MisterAlaska t1_is6ik13 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Reply to comment by DlnnerTable in “I think Philly will burn down if there’s two championships in the same year,” Rob Dunphy said. by LoisLane04

All fair points but I don’t enjoy lower level soccer and will stick with following the EPL.

BananaSquid721 t1_is6vdvl wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:58 PM

MLS isn’t “low level” it’s arguably top ten leagues in the world and growing quite a bit

MisterAlaska t1_is6zfca wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:24 PM

I disagree it’s a top ten league. The winner of the MLS would get smoked in the Europa League, Europe’s second tier club tournament. The MLS all-star team would fight to not get demoted in the EPL. Sure it’s better than it was in 2011, but it’s not high level soccer for me. I want to watch the world’s best, which I do when I watch EPL, La Liga, Serie A, or the Bundesliga. I applaud anyone who supports the Union and I wish the MLS interested me more but it doesn’t. It’s okay, everyone!

Nesvik t1_is70wek wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Its alright if its not for you. But MLS is better than you think. Philadelphia Union is the highest rankin g MLS club in world club rankings and ranks among several bundesliga and EPL teams! We may not be where you want, but we are much closer than before.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/global-club-rankings/

MisterAlaska t1_is74bkt wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:55 PM

This list you sent has the Union, the highest-ranked team in the MLS, ranked 8 spots behind Norwich, who finished dead last in the EPL last year with 5 wins, 7 draws, and 26 losses, plus a goal differential of -61.

I'm not denying the MLS is better than it was ten years ago. I'm not dragging anyone for liking it or supporting the Union. I hope it keeps growing and that soccer can be more popular than hockey in this country. I'm saying as someone who grew up playing high-level soccer and was in the Olympic Developmental Program as a kid, who watched a lot of Serie A with his Italian grandfather in the 90s, who has closely followed every World Cup since 1990 and went to a game in 1994, who has traveled to England to see the Premier League in person, that I don't enjoy the quality of play in the MLS and I don't enjoy watching it. The first touches, the quality of passes and crosses, the marking, the runs in the MLS, basically everything, are not to a standard that I find enjoyable.

BananaSquid721 t1_is72fk3 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:43 PM

“Demoted” tells me all I need to know about your football knowledge

MisterAlaska t1_is75hdp wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:02 PM

We're on the Philly subreddit. Notice I'm calling it soccer, too. I know what relegation is.

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