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MLS 2022

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Getting into squeaky bum time now, looks like some big clubs will miss the play offs this season. Atlanta, New England, LA, Seattle all still with a lot to do, along with some other clubs
 

TheBigIguana said:
I think I've posted this before but MLS should be pushing hard for a European Super League because then they become the second league on spending power almost immediately. There's a path for MLS being a major league in the next couple of decades.
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If you look at how much the franchises are selling for, it's grossly over the revenue the league currently generates. The next tv deal also looks to reflect a perception of growth. I am not sure if I buy the commissioner and owners belief in it being a viable product yet, but they are getting wiser in relation to how they can grow in profile.

The league has definitely moved drastically in accepting youth and development. Something thats helped by academies that have drastically improved to genuinely impressive standards (most notably FC Dallas, RBNY and the Union). If they continue to create european level talent that successfully make the jump continued eyes let alone profit will come. Let alone an improved national team which will bring more Americans to the sport.

More broadly is them establishing MLS as the first larger league for CONCACAF countries. The confederation has drastically improved with MLS maybe even more then the US's talent pool. Clearly theres talent in central america and considering the scale of a lot of those countries theres no reason MLS couldn't be a domestic league of all the rest removed of Mexico. That problem though could be thwarted with the constant rumors of a Liga MX merger. If that happened the whole conversation changes drastically. MX is the best league over the two americas. Is still the most watched league in the US let alone Mexico. Its marketing is huge in central america, but with US financiers the thing could vault in a dramatic way past the rest of the leagues in the Americas. A factor that then could make it possibly the first major stop for the talent rich countries in Brazil, Uruguay Argentina etc both in players and in viewers.

A hiccup though is the fact that MLS is a closed league, an appeal i'm sure factors in the gross over evaluations of the franchises currently. Owners are buying a spot at a closed table, and if Mexico enters the fold that drastically diminishes that key rationale. The new league cup though is a good initial test of the waters.
 
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Not a regular MLS viewer, but was watching the NYCFC/Atlas game yesterday, and Pereira looked a player...what is the consensus on him? He seems fairly young...is he bound for better things, or is this his level?
 
Martin Alvito said:
Sounds very Philly. Lift trophy when you don't have the best team, except in 1983 when the Sixers actually did.
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Philly have an incredible youth system so will lose their best players each season and then rebuild.

Manager is class. So wish I could go to a playoff game. Went to one a few years ago and the atmosphere was awesome.

Stunning stadium at night.
 

nonstripdzebra said:
A hiccup though is the fact that MLS is a closed league, an appeal i'm sure factors in the gross over evaluations of the franchises currently. Owners are buying a spot at a closed table, and if Mexico enters the fold that drastically diminishes that key rationale. The new league cup though is a good initial test of the waters.
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Right now Mexico is a closed league too. That’s only temporary, they did it to stablilise the lower leagues who were in serious trouble once COVID hit, but it is still very difficult to get relegated. It’s a three-year rolling performance ranking (or one or two if you just got promoted) and only one team goes down. If MLS ever did pro/rel I’m sure it would be something like that.
 

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