Nashville fan here. Thanks for coming all the way to visit! I hope you enjoyed it (despite the ridiculous concessions prices, although hopefully the ticket price compensated for it a bit). Cheers!
Gee I was at that Match. I was in the Away Section Screaming for Atlanta. Took a 6am EST Coach Bus from Atlanta to be there to lose. The Southeast is so rich now with Football between Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale. We're all at each other's necks whenever we play each other.
Good video its fun to see people from elsewhere come to MLS games. Do have to always mention when I hear it though the interesting fact that the Iceland clap actually originates in the US, we’d been doing it here for a long time (I think it started in college basketball) and a Scottish fan saw it and took it back to Scotland, where an Icelandic fan heard it and brought it there. Similar sort of thing to how people outside of the US think of “the wave” as the “Mexican wave” but it actually was first done at Oakland A’s Baseball games and spread to Mexico from there.
Definitely got some of our chants wrong. The taunting of the keeper is a carry over from out local hockey team. When Joe Willis (our keeper) makes a big save the chant is "Joe says no!". Also, the supporters sections was chanting "oooooooh NSC" not Tennessee.
Enjoyed the video, glad you guys enjoyed your trip. There's no question MLS isn't anywhere close to the same standard as the EPL, but it's still cool to have professional soccer here in the States. Soccer is a sport that is growing in popularity and footprint here, so it's encouraging to see. My dream is to one day go to a Premiere League Game, I don't even care which team. I just want to experience the atmosphere and culture that I grew up watching every Saturday morning on TV.
You definitely should make your way to a STL City game! The crowd in St Louis LOVES their team, and theyve been doing phenomenal as a new team this year.
I went to a Nashville SC match in 2021 when they played my club (Orlando City). It was the last season before they moved to Geodis (they're 2nd season in the league). I was incredibly impressed with their fans, being only the 2nd season of existence. I think that because Nashville's population has been growing so rapidly over the last decade, and that they only have 2 of the 4 "main" professional sports in America (NHL & NFL), really helped get locals behind the club.
"Joe says no." As in Joe Willis, the gk. Also, as mentioned already, "Ooh oh, NSC," not "Tennessee." The chants are almost all the same as other MLS sides. Or in the case of the "It's all your fault" chant, taken from the local hockey team.
Top Class showing the anthem! I am a season ticket holder for Nashville SC. If you guys ever come back to the states, let me know. What teams do you guys follow in the UK? Love the video.
We traveled to Nashville to see them beat St. Louis, unfortunately. Nevertheless, we found the experience really fun and the fans super nice. Took us an hour to go three miles in that traffic afterwards though. :-)
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Well, not too far for us, about a five hour drive from StL. :-) Most of City's opponents are on the west coast so we may travel out there once a season.
I mean... sure, Nashville is a new team, but the Portland/Seattle rivalry is 20 years OLDER than the MLS is. The supporter groups for those two teams have been around for 50 years. I guess that's not "since the 1880s" old, but it's not like soccer has no history or older culture here either.
Glad you came to see soccer (or football lol) in America! I’m a big Charlotte FC fan, who average about 35k in attendance… which I think is pretty good
You guys should experience SPECIFICALLY an opening day American football match with an open roof like MetLife in NY ( New Jersey ) they’re our Wales in the Tri state area lol this season should do the trick starts September!!!
you should visit an Austin FC game if you're ever in town. sold out every game in our history with one of the newest and most beautiful MLS stadiums. cheers from Austin, and great video!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures late to this video, but you should be made aware that Austin FC is the MK Dons of MLS, although we try not to hold it against the fans there who would have preferred their own team to stealing Columbus's--and Columbus was given a replacement team with better ownership that's been quite successful.
You guys need to come see the champions in action up in Columbus, our coach is amazing, with a sort of total football approach, The Crew's football is very attractive, and if you're lucky you can also catch an OSU Buckeyes American Football match in one of our oldest stadiums, holds over 100,000 people.
Brit expressions I noticed: - Car park = Parking lot - Front garden = Front yard - Pub = Bar - The States = The U.S./U.S.A. - Proper = Actual/Real/Official-ish - (Eating during the National Anthem = Not Disrespectful, apparently) - Nil = Zero
@@helloantoniotraveladventures The Thunderdome?!? Two teams enter, one team leaves! :)~ Seriously though, I think a rather easy way is to just compare average salaries. Generally speaking a league that pays its players a higher salary, will attract the better player, which is why the EPL is considered the best league in professional soccer. From what I could gather, the average salary for a player in the English Football League is £69,500 per year for League One. The average salary in player salary in MLS is between $300,000 to $700,000, depending on the team. I mean, seriously, MLS teams have homegrown teenage players who earn as much or more than the average League One player.
@PerfectPopStarTV They have Jordi Alba, so there's that, lol. Avila is also good but still young for a center back. I think that Avila, Redondo, Farias (bummer about his injury) and Gomez are all expected to move on to Europe in the next two to three years.
For future reference, I wouldn't worry about tipping at the concession stands. That is a relatively new thing culturally, and my entire life growing up we did not tip at concessions stands at sporting events. That is something that has begun with the spin around Ipad era POS systems. I still tip the lowest percentage often if I have the money to spare out of courtesy, but it is not like a sit down restaurant situation where you are culturally expected to tip 100% of the time and it is a big no no not to. I know the nuances of that stuff can be hard to pick up on/understand if you aren't from anglophone NA where tipping is the norm as there isn't a ton of rhyme or reason as to where you do and don't tip, and they basically leave it on as an option at the concession stands for tourists who aren't aware and for people who feel guilty when pressured. There are many situations where tipping expectations are different region to region in NA. I'm from the North East of the US, specifically NY metro area and there is very much a "i scratch your back you scratch mine" sort of attitude with things like tipping etc., and it is with things even like the garbage man. If you tip your garbage man really well around the holiday times where I am from they will come pick up ANYTHING from you, regardless of whether they're supposed to or not for the rest of the year. I moved to Michigan for work, did the same sort of thing, the garbage men were weirded out that I was tipping them and they did not give any special favors lmao. So there is a lot of cultural relativity with that stuff even within anglophone NA. By and large though you really as a tourist should only have to worry about tipping at sit down restaurants, ubers/taxis, and delivery persons like if you order food delivered. Outside of that you shouldn't encounter most other instances where it would be required. Maybe a hotel worker if you stay at a really nice place and they bring your bags up, but most places don't really do that anymore anyway. Either way, hope you enjoyed your visit/stay in the US and get to visit again soon. We love to meet people from other spots in the world, a lot of us never get to leave.
You missed out on the party outside the supporter's section after the match with the la brigada de oro. Better off to hang around, sing the songs, than fight the traffic.
I think your estimation of the level is off. It's definitely at a Championship level. You rarely have full internationals playing for League 1 teams. I will agree that the entire team roster is not always consistent in quality particularly in defending because less money is spent there, however, the overall level is very competitive. I'm also an english expat but I have lived in the US for a number of years and have followed MLS for more than 20 years so I have a good sense of the league as opposed to seeing one game. Cheers. Glad you were able to see a game in person.
as somebody who has been a championship fan for about 10 years I disagree with Dan's assessment. Its firmly Championship level, even if all but the best teams of MLS are nowhere near the promotion and playoff teams. Its as if english people comparing MLS to League 1 forget that half the championship is really mediocre and many of the teams have slogs of seasons with no inconsistency. Transfer fees, wages, interaction on transfer market, etc point to a peer relationship between MLS and the Championship. Organization in MLS, especially on the defensive side of the ball can be poor. Overall theres less commitment to keeping the game in front of you and this is why it gets end to end. Americans are great to play for a win, but im less confident for an american team to play for a draw when they need it. Some teams in MLS are incredibly organized defensively, but they are exceptions. However, looking at the lineups of this match the top end players of both teams are elite championship borderline prem players. the median player is also right around the average championship standard, more so with atlanta but their manager was subpar and Nashville is better managed. When you get to the bench is when a comparative gulf in quality emerges in my opinion. i believe organization is more important, but at the same time each MLS team has 2-5 players that would be one of the top players on every championship team and that counts for something. To give you an idea, between 4 players on this Atlanta team (3 on the pitch, 1 injured) their sales total €50m and I really have no doubt any one of Giakoumakis, Thiago Almada, Caleb Wiley, or Luiz Araujo wouldve gotten into and made even the 22/23 Burnley team better
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Dripping with as much condescension as the entire video. I think you all went in quite ready to criticize, or were somehow expecting a Premier League experience, but cheers for giving it a go. I enjoy the channel.
Large Premium Beer 15,99$ and then its also Heineken hahaha damn.. I might choose water then instead of the yellow piss 😅crazy that a water there costs more than a 0.5l beer in our stadiums. overall i bet its a cool experience somehow, but coming to atmosphere they will never get near our football stadiums in germany. Interesting video tho 👍
Aha I agree, the reason for the high prices seems to be to stop people getting drunk... Would be an outrage if they did that at Union Saint-Gilloise who I used to follow when living in Belgium!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures then they need to add a term for people getting too drunk. In certain stadiums in Germany, people who are too drunk or get too drunk will not get access to the stadium or will get kicked out. How they even get drunk with all the light beers 😅
Well the reason it feels lacking in history is probably that it is lacking in history. The sport is relatively new here. Anyway, welcome to USA and I hope you had a good trip!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures I didn't mean it in a snarky way, just thinking about how certain American football or baseball rivalries have a different feel, I suppose because they're much older. Of course USA in general has a short (recorded) history, compared to yours. When I was a child we all got on a bus to take a field trip 3 hours away to see an Indian fort that was, at that time, about 80 years old. That was amazing, a building that old, haha. It has aged significantly more just during my lifetime. But that was in Wyoming, which has a settled history very brief even compared to the eastern parts of the country.
To the shout about away fans wandering around on their own here in the States, I wonder how you prefer that as a Brit? It must be odd. I wish the States could have segregation like they do almost anywhere else in the world but with the size of the country and popularity levels I don't think we'll see it here. I assume segregation makes for a way better atmosphere, though. Cheers!
I think it makes the stadium atmosphere better, but the flip side is that it reinforces tribalism and pulls people apart rather than bringing them together as I feel this sport should do. We don't segregate at rugby here, for example, and I feel that makes it a much more convivial experience
As an American I love hearing British people listen to our national anthem 😅 it's the ultimate rub salt into a wound song. America baby built on dreams and slavery 😅 still the best country in the world also the strongest
@@helloantoniotraveladventures That's probably because it's set to the tune of the Anacreontic Society song which was a gentlemen's club in high society London from 1766 to 1792.
I'm born in the US to a british parent but live in the UK now. I went to an ice hockey game in the USA recently and was shocked by the anthem. I go to top flight domestic football loads in the Uk and we don't do the anthem as you know, but in America it's before every game. I didn't stand, I don't support America and can't stomach what they are doing in Gaza and what has been done in that country's name. No one said anything but I think I was the only one out of 30K people to not stand.
@@helloantoniotraveladventures I was on edge but it felt even weirder to participate in obligatory patriotism that means nothing to me, in a so called ‘free country’. And they make fun of north korea 😂
My late step dad was from Brentford ,England. He coached soccer in Texas for 35 years. If he had seen you three EATING DURING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, he would've had words for you. He was a paratrooper in the RAF. And would've been ashamed of the disrespect you three showed us. Very very disappointing
Thanks to everybody for watching. I've now made enough money from this video to pay for the overpriced beer!
Hahaha those same import beers are $9 here in ATL and domestic are $8.
@johnglue1744 should have gone to Atlanta!
Welcome to American sporting events. Fireworks and overpriced beer.
@davidgarland6155 pretty accurate!
Overpriced beer means fewer drunken hooliganism.
Nashville fan here. Thanks for coming all the way to visit! I hope you enjoyed it (despite the ridiculous concessions prices, although hopefully the ticket price compensated for it a bit). Cheers!
Also thank you for pointing out our desperate need for (way) better public transport 🤣
Hope it shines a light on the situation and they do something about it!
Gee I was at that Match. I was in the Away Section Screaming for Atlanta. Took a 6am EST Coach Bus from Atlanta to be there to lose.
The Southeast is so rich now with Football between Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale. We're all at each other's necks whenever we play each other.
Great commitment for the away day, Kudos to you!
Good video its fun to see people from elsewhere come to MLS games. Do have to always mention when I hear it though the interesting fact that the Iceland clap actually originates in the US, we’d been doing it here for a long time (I think it started in college basketball) and a Scottish fan saw it and took it back to Scotland, where an Icelandic fan heard it and brought it there. Similar sort of thing to how people outside of the US think of “the wave” as the “Mexican wave” but it actually was first done at Oakland A’s Baseball games and spread to Mexico from there.
Oooh nice take, i love the origins of these things!
Definitely got some of our chants wrong. The taunting of the keeper is a carry over from out local hockey team. When Joe Willis (our keeper) makes a big save the chant is "Joe says no!". Also, the supporters sections was chanting "oooooooh NSC" not Tennessee.
It's all my fault!
This is literally what gives America a bad name .. no one cares
😂
Enjoyed the video, glad you guys enjoyed your trip. There's no question MLS isn't anywhere close to the same standard as the EPL, but it's still cool to have professional soccer here in the States. Soccer is a sport that is growing in popularity and footprint here, so it's encouraging to see. My dream is to one day go to a Premiere League Game, I don't even care which team. I just want to experience the atmosphere and culture that I grew up watching every Saturday morning on TV.
Hope you make it over for a game someday!
You definitely should make your way to a STL City game! The crowd in St Louis LOVES their team, and theyve been doing phenomenal as a new team this year.
Thanks for the tip, maybe I could combine it with a real trip!
@@helloantoniotraveladventuresyes
Or go to MLS in NYC or NJ.
@robertewalt7789 never been to the east coast!
I went to a Nashville SC match in 2021 when they played my club (Orlando City). It was the last season before they moved to Geodis (they're 2nd season in the league). I was incredibly impressed with their fans, being only the 2nd season of existence. I think that because Nashville's population has been growing so rapidly over the last decade, and that they only have 2 of the 4 "main" professional sports in America (NHL & NFL), really helped get locals behind the club.
Great analysis!
"Joe says no." As in Joe Willis, the gk. Also, as mentioned already, "Ooh oh, NSC," not "Tennessee." The chants are almost all the same as other MLS sides. Or in the case of the "It's all your fault" chant, taken from the local hockey team.
Cheers, glad we finally figured them out!
Top Class showing the anthem! I am a season ticket holder for Nashville SC. If you guys ever come back to the states, let me know. What teams do you guys follow in the UK? Love the video.
Thanks man! I follow Gillingham, Dan is arsenal and James is west ham. Joe is all about the rugby!
We traveled to Nashville to see them beat St. Louis, unfortunately. Nevertheless, we found the experience really fun and the fans super nice. Took us an hour to go three miles in that traffic afterwards though. :-)
Quite a trek for you! Any more away games planned?
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Well, not too far for us, about a five hour drive from StL. :-) Most of City's opponents are on the west coast so we may travel out there once a season.
Nice that you follow your team around. Not many do in the US because of the distances!
hey bud... they got you. Nobody tips at non sit down resturaunts in the US (not counting delivery)... like its a option but nobody does it.
This is why you should always meet the locals!
If you order the food at the counter, don’t tip. This will be correct 99% of the time.
Thanks, will remember for next time!
I mean... sure, Nashville is a new team, but the Portland/Seattle rivalry is 20 years OLDER than the MLS is. The supporter groups for those two teams have been around for 50 years. I guess that's not "since the 1880s" old, but it's not like soccer has no history or older culture here either.
You're right there!
Glad you came to see soccer (or football lol) in America! I’m a big Charlotte FC fan, who average about 35k in attendance… which I think is pretty good
Nice one, sounds like you've got a big fanbase
Nashville sc supporter here, glad you gents enjoyed geodis park aka the castle BTW that chant is no says joe for our keeper joe willis
It was a great day out! Willis is clearly a fan favourite
Next time yall come back to Nashville you must try the supporters section
Is that behind the goal?
Yes the safe standing bleachers
I love standing at a match
Ooooooooooo Tennessee😂😂😂 my dad thought it was “legacy” but it’s “oooooooo NSC!” So glad you came man, vamos Nash!
We were caught up in the Tennessee vibes and heard what we wanted! We're not used to chanting acronyms in the UK...
You guys should experience SPECIFICALLY an opening day American football match with an open roof like MetLife in NY ( New Jersey ) they’re our Wales in the Tri state area lol this season should do the trick starts September!!!
Sounds fun, never been to an American football game. That's what we wanted to see but there was nothing around Nashville!
The first countdown was probably the warm-up countdown. Players probably have a certain amount of time to warm up before they gotta get off the field.
It's still funny if that's what the countdown is for!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Maybe. But they've always done that in basketball, so I'm used to it and never even thought about it.
you should visit an Austin FC game if you're ever in town. sold out every game in our history with one of the newest and most beautiful MLS stadiums. cheers from Austin, and great video!
Me and James, who's in the video, were meant to go to Austin in 2020! COVID stopped that...
@@helloantoniotraveladventures late to this video, but you should be made aware that Austin FC is the MK Dons of MLS, although we try not to hold it against the fans there who would have preferred their own team to stealing Columbus's--and Columbus was given a replacement team with better ownership that's been quite successful.
I know teams moving around is more common in the US, so I reckon we'd give them a pass!
You guys need to come see the champions in action up in Columbus, our coach is amazing, with a sort of total football approach, The Crew's football is very attractive, and if you're lucky you can also catch an OSU Buckeyes American Football match in one of our oldest stadiums, holds over 100,000 people.
Sounds awesome!
Happy to hear this. I’m just getting into soccer and have been following the crew, sense it’s kinda local lol. Going to a game in July I think.
@nollienick1121 fantastic, hope you have a great time at the game!
My team! I’m there every game. Thanks for visiting 💙💛
Thanks for hosting us!
The chant is is "Joe says no." Joe Willis is the keeper.
Which chant?
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Near the end of the video your friend thought one of the chants was “goal say no.” It’s “Joe says no.”
😂 gotcha
I knew the beer was going to be ridiculously expensive. My beers at Old Trafford were £3, I think.😂
Good for you! Fiver for a Guinness at Guernsey fc and that's cheaper than most pubs!
Brit expressions I noticed:
- Car park = Parking lot
- Front garden = Front yard
- Pub = Bar
- The States = The U.S./U.S.A.
- Proper = Actual/Real/Official-ish
- (Eating during the National Anthem = Not Disrespectful, apparently)
- Nil = Zero
😂 love your analysis. I of course would never eat during the anthem 🇺🇲
Que buena experiencia, en todas la gentita, ojalá se valore más el fútbol y la cultura pelotera en los Unites
Sí, nos ha gustado un montón!
MLS is definitely Championship level, not League 1.
Only one way to find out!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures The Thunderdome?!? Two teams enter, one team leaves! :)~
Seriously though, I think a rather easy way is to just compare average salaries. Generally speaking a league that pays its players a higher salary, will attract the better player, which is why the EPL is considered the best league in professional soccer. From what I could gather, the average salary for a player in the English Football League is £69,500 per year for League One. The average salary in player salary in MLS is between $300,000 to $700,000, depending on the team. I mean, seriously, MLS teams have homegrown teenage players who earn as much or more than the average League One player.
@mikehunt5637 I'd love the Thunder dome!
@PerfectPopStarTV They have Jordi Alba, so there's that, lol. Avila is also good but still young for a center back. I think that Avila, Redondo, Farias (bummer about his injury) and Gomez are all expected to move on to Europe in the next two to three years.
@mikehunt5637 what a roster! Gonna go on to big things
I’m just getting into the sport and can’t wait to get to my first game. I’d love to make it to England to see a prem game one day.
Which team would you like to watch?
For future reference, I wouldn't worry about tipping at the concession stands. That is a relatively new thing culturally, and my entire life growing up we did not tip at concessions stands at sporting events. That is something that has begun with the spin around Ipad era POS systems. I still tip the lowest percentage often if I have the money to spare out of courtesy, but it is not like a sit down restaurant situation where you are culturally expected to tip 100% of the time and it is a big no no not to. I know the nuances of that stuff can be hard to pick up on/understand if you aren't from anglophone NA where tipping is the norm as there isn't a ton of rhyme or reason as to where you do and don't tip, and they basically leave it on as an option at the concession stands for tourists who aren't aware and for people who feel guilty when pressured. There are many situations where tipping expectations are different region to region in NA. I'm from the North East of the US, specifically NY metro area and there is very much a "i scratch your back you scratch mine" sort of attitude with things like tipping etc., and it is with things even like the garbage man. If you tip your garbage man really well around the holiday times where I am from they will come pick up ANYTHING from you, regardless of whether they're supposed to or not for the rest of the year. I moved to Michigan for work, did the same sort of thing, the garbage men were weirded out that I was tipping them and they did not give any special favors lmao. So there is a lot of cultural relativity with that stuff even within anglophone NA. By and large though you really as a tourist should only have to worry about tipping at sit down restaurants, ubers/taxis, and delivery persons like if you order food delivered. Outside of that you shouldn't encounter most other instances where it would be required. Maybe a hotel worker if you stay at a really nice place and they bring your bags up, but most places don't really do that anymore anyway. Either way, hope you enjoyed your visit/stay in the US and get to visit again soon. We love to meet people from other spots in the world, a lot of us never get to leave.
Great overview, you should help tourists out more often man!
I live in Nashville(I’m an Egyptian though) I’m surprised the football culture in America has gone this far.
How do you feel about it?
@@helloantoniotraveladventures very good
Glad to hear it!
Icelandic clap? Does penicillin clear that up?
I don't think so. Probably makes it worse!
Nice, love the Gareth Southgate street comment! Who knew he was so loved in Nashville…. 😂
😂 thanks for noticing!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures poor Gareth could probably find more love in Nashville than all of England….want to trade Southgate for Berhalter?!?
@jkingsley5671 😂 no, i love Gareth!
I think L1 for most of the league and maybe the best team lower Championship is about right.
Sounds about right
Game is growing here. Finally!!!!
Come to Vancouver mate watch the whitecaps play
I'm with the boys in the pub now, we'd love to!
its my OHHHH TENESEE that got me lol
😂 I know what they were really singing now
@@helloantoniotraveladventures oh lol yea I was like huh haha
Did you make it up to Louisville Kentucky and check out their club?
Unfortunately not
Great video, loved the recap at the end. Fair take on the game here in the US
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the upload
@zzJayBoy no worries, hope you enjoyed it!
What they charge for a beer at the stadiums is absurd. Plus you’re expected to tip when all they do is open it for you.
💯
already subscribed.....great video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
You missed out on the party outside the supporter's section after the match with the la brigada de oro. Better off to hang around, sing the songs, than fight the traffic.
"Joe says no" The keepers name is Joe Willis
Correct!
I think your estimation of the level is off. It's definitely at a Championship level. You rarely have full internationals playing for League 1 teams. I will agree that the entire team roster is not always consistent in quality particularly in defending because less money is spent there, however, the overall level is very competitive. I'm also an english expat but I have lived in the US for a number of years and have followed MLS for more than 20 years so I have a good sense of the league as opposed to seeing one game. Cheers. Glad you were able to see a game in person.
Great assessment and thanks for the comment!
Gret video. But remember MLS was not designed to compete with the big European leagues, Premiere, Liga, Serie A, etc
Cheers, and you're absolutely right!
Are you from the same place as Bald and Bankrupt?
Yes, England!
LOL 16 DOLLARS FOR A BEER? Fuck that!
Absolutely my sentiment!
as somebody who has been a championship fan for about 10 years I disagree with Dan's assessment. Its firmly Championship level, even if all but the best teams of MLS are nowhere near the promotion and playoff teams. Its as if english people comparing MLS to League 1 forget that half the championship is really mediocre and many of the teams have slogs of seasons with no inconsistency. Transfer fees, wages, interaction on transfer market, etc point to a peer relationship between MLS and the Championship.
Organization in MLS, especially on the defensive side of the ball can be poor. Overall theres less commitment to keeping the game in front of you and this is why it gets end to end. Americans are great to play for a win, but im less confident for an american team to play for a draw when they need it. Some teams in MLS are incredibly organized defensively, but they are exceptions.
However, looking at the lineups of this match the top end players of both teams are elite championship borderline prem players. the median player is also right around the average championship standard, more so with atlanta but their manager was subpar and Nashville is better managed. When you get to the bench is when a comparative gulf in quality emerges in my opinion. i believe organization is more important, but at the same time each MLS team has 2-5 players that would be one of the top players on every championship team and that counts for something. To give you an idea, between 4 players on this Atlanta team (3 on the pitch, 1 injured) their sales total €50m and I really have no doubt any one of Giakoumakis, Thiago Almada, Caleb Wiley, or Luiz Araujo wouldve gotten into and made even the 22/23 Burnley team better
Great assessment! Thanks for watching
5:45 😂 5 stripes represent!
6:19 too.
😂
They smahed that National Anthem
What an occasion for it
@@helloantoniotraveladventures Dripping with as much condescension as the entire video. I think you all went in quite ready to criticize, or were somehow expecting a Premier League experience, but cheers for giving it a go. I enjoy the channel.
I feel we just wanted a good day out!
You need to visit fc Cincinnati. They are the best team in the mls.
Sure, why not!?
Large Premium Beer 15,99$ and then its also Heineken hahaha damn.. I might choose water then instead of the yellow piss 😅crazy that a water there costs more than a 0.5l beer in our stadiums. overall i bet its a cool experience somehow, but coming to atmosphere they will never get near our football stadiums in germany. Interesting video tho 👍
Aha I agree, the reason for the high prices seems to be to stop people getting drunk... Would be an outrage if they did that at Union Saint-Gilloise who I used to follow when living in Belgium!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures then they need to add a term for people getting too drunk. In certain stadiums in Germany, people who are too drunk or get too drunk will not get access to the stadium or will get kicked out. How they even get drunk with all the light beers 😅
@tbn.z900 haha they're a bit stronger in Belgium!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures I meant American beer. For us Germans the Belgium beer is no problem 😜
Should’ve gone to the roadies
What's that?
Go to the local brewery stand next time.
I didn't see one!
You came in the summer because there was no premier league 😅
It was May last year actually, premier league was still on!
Please invest in an iPhone stabilizing rig or something. Had to turn this off at 3min from motion sickness😆
I don't use an iPhone and like to keep my setup simple, but thanks for the feedback!
Well the reason it feels lacking in history is probably that it is lacking in history. The sport is relatively new here. Anyway, welcome to USA and I hope you had a good trip!
Aha yes, we might have been a bit Captain Obvious sometimes 😂 Great trip had by all. James and I are heading to Austin next year
@@helloantoniotraveladventures I didn't mean it in a snarky way, just thinking about how certain American football or baseball rivalries have a different feel, I suppose because they're much older. Of course USA in general has a short (recorded) history, compared to yours. When I was a child we all got on a bus to take a field trip 3 hours away to see an Indian fort that was, at that time, about 80 years old. That was amazing, a building that old, haha. It has aged significantly more just during my lifetime. But that was in Wyoming, which has a settled history very brief even compared to the eastern parts of the country.
You didn’t have to tip on that can of beer. Lol
So I've heard, duly noted for next time!
Did you have a laugh?
Absolutely, great day out!
To the shout about away fans wandering around on their own here in the States, I wonder how you prefer that as a Brit? It must be odd. I wish the States could have segregation like they do almost anywhere else in the world but with the size of the country and popularity levels I don't think we'll see it here. I assume segregation makes for a way better atmosphere, though. Cheers!
I think it makes the stadium atmosphere better, but the flip side is that it reinforces tribalism and pulls people apart rather than bringing them together as I feel this sport should do. We don't segregate at rugby here, for example, and I feel that makes it a much more convivial experience
As an American I love hearing British people listen to our national anthem 😅 it's the ultimate rub salt into a wound song. America baby built on dreams and slavery 😅 still the best country in the world also the strongest
I think it sounds like a Christmas song!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures That's probably because it's set to the tune of the Anacreontic Society song which was a gentlemen's club in high society London from 1766 to 1792.
The more you know! Cheers
I'm born in the US to a british parent but live in the UK now. I went to an ice hockey game in the USA recently and was shocked by the anthem. I go to top flight domestic football loads in the Uk and we don't do the anthem as you know, but in America it's before every game. I didn't stand, I don't support America and can't stomach what they are doing in Gaza and what has been done in that country's name. No one said anything but I think I was the only one out of 30K people to not stand.
Kudos to you, there was no way I wasn't standing!
@@helloantoniotraveladventures I was on edge but it felt even weirder to participate in obligatory patriotism that means nothing to me, in a so called ‘free country’. And they make fun of north korea 😂
@noeonoohno4219 there was no way I wasn't standing 😂
My late step dad was from Brentford ,England. He coached soccer in Texas for 35 years. If he had seen you three EATING DURING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, he would've had words for you. He was a paratrooper in the RAF. And would've been ashamed of the disrespect you three showed us. Very very disappointing
Can only agree, I'll tell them off from you next time I see them!