re: USL votes to implement Pro/Rel

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Improving yearly

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No it isn’t

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The standard has definitely improved from an attacking player

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???

Anyway you admit you don’t even watch the league. I do. The quality has improved year over year, mostly from a change in player purchase strategy and an improving homegrown system. Guys like Reus and Giroud aren’t coming in and dominating the league. Giroud had 15g/8a his last Serie A season. He literally just scored his first MLS goal

We all know those guys are bought for their aura (and marketing) at this point more so than what they can contribute on the field.

Teams that actually want to succeed are spending more cleverly on mid career euros or South American players. See: Cuypers, Dreyer, Evander.

Feel free to google those because you don’t know who I’m talking about since you don’t watch the league regularly.

Atlanta has a great track record of this and has generally splashed cash wisely.

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The tactics from most teams is the same, the classic American style of let’s out athlete each other and just play at 100mph.

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Tell me more about how you don’t actually watch the league.

This league has gone from not being competitive with Mexican teams to regularly beating them in competition. How can you not see the progress? You genuinely don’t want to admit anything good about MLS. It’s weird.

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hard truths

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Odd way of saying “my own opinion based on decade-old generalizations.”

Never change homie

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because the majority of the American EPL viewers are City, Chelsea, ManU, Arsenal and Tottenham fans

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I don’t think this is an only American thing.
Lots of countries have fans of their small local team as well as a favorite bigger club that plays in Europe.

You don’t have to only root for MLS or USL.

Example. I root for all the schools I’ve attended. Unless they play each other then I either root for who has a shot of going all the way if not I root for just a fun game to watch

Was watching USL Jagermeister Cup today and was shocked to see that former "young darkhorse for 2014 World Cup" Luis Gil is toiling away in USL 1 with Spokane Velocity.

US Soccer has an existential problem which still makes it something of a boutique sport and an afterthought that people might watch if nothing else is on and its raining outside. You can bring in stars like Messi on a farewell tour. You can have ideas like this, and you are still not going to get the exposure it needs.

Get to a semi final or final in a World Cup and be consistent about it and really promote stars like Pulisic. Right now, more people know who Bronny James is than Pulisic.....more people know who Derek Carr is than Pulisic and other Americans playing and making a splash in Europe...Bring them over here and promote them.

Pro/Rel is not going to get more eyes on the tube or more interest overall. Promotion will. More highlights on Sports Center will as well as a game of the week on SUNDAY afternoons at the 300 pm slot. Not Saturday afternoon at 230 in Spring / Summer.

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Pro/Rel is not going to get more eyes on the tube or more interest overall. Promotion will.

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It might and here’s why. Not enough soccer matches in the US have CONSEQUENCES. If there aren’t consequences for winning or losing, it’s just 22 dudes kicking a ball around.

But take a team out of the league for losing too much, and their fans will holler like a hit dog. EMOTION IS PROMOTION. Then they’ll go to a league where they’ll start winning again hopefully.

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Everyone likes drama.

Everyone likes a good wreck or fight.

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Pro/rel doesn't make comically inferior football interesting to watch

Figuring out what medicore team goes down to an even mediocre league and the inverse is not drama that anyone in practice will give a flying frick about. It's a pipe dream to pretend otherwise, particularly considering how small market the USL teams are. How many far superior leagues elsewhere that are more accessible to watch do people even give a frick about in this country? There will be more people staying close to the Belgian Pro League playoffs than that crap

Went to my first USL2 match. Bangers vs Snohomish united.

We lost.
Vala Saghafi. (Apparently some high school kid) looked like the best player for the Bangers.

More entertaining than I anticipated.

Would prefer cheaper tickets.

Concessions was a hike(on other side of field.

Have a picture with sexy mascot. Just dont know how to post

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because the majority of the American EPL viewers are City, Chelsea, ManU, Arsenal and Tottenham fans, so pro/rel never really applies for them anyway.

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Watching Charleston v North Carolina right now on CBS Sports Network and Charleston should be shamed into oblivion for the condition their pitch is in.