posting in a sticky

aka pub football

NO

derp

bring a team or two to the twin cities and we'll talk

>>5939695

Woody dies.

>this thread

Go Earthquakes!

Draws FTW!

>>5939695
wat dis is

>>5939695
second?

>>5939695
gay

nice sticky

saging a sticky.

I'm ok with this!

FUCK YOUR VIRAL MARKETING. I will be watching Ligue 1 next year.

Support your local MLS!
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FTW

>Mod's face
>implying New York won't win

more like Malian League Soccer amirite

lol sticky

>mod trying to push soccer down my throat

DO NOT WANT

hahaha
>ball

>MLS game sticky

This must be a first

>soccer

stop being so boring

Seattle Sounders >

Englishfag here.

Go Sounders.

>>5939749

THIS!!

englandfag here , you play much better than i ever expected you to , you have got some really skilled players

Mods? Trolling?

When this league grows... WATCH OUT!

o boy here we go

< Average american

I'm vexed

Englandfag here.

America is superior they play superior soccer.

lol @ all the niggers saging a sticky

HAHA

So is there any website that provides streams of MLS games regularly?

Americafag here. Fuck MLS I'm rooting for everything English from now on. Gonna name my son Wayne.

>soccer

FC DALLAS FTW

Isn't Sounding a kinky finish where a woman sicks a nail down a guys pee hole?

Didn't even know MLS existed until last week.

if tomorrows sounder's game ends in a 0-0 tie im done with soccer forever

whats this mls? new sport in town?

This shit needs more teams.
Seriously.

this is the face of average american.

the success of the american team in this tournament will cause the popularity of soccer to grow and maybe in 15 years time it will be a major sport

Bring a team to New York and I'll consider it.

>DERRR RED BULLL DERRR

Never played in the state of New York.

Gonna miss the american postings from now on

QQ

WE SOCCER NAO

What's this? Some new kid's league?

what is this i dont even

>>5939750
where are all the white women @?

The slightly athletic users of /sp/ could make a team and enter it in MLS and stand a chance.

It's just that shit.

The 4chan Clovers.

is the MLS on tv at all?

looks like our hipster mod has become a soccerfan and is trying to get other americans into it

>>5940035

not that i know of

>go on /sp/
>MLS thread stickied
ok, I smiled

>>5939937
That always annoyed me. Does anyone have an idea why they have that?

haha, nice trolling moderator

Who are the best teams in the MLS? too lazy to look it up.

>>5940016

I'm game. I wanna be paid to play. And dive on grass. Wouldn't that be awesome?

>Support your local MLS!

>Implying I have a local MLS team

cool story bro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM

Does MLS do diving and shitty refs and all that other foreign stuff?

>>5940035
no lol espn barely covers soccer. there won't be another soccer for another 4 years after this world cup.

>/sp/ mods

inb4 None of the American soccer "fans" can actually name teams in their own league.

>>5940035
In Seattle it is!

>>5940012
>mfw when Montero is a lazy piece of shit.

Honestly I hope it gets better to rivalize with top leagues.

Best regards,

Anonymous Brazilian.

/sp/ Where the mods troll you. What a shit board you got there. Now that world cup is over, won't bother coming to this cesspool shithole.

LA Galaxy for me.

MLS is not as bad as some people are saying. Players from it have gone on to succeed in the EPL, like McBride and Donovan last season.

>implying I have a MLS team near me

lololololololololol

football and hockey and baseball should be stopped for an entire season so people would have nothing to cheer for but soccer. that might force some interest

>>5940125
ESPN isn't the extent of sports-related media in the USA. Exhibit A: teh internets.

>>5940178
And a heartfelt fuck you to you too!

oh mod, you're so silly

>>5940178
And no one will miss you. I enjoy soccer and all, but I can't wait until this is over.

>>5940140
>>5940140
>>5940140
>>5940140
>>5940140

>sticky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM

butthurt. butthurt everywhere

>>5940016
oh god yes

What teams play for the MLS?

MLS is like seattle professional sports teams. the only way superstars will come over to play for us, they are already old and retired.

>>5940016
I call winger.

>>5940016
I'll hang around in the back and just handball constantly

Bring a team to Detroit and I'll root for them.

>>5940016

DO IT FAGGOTS

>MLS
>near me?
>looks
>nope

>>5940016
People tell me I look Italian because I have a big nose and dark skin for a white person - can I be the diver?

>>5940256
reported for racial slurs

>>5940016
MLS isn't *bad* - an elite team can press a mid-tier EPL team if not win outright

>>5940016
dibs on right back

>no MLS in southeast.
This needs to change.

>>5940351
You're already overqualified.

>>5940396
>implying the MLS will ever go there

Alaska will get a team before the shitty southeast

Fuck yeah. We don't need no stinkin' European footbal.

I got to almost every toronto FC game. So im supporting them alright lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer

What the fuck is that logo

I'm a hardcore football fan and I honestly have no idea what MLS is

>euros mad that 4chan and /sp/ is an AMERICAN IMAGEBOARD

>get butthurt they can't win at football
>create own league and don't invite any good teams

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

>>5940475
Toronto is burning down bro
Fucking anarchists

Anyone know where I can get a stream of the FC Dallas game tonight?

>>5940488

Then why is there a Japanese flag under the posing interface?

>>5940529
Yeah i know i can see shit happening from my window

>>5940552

Because Japan are the only equals to the US

Mod status: Trollface.

>>5940524
hahaha, americans are laugheable. truly pathetic

>>5940598
Sure.
In FIFA?
Japan has shown to have better passing, finishing, goalie and defense.

we'll have to have a decent local league if we want to go against the world.

AGAINST THE WORLD

i wish the MLS would be better so there could be a true football league rivalry between england and the us and the football culture on this board would be better.

i think MLS teams should be allowed into the champions league because it is the premier club competition and is one of the reasons why big players only move to the us when their career is almost over.

but hopefully the success of the american team in this tournament will cause the popularity of soccer to grow and maybe in 10 years time it will be a major sport

>>5940621

in b4 Europe needs America to win wars

FUCK YEAH PHILADELPHIA UNION

>>5940104
>Support your local MLS!
>live in south Florida
feels bad man

>>5939720
>>5939720
ok i lol'd

>>5940664
>Support your local <insert professional league here> team!
>live in south Florida

>>5940524
>local league
>international invite cards

You stupid fucking nigger.

>>5940641
The MLS is what, 15 years old? Give it some time. In our lifetimes it will be at least as big as the NHL.

I want to follow a MLS team too, most likely Philadelphia Union or NY Red Bulls

what you recommend?

>>5940738
Where do you live?

>>5940664
I want to start a team in miami. Trollercoaster FC
I'm going to get all of the good spic players and make a team better than the entire MLS together.

>>5940738
Seattle Sounders. Don't even think twice.

>>5940738
You know you want to root for Seattle.

MLS will expand to 18 clubs in 2011 with Vancouver and Portland joining the league. The new MLS club in Vancouver, Canada, will replace the second division Vancouver Whitecaps keeping some form of the "Whitecaps" name.

Portland's new MLS club will replace the second division Portland Timbers but keeping the "Portland Timbers" name. The Timbers will play at PGE Park, currently being renovated as a soccer-specific stadium for the 2011 season.

An expansion for 2012 will also take place in Montreal with their current team, the Impact. The official announcement of the expansion to Montreal for the 2012 season was made on May 7, 2010 during a press conference by the Montreal Impact and MLS Commissioner Don Garber. MLS hopes to add a 20th team by 2012 or shortly thereafter. A number of options are under consideration, including placing a second team in the New York area as a rival to the Red Bulls.

>>5940738

If you live in a team town, support that team or you're a fag.

If you don't, support Seattle.

Enjoy your shitty league.

Why doesnt Rentschler Field; East Hartford, Conn. have a Football club?

Its a good enough field to host US Soccer matches

The Portland - Seattle rivalry is going to be insane.

>go to school in Portland
>everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg

also hidden. and reported your sticky.

>>5940833
>support a team 3000+ miles away

Sure bro

>>5940833
okay, so im gonna support Red Bulls

nfl sticky please

no mls teams in the south, sorry.

BRfag here.

USA, you fought well. I rooted for you. Unfortunately that one goal on the extended time plus the extreme number of wrong passes were fatal. Better luck next time. I know if football/soccer were more popular in your country you guys would be a lot better already.

Better luck next time.

Oh, and you're still better than the British. :P

So is anyone actually watching the games?

Shut up Florida fags, you had your chance with the MLS.

>>5939691
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Why does Texas get two teams?

(Dynamo and Dallas)

>>5940990
there is a toronto/LA game thread

5940812

Implying fat Americans can play football or care about it.

They're talking about expanding again in New York, yet Atlanta can't get a team...ugh. I'd love to support a team that I actually have some connection with (fuck the EPL, I'm not going to support a team that's across the damn ocean, and that I'll never actually have a chance of watching in person or on TV).

The closest I can come to supporting a team is D.C. United, and they're around 400 miles away. MLS expansion is nice, but it'd be nice if they'd consider expanding somewhere outside of the Midwest and West Coast.

If MLS ever gets big there's a 90% chance of them deviating from the norm in adding way more sideline refs, and greater tolerance for contact, since we don't mind a bit of brutalizing.

Prepare your anus, MLS. The greatest soccer city in the USA is coming to your league. Hope you don't mind when we win 10 straight MLS Cups.

>>5941042
MLS will never go to the southeast. Shit Alaska has a better chance at a team

>>5940945

>>5941042
I hope the Carolina Railhawks get considered for expansion. They are doing all right in the US cup.

Fuck it, there's a thread for giving Amerifags a British team to support.

First Amerifag to respond to this decides what MLS team I follow this season.

>>5941076
I don't know about all that, but there's no doubt the great northwest is going to be the country's biggest soccer region.

MLS sucks because not even their best players combined can get past the first round in the world cup against average teams.

>>5941111
sounders

>>5941076

I've seen videos on YouTube. Loudest American soccer fans and they're not even in the MLS (yet).

>>5941076
I hate how west coasts college soocer fags they think they are the shit at soccer.

>Then a German high schooler comes and takes them to school in a friendly.

>>5941124
Seattle is playing Scotland in a friendly. You should watch it.

>>5941090

Yeah, I saw your retarded post the first time.

>>5941123
Portland sports fans are often the best sports fans in the country for their respective sport. Timbers and Trailblazers are about the only ones we have, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neYYdrTwuUc

>>5941042
Support your USL team when they come back. If they get enough support they could get noticed.

here you can see all teams.

MLS will expand to 18 clubs in 2011 with Vancouver and Portland joining the league

hey guys

theres an mls game
go to adthe and watch it with me

>>5941161
Well it is the truth, no one in soccer wants to expand to the southeast unless you are talking about Puerto Rico

I can wait until the new I-5 Rivalry.

Unsticky this, no one cares about soccer anymore.

>>5941258
It's been a long time since Sonics-Blazers. Sounders-Timbers is going to single-handedly make MLS popular, at least in this part of the country.

WOOOOO Can't wait to see mediocre, boring diveball.

>>5941118

Very well then.

COME ON YOU SOUNDERS!

I am going to make a VALIANT EFFORT to support the local MLS team now. (the KC Wizards)

>>5941245
>Puerto Rico

FUCK YEAH PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS

Is it 2014 yet? No? Then what the fuck is this doing on my /sp/. Divegrass isnt a sport

Seattle has the best fans in the MLS from what I've heard. The LA Galaxy are supposed to be full of bandwagons, lol.

>>5941286
>>5941258
I miss wiping the floor with you Seattlites. Too bad the Durantoden rivalry was never to be.

>>5941331
Go back to niggeregg then. I hear they're airing more commercials.

>>5941340
For whatever reason, Seattle has the most soccer fans of anywhere in the country. I have no idea why. But it's true.

They're liberal faggots

>>5941346
Someone forgot about the glory days of Kemp and Payton.

no one cares about Minor League Soccerball.

>>5941367
Seattle is filled with hipsters who want to seem "different" than all the uncultured Americans. So they like a European sport.

>>5941391
It's probably because other than San Antonio and San Jose (both of which are in states with tons of other teams), it's the biggest city with the fewest teams in the four major sports.

>>5941286
Plus the Whitecaps.

Hopefully it doesn't lead to the embarrassing fights that went on last year though.

Red Bulls! Part of me wants them to scrap the whole image though and rename it something cool. Like NY United or something.

>>5941419
For the 8,000,000th time. Seattle is infested with yuppies. Portland is hipster central. Get it right.

wooo Go St. Louis .... wait what the fuck we dont have a team???? motherfucker

>>5941043
MLS is just a slave of FIFA which makes the rules.

>>5941367
this is a general deal with Northwest teams. we don't get many sports teams - there are only 4 professional teams between Seattle and Portland, 5 with the Timbers entering MLS in 2011 - so we don't have as many options. So when we get involved with a team, we get REALLY involved.

>>5941474
Sorry. :(

>wooo Go St. Louis .... wait what the fuck we dont have a team???? motherfucker
You'll get one before Atlanta or Charlotte

http://www.atdhe.net/ matches now live

>>5941441
I think it's funny that all three of us have soccer teams, but when you add us all up, there's only one team in any of the other four sports.

KC vs. New York coming on. Who's watching?

>>5941537
lol no one is watching

ITT:
Fags who actually like soccer;

People trolling;

People getting trolled.

If you are the latter, stop being retarded.

>>5941498
We definitely have the most obnoxious fans. The Ducks, Seahawks, Blazers and Canucks are probably the most irritating home crowds in each of their respective sports.

>>5940853
second

ITT: Northwestern hippies that hate Southerners

>>5940016
I once shot 4 goals in one game in my local youth team!
Can i be No. 10?

>>5941497

Someday, America WILL declare independence

>>5941340

other way around

>>5939873
Coloradofag here, I actually just realized we have an MLS team!

>>5941604
The hippies are pretty evenly distributed up and down the west coast. There's really not that many of them anymore, especially if you avoid parks and Hempfests. The South can eat a sack of baby dicks, though...

LOL the DC United and Columbus Crew match is almost empty

>>5941404
I forgot about it with all the Drexler, Roy, Walton, and Pippen memories. Don't be mad just because Nate McMillan jumped ship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRxdL-y9YM

GHANA LOSE GHANE LOSE GHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSEGHANA LOSE GHANE LOSE

I wish soccer here had the popularity that college football does; loud, passionate fans, chants, anticipated games and rivalries. We have the people to do it, but MLS expansion is slow and the game hasn't even come close to reaching the popularity here that it's capable of.

the german commentator on todays game mentioned that the players won't get drafted to the league till their 22 years old, that's why younger talents like altidore move to europe before ever playing in the mls. is that true?

>>5941660
Way to prove my point hippie

>>5941604
You mad Southern fag?

>>5941730
Wasn't really being serious about the South. I don't know why people think that about the Northwest. Why would we hate a region in the opposite corner of the country? It doesn't even really make sense.

>>5941724
i don't know about MLS, but many US sports mandate you play as an amatuer for an amount of time.

For example...
NBA=1 year
NFL=3 years

>>5941789
Nah, you only get paid $400 and a sandwich for MLS games, they don't really bother with that amateur-first nonsense.

>>5941724
Yes

What the hell is CSN?

>>5941724
>>5941789


Didn't' Adu sign when he was 14?

>>5941858
Comcast Sports Network?

>>5941858
comcast sports network, it's also FSN (fox sports network) in some areas for non-comcast watchers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet

Turrible, Just Turrrible play quality

>>5941857
>>5941724

You should get rid off that rule.

>>5941907

Thanks for mentioning that (I saw it online, and was like 'oh, fuck it'), but I actually have the channel.

Are Toronto and LA supposed to be top teams of the MLS?

>>5941980
Toronto because of the fans.

>>5941980
LA has the best record right now. Seattle and Toronto have the most popular teams.

who are the Wiz playing tonight at Arrowhead?

>>5942046
Red Bull NY

>>5941227

man

midwest needs to represent

I wonder if Indiana will ever have a team

>mfw MLS folds in 10 years or less.

>>5941980
I would say the top 3 teams would be Real Salt Lake, LA Galaxy, and the Houston Dynamo.

>>5942099
Folds? They just passed the NHL and NBA in average attendance. They're not folding any time soon, bro.

>>5942086
>Implying Kansas isn't in the midwest

>>5942099
Why would it fold? There's more kids playing soccer now than ever. If anything, it will get more popular. A few teams might move or something, but that's to be expected, it hasn't even been around 20 years yet.

>>5942117

Yah faggot, because they play in large open arenas or football stadiums. DERP.

>>5942086
Chicago Fire, bro

>>5942111
err, not the Dynamo, Columbus Crew or Red Bulls would be better #3's.

A typical MLS game wouldn't even match a terrible Lions home game.

>>5942028
>>5942020
>>5941980

Then I have to say I have even more respect for the US national team, because MLS is really shit tier football, comparable to bad teams of second german league and better teams of third german league, judged by the little I watched of the TOR : LA match right now.

>>5942099
The MLS has been around since 96 and has been more popular than ever recently. There's nothing to suggest that they would fold.

>>5942080
Red Bull is going down, GO WIZ

mls trollface time

>>5939695
soon, soon, this league will be the most powerful in history...

>>5942203
Yeah, it's definitely worth noting that half of the Ghana team plays in the EPL, most of our players aren't really used to facing world-class competition.

I can't even get into soccer without a team to watch =/

>>5942099

>doesn't know what the hell they're talking about

>>5942203

Possible link, or...?

>>5942333
You should check atdhe.net before asking for links.

You local team may not be MLS but perhaps they will expand if they are good enough and get enough financial backing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_soccer_pyramid

>>5942354

You just answered the question for me--you shouldn't assume someone knows what you know prior to them asking you a question (that's the entire reason I asked).

>>5942276
I noticed that after the 1:0 from Ghana, for some time they were totally panicked and started fouling ugly because they didn't know what to do.

Maybe your clubs should consider to play some kind of international friendly matches or minor tournaments in Top tier football countries.

>>5942391
Whoa, calm down there, buddy. Just pretend there was a "for future reference" tacked onto the end of that.

>>5942403
MLS teams play friendlies against UEFA teams all the time.

>>5942356
I don't have 40 million dollars to get a MLS team with

>>5942403
They do play friendlies.

>>5942403
TFC had a friendly with Celtic FC not too long ago, if IIRC.

>>5942456

I didn't know that.

Posting Earthquakes in a MLS thread

KC WIZARDS VS. MANCHESTER UNITED. JULY 25. HELL YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS.

>>5940140
DC United
Columbus Crew
New England Revolution
Philadelphia Union
Toronto FC
Kansas City Wizards
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo
Real Salt Lake
Chivas USA
Los Angelese Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders
New York Red Bulls
Colorado Rapids
Chicago Fire

Upcoming:
Portland Timbers (2011)
Vancouver Whitecaps (2011)
Montreal (2012)

Fuck the MLS, Why give them my money when i don't have a team? Fuck em.

>>5942543
Dat Whitecaps/Sounders rivalry is going to be good, I hope.

>>5942447

Well, your reply was arrogant. Pretending as if something is common knowledge doesn't mean you should patronize someone when they ask you a simple question--you shouldn't even bother replying at that point (really, the implication of my question was asking you_if_there was a link: I had already checked that website and hadn't found the game there, but you had assumed that I hadn't already, I was just thinking that you might have been using a link that wasn't broken).

Gosh.

>> San Jose Earthquakes
What thitty name is that

>>5942615
>Whitecaps Sounders
>Implying the I-5 rivalry isn't being reborn and you're thinking about fucking Vancouver

>>5942628
atdhe link isnt broken

>>5942700

Is for me. (Probably just my usual fuck-up connection/technical problems.)

>>5942673
>mad your state has no badass refferences to their natural disasters

>>5942730
http://atdhe.net/watchtv.html

>>5942628
>complains about bad etiquette on 4chan
>complains about getting the link he asked for

>>5942687

But there will be a new team in Portland.

Portland-Seattle-Vancouver

Non American here that knows what I-5 is and knows about MLS

>>5942543
So since the MLS is nearing 20 teams when will there be talks of finally adding a 2nd division? I mean once they get around 24-25 teams they have to start at least the idea of having a 2nd unless they want to go the way of the NASL.

>>5942734

New Orleans Hurricanes, expansion team in 2014.

chivas needs to get the fuck out of la

they're like the clippers, nobody gives a fuck about them

i'm sure there is a major city without a team that would need one more than la needs two teams

>>5942687
I'm from Toronto. I don't care about Portland.

>>5942782
San Diego?

>>5942782
San Diego or St. Louis.

>>5941227
I live in the southeast, and I'm sad that we don't have any teams near us in MLS. I get tired of rooting for the Atlanta Braves as basically the only sports team near us of any consequence.

>>5942757

Douche.

>>5942803
congratulations, urgay

Don't the English teams always lose to the MLS All Stars????

Well except Everton, BUT an AMERICAN goalkeeper saved your asses in penalties

>>5942769
>So since the MLS is nearing 20 teams when will there be talks of finally adding a 2nd division? I mean once they get around 24-25 teams they have to start at least the idea of having a 2nd unless they want to go the way of the NASL.

They'll just throw 2nd division teams to a few southern cities and make it near impossible to advance up.

Hm, well apparently there are several minor league teams within the same overall organization in the South....so that's something I guess, despite them ever being pulled up to full fledged MLS is doubtful. ;_;

>>5942834
Theres already talks of St.Louis getting it's own team via AC St. Louis and Albert Pujols.

>>5942814
>>5942834

san diego and st louis are both good choices

san diego is maybe the biggest soccer zone in the us

if it goes to st louis it would have to change its name though

>>5942894
I was thinking of them spiting the teams once they reach 24 by having the top 12 in MLS and the bottom 12 in the new MLS2 or whatever they'll call it.

>>5942879

I'll be there tomorrow with the SOB's.

>>5942952
Nah I think they'll keep the 24 teams (Probably adding St Louis, NY #2, and another Canadian team) then just give the southeast a few division two teams with a few more here and there.

Orlando or Tampa needs a team.
Pic unrelated, but its the team I support.

>>5943081
>Southeast
>Getting a team
Nah, you'll get one for division two though bro.

>Catastrophic fire nearly wipes out the entire city.
>Name soccer team after it.

have a hard time caring about the MLS until my state gets a team, and I don't see Oklahoma getting one any time soon.

for the stream of the MLS (and every other league and sport):

http://www.rojadirecta.org/

Go New England Revolution, I suppose!

>>5943115
Suck it up and cheer for Kansas.

DC United
Columbus Crew
New England Revolution
Philadelphia Union
Toronto FC
Kansas City Wizards
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo
Real Salt Lake
Chivas USA
Los Angelese Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders
New York Red Bulls
Colorado Rapids
Chicago Fire
Portland Timbers
Vancouver Whitecaps
Montreal
St. Louis
New York #2
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Ottawa


That'll be Division one

>>5943153
nice

>>5943153
Cool.

Could you name the other stream sites for me real quick? I get them mixed up and don't have them bookmarked yet. Adthe or something?

>>5943241
I tried getting into the Wizards, but I just wasn't feeling it.

>>5943041
24 teams=48 games=48 weeks with 2-3 playoffs rounds.
You sure they could handle that? Unless they start to only play teams in their own regions like in the NFL or play two games a week I don't think this would work out.

>>5943105
>>5943105
We have a high population of latinos, an Orlando based team playing in a 20,000 seater stadium could easily sell out the place. I'd go to about every game.

Reppin' mah Seattle XBOXs up in this bitch!

don't mind me, just posting in the automatic +100 MLS thread.

>>5943320
Bro the southeast isn't going to get a team unless it is division two or maybe division three

I'll just leave this here.

I'm from North Carolina.

Who should I root for?

>>5943300

I dunno

>>5943429
DC?

>>5943420
>>5943420
I can still dream ;_;

>>5943429
>I'm from North Carolina.
You don't have anyone to root for in the MLS.

>>5943429
DC

>>5943429
isn't the Caronlina Railhawks still around? They are in the current division 2

>>5943429you should root for DC

also, you have these guys

obligatory

Chicago Best Buys
Chivas Extra
Columbus Glidden
D.C. Volkswagen
FC Dallas lolz
Houston Amigo Energy
Kansas City
LA Herbalife
New England Revolution
NY Redbulls
Philadelphia Union
Salt Late Xango
San Jose Amway
Seattle XBOXs
Toronto BMO

>>5943429

in NC they need some good soccer referee

http://www.ncsra.org/

>>5943560
>Implying the Sounders wouldn't be equally awesome if they were actually named the Xbox's

So why do things have to be "major league" in america?

>>5943544
>isn't the Caronlina Railhawks still around?
They aren't in the MLS though.

>>5943591
>buying games

>>5943560
>no sponsors on our shirt
>classiest team

rest of MLS are you even?

>>5943622
Neither Philly nor New England have a sponsor either.

>>5943555
Dude wants an MLS, not a Tier two level shit.

>>5943591
They'd be cooler.

>>5943599
That's the only thing that bugs me about the MLS. 'Major League'. It reminds me of baseball.

>>5943599
Too attract baseball fans, derp

And it's literally only two things

>>5943599
major league=premiere in the US

>>5943591
Who honestly gives a fuck

It's an endearing nickname IMO

>After being founded in 1968, the NASL successful beginning in the mid-1970s – particularly the New York Cosmos, who fielded a number of world-famous stars including Pele. As the sport grew in popularity, the number of teams rapidly grew reaching their peak in the early 1980s when there were twenty four teams - nineteen in the United States and five in Canada.
Should the MLS shoot for this or try to avoid this?

>>5943622
Not going to lie. Colorado has my favourite kits in hte league. They've come a long way.

>>5943709
No, the MLS is doing the right thing with slow growth. THe NASL attempted to grab Euro stars who most Americans never heard of. It cost too much and they expanded to quickly. Following soccer then was a fad like watching curling on /sp/.

>>5943709
they're actively trying to avoid it. That's the reason for the strict structure, salary cap, slow expansion, etc., they want the thing to be self-sufficient and not hemorrhaging money without bringing in enough crowds/merch/whatevs

They expect all the teams to be out of the red in the next couple of years, iirc.

>>5943652

I just found my Metrostars jersey

>>5943776
Have they listed how many teams are already posting profits?

>>5943709
> current MLS team
> 17 US teams
> 3 Canadian team

they're pushing for it

Wow this is some shitty football. America must suck at this.

>>5943804
Honest answer GDI, is because our history of tying sports with amateurism and schools. It was a bit of an adjustment in the US to have professional athletes at first.

>>5943804
Half of our draftees were Scandis. Burke let Bergman do his thang.

HAHA YOU FUCKING AMERIFATS SUCK AT FOOTBALL. YOU CAN'T EVEN BEAT A COUNTRY FILLED WITH NIGGERS. GO BACK TO WEARING YOUR SPANDEX AND EATING HAMBURGERS.

>>5943957
>implying my spandex outfit isnt comfy as shit.

I'm about to start my first season as an NY Red Bulls fan, but since there's talk of a new NY team on the horizon, am I the only one thinking about defecting, if they're awesome?

>>5943769
>>5943776
But eventually the MLS might reach the 24 team mark, maybe by then they'll start a 2nd division?

>>5943957

>Have a civilized conversation about the growth of MLS and popularity of soccer in the United States
>troll

Stay classy,

work on your soccer league and you will be the next world cup winnar

>>5943989
Well the Red Bulls are doing good this year with that nice stadium. If there's going to be another NY it might play near where the Mets play IIRC and it might be called Cosmos.

>work on your soccer league and you will be the next world cup winnar
Americans will never win but may be come decent at best

>>5944003
There's already the USL, which is kind of a shit tier league. Maybe MLS acquires it and sets it up as a second division? idk

>>5943989
With a name like the redbulls yes.

They might as well be called "The NY (Name to the highest bidder)"

>>5943849
wikipedia:

MLS Commissioner Don Garber said on May 11, 2006 that he expects the league's clubs to be profitable by 2010 overall. He reported that FC Dallas and the Los Angeles Galaxy are already profitable, with several other clubs nearing profitability. A year later, he revealed that the Chicago Fire, the Colorado Rapids, and Toronto FC were on track for profitability by 2008.[28] However in 2008 there were only three profitable MLS franchises; Los Angeles Galaxy, Toronto FC and FC Dallas [1]. According to the League, in 2009 there were only two profitable MLS franchises, Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC

So you got hyped up and then met with the inevitable defeat, eh?

Now you know what it feels like to support England.

>But eventually the MLS might reach the 24 team mark, maybe by then they'll start a 2nd division?
That might kill the MLS rather than help it

>>5944091
>>5944091
MLS and USL have said they're not combining in the near future.

dicks.

>>5944003

i don't know if a promotion/relegation system would work in america, especially with a bunch of new teams that nobody has any emotional ties to. Not sure how many people would follow their local team down to the second division

posting in a sticky

>>5944104
>in 2009 there were only two profitable MLS franchises, Seattle Sounders FC

>>5944111
How?

>>5944052

It's not working that fast. More like:
>Get your clubs profitable
>Invest in youth work
>after > 8 years go from Mid tier to Good tier
>after >12 years maybe you can first time into World cup final match if you are lucky
>after >16 years win world cup the first time

>>5944069
Yeah, rumors are that the 2nd NY club will be located in Queens and will take the NASL team name.

Promotion/Relegation fags: http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/serious-analyzing-for-mls-single-table-promotion-relegation/218
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Don't worry Ameribros....we'll win it next year.

>>5944251
>Teams get relegated down to a lower division
>People will attend far less and expect to pay far less because it is division two

>>5944257
The youth work is the biggest thing

You have to groom your home-grown talent from the high school and up stages to be better performers in the MLS.

the current MLS invests very heavily in players that were cut from Premiere League teams

I am glad Vancouver is gettting soccor again.

What's with the planned NASL, couldn't they become the second league of the MLS?

>>5944341
From what I heard the Youth system at teams is starting and that my Fire seems has one of the best ones.

>>5944271
excellent article

What's up America? u mad?

>>5944444
NASL is currently is the D2 along with the USL as a league like the National league and American league in baseball but only for a year.

>>5944525
also this
http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/mls-schedule-why-we-need-a-traditional-calender-without-single-
table/6316
I don't think this would work though.

Youth Soccer here in the US is probably among the top in the world, however the youths who excel in soccer here in the US usually stop playing soccer after high school because they either go on to play football or basketball in college with dreams of going to the MBA or NFL, or they're drafter into the MLB system. Whatever is left over gets picked up by US soccer. Look at Chad Ochocinco - guy was a good soccer talent, but knew he could make a shitload more money in the NFL.

Americans did you feel ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLWWa1lte0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBBPoyXEOhM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLxpMyh13g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7xvegPH_Lw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h36YcZecz4c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qFFv8SZtU

>>5944671

>Youth Soccer here in the US is probably among the top in the world

care to explain that statement? Are we talking sheer participation numbers?

>>5939695
>>fix'd

/sp/ mods are a bunch of unfunny morons that fail whenever they try to interject themselves into the boards.

>>5944671

If he played his cards right and if he were really that good he could've been picked up by some nice European club, made himself some money.

>>5944328

Stop being a faggot Chuck, next WC is in 2014

>the current MLS invests very heavily in players that were cut from Premiere League teams

And quite frankly... that's a complete waste of money. It's like putting money into a 35-year old NFL runningback with nothing left.

>>5944909
hey, that's the CFL's strategy

>>5944909

>Reuben Droughns
>Jamal Lewis

brownsfanfeelsbadman.jpg

>MLS
>A complete national league
I don't think so Tim, nor will it be at this rate.

>>5940115
>youtube video of Ghanan trolling Americans
>click profile
>Maker of video American

>mfw

MLS desperately needs a St. Louis team. It'd be nice for them to have a rivalry with KC and Chicago, and to a lesser extent Columbus. All 3 of those teams around them will be within a 6-hour drive.

Who won the Galaxy game?

>>5945029

Convert the Rams into a soccer team >:D

Great league. Come on Red Bull.

>>5945080
fucking lol'd

Bestest fans since 1975
http://www.youtube.com/user/DroppingTimber#p/u/23/Kr7Ade8k5Jw

>MLS desperately needs a St. Louis team. It'd be nice for them to have a rivalry with KC and Chicago, and to a lesser extent Columbus. All 3 of those teams around them will be within a 6-hour drive.
Dude the Southeast needs a team far more badly than they do

>>5945111

>play in the summer
>HEATSTROKE HEATSTROKE HEATSTROKE
>scores of dead fans and players

GOAL! RED BULLS!

>>5945111
AC St. Louis almost failed 6 games into their first season in d-2
Southeast - it was called fusion and mutiny, both failed
Cool story bro!

>>5945151
Isn't there already a team in Texas? That's not a good excuse.

Personally I can't wait for 2011 when Portland joins the league and the I-5 Rivalry will be reborn anew

>>5945151
>Want a nationwide, mainstream soccer league
>Ignore a large chunk of the country because you hate them

Sucks for america...

i live in England and live within 10 miles of 4 premiership teams.

West Bromwich Albion which is a 5 minute walk
Aston villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
and Birmingham FC

It's a problem of the size of the country and how far you need to travel just to watch a game.

English league systems will not work in america.

nobody is going to travel 100's of miles for a match.

New Englandfag here...

REVOLUTION IT IS!

>>5945179
>Put teams in Southern and Central Florida
>Act like that covers the whole geographical region of the Southeast
Florida isn't the only State in the southeast bro

>>5945214
We don't want and English league system, where four teams dominate and the rest are shite!

This league needs more cash to attract actual talent and draw athletes from the NFL and baseball. Otherwise, it's going to founder and die after being laughed at.

Atlanta
Nashville
Memphis

One of these cities needs an MLS franchise.

>>5945205

I WAS ONLY KIDDING YOU FAGGOT

i fucking love the carolinas.

I lived in Tampa during the Mutiny/Miami Fusion day, and as far as florida goes... If it ain't college football, they don't fucking care. Look at the marlins, Dolphins, Rays (before all the fare weather fans), Jaguars, Panthers.

It it doesn't involve the Gators, 'Noles or 'Cane they won't care.

>>5945286
Oh yeah, the MLS is really missing out with sky high salaries and the lockouts, strikes and labor dispustes

>>5942509
>>5942509
>San Jose earthquakes
what a cool name.

also, i really hope that MLS try to enter to Copa Libertadores, Conmebol already invites 3 teams from Mexico, if MLS gets stable enough (i mean about money) then you could try to get one spot to that tournament or some kind of Playoff agains mexico to get that spot. i really thing that facing agains teams of the rest of america, could bring new airs to mls teams.

>>5945291
Charlotte or Raleigh would be just as good, Western NC has a good soccer base.

>>5945291
What about OKC?

>>5945273
It's one of the sacrifices we make.

Much better than teams dissolving and forming every fucking year and not knowing whos who and whats going on.

And hel,l sometimes a lower rank team makes a huge upset and trolls the top teams.

>>5945214
I think that's a huge reason Professional Soccer hasn't caught on here. "Nearby" rivalries are like 3 hours drive or more. Fuck if I'm going 6 hours round trip to go see a match.

>>5945325

Yeah, that's what I thought, the Carolinas would work out well for an expansion team. Aren't there a lot of good college soccer teams in the Carolinas?

>>5945205
Nah bro, if that were the case, the NE Revs wouldn't exist. :p

>>5945342

Well you guys use the (valid) excuse that you're competing against other countries' clubs. It sucks that there's no parity, but we understand why; a salary cap is impossible to establish.

>>5945179
Speaking of the Timbers, I'm really worried as to how profitable they can be in PGE park...

Considering that you can watch the entire match from across the street

It is a six and a half hour drive to my nearest MLS team, fuck that.

>>5945435

Salary cap? Talk to the NFL.

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>>5945312

I was a Mutiny fan back in the day (kind of for stupid reasons; I liked their team name and the Revs', so I let their opening game decide who I would cheer for), and yeah. I kept checking the attendance numbers, and if it wasn't 7/4 or a Goo Goo Dolls concert their attendance would be 6,000-12,000.

>>5945368
You would be surprised by the number of people that travel for away games.

Also, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver will have some epic rivalries

>>5945480
Shit yeah

>>5945480

Yes! That 3-way rivalry in particular will be the best part of MLS starting next year.

>>5945480
I'm not saying they don't travel long distances (I saw tons of the Sons of Ben in Seattle for the match there), but I think it's relevant to consider it a deterrent for a lot of people. Myself included.

>>5945525
Starting Bulls fan, sees epic 3-way rivalry, looks at DC United and at Atlantic Cup

feelsinferiorman,jpg

do the majority of MLS players still join the league out of college?
Because that's a huge drag on their development in comparison to europe, where they're signed on to a pro team (with top coaches and top facilities) at 18 and have usually played for pro team academies since they were 10, rather than playing for their high school and kiddie leagues where the standard of coaching can be questionable

>>5941295
>Win championship
>empty stadium in background

wow, that's sad

>>5939695
>>5939695

imokwiththis.jpg

Southernfag here

6 1/2 hours to DC United
9 1/2 to New York
11 hours to Columbus Crew
13 to New England
16 to Chicago
20 1/2 to Houston

11 1/2 to Tampa Florida
14 to Miami

>>5945480
And yeah, I think the Portland - Seattle - Vancouver rivalry will be pretty damn awesome. Good time to be a fan in the Pacific Northwest. :)

>>5945615

I think they make exceptions for kids to play on that team without giving up college eligibility. (Does MLS still do Project 40?)

>>5945670
No one cares about the US Open Cup, though.

chicago fire reporting in

>>5945686

PROTIP: Start your own franchise

The MLS team I'm supposed to be following is doing badly.

Seems like the only team that really does exceptionally is LA Galaxy...

woo soccer...

>>5945670
That's just the Upper Deck

It's closed off for Sounders games

>>5945741
Give me 40 million and I'll start one

>>5945746

>w - l - t
>t

it's the little things that are different that make MLS interesting to me

>>5945746
>first - 33 points
>second - 24

wow... that's disappointing

>>5945765

$40m and the $80m-100m to build a soccer-specific stadium and you've got it. (Or find a locale that would put in public money into a soccer stadium.)

Bring back Miami's team D:

>>5945765

can i be your head coach? i rock shit on FM and i'll have my work permit within a couple of months!

>>5945800
Well when you have Landon Donovan on your team...

>>5945746
>One team dominating
>a few teams doing ok
>rest of teams preforming like shit

SURE SEEMS LIKE A CERTAIN LEAGUE AMERICA DOESN'T WANT TO BECOME

ANGEL! GOAL RED BULLS!

Houston Dynamo here
Watching the game against Colorado Rapids, we just scored to make it 2-2

>>5945856

galaxy haven't had buddle or donovan for a while, and beckham for a long while

they play well with or without them

>>5945873
OH GOD NNNOOO!

>>5945800
LA is a damn good team and have been around since beginning

Plus they have Donovan and Beckham on their rosters (both are on loan right now though)

You know, if they really want soccer to take off, they should take the top of the MLS and combine it with the cream of Primera División.
Adding Mexican talent and fanbase to US money and broadcasters might actually create a league worth watching.

As it stands, very few in the US are going to watch a third tier soccer league when they have world class Baseball/Football/Basketball/Hockey available.

I'm an Ameribro living in the US.

Now that my beloved team has been eliminated (valient effort, comrades) which team shall I support for the rest of the World Cup?

1. England - Somewhat obvious choice. Our jovial ancestors. I wouldn't mind seeing the brits avenge our defeat at the hands of negros.

2. Mexico - Our friends to the south. Their proximity makes them an obvious choice. Also, Southern CA is basically owned by them. I can dig Mexican culture.

3. Japan - Anime.

So which team should I support?

>>5945809
That'll never happen bro. I'm fearing the Southeast will only get division two teams

>>5945878
Whoo!

>>5945959
>Our jovial ancestors
Of less than 10% of the country.
Bitches don't know bout my German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and Latin American immigration.

someone say road trips?