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Where does the MLS fit?

Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:15 pm
Posted by NewbombII
Member since Nov 2014
4681 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:15 pm
I debated on how to start the subject but here it is what level would the MLS be if we put all the clubs in some other league somewhere? Would the MLS be as good as Mexico 1st division? English 2nd division? German 2nd etc?
Posted by EastNastySwag
Member since Dec 2014
5978 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125410 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:19 pm to
Lets just not have this debate for the sake of the sanity of this board.

Its better than the Scottish League and lets leave it at that.
Posted by oauron
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2011
14512 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:33 pm to
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Its better than the Scottish League and lets leave it at that.

Poor SPFL. I wonder if people would bother to bring it up if TNBhoy didn't post here.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84857 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:41 pm to
it's very difficult to quantify. There's a huge disparity between the best and worst players in MLS. Much, much larger than any other league in the world.
Posted by AmericanHoop
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2012
745 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:42 pm to
First of all, it's not "The MLS". Just MLS.

Secondly, it's so hard to quantify these things. Let's just say it's the 2nd best league in North America and leave it there. It is likely a top 5 league in the Western Hemisphere, and a top 15 league worldwide.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125410 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:44 pm to
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There's a huge disparity between the best and worst players in MLS. Much, much larger than any other league in the world.



Depth is a major issue on MLS rosters
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125410 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:45 pm to
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It is likely a top 5 league in the Western Hemisphere, and a top 15 league worldwide.


lets not go there
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 2:55 pm to
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Its better than the Scottish League and lets leave it at that.


And Mexican
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125410 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:11 pm to
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And Mexican



um no

in due time yes
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:13 pm to
Um, at the top end, yes. Bottom half of the league, probably not.
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
16824 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:22 pm to
Okay, I'll take a WAG which I admit is somewhat uneducated.

I would think, if MLS HAD to move tomorrow into the English league system:

It would be behind the PL and Championship, and become the new League One, moving the old Lg1 to Lg2, etc.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125410 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:22 pm to
MLS just can't compete with the wages some of the Mexican clubs offer.
Posted by Tiger n Austin
Austin, Tx
Member since Dec 2005
6683 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:23 pm to
Probably better than the Italian league now that it looks like Pirlo is coming over.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
24503 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:27 pm to
I wonder how much the perception of MLS is hurt due to crowd atmosphere. It's so much easier to watch a game on TV when the crowd seems interested
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19496 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:33 pm to
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I wonder how much the perception of MLS is hurt due to crowd atmosphere. It's so much easier to watch a game on TV when the crowd seems interested


Posted by Downtown Devin Brown
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2013
1523 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:34 pm to
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First of all, it's not "The MLS". Just MLS.


I don't get why this rustles a lot of y'alls jimmies so much ... I say "the" before NFL, MLB, SEC, MLS, etc.
Posted by oauron
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2011
14512 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:37 pm to
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lets not go there


You really think there are 5 leagues better than MLS in the Western Hemisphere?
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
16148 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:39 pm to
It's not "the MLS"

It's just MLS
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 6/24/15 at 3:41 pm to
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I don't get why this rustles a lot of y'alls jimmies so much ... I say "the" before NFL, MLB, SEC, MLS, etc.

This. As long as people are talking about the league, don't bring up all this petty shite.
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