Comments on: MLS Cup Final Preview: Which Team has the Advantage?

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:33:58 +0000

Lars,
I don’t disagree with you on the CCL.
It is just that MLS is pulled in so many directions and having teams travel and lose so early in the tourney is doing no one any good.
The Supporters Shield will be dead in a few years if the league expands. It already is unfair, the Sounders had to play Chivas three times, I wonder what weaker East team Columbus played in the extra game…NY ?
And as much as I love the US Open Cup with the huge history, and fun Sounders runs, it is not taken seriously by most MLS teams, I would drop it.

So there, final four teams make the CCL. MLS Cup gets the real glory. If I weren’t already going to ask about salaries, I would lay out my plan to Garber tommorrow, during the Seattle Times live chat.

By: Lars

Lars — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:14:01 +0000

And Andy Williams is Jamaican, that’s who he plays for.

Willy J is Canadian.

By: Kicker

Kicker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:39 +0000

Haha, ” Young Canadian Andy Williams and veteran Will Johnson.” That needs to be switched. I love Andy, but he’s not exactly young. And I third the vote to axe the nickname of the Lakers.

By: traf

traf — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:45:50 +0000

I second the motion by ajr above… NEVER refer to RSL as the “Lakers”… It’s offensive.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:26 +0000

And this I can agree with you on.

The stronger the game is, the better. Too bad GOLtv is showing it in Canada.

CBC puts on the best MLS broadcasts in North America…

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:19 +0000

You play the game to be the best in the world, not the best in your own country. As much as it pains me to say it, I consider Columbus the champions of MLS this year.

If you can’t respect the CCL, Charles, I have no respect for you. Quite frankly, the Sounders should be honoured to be participating in it.

As I’ve been to a CCL quarterfinal before, I can tell you it blows any other competition out of the water. And doing well in the CCL is good for the game in North America.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:24:08 +0000

“Record numbers for MLS on ESPN2″

thanks for cheering me up. People do care. Hopefully the ratings on Sunday will be huge. Make ESPN ( or whoever ) pay next contract. In addition, they had to open up extra seats for the showdown.
I can hardly wait.

By: ajr

ajr — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:18:22 +0000

good hell, please please never reffer to RSL as the Lakers. Doesnt sit well with RSL/Jazz fans

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:18:04 +0000

Maybe that wasn’t Mr. Jonas’ intention when he wrote….
“with the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy at stake”
…but it seems like it is just another trophy.
THIS IS THE MLS CHAMPIONSHIP !
Shouldn’t that be everything they are striving for? If not that what ?
FIFA Club World Cup?….fine, but don’t expect too many people to show up in the regular season hoping for their team to qualify for the playoffs, so they can qualify for another playoffs, for a non-chance at winning that anytime soon.
I do feel like the Supporters Shield, US Open Cup, CCL, all dimish being the MLS Champs and why 10k people showed up for some of the playoff games.

I looked in the LA Times Sports ( online ) this AM…not one mention of the Galaxy….wow.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ for the non details.

I almost can’t root for LAG when I show up at QWest Sunday. How can they care that little ?

By: man99utd

man99utd — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:14:13 +0000

Record numbers for MLS on ESPN2
ESPN2 set a viewership record for coverage of the MLS Western Conference Final.

Friday’s Dynamo/Galaxy game drew a 0.5 U.S. rating and 700,000 viewers on ESPN2, making the match the most-viewed MLS telecast ever on the network. The previous record was 658,000 viewers for a regular season Galaxy/Chivas USA match in ‘07.

The match drew an additional 121,000 viewers on ESPN Deportes.

Dynamo/Galaxy had the benefit of a highly-rated lead-in from a West Virginia/Cincinnati college football game, which drew a 2.3 and 3.6 million viewers.

To put the numbers in perspective, the 700,000 viewers for Friday’s game tops every game of the 2009 WNBA Playoffs, including the Finals.

ESPN2 is averaging a 0.3 U.S. rating and 392,000 viewers for coverage of the MLS Playoffs, up 50% and 36%, respectively, from a 0.2 and 288,000 last year. ESPN Deportes is averaging 76,000 viewers, down 8% from 83,000 last year.