Comments on: Quick Hits: TV Ratings, All Star Mania, CONCACAF, Etc

By: allan

allan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:21:38 +0000

i dont think miami is a good spot. most of the latin people there are of the baseball countries. They include Cuba, Venezuela, Republica Dominicana, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico. These backgrounds make up the majority. Then you have Colombians, Peruvians, Argies etc.. but they are not as big compared to the other 5.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:13:16 +0000

The Miami market is very fragmented. We need to do a better job by getting the interest from fans from these latin countries. A MLS team that would be international with popular players would be succesful especially now that they could play at FIU. And to get the attention from Latin America maybe it should be called “Miami Internacional”.
A team in Miami is a must, but it has to be MLS.

By: Uncle Ed

Uncle Ed — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:12:28 +0000

MLS blundered leaving Miami in the first place. Time to bring a team back. People will support an MLS team, they are not too keen on USL.
Support our efforts to bring a team back to Miami!
http://www.miamisoccerfan.com/Soccer/Tickets.html

By: Mitch Howard

Mitch Howard — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:50:58 +0000

Kartik,
what does the winner of Gold Cup get? Does it get an automatic bid to another tournament?

By: Ted Westervelt

Ted Westervelt — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:46:36 +0000

MLS have allowed player talent to creep up a bit. The story should be that MLS executives, and not individual clubs, make that call. The only first division exhibition/franchise league rolls on.

How did USMNT blow out compare to MLS club broadcast? Somehow I don’t think a ratings war is brewing.

What if we were to free our first division from the exhibition franchise? Can’t we just give it a try? Do we really have to run soccer like Hooters?

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:39:58 +0000

P.S. A second team in NY will do little if anything to boost the league’s TV profile. Any rivalry wouldn’t have the generations of tradition and history. The only NY rivalry worth anything is the Yankees/Mets. NYC has a team, if they can watch the All Stars and the US they can rally behind the Red Bulls. The Jets/Giants play in Jersey and they have no problem supporting them.

With a league spanning the entire US and Canada, at least 4 or 5 times the area any other league on Earth serves, and with soccer not being even close to the most popular sport, having two teams in one market makes ZERO sense. Splitting up the soccer fan base in cities for a 5th tier sport(8th if you count NASCAR and NCAA football and basketball) is downright stupid. There are too many cities who want/need MLS to have two teams in one, and there are plenty of city vs. city rivalries to spice things up.

Get South Florida, Tampa, Atlanta, St. Louis, Montréal, and whoever else wants in first, then think about adding NYC2. Also I’m in favor of moving Chivas, at the very least to San Diego.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:29:49 +0000

South Florida will instantly raise the profile of MLS, not only in terms of US TV ratings, but also in Latin America. It’s a no-brainer(and MLS had no brains running off in the first place with the Fusion!). MLS needs to find investors and get a team down here again, only done right this time.

By: SSReporters

SSReporters — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:45:17 +0000

“As this summer showcase always demonstrates Americans and MLS players can play at a high level against a top British club.”

Seriously man this is a friendly. The current MLS clubs (not the All-Star XI) are struggling with El Salvadorian teams in Champions League play.

If there is a serious international competition for MLS to show themselves then talk to me. Otherwise I take nothing from this game other than realizing Tim Howard is an awesome goalkeeper and should be the US’ #1 until he retires.

By: Kartik Krishnaiyer

Kartik Krishnaiyer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:54:37 +0000

LD, actually FSC has their highest rating ever for any event, a 0.8 for Sunday’s final. The overall viewership for the Gold Cup final was just slightly below the Confederations Cup Final overall.

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:36:15 +0000

50% Salvadorans at a home DC match? Wow, thats bad. Houston has a strong latin american population and a central american crowd has never made up more than 10%. Heck, even Chivas Guadalajara wasnt more than 50% when they came to Houston.

@BayVol It was the Dynamo who have grabbed a point in Mexico but it was against Pumas in Olympic Stadium.