A city that size and the promotion they did to build this game in a new stadium. Its not that shocking. Half the tenants will never go again or probably don't even understand the sport. More of a being a part of history thing. Chances are this wont happen again, similar to Orlando's "Fill the bowl" when they played in the Citrus bowl.
Chris V nah bud. Soccer has been Georgia’s veins for YEARS. This is just the beginning. Continue to watch and learn, because believe me we WILL be there.
I've lived in Georgia 22 years and grew up playing soccer. Almost everyone here loves soccer and understands the league and actually play the game there selves. Soccer is huge here. A MLS player by the name of POKO used to play in the adult indoor league I play at and have played against him before. Now look he is in the MLS and a starting player.
The US will be a football country in 10 years, 20 max, simply because the kids like it, and you don't have to be 6'6" to play it or 250 pounds to be good at it, if you're short and skinny you can play it and be a star.
+ Football is for everbody, some of the greatest players ever are from the favelas or ghettos around the world. If you have 5 dollars you can start playing, unlike most sports.
That will take def more than 10 to 20 years. They are like in the 1920s of European football. And if the US does not get rid of their slow and stupid turf pitches, they will never have a fast and exciting game to watch
thats why soccer is beautiful. i saw a chart stating that soccer is the only sport that its average body siza match the average American body size. its the same in other countries.
From here on out there are two ways to do it. The build a team retirement league style with vital but older stars orrrr the Atlanta way. Big money spent on a coach who wants to meaningfully build something and where the vital older stars are MLS stalwarts and the DPs are young dudes trying to make a name for themselves. Everybody's spending big money it's just how you spend it.
The part they left out was how HUUUUGE youth soccer is and has been in the Atlanta area (and the Southeast really). 4 or 5 Men's and Women's ECNL teams 4 or 5 US Dev Academy Teams (men's and women's) scads and scads of RPL teams. This area is made out of a really young base that grew up playing and now their kids are now growing up playing in a town with an MLS franchise AND that youth academy and many academies in town are littered with REAL DEAL national team hopefuls.
Calen Carr I understand what the program is set up for but the question is how to get some of the top athletes to play. Go into homes of the best 10-14 year old athletes in that area with the talk of being signed if they can develop first touch,dribbling and passing. I'm sure the strength and pace are there go steal the kids from other sports.
They pretty much sucked up the top end talent in town. I hope all this hype reaches into those areas your talking about and helps lead a trend in the US. Every MLS team is depending on that.
I think it needs to start earlier. 10-14 yrs old is too late for players to develop into professionals. Get kids playing at 4,5,6 years old and let them enjoy the game and have it become of a part of their lives/routine. That's what is special to me about MARTA and the point made in the video, soccer is becoming a part of urban life vs. something you have to leave your community to take part in.
Been to 3 Atlanta United Games and the atmosphere is amazing. And it's astonishing to see how full the stadium is every home game and seeing other MLS teams stadiums almost bare with attendance
Arthur Blank is a good man..Owner who loves the club and the city..Atl already on the way to establishing themselves as the premier Mls club..well done👏🏿
You are clearly not watching and ATL games. The front line is the most dynamic attacking group in MLS and what makes it even more exciting is the back line is leaky enough to create a fair amount of drama :D
ATL are a welcome addition to the league with a great front office, team, and fanbase. But Seattle has at least one of every domestic title: an MLS Cup, a Shield, and 4 Open Cups since 2009. We've made the playoffs every year, and are neck and neck with LA on profitability. So ATL has a lot of work to do before they can claim "Best Expansion".
as a fun of the most depressed football club in English football Sunderland. i do envy you united supporters What a great start to your football club! Its been unbelievable for your first season to get such a following in a city which has to other sports like American football & baseball as the big sports to grow so quickly and i can see that the support is both men & women and you do seem to have some support from black people ( i say this because i am British and i was always led to understand that black people in the USA thought that as they call it soccer was a white mans sport )i feel that you will in time become a power in world football . i wish you the best for the future .
Mark my words - in the next 10 to 15 years the USA will be a MAJOR FORCE in world football. I am NOT American - but I can see their potential. They will win the world cup in the next 30 years - I'm sure of that
I’ve gone to a few of these games, and the energy and the excitement is contagious. Even if you know nothing of soccer (like i was during my first game) you’re still going to have the time of your life.
I'm a Seattle Sounders fan, but I like living in the South, because now, I can talk to people, at the mall or at the grocery store, about MLS. I was at a baseball game last year, and I was talking to a guy about Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders after the baseball game. When I went to the Augusta Mall the other day, there was a man, and a woman there, wearing Atlanta United clothing. When I go in the neighbourhood by St. Mary on the Hill Church in Augusta, I see Atlanta United Flags outside of people's houses. They took off really well. I would love to see America become a soccer country, and we're getting closer every year, and I'll tell you what, it's a lot more of a reality now, than it was when I was growing up.
I haven't been able to follow MLS due to it's system, but it's incredible to see what this city and organization has done. Incredible stuff. Incredible fans.
I'm still a Sounders fan, but it is so awesome to be able to go to an MLS game within less than 180 miles from my home in South Carolina. That said, fellow Carolinians, don't forget about the Charleston Battery in USL. I don't actually like most "hip hop". I'm an Alt Rocker. Which explains why I'm a Sounders fan. By the way, I am so amazed that Atlanta has accepted soccer as well as it did. That is so awesome to me.
That's interesting that certain teams seem to take on different identitites - I wouldn't think that the Sounders were necessarily Alt Rock though (I guess because the history of the city and grunge scene there in the 90's?). Fill me in?
I live in Atlanta and I love Atlanta United. Went to around 4 games, including the first one in the Benz stadium. It was amazing, and Im so happy to finally have a sports team in Atlanta to root for that Im actually passionate about. Plus the new stadium is super cool.
I am also in Atlanta. I'm a United fan but I'm not very passionate about soccer. However, I love the Braves, Falcons, and the Georgia Bulldogs. Those teams I really am passionate about. Regardless, being an Atlanta local, I'll always wish United only the best.
If your not passionate about the sport and don’t understand it you can’t just say oh I’m gonna support and good team, you Americans don’t understand this
What a great story! Superb facilities & attitude. Expansion of the league will allow for more divisions, making relegation a reality & intensifying competition. Best of luck from the UK
Me as a german I love your facility and of Course youre fanbase so much. Here in europe we actualy dont look often above when it Comes to "Soccer" in the states but your a Special club. You guys do an amazing Job.
And I thought ATLUTD would be like Philidelphia Union or the Chicago Fire in that it would just be a team that exists simply so they MLS had a team in a major city, I didn’t think it would have the support teams in the Pacific Northwest have but I’m glad and impressed it does
I love seeing all the passion from these American fans supporting football/soccer. I used to think they’d never understand it but maybe one day the mls will be >than the Prem league. Respect ⚽️ ❤️
In 2011, my brother and my father went to an Applebees with his team after games during his soccer tournament. Most people don't believe it, but Arthur Blank and his son (who plays soccer) were there, waiting outside for a table. They talked about Julio Jones (the Falcons had just drafted him), and how popular soccer was here, and how soccer has been in our family. I really think Mr. Blank knew more than anyone else that Atlanta is a soccer town. Bravo to uncle Arthur, best owner in the NFL and MLS.
What kind of stuff happens in Atlanta, Georgia? it's pretty cool that MLS brings attention the culture and lifestyle of other states in the US. Even though I'm from Boston, MA I like that MLS is like an international relations program, or it's like a program that connects other states together.
I heard that Atlanta had the most hugest fans all over the universe now. Eventually i saw it, is crazy. I never seen a club that is supported by whole state. That is Atlanta united.
It's not supported by the whole state. It's popularity is primarily by white, intown liberals who are extreme fans and go to game after game. Hardly anyone outside of the metro area even cares about them.
Fair f-kin play ...... looks awesome. I'm an Arsenal fan, I have been to grounds all over Europe, and even South America .... this looks comparable, which is rare for Americans.
I remember when the MLS was created, just right after the 1994 World Cup. Most sports commentators mocked it and said it would die in less than 5 years. Look at it now! I think it will continue growing...and one day rival the biggest European league.
It's not a league water break, if you know soccer/football there's a mandatory water break for any game thats played above 89.6 degrees F (32 degrees C). It's FIFA rule, not an MLS one...
In the early days of MLS they were marketing to the kids & soccer moms (the dipn dots crowd) and building stadiums in the suburbs, but that was a bad move. Take the Colorado Rapids as an example. The supporters groups have to take charter busses from their downtown soccer bars out to the edge of Denver for games, and there are literally no amenities around the stadium. Fast forward a decade and the teams with big support are all downtown and are going for a younger more energetic demographic. I think the league should force the older teams to move their stadiums to a more central location or revoke their franchise and give it to someone who will follow the Portland/Orlando/Atlanta model.
Some of the mls club stuck on their stadium contract like chicago fire,they can't move to better suitable area in the city because they stuck on a contract with bridgeview stadium for 30 years,so for a teams that already built their stadium in the suburbs they can't move or build antohrr stadium becauss they stuck on a contract.
Nice atmosphere Atlanta! way to go,i hope you keep hooliganism away also! still i find some of he stuff you do as TOO american but they fit in quite well! Vamos Josef!
I've said this before and i'll say it again: Atlanta will become the first city where the mls team is the most popular team (like how you think New York you think Yankees or you think LA you think Lakers) you think Atlanta people will think Atlanta United. I'm a Sporting KC fan but I think Atlanta United has done so much for the mls and American soccer culture you just have to respect it!
I'm happy for Atlanta and I respect what they're doing, but it makes me mad to see my team, San Jose, is constantly disrespected by the front office year after year. I can see what's happening in places like Atl and Cinci, I just wish my team had that same support and care from the owners. I may be across the country but I'm going to be rooting for Atl, unless they're playing SJ.
No Almiron and no Tata changes things. And most fans that go to the matches don’t go for the game, they go for atmosphere which is totally different from other areas around the world.
I think it's the other way around. You are finally getting a grip on why people love football so much. Here in Argentina and many countries people would go to the matches religiously for decades even if their team wins absolutely nothing. Why? Because of that atmosphere, passion you talk about. Atlanta is the first club, in my view, that has that Latin/British/Italian vibe.
Living in Buffalo, NY I've been searching for an MLS team to follow. A team just as passionate as me for the game. A new team in the best soccer stadium in the world with amazing fans in an amazing city? I think I just found the team I'm looking for!
3 Years in existence first season in MLS bringing in over 70,000 fans ... so much respect for that from the UK
Yeah, not too shabby. Surprised a lot of ppl
A city that size and the promotion they did to build this game in a new stadium. Its not that shocking. Half the tenants will never go again or probably don't even understand the sport. More of a being a part of history thing. Chances are this wont happen again, similar to Orlando's "Fill the bowl" when they played in the Citrus bowl.
Wouldn't be surprised at all if they do it again for a playoff game this year.
Chris V nah bud. Soccer has been Georgia’s veins for YEARS. This is just the beginning. Continue to watch and learn, because believe me we WILL be there.
I've lived in Georgia 22 years and grew up playing soccer. Almost everyone here loves soccer and understands the league and actually play the game there selves. Soccer is huge here. A MLS player by the name of POKO used to play in the adult indoor league I play at and have played against him before. Now look he is in the MLS and a starting player.
The US will be a football country in 10 years, 20 max, simply because the kids like it, and you don't have to be 6'6" to play it or 250 pounds to be good at it, if you're short and skinny you can play it and be a star.
+ Football is for everbody, some of the greatest players ever are from the favelas or ghettos around the world. If you have 5 dollars you can start playing, unlike most sports.
That will take def more than 10 to 20 years. They are like in the 1920s of European football. And if the US does not get rid of their slow and stupid turf pitches, they will never have a fast and exciting game to watch
i think about 30 years atleast
thats why soccer is beautiful. i saw a chart stating that soccer is the only sport that its average body siza match the average American body size. its the same in other countries.
Facts
Is Atlanta United the best MLS expansion team ever?
I'm biased, but absolutely.
Major League Soccer too early
Would be between them n the sounders
From here on out there are two ways to do it. The build a team retirement league style with vital but older stars orrrr the Atlanta way. Big money spent on a coach who wants to meaningfully build something and where the vital older stars are MLS stalwarts and the DPs are young dudes trying to make a name for themselves. Everybody's spending big money it's just how you spend it.
Nope.
The part they left out was how HUUUUGE youth soccer is and has been in the Atlanta area (and the Southeast really). 4 or 5 Men's and Women's ECNL teams 4 or 5 US Dev Academy Teams (men's and women's) scads and scads of RPL teams. This area is made out of a really young base that grew up playing and now their kids are now growing up playing in a town with an MLS franchise AND that youth academy and many academies in town are littered with REAL DEAL national team hopefuls.
Timothy Tewell yeah people really don’t realize now much of a powerhouse the southeast is for youth football.
Yea east coast youth soccer is huge. Mls in 5-10 years will be in great shape as the youngsters grow up
I'm a Liverpool Fan but seeing this made me add this team to my list of favorites. I'll be following from today on wards. GO ATL
Y.N.W.A
Hey congrats on you guys being the 6 time Champions League holders.
Plastic fan
Nonce
I'm waiting to see if this club can really get into the urban areas and get some athletes into the academy and develop some players
Check out the Soccer in the Streets program at the MARTA station we profiled. Great org with similar goals.
Calen Carr I understand what the program is set up for but the question is how to get some of the top athletes to play. Go into homes of the best 10-14 year old athletes in that area with the talk of being signed if they can develop first touch,dribbling and passing. I'm sure the strength and pace are there go steal the kids from other sports.
They pretty much sucked up the top end talent in town. I hope all this hype reaches into those areas your talking about and helps lead a trend in the US. Every MLS team is depending on that.
I think it needs to start earlier. 10-14 yrs old is too late for players to develop into professionals. Get kids playing at 4,5,6 years old and let them enjoy the game and have it become of a part of their lives/routine. That's what is special to me about MARTA and the point made in the video, soccer is becoming a part of urban life vs. something you have to leave your community to take part in.
Look up Andrew Carleton I used to go to school with him young promising player
Been to 3 Atlanta United Games and the atmosphere is amazing. And it's astonishing to see how full the stadium is every home game and seeing other MLS teams stadiums almost bare with attendance
holymoderator sad but true. Hopefully you guys keep it up and rub off on the rest. Obviously not talking about most m but few, for sure
Then you should come to a Seattle game.
I’ve been to American football matches but the atmosphere cannot match English atmospheres our chants are more brutal
@@hc7140 England? Haha, come on, no! It's more like a funeral or inside a church now.
MrRoztoc what games are you going to
Arthur Blank is a good man..Owner who loves the club and the city..Atl already on the way to establishing themselves as the premier Mls club..well done👏🏿
As an Inter Milan fan I don't like your shirt....but wow much respect for you.
because AC MILAN is the rivalry of Inter Milan and AC Milan have same color kit as Atlanta United
Ah Kheang no shit
Im an Atlanta United fan because of the colors ...Im with AC MILAN
Because of Atlanta's colors, I'm a Bournemouth fan now lmao
Color perspective, more like Bologna or Basel.
It's not Seattle anymore, club with biggest is now officially Atlanta United FC.
Long held throne is finally taken over.
Vordem 700 we'll see where we are at the end of this season.
You are clearly not watching and ATL games. The front line is the most dynamic attacking group in MLS and what makes it even more exciting is the back line is leaky enough to create a fair amount of drama :D
ATL are a welcome addition to the league with a great front office, team, and fanbase. But Seattle has at least one of every domestic title: an MLS Cup, a Shield, and 4 Open Cups since 2009. We've made the playoffs every year, and are neck and neck with LA on profitability. So ATL has a lot of work to do before they can claim "Best Expansion".
Praise for Atlanta United generates rage in the hearts of men children.
Andyrfa nice joke
as a fun of the most depressed football club in English football Sunderland. i do envy you united supporters
What a great start to your football club! Its been unbelievable for your first season to get such a following
in a city which has to other sports like American football & baseball as the big sports to grow so quickly
and i can see that the support is both men & women and you do seem to have some support from black
people ( i say this because i am British and i was always led to understand that black people in the USA
thought that as they call it soccer was a white mans sport )i feel that you will in time become a power
in world football . i wish you the best for the future .
The amount of black people getting into soccer over here is insane
Mark my words - in the next 10 to 15 years the USA will be a MAJOR FORCE in world football. I am NOT American - but I can see their potential. They will win the world cup in the next 30 years - I'm sure of that
T Donovan lol calm down bro. We have a lonnnggg way to go
Been waiting for this for too long.
Hope it was worth the wait!
Calen Carr it was! Where do you buy your clothes at? Very trendy!
It’s been what, 23 years? Too long, dude!
Best team and best stadium in USA
*Seattle*
So THAT'S how you get the big font!!!
@@nailahsaquee6719 *Wrong*
Los Angeles sorry
@@nailahsaquee6719 lmao
I’ve gone to a few of these games, and the energy and the excitement is contagious. Even if you know nothing of soccer (like i was during my first game) you’re still going to have the time of your life.
I think USA is finally getting to know what football is all about.
I'm a Seattle Sounders fan, but I like living in the South, because now, I can talk to people, at the mall or at the grocery store, about MLS. I was at a baseball game last year, and I was talking to a guy about Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders after the baseball game. When I went to the Augusta Mall the other day, there was a man, and a woman there, wearing Atlanta United clothing. When I go in the neighbourhood by St. Mary on the Hill Church in Augusta, I see Atlanta United Flags outside of people's houses. They took off really well. I would love to see America become a soccer country, and we're getting closer every year, and I'll tell you what, it's a lot more of a reality now, than it was when I was growing up.
So well done Calen! Excellent work! Atlanta United is the model expansion franchise!
Im going to play for Atlanta FC someday... you’ll see
DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM.. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
I support you!
Bro hope you're still working hard get it!
You don't have to try that hard bro
Caleb Reyes it’s no achievement playing for a team in the MLS
American football (soccer) is beautiful, the teams are showing A lot of potential, the fans are just amazing, love and respect from Saudi Arabia 💚
The whole south loves this team, GO ATL from Tallahassee!!!!
i never thought i would see such love for football (Soccer) in the USA , Respect from a Dinamo bucharest fan in Romania
I haven't been able to follow MLS due to it's system, but it's incredible to see what this city and organization has done. Incredible stuff. Incredible fans.
Lies again? Talking Lawyers
@@NazriB is this all you say in TH-cam? “Lies again?” Get off the internet. You seem a little off.
I'm still a Sounders fan, but it is so awesome to be able to go to an MLS game within less than 180 miles from my home in South Carolina. That said, fellow Carolinians, don't forget about the Charleston Battery in USL. I don't actually like most "hip hop". I'm an Alt Rocker. Which explains why I'm a Sounders fan. By the way, I am so amazed that Atlanta has accepted soccer as well as it did. That is so awesome to me.
That's interesting that certain teams seem to take on different identitites - I wouldn't think that the Sounders were necessarily Alt Rock though (I guess because the history of the city and grunge scene there in the 90's?). Fill me in?
Sounder’s are my favorite mls team as well I just wish they had their own stadium
As a future Miami C.F. fan I hope Beckam and company are taking notes. Atlanta and LAFC have drawn the blue print on how to start a new MLS club.
He focused on old big names instead of the community
I was shocked how awesome the crowd was. Amazing to be there. Need these fans at all the atl sports games
Son increíbles los aficionados del Atlanta United.
I live in Atlanta and I love Atlanta United. Went to around 4 games, including the first one in the Benz stadium. It was amazing, and Im so happy to finally have a sports team in Atlanta to root for that Im actually passionate about. Plus the new stadium is super cool.
I am also in Atlanta. I'm a United fan but I'm not very passionate about soccer. However, I love the Braves, Falcons, and the Georgia Bulldogs. Those teams I really am passionate about. Regardless, being an Atlanta local, I'll always wish United only the best.
So your not an Atlanta fan then
If your not passionate about the sport and don’t understand it you can’t just say oh I’m gonna support and good team, you Americans don’t understand this
@@fez.930brother not everyone can go to every game
What a great story! Superb facilities & attitude. Expansion of the league will allow for more divisions, making relegation a reality & intensifying competition. Best of luck from the UK
Me as a german I love your facility and of Course youre fanbase so much. Here in europe we actualy dont look often above when it Comes to "Soccer" in the states but your a Special club. You guys do an amazing Job.
Beautiful to see. Great job Atlanta United. From an LA Galaxy supporter.
I'm from Brazil and I'm proud of you guys! Keep it up!
Congrats to Atlanta and their awesome fans!
Saw a report about them on CNN and became fan in that instant. Muita força de Portugal
you boys are killing it, congrats from houston. 👍🏼
And I thought ATLUTD would be like Philidelphia Union or the Chicago Fire in that it would just be a team that exists simply so they MLS had a team in a major city, I didn’t think it would have the support teams in the Pacific Northwest have but I’m glad and impressed it does
I love the american soccer more and more !!!
I love seeing all the passion from these American fans supporting football/soccer. I used to think they’d never understand it but maybe one day the mls will be >than the Prem league. Respect ⚽️ ❤️
Love it when new cities in the USA are becoming soccer fans. Wow that's amazing how many fans congrats ATL.
been with the team since day 1 and loved every freaking moment of it and the Benz stadium from the ground up
I love the stadium. The design is exceptionally unique. May the club successfully "unite and conquer".
15 early comments and 5 of them are negative. What is wrong with modern times? Why does everyone have to be negative?
Everyone have their own opinion about a specific topic.
A lot of MLS fans are very jealous of Atlanta and the quick success.
+nesbittheisman10
It's the Internet. People make ignorant and negative comments for sport. Just ignore ✌️
you're a towel
Coolyfett no we just don't want to see them become the darlings of the mls like galaxy
Im from the UK- we have the Premiere League but we have noting like this- what a show!!!!!
That stadium is georgeous
All I did was go to a concert, didn’t know I’d be in the video😂. Black n white flannel, Hispanic. 2:44
Nice!
CONGRATS FOR YOU CHAMPIONSHIP WIN ATLANTA UNITED DEC. 08, 2018!!😄👍👍
I don't think anyone has ever said that Atlanta "isn't" a soccer city. It's just never had a professional team before now.
Maddox Gates have the Silverbacks* (the team still exist in the "4th division")
In 2011, my brother and my father went to an Applebees with his team after games during his soccer tournament. Most people don't believe it, but Arthur Blank and his son (who plays soccer) were there, waiting outside for a table. They talked about Julio Jones (the Falcons had just drafted him), and how popular soccer was here, and how soccer has been in our family. I really think Mr. Blank knew more than anyone else that Atlanta is a soccer town. Bravo to uncle Arthur, best owner in the NFL and MLS.
spencersonnier1 no it just never had a professional team anyone gave a fuck about
is it a soccer specific stadium or not ?
Eh, sort of. It was built to accommodate both.
I am ultras Taranto fc (city in italy)
Respect for the ultras Atlanta united
I like that Calen called Mercedes Benz Stadium a Dual Specific Stadium. That is exactly what it is and may be the first of its kind.
As a UK-based soccer fan looking for a MLS team, Atlanta made the choice a no-brainer: incredible club!
Scout a Costa Rican guys....Goosebumps watching this so so good
Respect. Hopefully MILE HIGH LOKOS hit up ATL this year (4/27). Colorado Rapids !!
As an Atlanta fan, Colorado beating ATL is a very real possibility given how the team has been playing this season :/
See you soon ATL UTD! -Inter MIAMI fan
Respect for Atlanta United, keep it up guys...
" Good Presentation and I will send " Best Wishes " to ATLANTA UNITED " !!!!!
Atlanta United FC needs its own hymn, to be played and sing alonged by fans before every game.
great stadium next world cup in the Atlanta
why ???
Sidney Klosteren because you think one city has the entire world cup
Mustache Cash Dash he means being held there dumbass, such as in Rio last time...
Jack 31402 it wasn't held in rio you stupid yank
Johnny Davidson cats got tits it was in Brazil but he means that some games were in rio
What kind of stuff happens in Atlanta, Georgia?
it's pretty cool that MLS brings attention the culture and lifestyle of other states in the US. Even though I'm from Boston, MA I like that MLS is like an international relations program, or it's like a program that connects other states together.
I heard that Atlanta had the most hugest fans all over the universe now. Eventually i saw it, is crazy. I never seen a club that is supported by whole state. That is Atlanta united.
It's not supported by the whole state. It's popularity is primarily by white, intown liberals who are extreme fans and go to game after game. Hardly anyone outside of the metro area even cares about them.
Fair f-kin play ...... looks awesome. I'm an Arsenal fan, I have been to grounds all over Europe, and even South America .... this looks comparable, which is rare for Americans.
I remember when the MLS was created, just right after the 1994 World Cup. Most sports commentators mocked it and said it would die in less than 5 years. Look at it now! I think it will continue growing...and one day rival the biggest European league.
MLS deserves more views
Luis Limon agreed. Getting better every year. I hope more people will start following it. It's getting fun. Great Open Cup Final last night
What soccer leauge has mandatory water breaks like come on now wtf
It's not a league water break, if you know soccer/football there's a mandatory water break for any game thats played above 89.6 degrees F (32 degrees C). It's FIFA rule, not an MLS one...
Cameron Park Pretty good rule.
Cameron Park uhhhh nah because there's teams playing in hotter weather than that and get no breaks, especially in central america and south america
Wow...proper grassroots support much respect from this Man Utd fan!!
In the early days of MLS they were marketing to the kids & soccer moms (the dipn dots crowd) and building stadiums in the suburbs, but that was a bad move. Take the Colorado Rapids as an example. The supporters groups have to take charter busses from their downtown soccer bars out to the edge of Denver for games, and there are literally no amenities around the stadium. Fast forward a decade and the teams with big support are all downtown and are going for a younger more energetic demographic. I think the league should force the older teams to move their stadiums to a more central location or revoke their franchise and give it to someone who will follow the Portland/Orlando/Atlanta model.
Some of the mls club stuck on their stadium contract like chicago fire,they can't move to better suitable area in the city because they stuck on a contract with bridgeview stadium for 30 years,so for a teams that already built their stadium in the suburbs they can't move or build antohrr stadium becauss they stuck on a contract.
This applies to all of Georgia, we really love the game its in our blood
A lot of excitement to be sure. Let's see how that lasts in coming years, especially if and when the team has a downturn.
You called it
1:53 hip hop and soccer explained in a really cool way!
I remember when Atlanta had the Chiefs/Apollos during the NASL era, and were League's first champion.
Great crowd and stadium...
Atlanta as a city has had bad luck with sports teams winning titles. Maybe ATL UTD will win an MLS cup soon
-From a San Jose fan
Anthony Long yea but it wouldn't even be close to what a title from one of the big four or in Atlanta's case, the big three would be.
Yeah the only team to win a championship with Atlanta was the braves
Anthony Long its either now or never
Anthony Long we did it
We won a championship
I fucking love Atlanta United UNITE AND CONQUER
Nice atmosphere Atlanta! way to go,i hope you keep hooliganism away also! still i find some of he stuff you do as TOO american but they fit in quite well! Vamos Josef!
Love the American Hype but these bois got nicer stadiums than us in Europe and stuff damn thats ass sexy stadium man like uff.
I've said this before and i'll say it again:
Atlanta will become the first city where the mls team is the most popular team (like how you think New York you think Yankees or you think LA you think Lakers) you think Atlanta people will think Atlanta United.
I'm a Sporting KC fan but I think Atlanta United has done so much for the mls and American soccer culture you just have to respect it!
No way the United will ever be more popular than the Braves, and even saying the Falcons is unlikely.
This is fucking beautiful to see in the states. Now bring a team to Miami!
Arthur blank is unstoppable
No, YOU MLS, said Atlanta wasn't a soccer city. It only was when Atlanta aligned with your marketing expansion strategy.
What are you even babbling about? That is not remotely true. Take a seat.
I'm happy for Atlanta and I respect what they're doing, but it makes me mad to see my team, San Jose, is constantly disrespected by the front office year after year. I can see what's happening in places like Atl and Cinci, I just wish my team had that same support and care from the owners. I may be across the country but I'm going to be rooting for Atl, unless they're playing SJ.
What a team
This should be FC Dallas but our owners are ignorant smh
2:04 bet ATL is regretting that Equifax sponsorship
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Hipop n soccer is well connected now in u.s
El pity Martínez crazy welcome
im going to a atlanta united game today
fuck man, I read Atalanta...
ilcicciobull atlanatalanta!
That falcons stadium is beautiful
and atl utd
They based it more on soccer stadium
I think that it is more of a soccer stadium
No Almiron and no Tata changes things. And most fans that go to the matches don’t go for the game, they go for atmosphere which is totally different from other areas around the world.
I think it's the other way around. You are finally getting a grip on why people love football so much. Here in Argentina and many countries people would go to the matches religiously for decades even if their team wins absolutely nothing. Why? Because of that atmosphere, passion you talk about. Atlanta is the first club, in my view, that has that Latin/British/Italian vibe.
Why would you be surprised about the rappers? They embraced the braves in the 90's.
great video
Living in Buffalo, NY I've been searching for an MLS team to follow. A team just as passionate as me for the game. A new team in the best soccer stadium in the world with amazing fans in an amazing city? I think I just found the team I'm looking for!
Why not NYCFC or NY red bull ? Both of them have very amazing fans as well
Much respect to the city and the team. From a TFC fan.
Yeah, I live in Atlanta. Slow down, because a bad start equals less enthusiasm. Only due to the fact the fans don’t know the game.
Name of song used in 4:45 ?
A+ work on this video
thanks Scott!
RESPECT
Welcome to the family Atlanta. Greetings from the blue hell.
And then they won the MLS cup
Giovinco just made their stadium sound like 10 people
And now Toronto is making no noise at all in the mls
What kind of pyro is that? Looks like a back street boys concert hahah
I guess Orlando fc is imagining a celebration like this soon
Dude has a nice jacket