Submitted by d0xical t3_z3jqn2 in dataisbeautiful
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anonkitty2 t1_ixodn1e wrote
It is, as far as I know, the only league the United States of America has. Unless women's "soccer" is another league.
nein_stein t1_ixpvoie wrote
These are the largest 6 football leagues by revenue
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue
KralcKroczilla t1_ixnbzaz wrote
These are the top leagues of the traditional western powers. MLS is the highest division of soccer/futbol that the United States has. Just out of curiosity are you arguing for its exclusion or the inclusion of another?
3decarnaza t1_ixndcu3 wrote
You said it "Top Leagues". MLS could be Top 20s? Top 30s?
anonkitty2 t1_ixoe3ca wrote
Who governs the various leagues in other countries? MLS includes their own governing authority as part of the league even though the guys in referee stripes aren't a team.
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3decarnaza t1_ixnoyju wrote
For example, supposing that the Chart shows "top leagues of the tradicional western Powers"
KralcKroczilla t1_ixo8l6v wrote
It has no title...it is what it is. Why do you assume its supposed to even be top leagues? Why? I assume its because its your identity and just putting an extra variable that you don't think belongs makes you feel attacked or disrespected.
You are like a wounded dog lashing out with aggression because in reality you know the weakness you possess. I forgive you though you are only human.
Be well
11160704 t1_ixlyr0s wrote
Surpringly few French players play in France
d0xical OP t1_ixlyvwa wrote
Maybe unsurprisingly only one English player doesn't come from the Premier league.
Johnasen t1_ixlznbw wrote
Funny how many Japanese player are in the Bundesliga
d0xical OP t1_ixlzwl8 wrote
Can only have made yesterdays 2-1 more painful.
diego_sr t1_ixlz3gm wrote
This is wrong, Ecuador has 3 premier league players on its squad
Caicedo Sarmiento Estupiñan
d0xical OP t1_ixlzoni wrote
Hmmm, this is a good point. Must be error to do with Brighton I think, will check.
bokilala t1_ixlzsvz wrote
Every single french player play in one of the top 5 european leagues. Your data seems strange.
d0xical OP t1_ixm0phk wrote
After further inspection the club database and player database were not using same name for given club. i.e "Newcastle" not equal to "Newcastle United" & "Sevilla" not equal to "Sevilla FC".
hardcorehurdler t1_ixm272n wrote
Canada has at least 11 players that play in MLS
wnaj_ t1_ixmmr8i wrote
Would be more interesting to see how many players from each league are participating
conb88 t1_ixnmw66 wrote
https://www.leovegas.com/en-ca/betting/c/brazil-team/ this shows the Brazil team. There looks likes there are two players from French side this year. Your chart shows 1 or 2 players?
d0xical OP t1_ixlyrfc wrote
Data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads
Tools: Python with Pandas
Should note that all countries take the same number of players (26) to the World Cup but I've only used plotted players that come from the top 6 global leagues (debatable to include MLS I know).
Connormajorlol t1_ixm7jy6 wrote
not a debate it's not a top leauge ahahha
nein_stein t1_ixpvmn4 wrote
By revenue, these are the top six football leagues
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue
peterskurt t1_ixq7d4u wrote
I’d just put them all in there. If I’m reading the top leagues chart right the Chinese football league is 6th. Mexico’s and Portugals are right behind it.
nein_stein t1_ixq8o8d wrote
You are reading it wrong then, MLS is 6th.
peterskurt t1_ixq90ih wrote
I see. Yes. Missed some other ones, too. All the more reason to at least put top ten.
AnaphoricReference t1_ixmeijj wrote
If you look at the squad selection behavior of Dutch coaches we definitely rank the Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and arguably Belgian/Swiss/Austrian competitions higher. The club should be a potential CL or EL contender. If you go to the MLS (or QSL, etc) you basically retire from the squad.
conb88 t1_ixnn6jb wrote
Does anyone know of reliable APIs to source data rather than scrape Wikipedia?
irishbuddha25 t1_ixotfck wrote
So Qatar and Saudi Arabia have no players from these leagues. Makes the Saudi win even more impressive.
peterskurt t1_ixq6uap wrote
You’re missing some leagues there.
3decarnaza t1_ixm189z wrote
Why does MLS fits with those Leagues?