What I loved is how we all supported your run. Even though you are technically are Northern rival the entire USL social media got behind your team and I love to see it
Seeing Sacramento reach the final is the reason why I love the US Open Cup. It gives USL teams the chance to face off against MLS teams. While I enjoy the MLS, the USL has grown on me. And we need to support our domestic leagues as much as possible. I’m happy that my community in the Antelope Valley in Southern California will be getting a team next season in USL League One! AV Alta FC!
Love what the USL is doing. Touching communities that have no/limited access to pro sports, is awesome and strategically smart. Just need to rally these communities behind these local clubs.
Tac, the timing of this video is perfect! USL League One coming to Portland, Maine 2025!!! Brand Release Fan Fest is this Saturday! At Thompson's Point. You're invited. 10 am - 2 pm. PL on the screen and a mini footy pitch. The culture up here is thick. A rising soccer city for sure!
Same here! My community, the Antelope Valley in Southern California will be getting a team next season in 2025! AV Alta FC! They’ll also be in USL League One! They had the Crest and team name reveal yesterday evening. I was so happy to see the turnout and the interest people have for this team. The Antelope Valley has a very large soccer community and it keeps growing. To have a team to call our own is just great!
I’m a fairly new soccer fan and a little of it has to do with the Birmingham Legion. We’ve gone to several matches every year and it definitely was a gateway drug if you will to watching more soccer / football and wanting to be in the crowd and feeling that spark, that connection.
You’d be shocked to see how many USMNT players came through USL2. It’s dropped off a bit recently since so many moved over to European systems early, but it was the building block for US soccer for a good bit
USL is actually incredibly underrated... I live in Phoenix and go to their games periodically... It's a fun time at the games, and they are usually pretty entertaining!
@@NoName-rq6bg Soccer is a British word, created in the early days of the sport. It was used to differentiate between Rugby Union and Association Football. One could argue soccer is a more apt term. Stop gatekeeping. Especially if you're gonna be wrong while doing it.
@@NoName-rq6bg If you don't know the truth about why us Americans call it Soccer than you're not a real football fan. Learn the sport's history you casual.
I'll be supporting the new team in Portland, Maine in 2025. Our official club name will be unveiled this Saturday 4/27/24 & will play in USL League One!
Filippo I'm loving these longer interviews, if you and the guests have time i would love to see a podcast form of free talk, 2-3 hours, so much you could extrapolate from these guests! Keep up the great work brotha, stay dangerous!
My local team is Hartford Athletic. To anyone out there thinking about USL games being like AAA baseball games, the environment is more like lower-tier English football. Super high energy, high level of play, lots of excitement and the match day culture is just incredible
@bigz1179 I love the usl super league putting down roots in mid size cities. Lexington, Chattanooga, Spokane, Ft Lauderdale etc. And large cities w no womens pro teams, Charlotte and Dallas . And not in giant stadiums. 7000-12000 built right into the heart of the city. They'll have fans for life, like small English towns..
Great interview, fabulous idea, I am done with the state of the professional level of Mens Soccer in the USA I am going to try and find something near my home. Thanks Cheif!
I support Nashville SC, we use to be in the USL. Now we’re in the MLS so that’s pretty cool. I do miss the USL days, our games were at the baseball stadium
I like attending games for my home team Oakland Roots. Great alternative to going through the crazy traffic to watch the San Jose Earthquakes.Either way, go Roots and go Quakes.
Indy Eleven fan here! I can't wait for Eleven Park to get built. As a life long soccer fan, I would love for USL and MLS to combine to create a 4 teir league system with pro/rel. I love foreign soccer for this reason.
We used to have an USL team here in Puerto Rico and the games would draw around 5k. That was impressive for a place traditionally known for baseball, boxing, and basketball. In fact, the municipal stadium they played at used to be the home of a winter league baseball team and the pitch was redone just for football because USL drew more over the course of a season than winter ball did... I miss the PR Islanders!!!
And I am absolutely sure that the recent spate of Puertorican youths being signed to European pro academies is 100% the result of having had a pro team here at that time.
The problem with usl is that teams sometimes swlf relegate if they dont have the funds to compete at a given level. This has happened twice to my local richmond kickers usl squad
I get the 'problem', but wouldn't you rather they do that and figure out their issues than close shop? NCFC coming back from L1 to Championship this season isn't common, but leaves people hopeful I feel. It'd be nice if Rochester had self-relegated rather than going out altogether :( Also Richmond are American Soccer OGs, I may not be a supporter of them, but happy to see them alive and kicking. Go kickers!!
If MLS wasn’t so greedy and wanting American soccer to be done their way and under their umbrella they could’ve continued working with USL while also having their reserve league for their reserves to get some playing time and experience on the field (aka an actual minor league).
Living in Omaha, I’ve been to many Union games, and they are highly entertaining. A new stadium is being built for them in the near future that was easily approved based on a great last few years of success. The game is more accessible and affordable than the MLS which will help drive demand as the quality improves.
Don’t hold your breath… in 2034 USL will put out a statement saying they have created an “exploratory committee to research the promotion/relegation league format.
Yeah USL is not anywhere near on the heels of MLS, and won’t ever be. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be supported tho! Maybe with MLS out of USOC a USL team can actually win it and clench a spot in the CCC!
I think eventually when USL gets much larger and more wealthy owners come in, they should institute a salary cap. It maintains competitiveness greatly.
USL 2 needs to be all year around add relegation and promotion, but make it Regional, then have a regional open usl 3 summer league. So that players have alternative then just usl 2 and college. Also get all the UPSL and NSL teams all congregated in 1 league for USL 2
Have a relegation type of system but keep our playoff formats, have the teams with the worst records sent down and have the champions of usl come to mls
I am a hardcore Cosmos fan from the reboot, I seriously need someone to look into the NASL lawsuit against the USSF and MLS. It supposed to be going to trial this year.
I support the Birmingham Legion, my local USL team. I’ve been to almost all of the Home games in all competitions since the start of the 2022 season. I still love the MLS though and I still watch the MLS every single weekend. I want both leagues to exist and I want them to eventually cooperate and come together to make soccer better in this country. We can only get so far if they always fight with each other.
@@dasalsakid when I watch MLS, I don’t look at it as supporting MLS as a league and as a business model. There are still a lot of genuinely great clubs and great fans in MLS and I want to enjoy that. I don’t want to see that go away. The people of Columbus, for example, don’t deserve to lose their team or to have to start over just because league management is not desirable to some people.
I agree, but it seems like MLS, Don Garber are too arrogant and won't let that happen because Garber is also on the board of US Soccer Federation, which is a conflict of interest being the MLS Commissioner. As MLS Commissioner on the board of the US Soccer Federation he actively works against USL as he sees it as a competitor to MLS and it's profits and as a single league entity. USL works much better. It's a more traditional league, just without as much money.
I've never been a fan of soccer, but since my son started playing I wanted him to watch some to get a feel for how he should be trying to play and we went to a Legion game since it's the closest to us. It was pretty fun and it was one of the open playoff games where they had really good attendance. Haven't been this year yet, though, but I definitely recommend it for anyone in the area.
Chelsea fan for 50 years, used to see the Cosmos in the 70s. Never cared about US club soccer until last year. There's a USL2 team called the Hudson Valley Hammers that plays walking distance from where I live. Tyler Adams is one of the founders and he was at a few of the games last year taking pictures with kids. The best thing about it is it's a 12 game season, six home games, $50 season ticket. The whole season is during the two months that there's no European club soccer. One of our players got called up to the T&T national team and another is a pro in USL 1 now.
--> New Orleans will be getting a USL team next year. I can't wait. Will the kits go with a Mardi Gras theme or a Saints theme? --> Filippo, you should try a Rowdies-style moustache. I think you could pull it off.
Been to a bunch of Pittsburgh Riverhounds games. It's a cool atmosphere actually by the Monongahala river with views of downtown (or as the locals say "dahntahn"). Definitely a good time and the Hahnz have been playing some good soccer over the last several years with Bob Lilley as coach. Check'em out if you're ever in the burgh!
Charleston Battery! And no, not because they top the Eastern division. But because as a kid vacationing in charleston, it introduced me to the game. Now as a father myself, I still take my children to a few games each summer
USL has been a HIT here in albuquerque. the isotopes (dukes before) were albuquerque’s #1 professional sports team for just over a century. they were eclipsed by the new mexico united of the usl championship league ever since they first showed up in 2018
I watch a lot more USL than MLS. Being from KY I cheer Lou City all the way I can confirm Lou city fans can get crazy in the supporter section. Kentucky much less the city of Louisville doesn't have any big time pro teams so when they have a team that wins the championship back to back and is always around the top of the table Lou city has a lot more local fans that devote everything to the team instead of having split interests. also I am not paying for MLS season pass when I already have ESPN + where i can watch the FA cup, Carabaro cup, the EFL championship, bundesliga, La liga, NCAA soccer and of course USL championship USL one, and USL two.
TH-cam Channel Become Elite with Matt Sheldon. He was with our club last season, Hartford Athletic. He's a great guy that creates great content. You should really check him out. I've been following him for years now. He actually taught me a whole lot about soccer since I really only got into sport in 2010 with the Spanish win in the World Cup. I started watching Matt Sheldon in 2015/16 ...somewhere around there. I've watch most of his career.
You guys have a great community and club by the way. I wish Hartford had a members/socios ownership thing going on too like many Spanish Clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club Bilbao, etc.
USL/MLS really need to work something out. Having two separate "1st division" leagues would just split the fanbase of a sport that is already not even a top 3 sport in the country. Already have to compete against leagues like NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL for viewership and revenue.
What "two separate 1st division leagues" are you talking about? USL Championship is designated division 2 by the USSF, and the vast difference in finances (think NFL vs UFL / NHL vs AHL / MLB vs AAA / etc) supports that point of view..
@@Hammster69official MLS has always been and will continue to be the Retired Aging Euro Soccer Stars Dog And Pony Show. The current Premium MLS Clown Show has been assigned to Orlando - The Watch Messi Score Ten Goals While Walking Only Ten Steps The Entire Game Extravaganza! While playing against the World's Best MLS Soccer Defenses! Seriously, any talented US youth player stuck in the MLS system has to get out and over to Europe by age 18 or he'll just turn into the typical MLS Lifers.
@@Hammster69official USL does have plans to launch a 1st division league? Although this is just in the planning phase, it may or may not happen. As reported by The Athletic.
915 in the house baby El Paso FC aka Locomotive FC !!! We love the team here especially after MLS has essentially ignored us the USL is creating culture
MLS buried itself with Apple TV. All usl needs to do is get a decent Tv contract and some interaction with fan bases and it could take off. I live in NJ. We live conveniently close to Philly Union, NY Redbull, NYCFC and you wouldn’t even know those teams were active and playing. MLS seems to do as little as possible to reach out to new fan base. Paywalls is what killed Boxing. Prime era Tyson was the only reason people tuned in and payed. Apple TV is dependent on end of career Messi.
I've been an LAFC season ticket holder from day one, but since my family is from New Mexico I've always unsupported USL New Mexico United as well. I'm over the MLS structure, and almost relinquished my season tix over the Open Cup debacle created by MLS. MLS exclusion of USL is just another money grab by Garner, and hurts the domestic game rather than helping.
my local team is sacramento republic. never will forget the open cup run in 2022
What I loved is how we all supported your run. Even though you are technically are Northern rival the entire USL social media got behind your team and I love to see it
I was so mad we lost that game.. Glory Glory Sacramento
Phoenix rising betta
Seeing Sacramento reach the final is the reason why I love the US Open Cup. It gives USL teams the chance to face off against MLS teams. While I enjoy the MLS, the USL has grown on me. And we need to support our domestic leagues as much as possible.
I’m happy that my community in the Antelope Valley in Southern California will be getting a team next season in USL League One!
AV Alta FC!
I was there for the Sporting KC game and never heard Heart Health Park that loud before
Love what the USL is doing. Touching communities that have no/limited access to pro sports, is awesome and strategically smart. Just need to rally these communities behind these local clubs.
Tac, the timing of this video is perfect! USL League One coming to Portland, Maine 2025!!! Brand Release Fan Fest is this Saturday! At Thompson's Point. You're invited. 10 am - 2 pm. PL on the screen and a mini footy pitch. The culture up here is thick. A rising soccer city for sure!
YES, I am going to this!!! Cannot wait!
Jealous...
I went to that event GO HEARTS!
Same here! My community, the Antelope Valley in Southern California will be getting a team next season in 2025!
AV Alta FC! They’ll also be in USL League One!
They had the Crest and team name reveal yesterday evening. I was so happy to see the turnout and the interest people have for this team.
The Antelope Valley has a very large soccer community and it keeps growing. To have a team to call our own is just great!
I’m a fairly new soccer fan and a little of it has to do with the Birmingham Legion. We’ve gone to several matches every year and it definitely was a gateway drug if you will to watching more soccer / football and wanting to be in the crowd and feeling that spark, that connection.
WOAH, USL League Two is 75% COLLEGE players?! That is the best thing I've heard about USL 👏. The next Tim Ream could come from* USL-L2, nice.
You’d be shocked to see how many USMNT players came through USL2. It’s dropped off a bit recently since so many moved over to European systems early, but it was the building block for US soccer for a good bit
It was previously called PDL. It’s always been summer league for college players that want competitive games in the offseason.
New Mexico United is my USL club. One of the best fanbases and ownership group in the USL.
USL is actually incredibly underrated... I live in Phoenix and go to their games periodically... It's a fun time at the games, and they are usually pretty entertaining!
hey I am an Ipswich fan we have the same owners!
I played in the USL preparation development league back in 07, 08, I was very happy with the league
Barajas was developed in USL.. and he’s a top prospect… the league has potential
Sacramento Republic supporter here. I watch a lot of USL both Championship and League one.
Lik3 here if you want USL to surpass MLS if they implement what the real soccer fans actually want!
As long as you call it Soccer you’re not a real fan
@@NoName-rq6bg Americans call it soccer because because our most popular sport is already called football
@@NoName-rq6bg Soccer is a British word, created in the early days of the sport. It was used to differentiate between Rugby Union and Association Football. One could argue soccer is a more apt term. Stop gatekeeping. Especially if you're gonna be wrong while doing it.
@@NoName-rq6bg ah someone who can’t accept that a majority of countries actually don’t call it football omg
@@NoName-rq6bg If you don't know the truth about why us Americans call it Soccer than you're not a real football fan. Learn the sport's history you casual.
I'll be supporting the new team in Portland, Maine in 2025. Our official club name will be unveiled this Saturday 4/27/24 & will play in USL League One!
Used to have a USL team in RGVFC but they shutdown. Every match was incredible to attend.
Ive been going to Indy 11 games for 3 years now, it is fun and I enjoy the vibe of the fan section
Filippo I'm loving these longer interviews, if you and the guests have time i would love to see a podcast form of free talk, 2-3 hours, so much you could extrapolate from these guests! Keep up the great work brotha, stay dangerous!
My local team is Hartford Athletic. To anyone out there thinking about USL games being like AAA baseball games, the environment is more like lower-tier English football. Super high energy, high level of play, lots of excitement and the match day culture is just incredible
My team is Ballard FC, winners of USL League Two in 2023! Up the bridges!
Happy to have the first pro team in my city Spokane Velocity #upthefalls
@bigz1179 I love the usl super league putting down roots in mid size cities. Lexington, Chattanooga, Spokane, Ft Lauderdale etc. And large cities w no womens pro teams, Charlotte and Dallas . And not in giant stadiums. 7000-12000 built right into the heart of the city. They'll have fans for life, like small English towns..
Great interview, fabulous idea, I am done with the state of the professional level of Mens Soccer in the USA
I am going to try and find something near my home. Thanks Cheif!
New Mexico United and Pittsburgh River hounds!
I haven't watched a game in a while but I'm a Detroit FC fan.
I support Nashville SC, we use to be in the USL. Now we’re in the MLS so that’s pretty cool. I do miss the USL days, our games were at the baseball stadium
I like attending games for my home team Oakland Roots. Great alternative to going through the crazy traffic to watch the San Jose Earthquakes.Either way, go Roots and go Quakes.
Love the Rowdies jersey!
Indy Eleven!
pittsburgh riverhounds since birth. My uncle even played for them
Who’s your uncle?
Indy Eleven fan here! I can't wait for Eleven Park to get built. As a life long soccer fan, I would love for USL and MLS to combine to create a 4 teir league system with pro/rel. I love foreign soccer for this reason.
We used to have an USL team here in Puerto Rico and the games would draw around 5k. That was impressive for a place traditionally known for baseball, boxing, and basketball. In fact, the municipal stadium they played at used to be the home of a winter league baseball team and the pitch was redone just for football because USL drew more over the course of a season than winter ball did... I miss the PR Islanders!!!
And I am absolutely sure that the recent spate of Puertorican youths being signed to European pro academies is 100% the result of having had a pro team here at that time.
I'm rockin as an Indy 11 fan with Brett and Derek. Up the Hoosiers!!
USL: El Paso Locomotive (Diego Luna used to play here.
Colorado Springs Switchbacks baby! Im moving back to the Spring tbis fall and cant wait to watch them!
The problem with usl is that teams sometimes swlf relegate if they dont have the funds to compete at a given level. This has happened twice to my local richmond kickers usl squad
I get the 'problem', but wouldn't you rather they do that and figure out their issues than close shop? NCFC coming back from L1 to Championship this season isn't common, but leaves people hopeful I feel. It'd be nice if Rochester had self-relegated rather than going out altogether :(
Also Richmond are American Soccer OGs, I may not be a supporter of them, but happy to see them alive and kicking. Go kickers!!
If MLS wasn’t so greedy and wanting American soccer to be done their way and under their umbrella they could’ve continued working with USL while also having their reserve league for their reserves to get some playing time and experience on the field (aka an actual minor league).
We have a USL1 team, in the Richmond Kickers, great support and fan base. Join the red army!!!
Living in Omaha, I’ve been to many Union games, and they are highly entertaining. A new stadium is being built for them in the near future that was easily approved based on a great last few years of success.
The game is more accessible and affordable than the MLS which will help drive demand as the quality improves.
Hopefully we get some real answers on Pro/rel and not just "coming soon"
Don’t hold your breath… in 2034 USL will put out a statement saying they have created an “exploratory committee to research the promotion/relegation league format.
Flint City Bucks of USL 2, and Detroit City FC of the Championship in the house!
Yeah USL is not anywhere near on the heels of MLS, and won’t ever be. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be supported tho! Maybe with MLS out of USOC a USL team can actually win it and clench a spot in the CCC!
My local USL is OCSC
I have watched both USL/MLS, expensive! Lately have been focused on MLS NextPRO, Not bad!
This has been enlightening😮
NEW MEXICO UNITED WYA!?🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡
We need the facilities to help attract and retain talent and first class stadiums for fans.
USL Champ and below is the only American league I pay attention to! Can’t wait for Brooklyn FC!
I live in northwest arkansas and we are getting a usl team soon
I think eventually when USL gets much larger and more wealthy owners come in, they should institute a salary cap. It maintains competitiveness greatly.
I support Louisville City and have since they played a friendly in my city in February 2017 🟣 ⚜️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Hartford Athletic 💚💙
Through thick and thin
Nice. Fellow Hartford Athletic fan here.
Green and Blue till I die!
I support FC Tulsa and Omaha. I lived in both cities years ago. So, I chose those teams. I live in a town way to small to have a team now.
NM United
No team in USL, anymore. Miss Saint Louis FC. Well aware of St. Charles FC in USL2.
There is a growing fan base for USL! VAMOS SAN ANTONIO!!!
Tampa Bay Rowdies in USL Championship! My favorite soccer team 💚💛
Best choice of shirt. COYR!
San Antonio FC, hometown club. Mls is in Austin
Currently support Atlanta United and I’ll also support Sporting Jax once they start playing
My local team is the Charleston Battery. Go battery!
USL 2 needs to be all year around add relegation and promotion, but make it Regional, then have a regional open usl 3 summer league. So that players have alternative then just usl 2 and college. Also get all the UPSL and NSL teams all congregated in 1 league for USL 2
This is soo cool, MLS is fine but I would way prefer to support a more grass roots league!
Oakland roots!!!😻
Have a relegation type of system but keep our playoff formats, have the teams with the worst records sent down and have the champions of usl come to mls
You guys have to figure out a way to acquire the New York Cosmos franchise
I support the new USL League 1 team Spokane Velocity and anticipating the new Portland team coming soon
Us soccer is growing, we just need pro rel!
I supported San Diego Loyals 😢 but big MLS is coming and taking over
Business wise - I understand the reasons why the USL wouldn't bring the NY Cosmos into the fold. BUT just imagine...
#DCTID
Alexi is the posh spaz from crabbook academy who never been to Keyworth
I support USL 2 Lionsbridge FC
PRFC is my team from AZ.
The 2014 USL Final out rated the MLS final since Sacramento fans are that rabid.
Vamos Vegas Lights!
NoCo Hailstorm!
MN Aurora 🌠
San Antonio FC! 2022 champs
I am a hardcore Cosmos fan from the reboot, I seriously need someone to look into the NASL lawsuit against the USSF and MLS. It supposed to be going to trial this year.
You should try to get Brodie Brazil on it. He'll find out anything.
The team I will be supporting will be coming to Rogers Arkansas in 2026
I love MLS so much Dear Filippo I'm LA Galaxy fan in MLS.🥰😍🤗💛💙🤍💯
#Tulsa FC!!!!! #FTR
My local club is Forward Madison FC of USL League 1. I like USL better! Up the Mingos! 💪🏼
I love going to forward Madison games, I don't get to go to as many as I'd like to tho.
I support the Birmingham Legion, my local USL team. I’ve been to almost all of the Home games in all competitions since the start of the 2022 season. I still love the MLS though and I still watch the MLS every single weekend. I want both leagues to exist and I want them to eventually cooperate and come together to make soccer better in this country. We can only get so far if they always fight with each other.
Hammer down!
awesome name for sure USL has the best brands very community focused love it I don't give a damn about MLS has no respect for growing the game
@@dasalsakid when I watch MLS, I don’t look at it as supporting MLS as a league and as a business model. There are still a lot of genuinely great clubs and great fans in MLS and I want to enjoy that. I don’t want to see that go away. The people of Columbus, for example, don’t deserve to lose their team or to have to start over just because league management is not desirable to some people.
I agree, but it seems like MLS, Don Garber are too arrogant and won't let that happen because Garber is also on the board of US Soccer Federation, which is a conflict of interest being the MLS Commissioner. As MLS Commissioner on the board of the US Soccer Federation he actively works against USL as he sees it as a competitor to MLS and it's profits and as a single league entity.
USL works much better. It's a more traditional league, just without as much money.
I've never been a fan of soccer, but since my son started playing I wanted him to watch some to get a feel for how he should be trying to play and we went to a Legion game since it's the closest to us. It was pretty fun and it was one of the open playoff games where they had really good attendance. Haven't been this year yet, though, but I definitely recommend it for anyone in the area.
Chelsea fan for 50 years, used to see the Cosmos in the 70s. Never cared about US club soccer until last year.
There's a USL2 team called the Hudson Valley Hammers that plays walking distance from where I live. Tyler Adams is one of the founders and he was at a few of the games last year taking pictures with kids. The best thing about it is it's a 12 game season, six home games, $50 season ticket. The whole season is during the two months that there's no European club soccer. One of our players got called up to the T&T national team and another is a pro in USL 1 now.
So much for getting an interview with Alexi.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds baby. Best view & vibes for a game in the USL. Expanision plans to make the stadium up to 15 thousand in the future 👀
I’ve wanted to go to a game there for years. Truly the best stadium location in the US
I gotta say Al Lang in St. Petersburg has the best view. Skyline behind us, palm trees, marina, and the bay in front of us.
Where on earth are the Riverhounds going to expand to 15k. The stadium footprint is so tiny with nowhere to expand.
Rising got better vibes
give it a few years but DCFC's new stadium is gonna be nice!
I can’t wait for my hometown, Oklahoma City to get a new soccer stadium. I can’t wait for the OKC Energy to return to the USL Championship.
--> New Orleans will be getting a USL team next year. I can't wait. Will the kits go with a Mardi Gras theme or a Saints theme?
--> Filippo, you should try a Rowdies-style moustache. I think you could pull it off.
Been to a bunch of Pittsburgh Riverhounds games. It's a cool atmosphere actually by the Monongahala river with views of downtown (or as the locals say "dahntahn"). Definitely a good time and the Hahnz have been playing some good soccer over the last several years with Bob Lilley as coach. Check'em out if you're ever in the burgh!
New Mexico United
New Mexico divided
@@andrewgarcia8268 Somos Unidos!
New Mexico United!
Somos Unidos!
Charleston Battery! And no, not because they top the Eastern division. But because as a kid vacationing in charleston, it introduced me to the game. Now as a father myself, I still take my children to a few games each summer
this game ❤️
Sacramento republic only 40 minutes away!!
USL has been a HIT here in albuquerque. the isotopes (dukes before) were albuquerque’s #1 professional sports team for just over a century. they were eclipsed by the new mexico united of the usl championship league ever since they first showed up in 2018
I watch a lot more USL than MLS. Being from KY I cheer Lou City all the way I can confirm Lou city fans can get crazy in the supporter section. Kentucky much less the city of Louisville doesn't have any big time pro teams so when they have a team that wins the championship back to back and is always around the top of the table Lou city has a lot more local fans that devote everything to the team instead of having split interests.
also I am not paying for MLS season pass when I already have ESPN + where i can watch the FA cup, Carabaro cup, the EFL championship, bundesliga, La liga, NCAA soccer and of course USL championship USL one, and USL two.
Detroit City FC fan/owner
Allez Le Rouge!
TH-cam Channel Become Elite with Matt Sheldon.
He was with our club last season, Hartford Athletic. He's a great guy that creates great content. You should really check him out.
I've been following him for years now.
He actually taught me a whole lot about soccer since I really only got into sport in 2010 with the Spanish win in the World Cup. I started watching Matt Sheldon in 2015/16 ...somewhere around there. I've watch most of his career.
You guys have a great community and club by the way.
I wish Hartford had a members/socios ownership thing going on too like many Spanish Clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club Bilbao, etc.
USL/MLS really need to work something out. Having two separate "1st division" leagues would just split the fanbase of a sport that is already not even a top 3 sport in the country. Already have to compete against leagues like NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL for viewership and revenue.
What "two separate 1st division leagues" are you talking about? USL Championship is designated division 2 by the USSF, and the vast difference in finances (think NFL vs UFL / NHL vs AHL / MLB vs AAA / etc) supports that point of view..
@@Hammster69official MLS has always been and will continue to be the Retired Aging Euro Soccer Stars Dog And Pony Show. The current Premium MLS Clown Show has been assigned to Orlando - The Watch Messi Score Ten Goals While Walking Only Ten Steps The Entire Game Extravaganza! While playing against the World's Best MLS Soccer Defenses!
Seriously, any talented US youth player stuck in the MLS system has to get out and over to Europe by age 18 or he'll just turn into the typical MLS Lifers.
@@Hammster69official USL does have plans to launch a 1st division league? Although this is just in the planning phase, it may or may not happen. As reported by The Athletic.
@@jeremyferrufino6849 They can *plan* to play soccer on the moon. The backing just isn't there at this time.
@@Hammster69official *Elon Musk takes notes*
915 in the house baby El Paso FC aka Locomotive FC !!! We love the team here especially after MLS has essentially ignored us the USL is creating culture
been to 2 matches when I lived in EP. Still have my Locos hat.
loved the stadium and the fans
I live in Houston and while I support Dynamo more I'm more inclined to travel to SA to watch USL's SAFC lol packed every game.
MLS buried itself with Apple TV. All usl needs to do is get a decent Tv contract and some interaction with fan bases and it could take off. I live in NJ. We live conveniently close to Philly Union, NY Redbull, NYCFC and you wouldn’t even know those teams were active and playing. MLS seems to do as little as possible to reach out to new fan base. Paywalls is what killed Boxing. Prime era Tyson was the only reason people tuned in and payed. Apple TV is dependent on end of career Messi.
I've been an LAFC season ticket holder from day one, but since my family is from New Mexico I've always unsupported USL New Mexico United as well. I'm over the MLS structure, and almost relinquished my season tix over the Open Cup debacle created by MLS. MLS exclusion of USL is just another money grab by Garner, and hurts the domestic game rather than helping.
Charleston Battery because my son plays for them, Nathan DosSantos