You should check out the 2023 MLS stadiums vid by TFC stadiums. It’s a fine watch and you get to seee the state of soccer facilities. Also checking out some MLS stories and rivalries like hell is real e tween Columbus and Cincinnati, Hudson river derby between NYCFC and RBNY, Canadian Classic between Montreal and Toronto, Cascadia cup between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, and a few others. Could be well worth your time.
Hiiii DC United fan here (you also posted this on my 33rd birthday last year)!! We are one of the oldest teams in the MLS - joined in 1996. Our main rivals are the New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union. Although there was a time when the LA Galaxy and DCU were the main powerhouses of the league. The supporters are phenomenal. The drums you'll hear at our games are from "La Banda Del Distrito", the band of the district in spanish. As we have a huge Latino population in the area you'll notice a lot of South and Central American chants. We used to play at RFK Stadium that we shared with the then Redskins and others but now we have a football (soccer) specific stadium called Audi Field. Our team is in a rebuild at the moment and I have high hopes for 2025. Welcome to our fanbase and I hope you enjoy the stay! Come to a game sometime, you'll love it! ☺
I know you said you want to hold off on MLS highlight reactions until leagues cup is over, but there are a lot of incredible game so far and we aren’t even through the group stage. There will also be a Florida derby in the round of 32… Orlando versus Miami!
D.C. United is a pretty good first choice for a MLS team. It is one of the founding members of the league and has great fans, great stadium, and great history although they are currently in a lull right now but starting to turn things around. Me personally I follow Charlotte FC in MLS, but my real passion lies with the local team Birmingham Legion FC in our second division, the championship.
You should check out the MLS stadiums 2023 video by TFC Stadiums. To learn about MLS history you should look at videos about the cascadia cup, hell is real derby, CF Montreal vs Toronto FC rivalry, Hudson River derby, El Traffico derby, and videos like the save the crew video by either copa90 stories or DannyTRadio.
@@brosciencegutfeelings7058 if you think the Charleston battery will b a rival of Charlotte with relegation, you’ve misunderstood the process. MLS is not involved with pro/rel. the highest you can go is the USL Championship. Pro/rel will be between the USL Championship, USL League one, and the USL is planning to create a middle league between the two. MLS is not involved.
I’m not a fan of either team, but you should definitely watch the battle of Cascadia Portland Timbers versus Seattle sounders video by COPA90 stories. It’s probably the biggest rivalry in MLS, hell… There’s no probably about it. It’s the biggest rivalry in MLS without a single doubt and it’s because the rivalry itself is older than MLS. Both teams date back to leagues that existed before MLS in the 1970s.
Part of the reasoning why the defense is so bad is because MLS has a league wide salary cap. In 2023 the salary cap is $5,210,000. That’s what you are allowed to spend on your entire roster. There are some exceptions, you are allowed three players known as designated players that you can pay over the salary cap without penalty, but the league has to be notified what players you are giving a DP designation to and any amount over the salary cap owed to that player is supposed to completely come from the team owners pocket directly. The salary cap has gone up significantly over the last couple years with the growth of soccer. The cap rises and falls with revenue. The more money the league brings in through tickets, jersey sales, tv deal, expansion fees, etc that money then goes into the salary cap and is divided evenly among all the teams. And yes, there’s expansion fees. There’s no promotion and relegation between the American divisions, we have six divisions that are noteworthy, you buy your way up or down the pyramid. To get into MLS it costs half a billion dollars now, that’s what San Diego just paid two months ago to have the right to participate in MLS and they take the field in 2025. The purpose of the salary cap, it’s worth noting, is to create parody and equilibrium among all the teams and prevent a bundesliga, SPFL, or EPL situation where you have Bayern Munich, Celtic FC or Manchester City winning it unchallenged each year. The equal spending across all the teams, with only DP’s as the difference, makes it unpredictable and anything can happen. Only seven teams have won the league more than once throughout it’s existence. Now, how does this relate to the defense you ask? Well, because the largest criticism of soccer amongst americans is “I paid all that money to go to the game and after an hour and a half it finished 1-0 and I wanted to take a nap”. Teams spend most of their salary cap allowance on strikers, center forwards and attacking midfielders. Very little gets invested in any defensive players or the back line in general. This, in turn, makes the games higher scoring and more entertaining in the eyes of americans, so naturally they make more money that can be reinvested into the league. I hope all that helped or made sense. If you have more questions, feel free to ask. :)
DC United or a team that are on the up-and-coming this year. Last year they were the Runaway worst team in the entire league, finishing with 27 points across the 34 match season. As of the leagues cup pause, they have 30 points from 24 matches and currently hold the bottom playoff spot. DC United’s biggest rivals are New York Red Bulls, and Philadelphia Union. They also have a cross country rivalry with the LA Galaxy dating back to the early years of MLS when it was more or less the DC United and LA Galaxy show.
Hey my friend. On the hashtags section you used #NFLReaction for this video. This is MLS, not NFL. It might reach more people if you update the hashtag. Didn’t wanna post this in the comments because I didn’t wanna embarrass you for the mistake but I didn’t know how else to reach you.
The crappy defense is here to stay. Major league soccer has a salary cap, a limit on the spending on a team on the roster, which is implemented equally for every team league wide. You are allowed to spend $5,210,000 to build your entire roster, that money counts towards player salaries, and that’s it. You are allowed three players called designated players that you are allowed to pay over the salary cap without penalty. Most teams choose to have elite attackers as their designated players because Americans find high scoring games more entertaining than 0-0 draws. The Americans largest criticism of soccer is that it’s too low scoring, it would appear that major-league soccer has found a solution for that.
The defense is poor because there’s a little thing called the salary cap. Teams can’t go crazy with buying players like Saudi or Man City. You are limited to a maximum total salary for your entire roster, except three designated players, and the maximum is the same for every team across the league to create parody and excitement. Because americans criticize soccer for being a sport that’s too low scoring so therefore it’s boring, most teams spend most of their roster allowance on attacking players and use their DP slots for even more elite attackers and defense is an after thought.
I was gonna write an essay about why the defense is so poor, but I see it’s already been hashed out about five times here in the comments. Just to recap the basics though, MLS is a closed league with a limit on spending. Each team can spend as much as the owner can afford on transfer fees, but when it comes to player salaries the individual player maximum salary is $651,250 and the total roster salary limit is $5,210,000. There are, of course, exceptions like designated players is the big one, and players can have salaries raised slightly with modifications such as GAM and TAM, but that doesn’t equate to more than a few hundred thousand dollars when talking about GAM or TAM. All these rules are to prevent overspending, super teams, and teams spending more than they can afford like they did in the 1970s that lead to the collapse of the first big soccer league in this country that Pele played in. Also, americans say soccer is too low scoring so great attackers against bad defenders makes it more appealing to the American audience.
No rush to pick a team in a hurry. Enjoy the league first. Watch some games. Learn some history. Look at some players. It’s not all about rushing to pick a team straight off that you won’t enjoy watching or feel connected to.
Can you please react to FC Dallas versus inter-Miami from August 6, 2023? This was the round of 16 of the leagues cup. Messi scored the most unbelievable goal I’ve ever seen, well, not quite but almost, and it was your typical eight goal MLS thriller.
Yeah the defending is bad and it might turn people off to the league but you've got some great goals! Main reason is the salary cap. Currently the cap is set at $5,210,000 per team. So a team can only spend that much in the transfer window. There are a few exceptions to that, most notably the Beckham Rule which allows teams to sign 3 players that won't count towards the salary cap. So usually you will see them focus heavily on attacking players. Actually Nashville is one of the most defensive minded teams in the league. There are 2-3 teams with orange kits, Houston Dynamo and FC Cincinnati. St Louis CITY is a great team to watch, just joined the league and they are top of the Western Conference but FC Cincinnati is top of the Supporter's Shield race so it will be a great battle at the end of the season. I can go on and on about the league so if you have any more questions about MLS feel free to ask!
One correction: it’s not a limit on transfer window spending, it’s a limit on total roster salary. You can spend as much as you want on transfers, you just can’t pay your roster more than a combined $5,210,000.
You should check out the 2023 MLS stadiums vid by TFC stadiums. It’s a fine watch and you get to seee the state of soccer facilities. Also checking out some MLS stories and rivalries like hell is real e tween Columbus and Cincinnati, Hudson river derby between NYCFC and RBNY, Canadian Classic between Montreal and Toronto, Cascadia cup between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, and a few others. Could be well worth your time.
There’s a couple videos out there about MLS rivalries that would be a good watch. Seattle v Portland is a really big one
I'll double this: Watch some Rivalry Portland/Seattle vids....USA soccer isn't all new......
Hiiii DC United fan here (you also posted this on my 33rd birthday last year)!! We are one of the oldest teams in the MLS - joined in 1996. Our main rivals are the New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union. Although there was a time when the LA Galaxy and DCU were the main powerhouses of the league. The supporters are phenomenal. The drums you'll hear at our games are from "La Banda Del Distrito", the band of the district in spanish. As we have a huge Latino population in the area you'll notice a lot of South and Central American chants. We used to play at RFK Stadium that we shared with the then Redskins and others but now we have a football (soccer) specific stadium called Audi Field. Our team is in a rebuild at the moment and I have high hopes for 2025. Welcome to our fanbase and I hope you enjoy the stay! Come to a game sometime, you'll love it! ☺
I know you said you want to hold off on MLS highlight reactions until leagues cup is over, but there are a lot of incredible game so far and we aren’t even through the group stage. There will also be a Florida derby in the round of 32… Orlando versus Miami!
I’ll take a look probably will chuck up a reaction
D.C. United is a pretty good first choice for a MLS team. It is one of the founding members of the league and has great fans, great stadium, and great history although they are currently in a lull right now but starting to turn things around. Me personally I follow Charlotte FC in MLS, but my real passion lies with the local team Birmingham Legion FC in our second division, the championship.
You should check out the MLS stadiums 2023 video by TFC Stadiums. To learn about MLS history you should look at videos about the cascadia cup, hell is real derby, CF Montreal vs Toronto FC rivalry, Hudson River derby, El Traffico derby, and videos like the save the crew video by either copa90 stories or DannyTRadio.
My favorite MLS team is Charlotte FC. Our biggest rivals are Atlanta United and FC Cincinnati.
Don’t forget the Charleston Battery….
We’re on the way w/ relegation…🤔😬😂
@@brosciencegutfeelings7058 if you think the Charleston battery will b a rival of Charlotte with relegation, you’ve misunderstood the process. MLS is not involved with pro/rel. the highest you can go is the USL Championship. Pro/rel will be between the USL Championship, USL League one, and the USL is planning to create a middle league between the two. MLS is not involved.
the suspect defense is the solution to all your 0-0,1-0... games that bore everyone.
I’m a Charlotte FC fan. Our biggest rival is Atlanta United so no worries about offending me with picking D.C. United as your team.
I’m not a fan of either team, but you should definitely watch the battle of Cascadia Portland Timbers versus Seattle sounders video by COPA90 stories. It’s probably the biggest rivalry in MLS, hell… There’s no probably about it. It’s the biggest rivalry in MLS without a single doubt and it’s because the rivalry itself is older than MLS. Both teams date back to leagues that existed before MLS in the 1970s.
Part of the reasoning why the defense is so bad is because MLS has a league wide salary cap. In 2023 the salary cap is $5,210,000. That’s what you are allowed to spend on your entire roster. There are some exceptions, you are allowed three players known as designated players that you can pay over the salary cap without penalty, but the league has to be notified what players you are giving a DP designation to and any amount over the salary cap owed to that player is supposed to completely come from the team owners pocket directly. The salary cap has gone up significantly over the last couple years with the growth of soccer. The cap rises and falls with revenue. The more money the league brings in through tickets, jersey sales, tv deal, expansion fees, etc that money then goes into the salary cap and is divided evenly among all the teams. And yes, there’s expansion fees. There’s no promotion and relegation between the American divisions, we have six divisions that are noteworthy, you buy your way up or down the pyramid. To get into MLS it costs half a billion dollars now, that’s what San Diego just paid two months ago to have the right to participate in MLS and they take the field in 2025. The purpose of the salary cap, it’s worth noting, is to create parody and equilibrium among all the teams and prevent a bundesliga, SPFL, or EPL situation where you have Bayern Munich, Celtic FC or Manchester City winning it unchallenged each year. The equal spending across all the teams, with only DP’s as the difference, makes it unpredictable and anything can happen. Only seven teams have won the league more than once throughout it’s existence. Now, how does this relate to the defense you ask? Well, because the largest criticism of soccer amongst americans is “I paid all that money to go to the game and after an hour and a half it finished 1-0 and I wanted to take a nap”. Teams spend most of their salary cap allowance on strikers, center forwards and attacking midfielders. Very little gets invested in any defensive players or the back line in general. This, in turn, makes the games higher scoring and more entertaining in the eyes of americans, so naturally they make more money that can be reinvested into the league.
I hope all that helped or made sense. If you have more questions, feel free to ask. :)
DC United or a team that are on the up-and-coming this year. Last year they were the Runaway worst team in the entire league, finishing with 27 points across the 34 match season. As of the leagues cup pause, they have 30 points from 24 matches and currently hold the bottom playoff spot. DC United’s biggest rivals are New York Red Bulls, and Philadelphia Union. They also have a cross country rivalry with the LA Galaxy dating back to the early years of MLS when it was more or less the DC United and LA Galaxy show.
Hey my friend. On the hashtags section you used #NFLReaction for this video. This is MLS, not NFL. It might reach more people if you update the hashtag. Didn’t wanna post this in the comments because I didn’t wanna embarrass you for the mistake but I didn’t know how else to reach you.
The crappy defense is here to stay. Major league soccer has a salary cap, a limit on the spending on a team on the roster, which is implemented equally for every team league wide. You are allowed to spend $5,210,000 to build your entire roster, that money counts towards player salaries, and that’s it. You are allowed three players called designated players that you are allowed to pay over the salary cap without penalty. Most teams choose to have elite attackers as their designated players because Americans find high scoring games more entertaining than 0-0 draws. The Americans largest criticism of soccer is that it’s too low scoring, it would appear that major-league soccer has found a solution for that.
The defense is poor because there’s a little thing called the salary cap. Teams can’t go crazy with buying players like Saudi or Man City. You are limited to a maximum total salary for your entire roster, except three designated players, and the maximum is the same for every team across the league to create parody and excitement. Because americans criticize soccer for being a sport that’s too low scoring so therefore it’s boring, most teams spend most of their roster allowance on attacking players and use their DP slots for even more elite attackers and defense is an after thought.
I was gonna write an essay about why the defense is so poor, but I see it’s already been hashed out about five times here in the comments. Just to recap the basics though, MLS is a closed league with a limit on spending. Each team can spend as much as the owner can afford on transfer fees, but when it comes to player salaries the individual player maximum salary is $651,250 and the total roster salary limit is $5,210,000. There are, of course, exceptions like designated players is the big one, and players can have salaries raised slightly with modifications such as GAM and TAM, but that doesn’t equate to more than a few hundred thousand dollars when talking about GAM or TAM. All these rules are to prevent overspending, super teams, and teams spending more than they can afford like they did in the 1970s that lead to the collapse of the first big soccer league in this country that Pele played in. Also, americans say soccer is too low scoring so great attackers against bad defenders makes it more appealing to the American audience.
3:27 was the Colorado Rapids
No rush to pick a team in a hurry. Enjoy the league first. Watch some games. Learn some history. Look at some players. It’s not all about rushing to pick a team straight off that you won’t enjoy watching or feel connected to.
DC United is where it’s at bud!
History is behind us &
We ‘re on a rebuild w/ Rooney at the helm. It can only go up from here.
Can you please react to FC Dallas versus inter-Miami from August 6, 2023? This was the round of 16 of the leagues cup. Messi scored the most unbelievable goal I’ve ever seen, well, not quite but almost, and it was your typical eight goal MLS thriller.
Yeah the defending is bad and it might turn people off to the league but you've got some great goals!
Main reason is the salary cap. Currently the cap is set at $5,210,000 per team. So a team can only spend that much in the transfer window. There are a few exceptions to that, most notably the Beckham Rule which allows teams to sign 3 players that won't count towards the salary cap. So usually you will see them focus heavily on attacking players.
Actually Nashville is one of the most defensive minded teams in the league.
There are 2-3 teams with orange kits, Houston Dynamo and FC Cincinnati.
St Louis CITY is a great team to watch, just joined the league and they are top of the Western Conference but FC Cincinnati is top of the Supporter's Shield race so it will be a great battle at the end of the season.
I can go on and on about the league so if you have any more questions about MLS feel free to ask!
One correction: it’s not a limit on transfer window spending, it’s a limit on total roster salary. You can spend as much as you want on transfers, you just can’t pay your roster more than a combined $5,210,000.
@@gracielynn9623 gotcha, thanks!
Circumstantial bias for the LAFC Gareth Bale goal
That was the goal that tied the MLS Cup final 3-3 to take it into penalties
Wouldn't it be weird to see "good" defense in a video about "jaw-dropping" goals?
you got me there
You complain about the defending but epl defending is 10X worse
No it’s not what a silly thing to say don’t embarrass yourself like this again
@@ChatwinReacts yes it is I can pull clips from epl wayne rooney half way goal is that a good shot or bad goalkeeping 😂 epl is a bunch of clowns