Nesvik t1_is70wek wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Reply to comment by MisterAlaska in “I think Philly will burn down if there’s two championships in the same year,” Rob Dunphy said. by LoisLane04

Its alright if its not for you. But MLS is better than you think. Philadelphia Union is the highest rankin g MLS club in world club rankings and ranks among several bundesliga and EPL teams! We may not be where you want, but we are much closer than before.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/global-club-rankings/

MisterAlaska t1_is74bkt wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:55 PM

This list you sent has the Union, the highest-ranked team in the MLS, ranked 8 spots behind Norwich, who finished dead last in the EPL last year with 5 wins, 7 draws, and 26 losses, plus a goal differential of -61.

I'm not denying the MLS is better than it was ten years ago. I'm not dragging anyone for liking it or supporting the Union. I hope it keeps growing and that soccer can be more popular than hockey in this country. I'm saying as someone who grew up playing high-level soccer and was in the Olympic Developmental Program as a kid, who watched a lot of Serie A with his Italian grandfather in the 90s, who has closely followed every World Cup since 1990 and went to a game in 1994, who has traveled to England to see the Premier League in person, that I don't enjoy the quality of play in the MLS and I don't enjoy watching it. The first touches, the quality of passes and crosses, the marking, the runs in the MLS, basically everything, are not to a standard that I find enjoyable.