, South, Central, West
Leagues cup expands and games are hosted in Mexico
Neymar play's in MLS
Four DP slots instead of three
I think I'd be favor of all of these!
In #4 many things had to happen from Apple itself work for Latam region, it's second fanbase market but i'm hook with that
I hate the F*re, but we’d fight like hell to make sure that relocation never happens -Crew Fans
imma say this fisher will move sj to vegas
I hope you are wrong with number 2 but honestly I also price is gonna go up
At what point do you see CONCACAF and CONMEBOL merging? Its got to happen sooner rather than later, right?
It means if a MLS n.p team wins the Open cup the first team goes to CCL?🤨
I hope yOu are right about number 5 and 6 but I don't think LC count. I would only count CCL for supremacy v liga MX
#1 my beloved revs will win MLS cup 🤞🏾
How could you be okay with MLS leaving the Open Cup? You honestly don't seem to care about American soccer at all if you're willing to disregard USL teams. Y'all are heartless
Massive respect for having a Timbers jersey up and none for seattle 💚💛💚💛
US soccer finally did something useful 🙏
I would totally hate for soccer to become synonymous with betting in America. I guess it would be good that more people would get into it, but it would just suck for it to be for sleazy reasons like that.
On the other hand though, it probably wouldn’t work anyway because most Americans don’t understand how it works and wouldn’t want to put their money on it.
And I highly doubt any of it would go through Apple. They wouldn’t drag their brand into that muck.
Sorry Danny not enough Columbus Crew praise from you ;) #DoBetter
My prediction: FC Dallas will win the MLS Cup in the next 5 years. Am I right, fellas? 😅 (God, please let this happen...)
Fact DTR Fact
Danny I almost gave you a dislike for that 1st prediction!
The sportsbetting segment reminded me that a Crew fan parlayed the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl and the Crew to win MLS Cup for dirt cheap. Once the second half of the parlay kept becoming more and more likely, the betting house kept offering bigger and bigger offers for him to drop the bet and he said no. Dude won 8k on a 10$ bet
I've watched 99% of all Philadelphia Union games since they came into the league. I'm not renewing the Apple subscription unless they do something really good. Some weekends I couldn't even watch any games because it would buffer or not even come on. I'd rather watch the Union on the local channel that used to cover them.
Copa Libadetorres
I don’t know, I’m not paying that much the season pass when I can pay way less to watch the PL on peacock. $99.99 is way too much for just MLS.
Soon there should be divisions in MLS, they should've done that by the time the had 16 teams as of 2010, why 2010? Because they had 16 teams by then so four in each. MLB has never had fewer then sixteen teams ever and despite the 1962 expansion to twenty teams it took until 1969 for them to have divisions, but it was only East And West then in 1994 a Central division was added to both conferences. NHL had 16 teams by 1972 with the Flames and Islanders, but it wasn't until 1974 when the Capitals and Scouts (later Rockies, now Devils) joined, but through 1981 the divisions in the NHL were arbitrary, then in 1981 the leauge tried to make them geographically accurate as best as they could. However the divisions didn't use accurate names until 1993 with names such as Atlantic, Northeast, Central and Pacific, that only lasted until 1998. With the 1998-2000 expansion a Southeast and Northwest divisions were added. From 1998-2013 the NHL had six divisions. To coincide with the thrashers-jets relocation in 2011, the NHL reverted back to four divisions in 2013. The NBA first had divisions in 1970, from 1970-2004 there were four divisions Atlantic, Central, Midwest and Pacific. Then in 2004 the NBA went to having six divisions, with the expansion of the Bobcats (now Hornets), but sadly since around 2007, the NBA decided to stop giving a fuck about divisions. Last but not least the NFL actually first had divisions in 1967, clearly the NFL didn't care about geography from 1967-1969 because the divisions were so scattered that the Colts who were in Baltimore at the time were literally in a division with the 49ers and Rams for three seasons. Then from 1970-2001 there was East, Central and West divisions in the AFC and NFC. Then in 2002 the league expanded to eight divisions with the Central divisions being renamed North divisions and South divisions being added.
Here's my concept on what MLS divisions should've look like 2010-present
2010 (16 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Kansas City Wizards, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake.
Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders.
2011 (18 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes.
Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2012-2014 (19 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes.
Pacific: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2015-2016 (20 teams):
Atlantic: Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, DC United, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2017 (22 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2018 (23 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2019 (24 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Orlando City SC, Toronto FC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2020 (26 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, Montréal Impact, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC.
Frontier: Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2021 (27 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC.
Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2022 (28 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Orlando City SC.
Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Nashville SC (WTF are we doing here), Sporting Kansas City.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2023-2024 (29 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC.
Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Sporting Kansas City, St. Louis City SC.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
2025 (30 teams):
Atlantic: DC United, CF Montréal, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Toronto FC.
Central: Atlanta United FC, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, Orlando City SC
Frontier: Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota United FC, Sporting Kansas City, St. Louis City SC.
Pacific: Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes, San Diego, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps.
Disclaimer: the San Jose Earthquakes would have to be in the Frontier division from 2011-2014 because Portland and Vancouver simultaneously get expansion teams for 2011, also the Seattle Sounders were a recent new team, so I don't want the cascadian teams to be in separate divisions and obviously I can't have Chivas USA and LA Galaxy in separate divisions because there both based in the greater LA area and just like the Clippers and Lakers both teams played in the same stadium until Chivas USA folded after 2014. This forced Houston Dynamo to temporarily compete in the Eastern conference's Central division from 2011-2014. Also the Kansas City Wizards were in the Eastern Conference from 2005-2014. Houston Dynamo had to be in the Eastern Conference from 2011-2014. In 2015 and 2016, DC United had to be in the Central division, because there were a total of 20 teams in the league at the time (5 per division) and Montréal is too far East to be in the central. In 2022, it made ZERO! sense having Nashville SC in the Western conference, even for one season. Honestly the Chicago Fire should've temporarily been in the Western conference in 2022, because Nashville is much closer to Atlanta, Charlotte and even Cincinnati than Chicago is to those three cities. Meanwhile, Kansas City and St. Paul are closer to Chicago than they are to Nashville. With Real Salt Lake, it was hard determining which division they should be in, because there too far inland to fit in the Pacific, but they are 922 miles away from Kansas City, 985 miles away from St. Paul and at least 1,000+ miles away from Austin, Dallas, Houston, and St. Louis. However they are 800 miles from Vancouver, 700 miles from Seattle, 633 miles from Portland, 584 miles from San Jose, 579 miles from Los Angeles, which has two teams and 627 miles from San Diego. Real Salt Lake is much closer to all the teams in the Pacific division than they are to most teams in the Frontier division. In conclusion, starting in 2022, Real Salt Lake must be in the Pacific division, instead of the Frontier division like they were from 2010-2021
You clearly dont understand sports betting. You dont gamble against the bookie. They get their %. Bookies dont predict odds based on who will win. The set ofds to attract equal money on both sides of the bet. So you are gambling against the other betters - not the bookie.
You can always watch European soccer
/football until the MLS starts again. Just saying. 🤷🏻♂️
If MLS in libertadores happens then Saudi teams can play in EUFA Champions League so hopefully it doesn't happen
It's all about the money
At least the technical terms, USA have competed in conmebol tournaments unlike Saudi Arabia never competed in the euros
South America and North America are both American continents so it’s a little different
As for the next five years? My prediction is that the MSL will be singing the same old song! MSL Association football is half baked and going nowhere.
Screw the MLS, been on the fences for years, canceled my season tickets 3 years ago, MLS is cynical corporate BS
MLS lacks personality
U ever hear of messi?
@@brando7266nah bro