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Byke in a, "the Kings went on a 5 game winning streak back in January" kinda of bykeJust got home. Byke?
thought I was the only oneIan Darke is a punk *** ***** for continually saying the game is "in the bag" with 30-40 minutes left in the game.![]()
Money is not an excuse, it's THE single biggest differentiating factor when comparing any league to another. It's more important than culture and infrastructure and far more important than tradition and history.
Saying MLS salaries are catching up to Liga MX salaries so the disparity in money spend isn't meaningful is kind of absurd. There are a number of fantastic players in Liga MX who earn 2-3 million USD a year. It wasn't until 2015 that the MLS salary cap PER TEAM grew to greater than $3M/year.
In 2016 the cap is $3.6M after the biggest salary cap increase in league history. But the salaries are gaining on Liga MX though, money shouldn't be used as a reason to explain the disparity. Come on man.
I said from the jump that Liga MX is superior to MLS. I've also said by years a realistic goal for MLS would be catching up with Liga MX in the next 10 - 20 years, despite the pipe dream of some Americans who want a league on par with the EPL by 2022.
I've also said for years on here that the area where MLS teams fall off relative to leagues like Liga MX and the Championship is roster spots numbers 12 - 24. The depth isn't there. There's no depth because there's no money.
I don't think you understand how much more money they put towards development than we do currently, even in their nation's darkest days.
I don't even believe that, that's just silly man. From a tactical standpoint unlimited substitutions make college soccer incomparable to the real game. Typical college soccer is a handful of the lesser players run and press until their exhausted at which point a replacement comes on. Completely disrupts any sense of flow or rhythm, leads to players playing under constant pressure that would be near impossible to replicate in the real game, which leads to a long of ugly kick and run. There are a few exceptions, UC Berkeley has played beautiful soccer for years under Kevin Grimes. But college soccer is one of the ugliest remnants of the past generations of American soccer.
can you link me to this?? would like to know more about how the number came to be
can you link me to this?? would like to know more about how the number came to be
cheers @psk2310, p4l will read when I have timeI had to check & see if I still had pages book marked & I remembered incorrectly...can you link me to this?? would like to know more about how the number came to be
This article mentioned Germany spent $1 bill over a 10 year period in youth development & a separate $1.84 bill to prepare for the 06 WC.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/s...uggles-germany-invests-heavily-in-soccer.html
Separately, here's a great article from the Guardian that explains in more detail what the Germans did during that period.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/23/germany-bust-boom-talent
Welp good try U23, maybe next olympics
glad to have you back (for now?) or if its temporary I hope there is more US Soccer struggles if it means you make more appearances on NT![]()