Men's NCAA Soccer Championship

[CajunNation]

Here is a soccer question...why is mls cup in a postseason of the current season whereas most of the european cups arw a playoff conducted throughout the following season

The MLS is the top soccer league in America. The EPL is the top soccer league in England.


The MLS does a very American thing by having playoffs to determine its champion. The EPL simply names the regular season champion as their champion.

In Europe, there are many special tournaments that are conducted throughout their regular seasons. Each country will pause their regular season play to have tournament play between leagues across Europe. Yes, these tournaments are based on the previous year's final regular season standings in each country.

We have tournaments between clubs and countries here from North and South America. It's a little different than what they do in Europe.

[R1Letterman]

The MLS is the top soccer league in America. The EPL is the top soccer league in England.


The MLS does a very American thing by having playoffs to determine its champion. The EPL simply names the regular season champion as their champion.

In Europe, there are many special tournaments that are conducted throughout their regular seasons. Each country will pause their regular season play to have tournament play between leagues across Europe. Yes, these tournaments are based on the previous year's final regular season standings in each country.

We have tournaments between clubs and countries here from North and South America. It's a little different than what they do in Europe.

Yes i realized it was different, thats why i asked.
So your "why" is because it is an american thing to have current playoffs?
If the growth were to continue wouldnt it need to adopt the same playoff/cup structure as europe?

[Cajun90]

On a global basis soccer is insanely ahead of every other sport. While it hasn't fully translated into the US culture yet it has made tremendous headway over the past 30 years.

A lot of things in play but soccer will eventually become a dominant sport here. The question is will there be anything left to college athletics at all. There really isn't another country where athletics play such a large role at the collegiate level.

[zephyr]

Some people just don't want to accept some things. In the last 30 years, we've gone from nothing to the current MLS which is now considered a major American sport.

I thoroughly enjoy watching MLS

[zephyr]

They would understand if they would go to an ATL United, LAFC, or Austin FC match. The energy is UNRIVALED

Or this year, Inter Miami. Their away games had tickets sold that would rival some superbowls. But many teams had great crowds like Cincinnati, Miami & Charlotte and average attendance was over 23,000 which is better than NBA

[zephyr]

Do they spend less money because they have less games or do they have less games because they spend less money?

First off, soccer is a grueling sport. Not that basketball isn't but you can play back to back in basketball which is what they do often in the NBA. But, soccer has a number of challenges such as international play which takes players off of teams to go play for country, and they have in season tournaments such as Champions League, World Cup if on that specific year, Olympics and US Open cup etc... The average MLS player plays double the regular season games in various other competitions.

[ZoomZoom]

Any truth to the rumor LeBron wants a franchise in Cleveland and wants to name it Floppers United?

[R1Letterman]

XC is here to stay

If a race is run in the forest and a tree falls does it still pay nil

[R1Letterman]

In 50 years they will say "in 50 years it will be a bigger sport than American football" and just repeat that every 50 years.

I suppose there are different ways to measure "bigger", there are 3 and 4 year olds playing soccer now, doubt anyone plays tackle american football before 6. Is it defined by number playing or by nfl tv viewers

[R1Letterman]

I think you will see more growth of american football in other parts of the world than you will see soccer here.

we are just beginning to bring the sport to other cultures and you can see the interest it is generating. we've had soccer here forever now, and have seen no real growth.

They have been trying that since the 90s, dont you remember jake delhomme playing in germany, didnt seem to grow that fast