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I've actually heard that, in year one, they actually paid pretty decently all things considered. Maybe they've since cut their rates, but in year 1 they were pretty good.
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I've actually heard that, in year one, they actually paid pretty decently all things considered. Maybe they've since cut their rates, but in year 1 they were pretty good.
I would think next year will be telling. World Cup year in the US. A long term view would have them testing a bunch of stuff this year to be polished next year to capture the surge. But maybe not. Maybe they are ready to implement whatever they have in mind.
Or maybe they plan to cut even more next year. But I think 2026 will be interesting to watch.
Or maybe they plan to cut even more next year. But I think 2026 will be interesting to watch.
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Atlanta might be a problem this year, and Ronny Deila could have quite the return to MLS.
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🔴⚫️ Atlanta United named Chris Henderson sporting director, then Ronny Deila head coach this winter. As far as key signings so far... 🔜🇨🇮 Emmanuel Latte Lath ($22m + add-ons) ✅🇵🇾 Miguel Almiron ($10m + add-ons) ✅🇵🇱 Mateusz Klich (trade) Insane offseason. [contains quote post or other...
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Atlanta is one of those fanbases that early on I was really annoyed of because their fans felt so entitled coming into the league and just being so good and expecting to basically have won everything. And then they did win, and then they had a period of bad times... but their fans still keep showing up in huge numbers and I realized I was just envious of that sort of support. So to see this sort of investment by them makes me happy. I hope we smash 'em, but I also think if they do well I'd be happy for them.Atlanta might be a problem this year, and Ronny Deila could have quite the return to MLS.
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🔴⚫️ Atlanta United named Chris Henderson sporting director, then Ronny Deila head coach this winter. As far as key signings so far... 🔜🇨🇮 Emmanuel Latte Lath ($22m + add-ons) ✅🇵🇾 Miguel Almiron ($10m + add-ons) ✅🇵🇱 Mateusz Klich (trade) Insane offseason. [contains quote post or other...
it also helps that their stadium experience is fun, entertaining, and best of all for families, cheap compared to many others, like us. but yea, i agree. they have fans that show up. filling a huge stadium consistently. what a major market sports team should be able to do.
Yeah, that's all part of the same package of I guess why I'm envious.
For all NYCFC games are fun, I don't think we can really say the stadium experience is all that great. Sometimes they do those things outside the stadium or have an "experience" inside but those are rarer now than they were in the first few seasons. The new stadium at least in principle looks like it'll have more involved but...
yep. you're probably right that things will get better with our own stadium since they'll be able to control everything and not have to work around baseball stadium schedule, staff, etc.
i don't think we'll have trouble filling a 25k stadium even if they didn't change anything from how they are doing it now. but if they improve the experience with fan fests every home game and keep the concession prices consistent with the surrounding neighborhoods, that will make it an even hotter ticket, which will help the team gain a larger fanbase. i think a lot of americans go to sporting events for the experience more than the game itself. think of baseball and football, they are there to hang out, drink, tailgate, etc. some don't even watch the game! being limited to ~ 100 minutes for a game, maximizing the stadium experience will help bring in fans and once they enjoy going to a game, they'll buy merch and maybe even start watching from home and become interested in the actual playing.
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Their fanbase is legit incredible. This is Big Club Stuff:
(Not to say NYCFC fans wouldn't do stuff like this -- the reception for Taty outside Yankee Stadium after his last game was incredible. But to have people at the airport is sensational)
Aw man, that's amazing. I hope he's gonna hang up that giant poster/card thing bc that's awesome!
Good piece here on fixture congestion.
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MLS knows its players are playing too many games, and thinks it has a ‘sensible solution’
Did Tuesday's announcement for its Leagues Cup tournament serve as an admission from MLS that players are playing in too many games? It appears so.
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I wonder how many would show up at the airport for Taty (assuming he'd be the best bet of returning players drawing a crowd).
I'm guessing zero show up in Newark. Maybe a few at JFK, a few more at LaGuardia. But that display in Atlanta is really impressive. I suppose if Third Rail organized you might get a good sized group.
Thanks! But paywall. What's the 'sensible solution?"Good piece here on fixture congestion.
MLS knows its players are playing too many games, and thinks it has a ‘sensible solution’
Did Tuesday's announcement for its Leagues Cup tournament serve as an admission from MLS that players are playing in too many games? It appears so.
Limiting teams to a maximum of two cup competitions per year. Which does make sense as far as it goes, but considering the expanded playoff format, some tweaks are in order.
A few people have mentioned spreading Leagues Cup out so it's something like the FA Cup in the Prem, which I think would be advisable. There may be a way to work some more breaks in that way. But I must admit, I haven't really dug into the schedule to work it out on paper.
Thx for the summary. But unless I'm missing something this has no effect on most teams. There's usually broad participation for USOC and Leagues Cup. But a very few make CCL and even more rarely CWC.
So for about 2 dozen teams every year this is a zero effect rule?
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Yeah, there's not much to it. Sensible rule, but most teams are already there.
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