Should the MLS still stand or should it fall? Explain Why?

Question

It's the 11th season of the MLs but still there are more than half empty seats at stadiums.

Answer 1

They still have a few years left, but they are in bad shape. They need to start attracting some talented foreign players but that's going to be difficult because they can gain more celebrity status in Europe because soccer is big there.
Arena football survived because they offer something innovative and different. The MLS is just a b-rate soccer league where half of the players couldn't even make it as a ball boy in the Euro leagues. I don't believe they have that bright of a future.

Answer 2

The reason most stadiums are half empty or more is that frankly they're too big for the following that the sport has. You're seeing more teams get dedicated stadiums (a la Chicago) which seats 20,000 or so. If you look for instance at the English Premier League, the median size for a stadium is 35,000, with only Manchester United, Arsenal, and Newcastle playing in stadiums with over 50,000 seating capacity.

20,000 in a stadium like Foxboro or Soldier Field looks empty.

Answer 3

Neither. It should evolve. It is time for a real pro league in North America. MLS is a closed shop that is highly limited. Bruce Arena was absolutely correct in criticizing the MLS for the USA National Team failure in 2006. American soccer has improved dramatically over the years but so has everyone else. National team players should only play in the best leagues in the world and the MLS does not qualify. The MLS needs to aim higher: bigger budgets, bigger stadiums, bigger players. And they shouldn't do the NASL thing where they bring in older players. They need to compete with the best clubs in the world for the best players. If the MLS were a real pro league, one of their clubs would for instance have tried to sign a Michael Ballack. Once that starts happening you will have gates of 40-50 000 like the NFL and the quality of play will also improve...

Answer 4

The actual problem with the MLS is not the fans but the stupidity of the owners. Look at England, a country smaller than some states and they have thousands of teams, London has dozens of professional clubs, yet the MLS attempts to give New York and New Jersey 1 team when in realtiy they could have dozens.

They need to start smaller like the A league and the USL league, and those teams should play against teams from their state and the surrounding area until there are many stable teams. Then have numerous teams in all the states, and them play in a competition to see where they belong, like the top league the 2nd etc.

The problem is not fans but the stupidy of th owners who care about "franchising", they don't care about the development of the game they care about making money as fast as they can.

And building those soccer stadiums happened to soon, as like I said the owners are idiots.

Answer 5

It is painful watching an MLS match. If the MLS is to stand, they need to reinforce it with young foreign talent probably from South America, The Mexican League has done and it is becoming decent.Bringing aging stars has not worked.

I agree with TheOlnyBedin that stand in the stadiums are too big for the amount of soccer supporters but if the owners want more fans they need to improve the quality of the game.

Answer 6

What's really sad is that I haven't even heard of MLS until your question. A quick search and I found out that it was Major League Soccer. This shows part of the problem: Not enough promotion. I think a professional soccer league can catch on in North America, but they need to aggressively promote and advertise since the market is so saturated with established sports leagues (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL).

Right after a world cup is the perfect opportunity for MLS to make their move, now that the N. American market's interest has been peaked by a steady diet of top-level soccer for the last month.

I love watching soccer during the world cup, and after it's over, I often wish I had a local team to root for - I hope MLS expands to the Canadian market!

Answer 7

If MLS fell. It would be devastating. Soccer is unpopular enough in America as it is. If there was no MLS, then soccer in the United States would die. Plus, all the American players would either have to find a new club, or get a different job. How dare you even think about such a thing!!!

Answer 8

Frank - i imagine you meant premier, not Primer,till you've been opining on the regular of play in MLS. yet you omit the point; "premier League", even inspite of the actuality that die-difficult football followers may recognize what that meant, may be meaningless to maximum people. "significant League", on the different hand, may be instantly away understood by skill of people because the coolest aspect of a specialist pastime using association with baseball. decrease ranges may, of route, be "minor leagues" (which in baseball have 3 ranges and act because the reserve and rehab equipment for MLB communities). Conversely, the league also has to have the interest football to stay away from the confusion with football.

Answer 9

Soccer in the US isn't as big because of sports like football and basketball. But for the people who do enjoy the sport in the US should still be able to play without moving to Europe to play professionally. I think it should stand, just downsize a little

Answer 10

It should fall because not many people like it. There are a lot of sports in this country that are popular such as...
a. Baseball
b. Football
c. Basketball
Soccer just doesn't work in our country.