re: NASL is seemingly doomed

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MLS is already on the brink of being way to big of league

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No they aren't.

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if they got that route at least give us MLS I and MLS II.

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You are going to get MLS and USL I and USL II in the future. Hopefully further down the road you get pro/rel. But not now.

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Other things like the unbalanced schedule allocation rules are absurd.

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You're just wrong here and don't have the pulse of soccer in the US, what the fans want, or what the players want. One of the top problems of MLS, as stated by all the players, is the size of the US and travel. They want less travel. A balanced schedule increases travel. Portland and New England playing each other the same amount as Portland plays Seattle or Vancouver is flawed. The fans don't want it, the players don't want it. They want rivalries where they don't have to travel from coast to coast. Fans want rivalries so they can travel and take part.

This is a perfect example of you trying to fit your Eurocentric round peg into a square hole. The Premier League has a balanced schedule, therefore the MLS should have a balanced schedule. And if they don't its wrong. You take zero consideration of the fact that the US is nothing like England, the realities of geography, the populace, the economics, or the fan situation that must be considered in growing a solid, good, professional soccer league in the US.

A professional club. Top training grounds and facilities. Stadia. Sponsorships. Top academies. Coaching. Education. All of these things take money. Lots of money. They require investors willing to plump down hundreds of millions. And MLS is getting it. They are establishing clubs. That's a good thing. It's great for soccer in the US.

Are you going to sit there and tell us that it's not a good thing that Atlanta United being established is not a good thing for soccer? That the academy being built there is not a good thing? That the thousands of people, including kids, that will be watching MLS soccer there is not a good thing? That the training ground being built there is not a good thing?

Are you going to say that Sacramento and everything they are doing there, building all that infrastructure, growing their academy, building that stadium, bringing soccer on the level they are to all those fans, are you going to say that's not a good thing? That somehow that is hurting soccer?

Are you going to say the same about LAFC? Minnesota? All these clubs are going to bring more soccer to more people. They will produce more quality players through their academies, which MLS is pouring money into. USL is growing with help from MLS and it keeps players playing that otherwise would not be playing. That is good. It's establishing a stair step.

But it all takes tons of money and investment. And MLS is doing it, and doing it well. It's so much better in every way than it was even just ten years ago. It's not perfect, it can't be right now. But it will continue to grow and evolve. And it's all positive.