Why is MLS ATTACKING the Oldest Soccer Competition in the USA?

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1. Not full of shit! Tac is a very smart man! Perhaps even smarter than Trump!

2. It's amazing how obsessed people are with complaining about MLS when they don't even watch Real Madrid or Barcelona play. Seriously, how many people diss MLS all day, despite never watching good European teams play. MLS is set up the way it is so no team goes bankrupt after a team inevitably loses money.

3. 11 MLS Next Pro teams were entered into the Open Cup. Going into the 3rd round only 3 remain.
   2 out of 8 NISA teams are left.
   8 out of 12 USL League 1 teams remain.
   USL Championship teams entering into round 3.

   The MLS Next Pro squads are very young players taking on much more experienced Semi-Pro and Pro teams. Not a good look for the second level of MLS compared to USL 1 and NISA who are on the same level per the US Soccer Pyramid.

4. Honestly. Most people don't care. As evidenced by the paltry attendance.

5. I can imagine inter-Miami losing to a USL team; Legion fc got screwed and should’ve at least drawn with them in the last open cup in the quarterfinals

6. MLS Next Pro is definitely a horrible name for a league but it does speak of it's concept, the next step beyond MLS Next the MLS academy system. Also, I was furious to read/hear about MLS not participating in US Open Cup. This is outrageous imo. Moreover, they should've had the balls to enforce whatever rules are in place to make it happen. It's also upsetting to see how this couldn't just be fixed "legally". Good topic!

7. Not only is it the oldest soccer cup, it's the oldest annual tournament in history of US sports.

8. Correct MLS wants to kill USL…that predatory view is why I don't watch MLS. Look at player development….MLS won't look at USL players cuz it would legitimize their development programs.

9. It’s not hard to understand why they’re partially leaving US Open Cup, Leagues Cup makes much more money for them than USOC.

   Ya’ll are always complaining about how terrible the quality of the league is but then hate when MLS makes money. You NEED money to grow the quality of the league! You can’t have it both ways. I’m all for MLS making as much money as they can so they can improve the quality of the league.

10. I see an anti trust lawsuit coming in the future

11. Can you (if you haven’t already) do a video about that it would take to change the tide on CCC? Schedule change? DP rules, etc? My gosh the ligamx trolls are the worst. I’m ready to put up real competition

12. Greed ruins everything.

13. It's becuase it's just a business for them and they don't care about the sport or have any national pride to compete with other countries' leagues

14. Money is the root of it ..

15. They didn't pull the D1 Sanction because doing so would've exposed that as a paper weight. D1 sanction from USSF means absolutely nothing. If it mattered, why give it to USL-WSL so easily? Why not force them and NWSL into a pro/rel structure first?

    USSF has ZERO LEVERAGE against MLS at this point. Pushing this fight would just lay open their weakness and allow MLS to completely abandon any pretense of control by the USSF

16. I don't think they left due to being scared they'd lose to lower teams. Not to say that that wouldn't happen, but (as was the case last year) when they lost no one caring because their 2nd or 3rd team was playing. Also, while people online say how much they care about this tournament, the stadiums say something very different. This isn't to say MLS should pull out or the cup shouldn't be given love, it's just to say that there's no stakes to the tournament. It's like winning the supporters shield. It doesn't mean anything. Therefore the average person isn't going to care to watch it.

17. My local MLS club San Jose Earthquakes are one of the few sending their first team to the US Open Cup but if Oakland Roots or any lower league club wins the whole thing I’ll be very happy.

18. It’s not hard to understand the mechanics of MLS as a league. It’s called, “Franchising.” From there, build as one, enter into a profit-sharing contract to ensure no team lose money regardless of attendance, and seek to use media to freeze out any competing-burgeoning leagues.

    It’s bs. It is antithetical to the lie of “competition” the U.S. so loves to promote but behind the scenes a small band of the wealthy laughs all the way to the bank.

    How about, instead of not understanding telling people how they don’t understand U.S. sports works, seek to work the way the rest of the world works.

    Oh, and by working his they do every facet of U.S. soccer, from introducing the sport to children right through its MLS player feeder leagues, including colleges is controlled by the “big boys” of MLS. And THAT is why we will never see our best athletes play the game that is THE easiest to learn to play no matter their economic status, or living conditions. Just think if, name the top 6’5” and over college or NBA player playing goalie instead of basketball. Just think of, name the NBA point guard or NFL wideout playing… ANY position on the pitch other than goalie! But. THAT IS NOT what US Soccer wants —— AT ALL.

19. Neither CONCACAF or FIFA will side with USSF against MLS. They want access to the US market. They won't bar MLS teams from CCL or FIFA Club World Cup

20. US Soccer will never change. Incompetent on a level rarely seen.

21. Because they can. MLS controls professional soccer in the US, not USSF.

22. FUCK MLS JESUS CHRIST I UNDERSTAND IF YOU DONT WANT RELEGATION SINCE YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR ASSESTS BUT STOP TRYING TO ATTACK LOWER LEAGUE FOOTBALL. IT IS THE MOST CRITICAL PART TO THE DEVELOPEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL TEAM. WE NEED MORE COMPETITIVE CLUBS WHY DO YOU THINK JAPAN HAS A GOAL OF 100 PROFESSIONAL CLUBS IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS, SINCE MORE CLUBS MEANS MORE YOUTH DEVELOPEMENT AND IN RETURN A BETTER NATIONAL TEAM

23. MLS leaving the Open Cup is a giant f you to all lower league fans everywhere. But hey they can keep showing Messi off until he retires and most of the people watching leave & wont care again

24. Boycott Leagues Cup. MLS fan groups need to lead the charge. S/o St Louis + Orlando, plus I'm sure others

    Also "congested schedule" that they caused bc of leagues cup and theyre having friendlies instead. MLS is a joke

25. I will never give a dime to MLS as long as the closed system exists and they actively try to destroy non mls clubs and leagues.

26. I will call up miles robinson more often to piss off Tac

27. Get on board and start backing MLS if you care about the success of Soccer in the U.S. This kind of mentality is a drag on us moving forward… USOC, Pro-Rel, none of that is important in the grand scheme of things.

28. Argentina's "Open Cup" has only been played about a dozen times ever. So lets not pretend that these tournaments are "oh so important" to the success of a country/ it's leagues.

29. I really hate MLS’s Disneyland league. Why can they just adapt to the rest of the world

30. Comparing MLS to other soccer leagues is fundamentally misunderstanding how American sports leagues operate.
    You don't see NFL, NBA or MLB teams doing anything like the US Open Cup. I'm not saying that it's right, but understanding how these owners and front offices operate will make everything at least understandable

31. It's better this way. If you are a fan of a USL team this give you a much better chance of WINNING USOC & QUALIFYING for ConcaChampions! Thank you, Don Garber 🙏🇺🇸 ⚽

32. Your old USA Jersey is so beautiful for me Dear Filippo. I really do not have any idea about MLS I love MLS but I only follow LA Galaxy in MLS.🥰😍🤗

33. This reeks of super league vibes 😢

34. MLS wants power and they are using the Open Cup to strong arm their way into that power

35. MLS is a cancer.

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