Watchmen Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: I thought so. So the matches you get will be the non-engaging American MLS match ups plus the Canadian teams taking turns (is VWFC and TFC on the TSN schedule?). https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/2023-mls-on-tsn-schedule-1.1614016 But that's as of July 25th. So, who knows if they'll be able to add a Miami game or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 And for those who want their Canadian content: Miller had an enormous goal saving tackle earlier in this game that kept Miami in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, Watchmen said: And for those who want their Canadian content: Miller had an enormous goal saving tackle earlier in this game that kept Miami in it. And he just made one of the penalty shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Messi at MLS has already made for some compelling TV, pretty sure he's already eclipsed Beckham's impact only four games in. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, Watchmen said: And he just made one of the penalty shots. But...he also got burned on the second Dallas goal, just stood there like a potted plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, Watchmen said: https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/2023-mls-on-tsn-schedule-1.1614016 But that's as of July 25th. So, who knows if they'll be able to add a Miami game or not. Miami vs Toronto is Wed, Sept 20 on TSN Watchmen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I mean the salary cap was going to be 6.4 mil next year but imo it needs to be at around 15 mil for the league to really kick off and push itself into the realm of the Eredivisie, Liga Portugal and even Ligue 1. Adding another DP spot is not it...but it'll keep the wealthier clubs happy (and Messi). Macksam and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Not sure how credible the source is but this was an added detail: Edited August 8, 2023 by Ozzie_the_parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 NYCFC legend Maximiliano Moralez returns and signs through 2024...players go down there and wanna get the heck out of there and return asap...lets see how much he has left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Ronaldo is wrong at this point. Opta did a MLS vs Saudi Pro League compare as of August 4. where MLS average power rating is 73.2 while SPL gets 70. 3/4 top clubs are from SPL but 13/14 of the lowest ranked clubs are also from the SPL (TFC is only MLS team of the 14). This places MLS 29th in the world while SPL is 36th. Opta's top 5 leagues are in order the Prem, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A & Ligue 1. For Corbeanu & Millar followers, they rank Swiss league #7 largely because it is only a 12 club league which on average is ranked higher than the 18 clubs of Portugal or Netherlands. Only non-UEFA league in top 10 is from Brazil. Based on top 10 teams only, it is in order the Prem, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga & Ligue 1. Liga MX makes the top 10 at #10. Here Eredivisie is ranked #6 and Primeira is #7 while the Swiss league drops to #12. Only non-UEFA clubs in top 100 are Palmeiras at #61. River Plate at #80, Flamengo at #85. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/08/the-strongest-leagues-in-world-football-opta-power-rankings/ Edited August 8, 2023 by red card Goal_Kick, An Observer, narduch and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, red card said: Ronaldo is wrong at this point. Opta did a MLS vs Saudi Pro League compare as of August 4. where MLS average power rating is 73.2 while SPL gets 70. 3/4 top clubs are from SPL but 13/14 of the lowest ranked clubs are also from the SPL (TFC is only MLS team of the 14). This places MLS 29th in the world while SPL is 36th. Opta's top 5 leagues are in order the Prem, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A & Ligue 1. For Corbeanu & Millar followers, they rank Swiss league #7 largely because it is only a 12 club league which on average is ranked higher than the 18 clubs of Portugal or Netherlands. Only non-UEFA league in top 10 is from Brazil. Based on top 10 teams only, it is in order the Prem, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga & Ligue 1. Liga MX makes the top 10 at #10. Here Eredivisie is ranked #6 and Primeira is #7 while the Swiss league drops to #12. Only non-UEFA clubs in top 100 are Palmeiras at #61. River Plate at #80, Flamengo at #85. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/08/the-strongest-leagues-in-world-football-opta-power-rankings/ Wow, lots on interesting talking points here! Great share! Confirms a few assumptions I had regarding La Liga and Liga MX. And, if we want to base ourselves on this exercise, it also ends the Championship Vs MLS discussion pretty quick. Edited August 8, 2023 by costarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, PegCityCam said: I mean the salary cap was going to be 6.4 mil next year but imo it needs to be at around 15 mil for the league to really kick off and push itself into the realm of the Eredivisie, Liga Portugal and even Ligue 1. Adding another DP spot is not it...but it'll keep the wealthier clubs happy (and Messi). Agreed but with TAM/GAM taken into consideration, it does take the salary range close to 15 million but like you mentioned, they need to go higher. MLS has to strike while the iron is hot to retain all these eye balls post Messi and the way to do that is by dramatically increasing the quality of the overall product while said new fans are watching Messi. Edited August 9, 2023 by Macksam PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 7 hours ago, red card said: Ronaldo is wrong at this point. Opta did a MLS vs Saudi Pro League compare as of August 4. where MLS average power rating is 73.2 while SPL gets 70. 3/4 top clubs are from SPL but 13/14 of the lowest ranked clubs are also from the SPL (TFC is only MLS team of the 14). This places MLS 29th in the world while SPL is 36th. Opta's top 5 leagues are in order the Prem, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A & Ligue 1. For Corbeanu & Millar followers, they rank Swiss league #7 largely because it is only a 12 club league which on average is ranked higher than the 18 clubs of Portugal or Netherlands. Only non-UEFA league in top 10 is from Brazil. Based on top 10 teams only, it is in order the Prem, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga & Ligue 1. Liga MX makes the top 10 at #10. Here Eredivisie is ranked #6 and Primeira is #7 while the Swiss league drops to #12. Only non-UEFA clubs in top 100 are Palmeiras at #61. River Plate at #80, Flamengo at #85. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/08/the-strongest-leagues-in-world-football-opta-power-rankings/ I found this really interesting. And was surprised the MLS is so low tbh. I thought it would at least be in the 10 to 15 range. On the European leagues, I have new found respect for the swiss league as while I get the point of ranking the top 10 sides, the reality is more about who you are playing week in week out. It makes me think that playing in the Belgian and Swiss league is much better for our players overall compared to the Dutch or Portuguese league unless perhaps you are with one of the top 3 sides in each of those leagues and getting consistent European football to supplement playing against a raft of relativley poor sides/easy oppontents during the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Lol TFC. The worst ranked MLS squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 47 minutes ago, narduch said: Lol TFC. The worst ranked MLS squad It's how you know the mechanics behind the rankings are accurate. An Observer, narduch, Metro and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 They also have two Ligue 1 Quebec clubs ranked above Vancouver FC and the two Canadian Next Pro teams as weaker than New Westminster Khalsa, which seems like a bit of a stretch to me. Garbage in garbage out is something to bear in mind where computer driven algorithms are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 7/22/2023 at 1:31 PM, Big_M said: This is the result of not getting rid of Fountas the first time it happened last year...there has to be deep research and checks on players before bringing them in... Two D.C. United Players Placed on Administrative Leave Mutual termination...allegation were deemed credible but couldnt be independently verified so probably hard for dc to terminate it on their own... DC United, Taxi Fountas mutually terminate contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) subs were apparently nearing the 1 million mark before messi even arrived, based on this mas tweet i assume season pass is currently sitting around 2 million subs Edited August 10, 2023 by saladroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) On 8/10/2023 at 6:47 PM, saladroit said: subs were apparently nearing the 1 million mark before messi even arrived, based on this mas tweet i assume season pass is currently sitting around 2 million subs US tv ratings also show much more interest in Spanish than English language. Spanish language average tv numbers so far are higher than MLS but lower than liga MX. English numbers are way below MLS. 804k Univision 533k UniMas 226k TUDN 60k FS1 (approximated since half the matches rated too low to be measured) Compared to women's World Cup, similar story as Leagues Cup outperforms in Spanish but not in English. Non-USWNT Avg 527k FOX 355k Telmundo 274k FS1 USWNT Only Avg 3.9m FOX 717k Telmundo Edited August 12, 2023 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Just received my Whitecaps season ticket renewal. Apple+ is being listed as a free benefit again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 23 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Just received my Whitecaps season ticket renewal. Apple+ is being listed as a free benefit again next year. And I am guessing that's the only way you will get to see Messi in 2024. I will get to watch him this fall on TSN vs TFC, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Wow. Miami dismantling Philadelphia. 3-0 at the half. Messi and Alba have 1. Pretty sure when Manning was playing FIFA 23 as TFC with Insigne and Bernadeschi in the squad this was happening. Too bad it hasn’t translated in the least to the onfield product. How Manning is still employed is beyond me. I’m not even sure some results and a half decent coach hire should save his job. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 17 minutes ago, Club Linesman said: Wow. Miami dismantling Philadelphia. 3-0 at the half. Messi and Alba have 1. Listening to MLS Extra yesterday, they thought Philly would finally be the one to contain Messi and co. That they played better defense than some of the previous teams he's played and would be able to take advantage of Miami's weakness of defending. Well, I guess not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Had seen a few people say that Miami will make the MLS playoffs a few weeks ago. I thought they were crazy. But maybe they're right Goal_Kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal_Kick Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 52 minutes ago, narduch said: Had seen a few people say that Miami will make the MLS playoffs a few weeks ago. I thought they were crazy. But maybe they're right Yep. Right now, it looks like they've built a monster in Miami. And if they make the playoffs, they will be the favourite to win the MLS cup. And let's not forget, we're talking about a team that is currently in last place in the league. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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