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JimBucksbury t1_is5vlam wrote

One thing's for sure, our streets will be free and clear of horse poop.

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rossdowdell t1_is5vyy3 wrote

Assclown gets validation from formerly respected newspaper.

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Crackorjackzors t1_is5wvwn wrote

The opposite will happen, Philadelphia will become a sci-fi utopia

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chr1os t1_is6480i wrote

This is how we begin again.

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chazmichaels15 t1_is67xgl wrote

Replying to Crackorjackzors (#94,203)

I second that. Everyone will say that life can’t get any better, and from that point forward all the elders will volunteer to keep the streets safe and clear, and all the children will go to school. Philadelphia will lead the nation in National Merit and Rhodes Scholars. Large companies will flock to Philadelphia to take part in this winning culture, bringing in significant tax revenues to overhaul the subways and turn them into futuristic train cars. North Philly will be gentrified and turn into a cooler version of Brooklyn, filled with parks, breweries, and new housing for young families. Philadelphia will lower city taxes but still be able to maintain social programs due to large donations from MacKenzie Scott, a huge Eagles fan. Cities from across the world will take note of this model and realize that the only way to achieve utopia is to convert their populace into Philadelphia sports fans.

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MisterAlaska t1_is6gowh wrote

Replying to urbanassassin99 (#95,203)

I think for many people it's a lack of interest in soccer probably combined with the team being in Chester. I'm a lifelong soccer fan and I think I'd support them if they were in Philly proper. I've lived in the city since 2011 and I've been to one Union game when offered a chance to be in a box for free through my job. The bigger issue for me and other diehard soccer fans in my orbit is that the quality of play in the MLS is bad. I'll watch them on TV when I remember, or when they're in a big game, but I don't really enjoy it. I follow the Premier League instead, plus some other European leagues and the bigger tournaments (World Cup, Euros, etc).

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DlnnerTable t1_is6i24a wrote

Replying to MisterAlaska (#95,257)

MLS isn’t as bad as it used to be. The union actually play proper soccer. This isn’t 2010 anymore. Sure the EPL is much higher quality, but we’ll never get there without support for our league. Without support we don’t have money, and without money we can’t build a stadium in Philly…

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MisterAlaska t1_is6zfca wrote

Replying to BananaSquid721 (#95,968)

I disagree it’s a top ten league. The winner of the MLS would get smoked in the Europa League, Europe’s second tier club tournament. The MLS all-star team would fight to not get demoted in the EPL. Sure it’s better than it was in 2011, but it’s not high level soccer for me. I want to watch the world’s best, which I do when I watch EPL, La Liga, Serie A, or the Bundesliga. I applaud anyone who supports the Union and I wish the MLS interested me more but it doesn’t. It’s okay, everyone!

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kekehippo t1_is6zjaj wrote

Burn it down, we'll rebuild a better 76.

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MisterAlaska t1_is74bkt wrote

Replying to Nesvik (#96,252)

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.

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MisterAlaska t1_is75hdp wrote

Replying to BananaSquid721 (#96,335)

We're on the Philly subreddit. Notice I'm calling it soccer, too. I know what relegation is.

code-switch·ing

noun

the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.

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dab745 t1_is769ch wrote

Three. 3. Tre. Trios. Drie. Tres. thalatha. Trzy.

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