2016 CCL: MLS vs. LigaMX battle royale
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Travel? They live here
Z4CH3B99
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With a club like América you are likely to get fans traveling from all across the United States and Mexico to watch them play. They have a huge following amongst Mexican-Americans and Mexican nationals alike.
They're like Barca, Real, or the Yankees. Wherever they go they have fans.
100% agree on CCL. It's not marketed correctly. There's a lot of money being left on the table by not doing so, so I'm surprised by that. Maybe with all the changes coming to CONCACAF and a possible Americas merger we could see something really special.
Z4CH3B99
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In five years NYCFC vs América should be one of the biggest sporting events in all of North America!
If Jordan Morris had injured himself on that first spill he had... Jurgen's head may have exploded!
Z4CH3B99
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He'd probably just ban all American national team members from playing in MLS if that had happened. Lol
Yeah I think it will be fixed soon. I think that's why they want to switch to the calendar year schedule. It will benefit (read: make any sense at all for) the American teams, and therefore has the potential to massively boost the tournament's stature here in the States. Which is a big step towards much larger revenues and payouts.
They're going to make that change, and increase the number of group games from 4 back to 6, and have 8-12 MLS-MEX games to broadcast in just group stages, and more during knockouts. You'll see a marketing overhaul once the format is fixed.
The tournament is stacked against MLS though since they are in Preseason and LigaMX has a number of games under their belts. Should really start about 6 weeks later. Do that and there would be a ton more buzz in the US for the tournament.
