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Men's Soccer (Football) Thread Soccer • Page 663

Discussion in 'Sports Forum' started by Melody Bot, Nov 10, 2023.

  1. TheGuyfkaFringeofLunacy Mar 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
    TheGuyfkaFringeofLunacy

    Trusted Supporter

    I just want to be able to keep my current club and not have them sell out their beliefs and ethos to be able to enter the MLS. I enjoy that there still is the ability of the supporters to dictate certain elements of what the club is. That is totally lost if they go to MLS. I think that is my biggest issue with MLS is that the local feeling of those clubs is completely gone. Now to be fair, that is also happening to many of the big clubs in Europe right now so its not a guarantee that this type of open system is a block against the corporatization of a club.
     
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  2. Swoos Mar 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
    Swoos

    COYS Prestigious

    Yeah, you’d definitely lose some of the organic feeling and growth. And like you’ve kinda mentioned, a lot of that would be a result of just how corporatized everything we do in the States is. I think that, plus just the complete foreign concept of pro/rel to the majority of American sports fans are the two major things preventing it from happening. And I’m not sure how you fix both things.
     
  3. okayibelieveyou Mar 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
    okayibelieveyou

    Tam Rogic CSC Prestigious

    As words, the statement seems strong. The actions won't follow though, it was their ultras that held that banner up.
     
  4. KrisArronNev Mar 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
    KrisArronNev

    He came, he saw.



    FWIW I've not got an issue with Hojlund's celebration, it's more a dig at the people at the top.
     
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  6. RobbieBerns Mar 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
    RobbieBerns

    @robbieberns Prestigious

    The last time he scored that celebration was a topical Gladiator 2 reference
     
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  7. bigmike Mar 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
    bigmike

    Trusted Prestigious

    The policing of celebrations in sports is so frustrating. Let people celebrate something that is very, very rare in the grand scheme of things!
     
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  8. Garrett Mar 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
    Garrett

    i tore a hole in the fabric of time Moderator

    And also, it’s a game.
     
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  9. JM95 Mar 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
    JM95

    hmmm

    VAR is the ultimate celebration policing.

    ‘Were you just celebrating a 95th minute winner? Here's four minutes of shabby deliberation over an unclear foul ten seconds before the finish.’
     
  10. bobby_runs Mar 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
    bobby_runs

    where would i be if i was my brain Prestigious

    Damn I missed a good convo about MLS/USL

    I’ve heard some are viewing the USL move as a way to test if the market can handle pro/rel. and if footy fans in this country actually want it.


    I’ve told people in my life that I think you can merge or set out to create two divisions by having the first relegation be determine over 2-4 years.