As a Premier League and MLS fan, there’s no denying the talent gap, but it’s a very young league and it’s improving rapidly. Also similar to how college football is often times more exciting than NFL, the MLS is fun to watch with bad defense cause it makes for some great goals
I prefer to look at it a little differently, although I agree with you in the main. MLS are legitimately a top ten domestic league. There are the European Big 5, then perhaps Belgium, Holland, Mexico, and perhaps Russia. The South American giants in Brazil and Argentina aren't what they once were because their best domestic players go to Europe. I don't particularly care that our domestic league lags a bit. It's *OURS* ... We don't need anyone's approval to love it. The product is undeniably entertaining.
I’ll agree with most of that but I will say, MLS isn’t much younger than the Premier League - it’s the clubs themselves that are younger, otherwise totally agree that it’s improving very much and has a lot of exciting scores when you have such poor defense 😂
@@christianmvalencia Well yeah technically the Premier League only started what, 92? But the English football league started and has been going on since 1888. So MLS is only a year younger than Prem but the first soccer league in the US began in 1921 and was on and off every two decades.
David Beckham was the first big name European player to come to the MLS. His impact was significant for the sports' growth. It drew interest from casual fans in the US, it drew interest from people in the UK, Europe, and Latin America. It also paved the way for Thierry Henry, Kaka, Pirlo, Gerrard, Lampard, Zlatan, David Villa, Robbie Keane, etc. to come over and play here.
I remember reading that on the LA times and the grand what like 250 million he made in the end. Time goes by quick like 20 years ago. The stadiums were empty.. we used to go on field trips to see the dodgers and galaxy and man the stadiums were empty. Today they're packed which is awesome. I always thought sports were cool and entertaining even then haha.
I’m not lying one bit when I say that I’d love you to do more than the five MLS reactions I see on your channel. It’s so refreshing to see Europeans, Brit’s especially, enjoying the league rather than crapping on it. Yes, there’s a decent talent gap between the prem and MLS though I think it’s closing slowly but surely, but that doesn’t mean it’s not enjoyable. Many former prem players who have come over here within the last 1-3 years have compared the level of competition to teams anywhere from 16-20 in the prem to 1-10 in the championship, so that’s actually pretty cool considering the league is only 28 years old and to have that kinda perception by prem players playing over here now.
That NYCFC goal, 24th of August, 2019, game against RB in the Bronx, New York. That was great fucking night. 2 days before my birthday, hell of a win on the birthday weekend.
I enjoyed watching this with you. I have not seen all of the teams play yet . My hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, has an MLS team. They weren't featured in this video so it must have been made before they joined the league in 2020 or else I just missed them. They're currently playing their home games at Nissan stadium home of the Tennessee Titans NFL team but they're expecting their own 30,000 seat stadium to be built soon. They're known as the Nashville Soccer Club and their mascot is the coyote. We have a lot of fans and enthusiasm here in the south for this game.
Great video! MLS wise you should react to either goals from Carlos Vela or Josef Martinez, they've been the goalscoring class of the league for the past few years
One thing I'll give the MLS is that it's exciting. The play feels a lot faster and just more electrifying then the premiere league. It's getting better for sure
Carlos Vela played for Arsenal and West Brom, Jermain Defoe played for Sunderland, Tottenham and Rangers, Zlatan with Manchester United, Nani with Manchester United, Rooney for Manchester United, Johhny Russell with Derby County, Kei Kamara with Middlesbourgh and Derby County. The majority of the players that scored are Latin Americans but played with various teams throughout their careers in Latin America, majority of them in Argentina or Mexico.
I was trying to figure out why so many good goals over the years were left off this video... Then I clicked the original video link and found out it only covers the 2019 season. lol.
Have you seen the goal where the goalie came up in a tie game and the ball was cleared towards the empty net Rooney came back and made the tackle then crossed the ball across the pitch to Acosta who got his hat trick with the header one of the best goals I’ve seen in my life can’t believe that wasn’t the goal they chose for DC United. (Rooney is my idol man what a legend)
David Beckham had a clause in his contract when he played for LA Galaxy that allowed him to be an owner of his very own MLS franchise, which he exercised after his retirement. He’s now part-owner and Club President of Inter Miami.
at the beginning you said you didn't know the player, but the announcer is saying "Vela, Vela, Vela, Vela" before the goal - it's Carlos Vela, who you should definitely know
What Europeans don't understand is that about half the players in MLS are Americans or Canadians, but the other half is a mixture of players from other countries...primarily Mexico, Central America, South America & the Caribbean...who are in their prime. There are a handful of European players past their prime, but not that many. There's a considerable Latin American influence in MLS and American football.
the top 8 most represented nations in mls not including the USA the number of and percentage of each Canada 50 11.8 % Argentina 41 9.6 % Brazil 25 5.9 % Mexico 21 4.9 % Colombia 20 4.7 % England 14 3.3 % France 14 3.3 %
Vela was a major part of the Mexico National team. He came to LAFC from Real Sociedad, and also played for Arsenal. So yeah, he's pretty good. A lot of people consider him the best player in the league. Cheers!
Fun fact Beesley. The Chargers of the NFL played matches in the LA MLS stadium They now play at SOFI in LA. SOFI is awesome.This LA soccer club once had David Beckham on its club. Watching my Yankees now. Take care mate
My guy! MLS season just started this weekend , plenty of stuff to peep! Alot of the good players are coming from south America these days, Paraguay, argentina, Peru , Venezuela, Brazil. A bunch of Mexicans and Eastern Europe. The last 5 years MLS as been turning more into the Argentine primera , so less defending and more high caliber attacking with Scottish physicality. Always a good watch
the league is mad up mostly of Argentines Brazilians and to a lesser extent Mexicans that's besides the obvious american and Canadian players theres almost more argentines than canadians though
Inter Miami was new last year along with Nashville. Austin is coming into the league this season, Charlotte next season, St.louis the next season, and Sacramento sometime after. They’ve added/announced 10 new teams since 2015
@@TheBeesleys99 The key word is "WAS". I stopped going about 5 years ago. There have been a number of scandals involving sexual abuse in the youth and women's teams as well as ongoing issues with club management that keep me from going back. Nowadays I support Pacific FC in the Canadian Premier League.
MLS league is in Canada 🇨🇦 as well. The majority of their players are top young players from South America and it’s been a large group of Academy players being bought by top European clubs. They have clubs like Atlanta that average over 60K a match and have one of the biggest fan bases domestically and internationally.
6:02 do you mean Brad Guzan? He played in the Prem for a while and is currently a keeper for Atlanta United. Other American keepers who've played in both the Prem and MLS include Tim Howard, Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, Zach Steffan.
@@TheBeesleys99 Friedel was there so long, he started to sound British to me. I remember him being interviewed after a match and was like "dude, you're from Ohio. Why do you sound like that?" He was at Liverpool, Blackburn, Villa, and Tottenham.
He may not have one. He supports a club down in the Championship I believe. Rotherham United. Could have sworn I seen him with one of their shirts on before. Edit: Just reached the part of the video where he mentions he's a season ticket holder for Rotherham United.
Carlos Vela came up with Arsenal, bro. I can only assume you know him, but just don;t remember. By the way, if you want to check out another crazy MLS video, hit up "Do You Believe in zLAtan? | El Tráfico, Chapter 1". It was from Zlatan's debut with the Galaxy, against the local rivals, and it... was... CRAZY. You will also see more Vela magic in that one, as well.
Soccer's on the up-and-up in terms of popularity in North America. MLS being the most popular soccer league in North America currently. I believe there's another soccer league in North America as well.
Mexico is technically considered in the region of North America, and Liga MX is still way more popular then MLS. Canadian Premier League is up and running now for Canada's official 1st division. And there's 3 other pro leagues in the U.S. as well (USL Championship, USL League One and the National Independent Soccer Association).
Can you react to the craziest college football season. It will give you a deeper look into college football. It will also allow you to see why most people prefer college football
MLS definitely isn't on par with the big 4 leagues in Europe but it has improved dramatically since the beginning. Shortly after Beckham signed, there were big problems in Central and South America with clubs not being able to pay players. The league had a big influx from Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, and others. Since then a lot of younger talents from there have been coming here since, frankly, they make a lot more money than they do there and more European teams have been scouring MLS for talent to put on their squads. So the young guys see the chance for the huge pay days.
The reason why I don't think the MLS will be as big as the fans want is because US sports investments rely on private investment instead of fanbase contributions like in Europe. The reason why investors won't want to get into MLB business is bc of the sports rules...there's no stoppage or ad breaks and the half time is just 15 minutes (not enough for major networks to broadcast the sport bc they won't get ad revenues like the NBA OR NFL)
World football watchers generally consider MLS to be about the 9th or 10th best league in the world. Per match attendance (pre-Covid) is comparable to or greater than all but the very biggest leagues in the world. The talent level and youth development academies are improving at a rapid, even startling pace. The league has two things holding it back. First - its season is out of step with the rest of the world. For the purpose of marketability, organizers took the decision from the outset that they didn't want to compete with the NFL for an audience. There is also the difficulty of inclement weather making winter games difficult in much of North America. Second: there is the lack of a traditional system of promotion and relegation. There are indeed lower levels of the sport in the American pyramid. Therefore, the infrastructure to implement pro/rel exists. There is a huge and growing hunger for world class football (soccer) in America. Now that MLS are financially viable and have an entertaining, quality product, the money is starting to flow. MLS players still have a financial ceiling much lower than that of players in higher profile leagues, but it's rising quickly. The next step will be two-pronged... First: keep domestic players from MLS academies in the MLS, rather than losing them to Europe. Second: make the league an attractive first destination for top flight foreign players. Typically, foreign players in MLS are either big names in the sunset days of their careers, or journeymen making stops in smaller European leagues or lower divisions in powerhouse football countries. Mark my words... The day is coming soon when a Harry Kane, or a Ronaldinho, or a Rooney, will be known as an MLS player first. America has discovered the Beautiful Game. Only a fool would dismiss them simply because her clubs haven't been around since Queen Victoria was pre-menopausal.
GO MINNESOTA UNITED FC #GOLOONS edit: LAFC and LA Galaxy have a rivalry called El Trafico edit 2: 2 teams arent on there bc they joined last year, Nashville SC and Inter Miami FC. there will be 4 new teams joining in the next 3 years. 2021: Austin FC, 2022: Charlotte FC, 2023: St. Louis City SC, Unknown: Sacramento Republic FC
Jermaine Defoe did play for Toronto for one season. He was terrible. LOL. He clearly didn't like playing here. I get it. But yeah, he was sort of a bust here. Steven Gerrard was absolutely terrible when he played here too. Some Europeans do well here, and others are just awful. It's really hit or miss. Zlatan was amazing. He scored 52 goals in 2 seasons, and scored the best goal in MLS history in his first match for the Galaxy. He had only been in LA for 2 days at that point.
the top 8 most represented nations in mls not including the USA the number of and percentage of each Canada 50 11.8 % Argentina 41 9.6 % Brazil 25 5.9 % Mexico 21 4.9 % Colombia 20 4.7 % England 14 3.3 % France 14 3.3 %
My Timbers were involved in a penalty shoot out that went all the way to the keepers and included an absolutely legendary short. Worth taking a look at this one! ruclips.net/video/LeTDeRp_ZvI/видео.html
It seems like most of these goals are home goals, probably to get a better crowd reaction. I think Jakob Glesnes had the best on the road vs LAFC. ruclips.net/video/GxEUcGZlgc4/видео.html
You should react to the current stadiums in MLS in this video, as there are a few new ones opening this year and this guy is funny: ruclips.net/video/PhuSy6FjBp0/видео.html
MLS quality has really rose in quality the past few years and the fan support is insane. In my opinion for the league to begin challenging the European leagues quality wise they need promotion/relegation, lots of well supported and ran well teams lower in the pyramid that deserve the chance at being in MLS plus it would increase the amount of youth players transitioning to pro and give smaller cities that can't support a NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL team the opportunity to have a major league team Ready to the Portland Timbers/Sounders rivalry, best rivalry in MLS that predates the league itself
Nah definetly not promotion/relegation. That would destroy what makes the mls unique. In order for the league to advance in terms of quality they simply need the ability to pay their players more. The salary cap for each team is just under 5 million. And while each team can have up to 3 designated players that don’t count against the cap (past players like Beckham, Rooney, ibrahimovic), it’s just simply not possible to put together a world class team for 5 Milly.
@@macphee24 Stop being close minded. Of course MLS has to have Pro/Rel some time in the distant future. However, right now it's in the expansion phase still. Hopefully once expansion is over after a few years Pro/Rel will be implemented then we will definitely see the quality of play rise in MLS to the likes of other leagues across Europe and south america.
@@Astro007GE-X you're naive if you think it will happen. Owners are paying fees of well north of $300 million to enter the league. No owner is going to vote for the risk of being relegated. You would have had to start the league with it, you'll never add it later. Besides, this notion that you'll never be a good league if you don't have it is just utter nonsense.
@@Astro007GE-X lol. First of all, that's also nonsense. If you haven't noticed that gap closing, you're not paying attention. Second, what the hells that got to do with pro/rel?
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As a Premier League and MLS fan, there’s no denying the talent gap, but it’s a very young league and it’s improving rapidly. Also similar to how college football is often times more exciting than NFL, the MLS is fun to watch with bad defense cause it makes for some great goals
I prefer to look at it a little differently, although I agree with you in the main.
MLS are legitimately a top ten domestic league. There are the European Big 5, then perhaps Belgium, Holland, Mexico, and perhaps Russia. The South American giants in Brazil and Argentina aren't what they once were because their best domestic players go to Europe.
I don't particularly care that our domestic league lags a bit. It's *OURS* ... We don't need anyone's approval to love it. The product is undeniably entertaining.
I’ll agree with most of that but I will say, MLS isn’t much younger than the Premier League - it’s the clubs themselves that are younger, otherwise totally agree that it’s improving very much and has a lot of exciting scores when you have such poor defense 😂
@@christianmvalencia Well yeah technically the Premier League only started what, 92? But the English football league started and has been going on since 1888. So MLS is only a year younger than Prem but the first soccer league in the US began in 1921 and was on and off every two decades.
David Beckham was the first big name European player to come to the MLS. His impact was significant for the sports' growth. It drew interest from casual fans in the US, it drew interest from people in the UK, Europe, and Latin America. It also paved the way for Thierry Henry, Kaka, Pirlo, Gerrard, Lampard, Zlatan, David Villa, Robbie Keane, etc. to come over and play here.
I brought Ben Yedder to Real Salk Lake🤷🏻 just sayin
I remember reading that on the LA times and the grand what like 250 million he made in the end. Time goes by quick like 20 years ago. The stadiums were empty.. we used to go on field trips to see the dodgers and galaxy and man the stadiums were empty. Today they're packed which is awesome. I always thought sports were cool and entertaining even then haha.
Would love to see more MLS reactions!
St Louis City SC is going to be my team. Cant wait for when we start playing in 2023!
Yeah we are getting Charlotte FC next year I’ll def check out a game or 2
Carlos Vela from the first clip played for Arsenal and Real Sociedad in Europe
Check out Atlanta United win 2018 MLS cup. Atlanta have the top 10 attendance record's for the league with 75,000+ fans at the Mercedes Benz stadium.
Kaka was also in the MLS too
I’m not lying one bit when I say that I’d love you to do more than the five MLS reactions I see on your channel. It’s so refreshing to see Europeans, Brit’s especially, enjoying the league rather than crapping on it. Yes, there’s a decent talent gap between the prem and MLS though I think it’s closing slowly but surely, but that doesn’t mean it’s not enjoyable. Many former prem players who have come over here within the last 1-3 years have compared the level of competition to teams anywhere from 16-20 in the prem to 1-10 in the championship, so that’s actually pretty cool considering the league is only 28 years old and to have that kinda perception by prem players playing over here now.
Brad Guzan in goal for Atlanta. Was the starting keeper for years at Aston Villa, then a short spell at Middlesbrough, and now Atlanta.
That NYCFC goal, 24th of August, 2019, game against RB in the Bronx, New York. That was great fucking night. 2 days before my birthday, hell of a win on the birthday weekend.
I've been meaning to pay more attention to the Crew (2020 Champs!) for awhile. Maybe catch a game this year w/the new stadium.
Hopefully covic wont bugger that up mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 👍 Stadiums currently at 30% capacity here. Got my 1st COVID jab Wed. Looking good so far.
I enjoyed watching this with you. I have not seen all of the teams play yet . My hometown of Nashville,
Tennessee, has an MLS team. They weren't featured in this video so it must have been made before they joined the league in 2020 or else I just missed them. They're currently playing their home games at Nissan stadium home of the Tennessee Titans NFL team but they're expecting their own 30,000 seat stadium to be built soon. They're known as the Nashville Soccer Club and their mascot is the coyote. We have a lot of fans and enthusiasm here in the south for this game.
Tennessee has a few professional clubs as well, not just MLS.
Great video! MLS wise you should react to either goals from Carlos Vela or Josef Martinez, they've been the goalscoring class of the league for the past few years
Yes, Defoe played a short time at TFC. But went back to Europe after getting homesick.
first goal is Carlos Vela he was debuted in the premier leagye by Arsène Wenger in 2005 with Arsenal when was barely 16 years old
One thing I'll give the MLS is that it's exciting. The play feels a lot faster and just more electrifying then the premiere league. It's getting better for sure
Carlos Vela played for Arsenal and West Brom, Jermain Defoe played for Sunderland, Tottenham and Rangers, Zlatan with Manchester United, Nani with Manchester United, Rooney for Manchester United, Johhny Russell with Derby County, Kei Kamara with Middlesbourgh and Derby County. The majority of the players that scored are Latin Americans but played with various teams throughout their careers in Latin America, majority of them in Argentina or Mexico.
I was trying to figure out why so many good goals over the years were left off this video... Then I clicked the original video link and found out it only covers the 2019 season. lol.
Drogba was another legend who played in the MLS. Played for Montreal Impact for a couple years
Please react to the Sounders vs. Timbers rivalry, best in MLS hands down.
Hum.....Montréal vs Toronto 😁
@@DurtyEnglish hum yes
Sounders beating the timbers is easily the best thing in MLS.
true back to the old 70s NASL days
No earthquakes and La galaxy is the best.
That was a good one Beesley.
Have you seen the goal where the goalie came up in a tie game and the ball was cleared towards the empty net Rooney came back and made the tackle then crossed the ball across the pitch to Acosta who got his hat trick with the header one of the best goals I’ve seen in my life can’t believe that wasn’t the goal they chose for DC United. (Rooney is my idol man what a legend)
I think that was the best goal sequence ive seen in the MLs
That rings a bell i think i have seen that one! Incredinle goal!
@@TheBeesleys99 def need to do more MLS reactions 🔥
David Beckham had a clause in his contract when he played for LA Galaxy that allowed him to be an owner of his very own MLS franchise, which he exercised after his retirement. He’s now part-owner and Club President of Inter Miami.
And I believe Beckham pays his players with bags of stale popcorn
at the beginning you said you didn't know the player, but the announcer is saying "Vela, Vela, Vela, Vela" before the goal - it's Carlos Vela, who you should definitely know
You should do a reaction to Zlatan's first game with the Galaxy. It is now legendary, and people still talk about it.
Carlos Vela debuted actually with the Gunners, Arsenal in the English premier league
What Europeans don't understand is that about half the players in MLS are Americans or Canadians, but the other half is a mixture of players from other countries...primarily Mexico, Central America, South America & the Caribbean...who are in their prime. There are a handful of European players past their prime, but not that many. There's a considerable Latin American influence in MLS and American football.
the top 8 most represented nations in mls not including the USA the number of and percentage of each
Canada 50 11.8 %
Argentina 41 9.6 %
Brazil 25 5.9 %
Mexico 21 4.9 %
Colombia 20 4.7 %
England 14 3.3 %
France 14 3.3 %
we need some more baseball, basketball, and nascar
Vela was a major part of the Mexico National team. He came to LAFC from Real Sociedad, and also played for Arsenal. So yeah, he's pretty good. A lot of people consider him the best player in the league. Cheers!
Fun fact Beesley. The Chargers of the NFL played matches in the LA MLS stadium They now play at SOFI in LA. SOFI is awesome.This LA soccer club once had David Beckham on its club. Watching my Yankees now. Take care mate
Awesome cheers mate! Enjoy the game :D
Love the MLS content. I have season tickets for LAFC and the season is about to start. You should do more reactions to MLS when the season starts
wrong LA team you got tickets for
My guy! MLS season just started this weekend , plenty of stuff to peep! Alot of the good players are coming from south America these days, Paraguay, argentina, Peru , Venezuela, Brazil. A bunch of Mexicans and Eastern Europe. The last 5 years MLS as been turning more into the Argentine primera , so less defending and more high caliber attacking with Scottish physicality. Always a good watch
the league is mad up mostly of Argentines Brazilians and to a lesser extent Mexicans that's besides the obvious american and Canadian players theres almost more argentines than canadians though
Fantastic video man!!! There is actual a new team in the MLS. It's the Inter Miami FC.
Inter Miami was new last year along with Nashville. Austin is coming into the league this season, Charlotte next season, St.louis the next season, and Sacramento sometime after. They’ve added/announced 10 new teams since 2015
I know Inter Miami came out last year. I live in Miami.
Thats beckhams team isnt it?
Beesley, yes that is Beckham's team
Here in Phoenix there is The Phoenix Rising, from the USL. But not being a soccer fan I don't know much about it.
I was a season ticket holder for the Vancouver Whitecaps for years.
Awsome to hear mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 The key word is "WAS". I stopped going about 5 years ago. There have been a number of scandals involving sexual abuse in the youth and women's teams as well as ongoing issues with club management that keep me from going back.
Nowadays I support Pacific FC in the Canadian Premier League.
MLS league is in Canada 🇨🇦 as well. The majority of their players are top young players from South America and it’s been a large group of Academy players being bought by top European clubs. They have clubs like Atlanta that average over 60K a match and have one of the biggest fan bases domestically and internationally.
Yes Defoe played in Toronto. #COYS
I’m still bitter that Phoenix Rising aren’t in MLS
They deserve a place so much
@@jacksonrowley4267 MLS needs to introduce promotion/regulation
😂😂 “the bald guy” Michael Bradley 😂
That was Botond Barath lol
6:02 do you mean Brad Guzan? He played in the Prem for a while and is currently a keeper for Atlanta United. Other American keepers who've played in both the Prem and MLS include Tim Howard, Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, Zach Steffan.
Friedal maybe... i think he was villa keeper at one point. Tim howard is another great Keeper! He did bits for everton!
@@TheBeesleys99 Friedel was there so long, he started to sound British to me. I remember him being interviewed after a match and was like "dude, you're from Ohio. Why do you sound like that?" He was at Liverpool, Blackburn, Villa, and Tottenham.
@@TheBeesleys99 funny thing is both Friedel and Guzan have over 100 appearances at keeper for Villa so it could still be either of them lol
The one in the video is Guzan. Friedel’s been retired (and fired as an MLS coach) by this point
I’ve always wondered, who’s your favorite premier league team? Love the content man
He may not have one. He supports a club down in the Championship I believe. Rotherham United. Could have sworn I seen him with one of their shirts on before.
Edit: Just reached the part of the video where he mentions he's a season ticket holder for Rotherham United.
its a huge mix but the days of retirement league are over the teams who win have young talent that usually move elsewhere afterward
Carlos Vela came up with Arsenal, bro. I can only assume you know him, but just don;t remember.
By the way, if you want to check out another crazy MLS video, hit up "Do You Believe in zLAtan? | El Tráfico, Chapter 1". It was from Zlatan's debut with the Galaxy, against the local rivals, and it... was... CRAZY. You will also see more Vela magic in that one, as well.
How many of these goals are scored on Brad Guzan? El Guzano! ATL representing! lol
MLS is definitely growing in quality and popularity. The biggest problem is the speed of play though. It’s way to slow at times
Watch mls best goal of 2020. Some crazy goals last year
Soccer's on the up-and-up in terms of popularity in North America. MLS being the most popular soccer league in North America currently. I believe there's another soccer league in North America as well.
Mexico is technically considered in the region of North America, and Liga MX is still way more popular then MLS. Canadian Premier League is up and running now for Canada's official 1st division. And there's 3 other pro leagues in the U.S. as well (USL Championship, USL League One and the National Independent Soccer Association).
You really need to watch more of Carlos Vela, Lucas Zelarayan and Emanuel Reynoso specifically. Absolute grace.
Can you react to the craziest college football season. It will give you a deeper look into college football. It will also allow you to see why most people prefer college football
Maybe time to watch the 2020 version of this? (This was the 2019 best goals)
MLS definitely isn't on par with the big 4 leagues in Europe but it has improved dramatically since the beginning.
Shortly after Beckham signed, there were big problems in Central and South America with clubs not being able to pay players. The league had a big influx from Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, and others.
Since then a lot of younger talents from there have been coming here since, frankly, they make a lot more money than they do there and more European teams have been scouring MLS for talent to put on their squads. So the young guys see the chance for the huge pay days.
The reason why I don't think the MLS will be as big as the fans want is because US sports investments rely on private investment instead of fanbase contributions like in Europe. The reason why investors won't want to get into MLB business is bc of the sports rules...there's no stoppage or ad breaks and the half time is just 15 minutes (not enough for major networks to broadcast the sport bc they won't get ad revenues like the NBA OR NFL)
World football watchers generally consider MLS to be about the 9th or 10th best league in the world.
Per match attendance (pre-Covid) is comparable to or greater than all but the very biggest leagues in the world. The talent level and youth development academies are improving at a rapid, even startling pace.
The league has two things holding it back.
First - its season is out of step with the rest of the world. For the purpose of marketability, organizers took the decision from the outset that they didn't want to compete with the NFL for an audience. There is also the difficulty of inclement weather making winter games difficult in much of North America.
Second: there is the lack of a traditional system of promotion and relegation. There are indeed lower levels of the sport in the American pyramid. Therefore, the infrastructure to implement pro/rel exists.
There is a huge and growing hunger for world class football (soccer) in America. Now that MLS are financially viable and have an entertaining, quality product, the money is starting to flow. MLS players still have a financial ceiling much lower than that of players in higher profile leagues, but it's rising quickly.
The next step will be two-pronged...
First: keep domestic players from MLS academies in the MLS, rather than losing them to Europe.
Second: make the league an attractive first destination for top flight foreign players. Typically, foreign players in MLS are either big names in the sunset days of their careers, or journeymen making stops in smaller European leagues or lower divisions in powerhouse football countries.
Mark my words... The day is coming soon when a Harry Kane, or a Ronaldinho, or a Rooney, will be known as an MLS player first.
America has discovered the Beautiful Game. Only a fool would dismiss them simply because her clubs haven't been around since Queen Victoria was pre-menopausal.
Please react to three year grudge match- its about Toronto and Seattle in the MLS cup 3 years in short succession
Please react to the new season each week. Like do a review of the weekly recap video the league releases each week
Soccer is pretty big here in the us
Check out a video of the MLS stadiums
React to portland vs Seattle rivalry
GO MINNESOTA UNITED FC #GOLOONS
edit: LAFC and LA Galaxy have a rivalry called El Trafico
edit 2: 2 teams arent on there bc they joined last year, Nashville SC and Inter Miami FC. there will be 4 new teams joining in the next 3 years. 2021: Austin FC, 2022: Charlotte FC, 2023: St. Louis City SC, Unknown: Sacramento Republic FC
You should react to the USMNT vs Mexico game from June 6th, 2021
As an ATL fan, im sad that most of these are against us, lol. my head is in my hand almost the whole video...
As a AU fan as well, the Toronto goal hurt the most. If we were able to stop that goal we would have been in our 2nd final 🥺
@@StinkyTofu90 also… Josef’s penalty kick miss still hurts
@@ventule the pain...
Raul Rui Diaz from Peru.
Rotherham has an american in matt olosunde
Jermaine Defoe did play for Toronto for one season. He was terrible. LOL. He clearly didn't like playing here. I get it. But yeah, he was sort of a bust here. Steven Gerrard was absolutely terrible when he played here too. Some Europeans do well here, and others are just awful. It's really hit or miss. Zlatan was amazing. He scored 52 goals in 2 seasons, and scored the best goal in MLS history in his first match for the Galaxy. He had only been in LA for 2 days at that point.
the top 8 most represented nations in mls not including the USA the number of and percentage of each
Canada 50 11.8 %
Argentina 41 9.6 %
Brazil 25 5.9 %
Mexico 21 4.9 %
Colombia 20 4.7 %
England 14 3.3 %
France 14 3.3 %
Check out MLS stadiums for 2021, love to see your reaction.
My Timbers were involved in a penalty shoot out that went all the way to the keepers and included an absolutely legendary short. Worth taking a look at this one! ruclips.net/video/LeTDeRp_ZvI/видео.html
React to Santos vs Flamengo were 4 x 3 . It was the best match happened in Brazil
please react to Is This The Most Intense Derby In North America? (Toronto FC vs Montreal)
Please react to “Dee Gordon’s emotional home run for Jose Fernandez”
Beesley watch Emplemons video on Revenge in Nascar its only 32 minutes.
It is also divided into 7 sections so if need a good stopping point you can stop at the end of a section
American fans are very passionate go to mls youtube and look up seattle portland
How do you not know Carlos vela
React to the USMNT roster.
It seems like most of these goals are home goals, probably to get a better crowd reaction. I think Jakob Glesnes had the best on the road vs LAFC.
ruclips.net/video/GxEUcGZlgc4/видео.html
That's the Philadelphia Union's best, not overall
GO ATLANTA UNITED!!!!! A!!! T!!! L!!!
Can you react to mls stadiums if you haven't
definitely checkout my club Atlanta United fc I'm serious we pack out the stadium every match day numbers don't lie
AHHHHHHHH
Brad guzAn play for Atlanta United
You should react to the current stadiums in MLS in this video, as there are a few new ones opening this year and this guy is funny:
ruclips.net/video/PhuSy6FjBp0/видео.html
MLS quality has really rose in quality the past few years and the fan support is insane. In my opinion for the league to begin challenging the European leagues quality wise they need promotion/relegation, lots of well supported and ran well teams lower in the pyramid that deserve the chance at being in MLS plus it would increase the amount of youth players transitioning to pro and give smaller cities that can't support a NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL team the opportunity to have a major league team
Ready to the Portland Timbers/Sounders rivalry, best rivalry in MLS that predates the league itself
Nah definetly not promotion/relegation. That would destroy what makes the mls unique. In order for the league to advance in terms of quality they simply need the ability to pay their players more. The salary cap for each team is just under 5 million. And while each team can have up to 3 designated players that don’t count against the cap (past players like Beckham, Rooney, ibrahimovic), it’s just simply not possible to put together a world class team for 5 Milly.
@@macphee24 Stop being close minded. Of course MLS has to have Pro/Rel some time in the distant future. However, right now it's in the expansion phase still. Hopefully once expansion is over after a few years Pro/Rel will be implemented then we will definitely see the quality of play rise in MLS to the likes of other leagues across Europe and south america.
@@Astro007GE-X you're naive if you think it will happen. Owners are paying fees of well north of $300 million to enter the league. No owner is going to vote for the risk of being relegated. You would have had to start the league with it, you'll never add it later. Besides, this notion that you'll never be a good league if you don't have it is just utter nonsense.
@@abnrgrtr MLS teams get DESTROYED by LigaMX teams in CCL. Gee I wonder why?
@@Astro007GE-X lol. First of all, that's also nonsense. If you haven't noticed that gap closing, you're not paying attention. Second, what the hells that got to do with pro/rel?
Not even the best goal by Champs but o’well.
Pirlo and Lampard sucked in MLS.
I understand when yanks call it soccer but british? Its FOOTBALL
Yeah def lesser talent but it’s not as bad as XFL was to NFL.
not knowing who carlos vela is. i doubt you know something about footbal! and you call yourself a soccer fan :)
This is football not soccer!
I've been to several Dynamo games but MLS is a joke imo. European football is where its at.