All the presenters looked great, with their tailor-made suits and immaculate hair. Zealand looked like he came straight from a twitch session... which is true!
For sure, Z is a great host for these short but funny looks at different areas of football not many of us would see otherwise. Especially the mini-documentary from the Faroe islands and the MLS game in NY. Great production value, interesting stories and heart warming moments. I feel like people forget that Z actually is a journalist.
Glad to see Bradley Wright-Phillips doing so well, and that he's had such a good career over in the USA. Met him 12 years ago when he was playing for my club Charlton; one of the nicest footballers I've ever met
I always used to feel bad for Bradley Wright-Phillips because he was always used as the example of how bad the MLS was "Well, if Bradley Wright-Phillips can go there and score a load of goals, then anyone can" - and he even called himself a mediocre player in this interview.
Its relative. Any top league one striker would absolutely dominate the MLS even now - people really underestimate the quality of the lower leagues in England and whilst theyre incredible players they are also mediocre relative to the country. Not to say every player in those leagues would walk straight in, but the top players absolustely would and BWP isnt the only example. I think the MLS should look more towards those players and vice versa, but I think there is a stigma against the MLS.
It was weird to me too but I’m an American. I learned the game exclusively watching prem and rarely if ever consume any mls or American soccer content. And I catch myself saying things that Americans don’t say all the time. “Knackered” - “gutted” - “mate” etc
It’s weird watching an American, addressing his demographic of viewers as British, because even a lot of British creators don’t address the British and Americanise everything. It’s nice!
You should think about going to a USL game as well. They are thinking of doing pro/rel and are waiting for mid-season to come to a vote. Let's get the rest of the country represented!
YES! Especially since Zealand’s from Tampa Bay, he should ABSOLUTELY go to a Rowdies game and find a way to talk to the people there. They’ve been around since the ‘70s!
Shaved head with the stubble, would actually look like a real man who has embraced the thing most men deal with at some point. Alternatively you can do a Wayne Rooney and have your pubic hair transplanted onto your head.
4:44 What's more, Almada literally became a world champion with Argentina! He played just a few minutes throughout the tournament, that's true, but still... 😅
America should absolutely believe they can win the World Cup They probably can’t but that’s who they are, reckless optimism in the face of an impossible situation, it’s been good to see America taking it a bit more seriously
@@Ganganuk We didn't do that well. We've been getting out of group stages and then getting crushed in the round of 16 for 30 years. The only good showing we've had was in 2002 when we beat Mexico 2-0 in the round of 16, and then gave Germany all they could handle in the quarterfinals.
I see it like the European invasion in the NBA. At first, it was slow progress with a lot of doubters. Eventually, you'll sit back and wonder how so many Americans (or MLS alums) got into the top leagues. It's definitely a lot better than it was 10-20 years ago. Almiron, Alphonso Davies, Tyler Adams, Weston McKinnie, Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent, Taylor Booth, Gio Reyna, Chris Richards, Timothy Weah, Johnny Cardoso, Gianluca Busio, Joe Scally, Dorde Petrovic, etc. are the start. There are a lot of guys for us Americans/MLS nerds to follow in Europe now. Thiago Almada, Brian Gutierrez, Alan Velasco, Aidan Morris, Chris Brady, David Martinez, Tomas Aviles, Federico Redondo, Facundo Farias, Dylan Borrero, Julian Fernandez, Jovan Mijatovic, Facundo Torres, Julian Carranza, Pedro de la Vega, Chris Brady, Caleb Wiley, Jalen Neal, Noel Buck, Esmir Bajrakterevic, Jack McGlynn, Quinn Sullivan, Diego Luna are all guys I'm keeping my eyes on.
I love football. I love watching football. I really want to try and watch MLS this upcoming season. I’ve tried a couple of times to get into it but hoping it’ll stick this time. I think it would help if I could watch it with commentary in English. Hearing a penalty being referred to as a “peekay” or attacking being referred to as “offense” was just too difficult. Maybe one day!
@@sdamer4609 Playing devil's advocate, I'd say that they want to distinguish it from what the term means in other sports. MLS broadcasting is still a broadcast to some people who are still getting to know football, making such a distinction appreciated.
Zeelands going places. Well done mate, great little video. Are Americans actually becoming football fans or is it still looked down on? Really interested to know how the everyday people think of football over there
This is all anecdotal, but the younger generations seem to love it, especially in cities, to the point where at the school I volunteer at it already rivals American football. Young adults I would say its grown a lot, definitely not looked down upon anymore and way more of my friends have picked European clubs to follow, but NFL/NBA and college sports are still king by a good margin. For the older generations, they don’t seem to care unless their kid has gotten them into it.
@@BobSmith-ql7fb And does this sport look to be more popular within specific communities (f.e. Latino kids or Black kids), or does it click for everyone the same way?
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 Can’t say tbh, Latino communities have always done a lot to carry the game in the US obviously. Think the biggest hurdle will be building local clubs up so that non-MLS academies won’t be so expensive. MLS itself is doing a much better job but pay-to-play is still a huge barrier for most communities.
@@HarveyWallbangers2 Oh 100%, like I said all anecdotal. When I was in school in the 2000s I knew there always a few other fans but it always felt like the World Cup was the only soccer that ever moved the needle. So the MLS fans from the 90s like yall were always there, but in less markets and it never seemed to grow outside of spikes around WCs. Now it seems like in the past 5-10 years the European leagues and the MLS are growing rapidly without needing that bump, at least here from my POV.
BWP is the player that made me stop thinking about MLS as a retirement league, tbf. A good Championship striker at like, 27/28, hitting his peak, going to America? That changed my mind about it big time.
This was a really cool video Z, it's awesome you're getting more opportunities like this. Just wanted to address the "best league in the world" question. I don't think MLS should care about it. I think they need to focus on becoming an indispensable part of the global game by producing young talent, and using the money from their sales to further improve the youth system. You have to build from a foundation. It's my opinion that the Dutch/Portuguese model should be the ultimate goal for MLS. I don't think those leagues are concerning themselves about toppling the Premier League or LaLiga; they don't need to. So many talented players are developed from these leagues and any top club would be foolish to not recruit from them. They have an infrastructure in place that allows them to recruit and develop young talent, provide them with quality competition/experience, and hopefully move them on to the top leagues and get a lot of money from their sales, so they can keep the process going. They also provide incentive for older players who are past their prime, or good-but-not-great players because they still get the chance to play in top continental competitions. The MLS needs to focus on making itself a vital part of the bigger picture, not trying to stand out from it. Coming from an American, it's such an American way of looking at things lol. "If you can't get to the top, why bother?" I think it's the wrong approach, and will always lead to disappointment.
Having a sin-bin box in an european stadion is asking for trouble. That american commentator needs to come over for one of the derbies, even the police do not want to be close to some of the stands. :) Same would go for South America I guess.
I hate the "it's not soccer, it's football debate" because the Brits came up with the term Soccer. There's a reason it's Soccer in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, and India (they're all former British colonies). Lastly, if it's "not soccer" then why is there a British show called "Soccer Saturday"?!?
Eh, even if MLS couldn't ever get to NFL viewership, just NBA level viewership would probably give them enough money to outspend the Prem. You really underestimate how much money gets spent on sports in general in the US.
@@jordanledoux197 You're not wrong, but salary caps in the MLS will prevent that. Additionally, the cost of watching the MLS is absolutely outrageous. They need to deal with both of those if they want to compete.
@@sorrynotsorry8224 Honestly, I don't think MLS *wants* to become the best league in the world. I think it wants to be a self-sustaining, and stable, league that makes money. It could outspend the Prem in probably 5-10 years even without doing things like adjusting the price of watching. But I think the owners look at it as like "but right now we get the best of the second-tier talent at a massive discount, and then make a profit by selling them". It's secondary goal of helping improve the USMNT isn't affected by them selling American players to Europe in their prime. I still think it *could* very easily be the biggest/strongest league if it really wanted to. It would still take a bit of time, but they very nearly have the financial power to do it already, and MLS is the fourth or fifth most popular sport in the country. Maybe something will change how the owners approach it, but that's the biggest thing that has to change for MLS to become the best league: the owners need to want that to happen.
I mean - i just went to MLS official page list of clubs - there were 10 clubs with FC letters, 1 with full worded "Football Club" and one with reversed CF. 12 in total. How much used SC? 2. So by MLS own claim - it's Football ;)
I gotta love how everyone pretends the MLS isn't a Retirement league when so many of the best players are 30+. Best way to describe the league is a Retirement and Developmental League where older players come to enjoy their sunset years and young players come to learn from those players and market themselves.
The biggest impediment for MLS to be the best league in the world is the salary limit. Currently it is just over 5 million per team, that is the floor for a player on any average team in Europe. Raising the salary limit of 30 teams to double, would only be 10 million, that is the tax that Barcelona pays for just one of its players. Multiplying that salary by 10 would be 50 million... it is the budget of a small team in Spain.... Distributing the budget among 30 teams greatly limits the economy and prevents any club from standing out, therefore, in order for them to compete in Europe, the salary limit must be raised to 200-250 million, which is what the NFL currently has.
in England, a long long time ago, we used to say "a soccer" in referance to "an association rules" football game. as other forms of football died off around the turn of the 20th century, the term became less widely used. our culture evolved and by the time our expats were already using football as a generalised term for association rules games of 11v11. American eggball was named football because the egg is a foot long in length, and its barely even a ball. USA will never understand the culture round football in the rest of the world since you just dont have local teams that are deep routed into the community, i think you guys use college sports in a comparable way to how us Brits (specifically the English) use football to establish a sporting connection to the local area, which is just weird to the rest of the world. your country is so massive that for a pro/rel system to work, you'd pretty much have to have state championships at a lower tier of a football pyramid
@4:16 Exactly why pro/rel makes no sense. He's brainwashed himself into caring about "the last three weeks" of a season because there's nothing else to hope for in the pro/rel system. What about the first part of the season? I'd rather have a system where every year each team has a chance to win a championship instead of supporting teams fighting for participation awards at the end of each season.
Can the US win the world cup? Can the US be the best league in the world? These two questions are tied to the promotion and relegation question. I think the current system holds the league back (as does the way rosters are put together). You've got a closed system with no opportunity for progression or regression and no real stakes. You've produced a few decent players and look, anything is possible in tournament football but over the long term, if you want to be successful on a global level you need promotion and relegation and crucially you need to move the game from the suburbs to the streets. Of all the prominent sports in the US, basketball is probably the closest to football in terms of being a grassroots game. Football, like basketball, is a street game at heart. Also, Messi going to MLS was a big financial boon, sure and it got eyes on the league from around the world. But all that's really happened is that Messi's presence has exposed just how poor the league is. As amazing as Messi is, he shouldn't be able to just stroll through defences the way he has been. Finally, to round off my negative rant, "I believe that we will win" is a chant? Come on guys, do better. Throw in some swear words, rework the lyrics to a catchy song, imply that the opposition striker couldn't score with a hooker in Vegas. Get creative. Throw off the shackles on monotony and get rancid.
Blue card is a bad idea unless you change substitution rules.. you will end up with teams bringing in even more defensive minded players and it will be the nail on the coffin of the nr 10 and technical dribbly type of pure footballers.
Having followed Matthew Sheldon's channel (Become Elite) for a while now, I have to agree: obviously, they've got fewer resources and smaller fan-bases, but the overall atmosphere looks pretty genuine, and the level is actually quite good! Several youngsters from MLS academies, such as Nathan Worth, have even decided to switch to the USL in recent years, maybe because it offers them a faster path to first-team football.
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 As a Detroit City fan I know Matt will love the atmosphere at Keyworth. We gave a couple local young guys their pro debut and with our new reserve team it’s gonna increase for sure.
When I think of america and american sports there mostly comes one thing to my mind: Do the USA make their shit different just for the sake of beeing different? Like to take the promotion/relegation example, like everywhere on the world pretty much every sport works that way, where you have the dream that in theory you could take your local amateur team up to the top league. In america you dont even have to think about that if you dont have 1 billion for a franchise. It always comes down to money money money instead of making it actually interesting. I could never watch a sport where my team would go "cmon lets lose the reast of the season so we have a better draft pick". MY TEAM LOSING ON PURPOSE - i could never see myself cheering for something like that.
i mean all american sports work like that its just that the MLS modeled itself after other american sports leagues instead of other soccer leagues. its not meant to be different just to be different its just kinda how its been done forever for loads of reasons
@@liamday453 Promotion/relegation in the USA wouldn't have worked at the time MLS was created. There wasn't enough grassroots support for the sport. It gets exhausting to talk about.
America is too big and spread out, with too many big time sports. Not every city will have a team and not every city will watch a second tier team instead of another sport.
"I can't say football, because i am not English" Dude the whole world calls it football. I think this should be enough proof: US guys are not from this planet.
yes,she is zealand's sofia vergara
All the presenters looked great, with their tailor-made suits and immaculate hair. Zealand looked like he came straight from a twitch session... which is true!
He streamed right before leaving, so yes
Legit thinking he could’ve at least brushed his hair 😭
@@BottyizationWhat hair?
@@GanganukI think they meant to say he could've at least polished the dome before goin on air
@@poppyharlow4448 and i was implying that Z has no hair lol
I love that Zealand is getting all these opportunities to make these kinds of videos for us
For sure, Z is a great host for these short but funny looks at different areas of football not many of us would see otherwise. Especially the mini-documentary from the Faroe islands and the MLS game in NY. Great production value, interesting stories and heart warming moments. I feel like people forget that Z actually is a journalist.
Glad to see Bradley Wright-Phillips doing so well, and that he's had such a good career over in the USA. Met him 12 years ago when he was playing for my club Charlton; one of the nicest footballers I've ever met
I always used to feel bad for Bradley Wright-Phillips because he was always used as the example of how bad the MLS was "Well, if Bradley Wright-Phillips can go there and score a load of goals, then anyone can" - and he even called himself a mediocre player in this interview.
Well it is true ,the league is horrifying and many mediocre players shine, however being mediocre among the best is still pretty great for a person
Its relative. Any top league one striker would absolutely dominate the MLS even now - people really underestimate the quality of the lower leagues in England and whilst theyre incredible players they are also mediocre relative to the country.
Not to say every player in those leagues would walk straight in, but the top players absolustely would and BWP isnt the only example.
I think the MLS should look more towards those players and vice versa, but I think there is a stigma against the MLS.
Jozi Altidore
@@GeoffBoydCotttbf bradley was a top class league one striker and an ok championship one.
Yeah i remember when he was playing and MLS was bad if i’m being honest. It’s better now but they prioritize attacking not defense. Just like the NBA
Hahaha Wright-Phillips' response to you saying "pro-rel" was exactly the same as mine - that's so American!
It was weird to me too but I’m an American. I learned the game exclusively watching prem and rarely if ever consume any mls or American soccer content.
And I catch myself saying things that Americans don’t say all the time. “Knackered” - “gutted” - “mate” etc
It’s weird watching an American, addressing his demographic of viewers as British, because even a lot of British creators don’t address the British and Americanise everything.
It’s nice!
I had a stroke reading this
@@GetStuckInTherethat says more about you than anything
As an MLS fan, I can’t believe you got to interview those people, that’s so awesome! I love the MLS
Kevin (Patrick) Egan! I'll miss him in the WWE, though he wasn't super good in commentary. Nice to see him broadcasting for the MLS
Wishing him nothing but the best
We miss him as our Atlanta United commentator every week before he got involved with WWE
So this is what he's up to now
Shouldn't have been fired from there imo, easily could've had a role backstage. Glad he's managed to find himself some more work, deserves it
I never knew that was Kevin Patrick
It's awesome that you're getting the opportunities to do this kind of thing.
Also as a Coloradan I love the Buffs gear!
Love seeing Patrick Egan in the MLS!
Also, what was discussed from 9:20 sounds highly interesting!
I'm in for that!
You should think about going to a USL game as well. They are thinking of doing pro/rel and are waiting for mid-season to come to a vote. Let's get the rest of the country represented!
YES! Especially since Zealand’s from Tampa Bay, he should ABSOLUTELY go to a Rowdies game and find a way to talk to the people there. They’ve been around since the ‘70s!
This is a very underrated comment
Only professional soccer games I’ve ever been to before and it was awesome. Shame my city lost its team 😫
@@loduca16 Which team, if I can ask?
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 Reno 1868 FC
Look at my boy! So proud of Zealand.
Kevin Egan with the most slippery answer i've ever heard lmao.
Nice to see Kevin (Patrick) after his time in wwe 2:08
Loved seeing this too
Good to see this content alongside the usual good stuff.
I mean this in the nicest way Zealand you got to figure out something with the hair lol.
Yeah he looked really good bald so I wonder why he prefers this look
Maybe just dont comment, bro definitely knows what he looks like and might not feel good about it. Just let him feel comfortable, let hime live
@@maximalone8061Wah
It's like you knew that the moment this video went out my mom texted me to take a shower and fix my hair
Shaved head with the stubble, would actually look like a real man who has embraced the thing most men deal with at some point. Alternatively you can do a Wayne Rooney and have your pubic hair transplanted onto your head.
The set is nice, wish they used it during pre-game more
Zealand was in love with the Latina hahahahahahahahah
Who wouldn’t 😂
4:44 What's more, Almada literally became a world champion with Argentina!
He played just a few minutes throughout the tournament, that's true, but still... 😅
Zealand and MLS crossover? Heck yes
America should absolutely believe they can win the World Cup
They probably can’t but that’s who they are, reckless optimism in the face of an impossible situation, it’s been good to see America taking it a bit more seriously
They did well in the last WC though. I don't think that's such an impossible situation.
@@Ganganuk We didn't do that well. We've been getting out of group stages and then getting crushed in the round of 16 for 30 years. The only good showing we've had was in 2002 when we beat Mexico 2-0 in the round of 16, and then gave Germany all they could handle in the quarterfinals.
I think we have promising talent, but the federation needs to get its shit together before we win a tournament like that
Kevin Egan gave the best answer to the football/soccer question mentioning Calcio... I'm settled.
Brilliant video mate!
man i am so happy to see Z dojng well
Zealand gonna be doing analysis on sky with Gary Neville soon
These people seem great fun lol
To be fair their hasn't been too many Almirón. Don't really watch mls but I'm glad to see them growing
I see it like the European invasion in the NBA. At first, it was slow progress with a lot of doubters. Eventually, you'll sit back and wonder how so many Americans (or MLS alums) got into the top leagues. It's definitely a lot better than it was 10-20 years ago. Almiron, Alphonso Davies, Tyler Adams, Weston McKinnie, Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent, Taylor Booth, Gio Reyna, Chris Richards, Timothy Weah, Johnny Cardoso, Gianluca Busio, Joe Scally, Dorde Petrovic, etc. are the start. There are a lot of guys for us Americans/MLS nerds to follow in Europe now.
Thiago Almada, Brian Gutierrez, Alan Velasco, Aidan Morris, Chris Brady, David Martinez, Tomas Aviles, Federico Redondo, Facundo Farias, Dylan Borrero, Julian Fernandez, Jovan Mijatovic, Facundo Torres, Julian Carranza, Pedro de la Vega, Chris Brady, Caleb Wiley, Jalen Neal, Noel Buck, Esmir Bajrakterevic, Jack McGlynn, Quinn Sullivan, Diego Luna are all guys I'm keeping my eyes on.
Liam McHugh is the goat for NHL, might have to start watching
Mayor League Football ⚽️
I love football. I love watching football. I really want to try and watch MLS this upcoming season. I’ve tried a couple of times to get into it but hoping it’ll stick this time. I think it would help if I could watch it with commentary in English. Hearing a penalty being referred to as a “peekay” or attacking being referred to as “offense” was just too difficult. Maybe one day!
the "peekay" is spelled PK (penalty kick) just shortening the phrase lol
@@alexwatkins1931 it’s certainly efficient
@@alexwatkins1931 still sounds weird, why just not say 'penalty'?
@@sdamer4609 I have no idea 😂 I’m just a fan lol
@@sdamer4609 Playing devil's advocate, I'd say that they want to distinguish it from what the term means in other sports. MLS broadcasting is still a broadcast to some people who are still getting to know football, making such a distinction appreciated.
"It's unacceptable" is such a Bradley thing to say
god i love liam mchugh (i swear im not biased as someone also named liam)
BWP was awesome at Charlton, glad to see he is getting credit in America.
Antonella, you can be whatever you like, I'm happy.
I've never seen her before, but she seems funny, bright and sharp, and is absolutely stunning.
Really good content man
"I believe that we will win" is hilarious
Bradley was spitting 😭😭👏🏾
Man, the profile shot is really doing Zealand's Vegeta-esque hairdo no service.
They gotta hire you
BWP: "I used to play football. (Not that one)"
Interesting seeing you in a Buff's sweatshirt. Go Rams!!!
Zeelands going places. Well done mate, great little video. Are Americans actually becoming football fans or is it still looked down on? Really interested to know how the everyday people think of football over there
This is all anecdotal, but the younger generations seem to love it, especially in cities, to the point where at the school I volunteer at it already rivals American football. Young adults I would say its grown a lot, definitely not looked down upon anymore and way more of my friends have picked European clubs to follow, but NFL/NBA and college sports are still king by a good margin. For the older generations, they don’t seem to care unless their kid has gotten them into it.
@@BobSmith-ql7fb And does this sport look to be more popular within specific communities (f.e. Latino kids or Black kids), or does it click for everyone the same way?
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 Can’t say tbh, Latino communities have always done a lot to carry the game in the US obviously. Think the biggest hurdle will be building local clubs up so that non-MLS academies won’t be so expensive. MLS itself is doing a much better job but pay-to-play is still a huge barrier for most communities.
@@BobSmith-ql7fb Not entirely true. A lot of us old farts became fans during the 1994 World Cup. I've been an MLS nerd for almost 30 years.
@@HarveyWallbangers2 Oh 100%, like I said all anecdotal. When I was in school in the 2000s I knew there always a few other fans but it always felt like the World Cup was the only soccer that ever moved the needle. So the MLS fans from the 90s like yall were always there, but in less markets and it never seemed to grow outside of spikes around WCs. Now it seems like in the past 5-10 years the European leagues and the MLS are growing rapidly without needing that bump, at least here from my POV.
Great video, but it only serves to reinforce to me that out boy Zealand has a GIGAHEAD.
BWP is the player that made me stop thinking about MLS as a retirement league, tbf. A good Championship striker at like, 27/28, hitting his peak, going to America? That changed my mind about it big time.
This was a really cool video Z, it's awesome you're getting more opportunities like this.
Just wanted to address the "best league in the world" question. I don't think MLS should care about it. I think they need to focus on becoming an indispensable part of the global game by producing young talent, and using the money from their sales to further improve the youth system. You have to build from a foundation.
It's my opinion that the Dutch/Portuguese model should be the ultimate goal for MLS. I don't think those leagues are concerning themselves about toppling the Premier League or LaLiga; they don't need to. So many talented players are developed from these leagues and any top club would be foolish to not recruit from them.
They have an infrastructure in place that allows them to recruit and develop young talent, provide them with quality competition/experience, and hopefully move them on to the top leagues and get a lot of money from their sales, so they can keep the process going.
They also provide incentive for older players who are past their prime, or good-but-not-great players because they still get the chance to play in top continental competitions.
The MLS needs to focus on making itself a vital part of the bigger picture, not trying to stand out from it. Coming from an American, it's such an American way of looking at things lol. "If you can't get to the top, why bother?"
I think it's the wrong approach, and will always lead to disappointment.
This was great. Loved it
Kevin Egan is such a goat
I use both depending on who I'm talking to
I love mccugh miss Jim on nhl broadcasts
Having a sin-bin box in an european stadion is asking for trouble. That american commentator needs to come over for one of the derbies, even the police do not want to be close to some of the stands. :)
Same would go for South America I guess.
Thanks for dressing up for the occasion Zealand😆
Curious as to why you chose to wear a Colorado sweater. What is the relevance of your apparel decision?
Z, any training tips, I'm still using the ones you recommended in 2021. Thank you in advance
Since anglophones aren't adult enough to decide by themselves, I use soccer and american football.
I use football and football. We are not the same.
@@DrZaius3141 That only creates more confusion
You’ll never be the best league in the world until you change it to a relegation/promotion system. That’s just a fact.
I like to meet people in the middle and call it soccerball
It's funny how Z doesn't know what to do with his hands.
Embrace the bald dude. Embrace it
Funny to see you handing a Lav mic to people already wearing lav mic's 🤣
Sooooo Kevin Patrick or Kevin Egan?
I have to ask, Z was this a last minute thing cause why did you wear the sweatshirt? Didn’t you go to UVA?
Shoulda asked about the Open Cup.
Can you make a video about the biggest Asian football Derby "The Kolkata Derby" please 🙏
Did the open cup question get vetoed?
well done for dressing up Z
I hate the "it's not soccer, it's football debate" because the Brits came up with the term Soccer. There's a reason it's Soccer in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, and India (they're all former British colonies). Lastly, if it's "not soccer" then why is there a British show called "Soccer Saturday"?!?
Because it’s sounds better and there’s a surprising amount of Americans who watch
I can't see MLS ever becoming the *best* league short of some tragedy happening to the European leagues. _Maybe_ top 5, but not anytime soon.
Eh, even if MLS couldn't ever get to NFL viewership, just NBA level viewership would probably give them enough money to outspend the Prem. You really underestimate how much money gets spent on sports in general in the US.
@@jordanledoux197 You're not wrong, but salary caps in the MLS will prevent that. Additionally, the cost of watching the MLS is absolutely outrageous. They need to deal with both of those if they want to compete.
@@sorrynotsorry8224 Honestly, I don't think MLS *wants* to become the best league in the world. I think it wants to be a self-sustaining, and stable, league that makes money.
It could outspend the Prem in probably 5-10 years even without doing things like adjusting the price of watching. But I think the owners look at it as like "but right now we get the best of the second-tier talent at a massive discount, and then make a profit by selling them".
It's secondary goal of helping improve the USMNT isn't affected by them selling American players to Europe in their prime.
I still think it *could* very easily be the biggest/strongest league if it really wanted to. It would still take a bit of time, but they very nearly have the financial power to do it already, and MLS is the fourth or fifth most popular sport in the country.
Maybe something will change how the owners approach it, but that's the biggest thing that has to change for MLS to become the best league: the owners need to want that to happen.
Go Buffs!
Pro rel....😂
Why the Colorado sweatshirt? Laundry day?
I mean - i just went to MLS official page list of clubs - there were 10 clubs with FC letters, 1 with full worded "Football Club" and one with reversed CF. 12 in total.
How much used SC? 2.
So by MLS own claim - it's Football ;)
I gotta love how everyone pretends the MLS isn't a Retirement league when so many of the best players are 30+. Best way to describe the league is a Retirement and Developmental League where older players come to enjoy their sunset years and young players come to learn from those players and market themselves.
What's Sofía Vergara doing as a host?
The biggest impediment for MLS to be the best league in the world is the salary limit. Currently it is just over 5 million per team, that is the floor for a player on any average team in Europe.
Raising the salary limit of 30 teams to double, would only be 10 million, that is the tax that Barcelona pays for just one of its players.
Multiplying that salary by 10 would be 50 million... it is the budget of a small team in Spain....
Distributing the budget among 30 teams greatly limits the economy and prevents any club from standing out, therefore, in order for them to compete in Europe, the salary limit must be raised to 200-250 million, which is what the NFL currently has.
Z, your hair seems to be relegating... Some loans maybe?
Zealand, football or soccer?
4:45 - whO? OLymPyCs????
in England, a long long time ago, we used to say "a soccer" in referance to "an association rules" football game. as other forms of football died off around the turn of the 20th century, the term became less widely used. our culture evolved and by the time our expats were already using football as a generalised term for association rules games of 11v11. American eggball was named football because the egg is a foot long in length, and its barely even a ball. USA will never understand the culture round football in the rest of the world since you just dont have local teams that are deep routed into the community, i think you guys use college sports in a comparable way to how us Brits (specifically the English) use football to establish a sporting connection to the local area, which is just weird to the rest of the world. your country is so massive that for a pro/rel system to work, you'd pretty much have to have state championships at a lower tier of a football pyramid
You are correct.
The Brits invented the term "soccer". The fact that they pretend like its dead wrong is hilarious.
Yes.
@4:16
Exactly why pro/rel makes no sense.
He's brainwashed himself into caring about "the last three weeks" of a season because there's nothing else to hope for in the pro/rel system.
What about the first part of the season?
I'd rather have a system where every year each team has a chance to win a championship instead of supporting teams fighting for participation awards at the end of each season.
What a good video. Thanks. Zealand should dress up next time.
Can the US win the world cup? Can the US be the best league in the world? These two questions are tied to the promotion and relegation question. I think the current system holds the league back (as does the way rosters are put together). You've got a closed system with no opportunity for progression or regression and no real stakes. You've produced a few decent players and look, anything is possible in tournament football but over the long term, if you want to be successful on a global level you need promotion and relegation and crucially you need to move the game from the suburbs to the streets. Of all the prominent sports in the US, basketball is probably the closest to football in terms of being a grassroots game. Football, like basketball, is a street game at heart.
Also, Messi going to MLS was a big financial boon, sure and it got eyes on the league from around the world. But all that's really happened is that Messi's presence has exposed just how poor the league is. As amazing as Messi is, he shouldn't be able to just stroll through defences the way he has been.
Finally, to round off my negative rant, "I believe that we will win" is a chant? Come on guys, do better. Throw in some swear words, rework the lyrics to a catchy song, imply that the opposition striker couldn't score with a hooker in Vegas. Get creative. Throw off the shackles on monotony and get rancid.
Blue card is a bad idea unless you change substitution rules.. you will end up with teams bringing in even more defensive minded players and it will be the nail on the coffin of the nr 10 and technical dribbly type of pure footballers.
Unacceptable made me laugh
Kevin Egen is very corporate MLS with his answers. :)
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Wish we had those Spanish guys on the English broadcast. They seem to be so much more passionate.
No Matt Doyle 😭 💔
You should go to a few USL games. USL isn’t that good but for some reason it just feels more natural to me when watching it
Having followed Matthew Sheldon's channel (Become Elite) for a while now, I have to agree: obviously, they've got fewer resources and smaller fan-bases, but the overall atmosphere looks pretty genuine, and the level is actually quite good!
Several youngsters from MLS academies, such as Nathan Worth, have even decided to switch to the USL in recent years, maybe because it offers them a faster path to first-team football.
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 As a Detroit City fan I know Matt will love the atmosphere at Keyworth. We gave a couple local young guys their pro debut and with our new reserve team it’s gonna increase for sure.
Americans... Bless 🤪
That Egan character is one deluded person.
MLS gets more mad at them for saying Open Cup
It’s a dumb argument. The word was created in England.
Zealand please make more Football Manager related videos!
When I think of america and american sports there mostly comes one thing to my mind:
Do the USA make their shit different just for the sake of beeing different? Like to take the promotion/relegation example, like everywhere on the world pretty much every sport works that way, where you have the dream that in theory you could take your local amateur team up to the top league. In america you dont even have to think about that if you dont have 1 billion for a franchise. It always comes down to money money money instead of making it actually interesting. I could never watch a sport where my team would go "cmon lets lose the reast of the season so we have a better draft pick". MY TEAM LOSING ON PURPOSE - i could never see myself cheering for something like that.
i mean all american sports work like that its just that the MLS modeled itself after other american sports leagues instead of other soccer leagues. its not meant to be different just to be different its just kinda how its been done forever for loads of reasons
@@liamday453 Promotion/relegation in the USA wouldn't have worked at the time MLS was created. There wasn't enough grassroots support for the sport. It gets exhausting to talk about.
America is too big and spread out, with too many big time sports. Not every city will have a team and not every city will watch a second tier team instead of another sport.
You missed the hardest hitting question. Why does MLS hate Detroit?
"I can't say football, because i am not English"
Dude the whole world calls it football. I think this should be enough proof: US guys are not from this planet.
nooo zealand dont take that shit mls money