Loving MLS parity this year... tons of surprises. Love the ref announcements, love the 2 minute sit out on injuries and love the 10 second sub rule.... some good MLS moves.... need to deal with TAM/GAM and expand overall spending limits and add spending floor.
@@davidday2373 they announed it during the concacaf champions league when New England and Philly were eliminated badly during liga mx teams for the summer when they announced it for the summer putting it to a vote by MLS commioinser Don Garber. It has NOT been implemented yet as far as I known.
I'm an LAFC supporter, im supposed to hate all things Galaxy but i gotta say... i like that Ricki Puig guy. That goal against us in the Rose Bowl last 4th of July... Class.
As a crew fan, following the video you just posted a couple days ago, it was interesting yall havent mentioned how the crew have struggled to score goals this season. We have tied many games at home and dropped points in almost all of our matches. It's a weird storm, in my opinion, of squad rotation, apathy/expecting to win just by playing in Nancy's system (they havent seemed motivated to really IMPLEMENT it outside of CCL), and other teams figuring out how to defend it better. HIR was extremely disappointing coming off a week and a half of rest.
It’s hard to fit the middle pack into these conversations without making them 3 hours long but I will say regarding the Crew with the concacaf champions cup they wouldn’t have been focusing a ton on the league so far.
As a ATL fan I wish they would fire the entire coaching staff. Yall act like this is the first year the team has been bad like no bro this team hasn’t been good/Dominate since 2018!
Vermes should be on the hot seat list for sure. Sporting KC has just been plain depressing past the 60th minute this season and lately they have just started doing it earlier.
Noah Cobb was man handled by a former Prem Player...that was unfair from the start. Also its not GP the players are lazy with no pressure from the bench they only play in the last 20 minutes..
I guess it's ok to use the benches clearing as the metaphor but it was away at Toronto so it wasn't a baseball stadium that night. As a NYCFC fan, I seriously doubt it was Cushing who punched anyone to set things off. It was a bizarre occurrence and I think we should all pull back and wait for factual details. I'm glad we got the win for sure. Let's keep it going. As a separate question, do you guys use the statistics for games as posted on the mls website or do you rely on a different source? For instance, expected goals.
@@ItsCalledSoccer Did you check out the MLS Disciplinary actions taken? It was mostly Toronto including John Herdman for irresponsible behavior. No Cushing. Also, literally nobody knows what happened in the tunnel at NYC yet. However, everyone is talking about it...haha.
@davidday2373 SJ clearly not winning. Are they exciting to watch, have a young team full of local kids so youth project takes time? No? How about TN. Defensive in nature, few goals scored, got rid of midfield, now just playing route 1. Fun to watch? Not really. If you're going to bunker and counterattack, you'd better score goals. Nope, not too much.
@ItsCalledSoccer I just think they could've found a better option, I don't think he's capable of getting the best out of that squad, I'll be surprised if he lasts the season
@@mrmr5580 It was just a rushed decision taken by an owner who has *ZERO* insight into day to day operations. Our leadership team in pdx is awful and it shows. Zero insights into recruiting, lets lockerroom issues go unchecked, and rushes to hiring bad coaches since Caleb porter left years ago.
@rbfishcs123 fair enough, I'll be honest I don't know the goings on with the Timbers, (im English, so i watch the MLS as a neutral) I just remember thinking "what are they doing?" When I heard Neville was brought in
@@mrmr5580 Ah ok - fortunately becaues we're in the MLS, it is very difficult to have significant financial problems because there are lots of mechanisms in place to prevent clubs from going under. However, our mismanagement would be equivalent of QPR's fiasco during the Ecclestone & Briatore era. Owners who don't know shit about the sport making decisions that drastically change the landscape of the club for years after.
I'm a LAFC supporter who currently lives in Utah, I don't know how to feel about Chicho Arango and RSL's success. Note: Diego Rossi, another former beloved LAFC player, beat us last year in the MLS Cup Final.
@@davidday2373 tbh they might have a major down fall at some point in the season when all the players start not playing well. PS, the main cause is Andes Gomez, or Chicho Arango are injured cause as you probably know they lost 4-2 to a USL CHAMPIONSHIP team and chicho and Julio were bunched, Chicho only played ten minutes
@@SportsManCR7they weren’t the only benched players though. Half the starters were and some were replaced but 3rd string guys not even second string. I really wish Pablo made some subs earlier but I can see why that match wasn’t a priority. We are 1 injury away from regressing to the mean.
@@isaacgogna9856 Pablo should have put chicho and Julio at half time it was 3-1 at halftime chicho and Julio them both would easily score like 3 in the whole half. highly disappointing move by Pablo Mastroeni
I know that he Chicago Fire have been bad for the last 12 years and that's sort of assumed at this point. But that organization brought in about $20m in DPs with Shaqiri and Cuypers and they went over a month (which included 3 home games) without scoring a goal. Klopas is a glorified caretaker manager. You touched on NE, Portland, San Jose and Nashville but missed Chicago? Klopas has to get the sack first!
@@davidday2373I live near Chicago and there’s a strong and great soccer culture. No one there cares about the Fire. It isn’t about money. It’s that they are horribly run and managed.
Hanya di Amerika sebagai tuan rumah Copa America yang masih tetap menjalankan reguler pertandingan . Selama MLS seperti mempunyai dunia sendiri akan susah MLS akan bersaing dengan tliga top lain nya ,dunia luar tahu MLS belakang ini karena kehadiran seoarang Messi . Setelah Messi tidak ada semua akan kembali lagi seperti dulu hanya menjadi kosumsi dalam negeri saja.
I never watched Messi play before he came to MLS. If MLS grows to the level of the NHL in popularity (4th in the U.S.A.) then MLS would be among the top 5 leagues in the world of Soccer.
@@davidday2373There lies the problem; even MLS fans need to watch overseas clubs and international play to get exposure to new ideas and new ways of thinking. Route 1 kickball won’t succeed at a high level.
@@ryanfraley7113 Opposite. People in the U.S. should stop supporting European Soccer. If the people in the U.S. who follow the EPL, in particular, if they all followed and supported MLS instead, then MLS and Soccer would quickly improve in the U.S. Watching and supporting the EPL and Europe/Latinoamerica in general, detracts from the growth and improvement of our domestic leagues (USLC too).
@@davidday2373 It's fitting you mentioned nothing about style of play and technical ability that young players and fans can learn about by watching overseas football. Monopolistic thinking doesn't work in a global sport. While I agree that the EPL is overrated and overexposed, it's also sort of a straw dog to equate overseas to "EPL". Zero sum thinking is a big reason why MLS isn't growing. Growth and cooperation comes from a big tent. You're symbolizing why a lot of MLS fans need a complete reset of mentality. If MLS is to grow it has to get better at technical football and technical skills from the ground up. Some clubs are doing this but not nearly enough. I support an MLS club (Saint Louis City SC) but I take what I learn from international to that support. That's the difference. In fact our supporter groups encourage "CITY first, international team and overseas team" as a literal model. I don't disparage supporters of international teams other than USMNT and overseas clubs. We need those fans to grow.
@@ryanfraley7113 Yes, thank you. I look beyond the little stuff. Revenue determines the quality-level of a league, as much as anything. MLS lags most in viewership/ broadcast revenue, which is typically a sports league's largest source of revenue. How's the style of play and technical proficiency of players in Argentina, in Colombia, in Brazil... and then ask yourself, how highly-rated are their Leagues? European Soccer has no impact on how much I enjoy my team. I never even heard of Gareth Bale, Denis Bouanga, or Olivier Giroud before LAFC signed them.
Needs promotion relegation, from top to bottom unfication would make the culture here the US way more appealing. Give people incentive to compete and try to grow
Never. Promotion-Relegation would retard the progress MLS has made. As MLS keeps getting better and better, it's only a matter of time when "star" players will be joining MLS in their prime.
Players compete to get better and to win games AND to make more money. They move on, from team to team, they don't care about the team getting "prompted" (that's only in fans minds).
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Please make a "wake me up when gregg is fired"
Jakey please make a 'Wake me up when phil neville is fired' hat
Have you seen Yannick Bright play this season? He was just drafted this year and has become a locked in starter at Inter Miami.
Loving MLS parity this year... tons of surprises. Love the ref announcements, love the 2 minute sit out on injuries and love the 10 second sub rule.... some good MLS moves.... need to deal with TAM/GAM and expand overall spending limits and add spending floor.
Yes yes yes to all of that!
MLS is adding TAM and giving teams roster/salary flexibility, announced a few weeks ago.
@@davidday2373 they announed it during the concacaf champions league when New England and Philly were eliminated badly during liga mx teams for the summer when they announced it for the summer putting it to a vote by MLS commioinser Don Garber. It has NOT been implemented yet as far as I known.
@@ronaldojohnny7774 Yeah the "Board of Governors" have to vote on it. But that's the direction they're heading.
@@ronaldojohnny7774MLS teams being trashed by Liga MX is a clear sign that the levels aren't good enough.
Great Talk! My first time i listen this podcast...and i think i'll come back!! I'm italian and a Inter Miami fan...see you soon!!
grazi Alessio!
As a Palace fan, I’m amused that Benteke is in the MLS and playing well. Good for him.
Pretty much the second best player in the league through 12 games behind Messi.
@@ItsCalledSoccer He was rubbish at Palace, but so was Mateta until the new manager arrived.
@@ItsCalledSoccer Arango has been the second best player, and it's not particularly close.
@@ThreeRunHomerthat’s because your team is rubbish.
@@Cicero82 not anymore. Palace under Glasner have the second best record in the league.
I'm an LAFC supporter, im supposed to hate all things Galaxy but i gotta say... i like that Ricki Puig guy. That goal against us in the Rose Bowl last 4th of July... Class.
As a crew fan, following the video you just posted a couple days ago, it was interesting yall havent mentioned how the crew have struggled to score goals this season. We have tied many games at home and dropped points in almost all of our matches. It's a weird storm, in my opinion, of squad rotation, apathy/expecting to win just by playing in Nancy's system (they havent seemed motivated to really IMPLEMENT it outside of CCL), and other teams figuring out how to defend it better. HIR was extremely disappointing coming off a week and a half of rest.
It’s hard to fit the middle pack into these conversations without making them 3 hours long but I will say regarding the Crew with the concacaf champions cup they wouldn’t have been focusing a ton on the league so far.
As a ATL fan I wish they would fire the entire coaching staff. Yall act like this is the first year the team has been bad like no bro this team hasn’t been good/Dominate since 2018!
Vermes should be on the hot seat list for sure. Sporting KC has just been plain depressing past the 60th minute this season and lately they have just started doing it earlier.
Fair but it’s kind of the same story as last year and they ended in playoffs. I think he’s fine.
I could not believe Barca let go of Puch. I thought he was magic.
Noah Cobb was man handled by a former Prem Player...that was unfair from the start. Also its not GP the players are lazy with no pressure from the bench they only play in the last 20 minutes..
I guess it's ok to use the benches clearing as the metaphor but it was away at Toronto so it wasn't a baseball stadium that night. As a NYCFC fan, I seriously doubt it was Cushing who punched anyone to set things off. It was a bizarre occurrence and I think we should all pull back and wait for factual details. I'm glad we got the win for sure. Let's keep it going.
As a separate question, do you guys use the statistics for games as posted on the mls website or do you rely on a different source? For instance, expected goals.
Fair on the Toronto/NYCFC piece. And I use FotMob and fbref for the most part in terms of stats.
@@ItsCalledSoccer thx for the response 👍
@@ItsCalledSoccer Did you check out the MLS Disciplinary actions taken? It was mostly Toronto including John Herdman for irresponsible behavior. No Cushing. Also, literally nobody knows what happened in the tunnel at NYC yet. However, everyone is talking about it...haha.
Nashville and SJ are cases #1 & 2 on how you win is as important as if you win.
How do mean?
@davidday2373 SJ clearly not winning. Are they exciting to watch, have a young team full of local kids so youth project takes time? No? How about TN. Defensive in nature, few goals scored, got rid of midfield, now just playing route 1. Fun to watch? Not really. If you're going to bunker and counterattack, you'd better score goals. Nope, not too much.
I did wonder why Portland hired Phil Neville, he was a gritty player, but as we saw at Miami, he's not a good manager
Yeah especially with the history and success of Portland... just felt wrong to hire an unproven manager in this moment.
@ItsCalledSoccer I just think they could've found a better option, I don't think he's capable of getting the best out of that squad, I'll be surprised if he lasts the season
@@mrmr5580 It was just a rushed decision taken by an owner who has *ZERO* insight into day to day operations. Our leadership team in pdx is awful and it shows. Zero insights into recruiting, lets lockerroom issues go unchecked, and rushes to hiring bad coaches since Caleb porter left years ago.
@rbfishcs123 fair enough, I'll be honest I don't know the goings on with the Timbers, (im English, so i watch the MLS as a neutral) I just remember thinking "what are they doing?" When I heard Neville was brought in
@@mrmr5580 Ah ok - fortunately becaues we're in the MLS, it is very difficult to have significant financial problems because there are lots of mechanisms in place to prevent clubs from going under. However, our mismanagement would be equivalent of QPR's fiasco during the Ecclestone & Briatore era. Owners who don't know shit about the sport making decisions that drastically change the landscape of the club for years after.
How do you live in Atlanta and only have been to one game this season? That is wild.
Tom is from Chattanooga, supports ATL, but lives at Penn State where he’s doing his doctorate.
Salt lake is impressively getting close to a second star on their kit
I'm a LAFC supporter who currently lives in Utah, I don't know how to feel about Chicho Arango and RSL's success. Note: Diego Rossi, another former beloved LAFC player, beat us last year in the MLS Cup Final.
@@davidday2373 tbh they might have a major down fall at some point in the season when all the players start not playing well. PS, the main cause is Andes Gomez, or Chicho Arango are injured cause as you probably know they lost 4-2 to a USL CHAMPIONSHIP team and chicho and Julio were bunched, Chicho only played ten minutes
@@SportsManCR7they weren’t the only benched players though. Half the starters were and some were replaced but 3rd string guys not even second string. I really wish Pablo made some subs earlier but I can see why that match wasn’t a priority. We are 1 injury away from regressing to the mean.
@@isaacgogna9856 yeah seriously
@@isaacgogna9856 Pablo should have put chicho and Julio at half time it was 3-1 at halftime chicho and Julio them both would easily score like 3 in the whole half. highly disappointing move by Pablo Mastroeni
I know that he Chicago Fire have been bad for the last 12 years and that's sort of assumed at this point. But that organization brought in about $20m in DPs with Shaqiri and Cuypers and they went over a month (which included 3 home games) without scoring a goal. Klopas is a glorified caretaker manager. You touched on NE, Portland, San Jose and Nashville but missed Chicago? Klopas has to get the sack first!
Chicago Fire will sign Pulisic in 2027 or 28 and awaken a sleeping giant.
@@davidday2373I live near Chicago and there’s a strong and great soccer culture. No one there cares about the Fire. It isn’t about money. It’s that they are horribly run and managed.
Schmetzer needs to be on the hot seat. We should be challenging for top of the west and we sit 10th through 14 games...
Also - schmetzer ball is so hard to watch, so when they're bad it's near impossible to watch
13:25 Inter Miami
Caleb Porter has been trotting out bizarre lineups, which has led to their bad record.
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Hanya di Amerika sebagai tuan rumah Copa America yang masih tetap menjalankan reguler pertandingan . Selama MLS seperti mempunyai dunia sendiri akan susah MLS akan bersaing dengan tliga top lain nya ,dunia luar tahu MLS belakang ini karena kehadiran seoarang Messi . Setelah Messi tidak ada semua akan kembali lagi seperti dulu hanya menjadi kosumsi dalam negeri saja.
I never watched Messi play before he came to MLS. If MLS grows to the level of the NHL in popularity (4th in the U.S.A.) then MLS would be among the top 5 leagues in the world of Soccer.
@@davidday2373There lies the problem; even MLS fans need to watch overseas clubs and international play to get exposure to new ideas and new ways of thinking. Route 1 kickball won’t succeed at a high level.
@@ryanfraley7113 Opposite. People in the U.S. should stop supporting European Soccer. If the people in the U.S. who follow the EPL, in particular, if they all followed and supported MLS instead, then MLS and Soccer would quickly improve in the U.S. Watching and supporting the EPL and Europe/Latinoamerica in general, detracts from the growth and improvement of our domestic leagues (USLC too).
@@davidday2373 It's fitting you mentioned nothing about style of play and technical ability that young players and fans can learn about by watching overseas football. Monopolistic thinking doesn't work in a global sport. While I agree that the EPL is overrated and overexposed, it's also sort of a straw dog to equate overseas to "EPL". Zero sum thinking is a big reason why MLS isn't growing. Growth and cooperation comes from a big tent. You're symbolizing why a lot of MLS fans need a complete reset of mentality. If MLS is to grow it has to get better at technical football and technical skills from the ground up. Some clubs are doing this but not nearly enough. I support an MLS club (Saint Louis City SC) but I take what I learn from international to that support. That's the difference. In fact our supporter groups encourage "CITY first, international team and overseas team" as a literal model. I don't disparage supporters of international teams other than USMNT and overseas clubs. We need those fans to grow.
@@ryanfraley7113 Yes, thank you. I look beyond the little stuff. Revenue determines the quality-level of a league, as much as anything. MLS lags most in viewership/ broadcast revenue, which is typically a sports league's largest source of revenue.
How's the style of play and technical proficiency of players in Argentina, in Colombia, in Brazil... and then ask yourself, how highly-rated are their Leagues?
European Soccer has no impact on how much I enjoy my team. I never even heard of Gareth Bale, Denis Bouanga, or Olivier Giroud before LAFC signed them.
1:14 New England revolution
The MLS is sports entertainment now. It's just a non-stop clown show staring Messi
That referee-thing is super annoying as its just a set up to prepare for commercial brakes. Wanna bet?
Caleb Porter is a product of old MLS, with the influx of better coaches and players coming in, he's being exposed. He needs more time as a assistant.
second mvp in mls is injured MESSI
Needs promotion relegation, from top to bottom unfication would make the culture here the US way more appealing. Give people incentive to compete and try to grow
Never. Promotion-Relegation would retard the progress MLS has made. As MLS keeps getting better and better, it's only a matter of time when "star" players will be joining MLS in their prime.
Players compete to get better and to win games AND to make more money. They move on, from team to team, they don't care about the team getting "prompted" (that's only in fans minds).
yawn. Tired ass argument