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Usually not a FIFA date . I will be there also though my friend got 5 tix not sure which section though . But it’s always fun to be there for January campJust got my tickets for USA vs Bosina at Stubhub in January.
Keep the young guns rolling!
I really hope Pulisic is called up for this game!
thisI am used to going every January game, but this coming year I will pass.
Sunil was right when he said that the USSF presidency is not entirely about the USMNT. It isn't. The real corruption in USSF revolves around 2 things that stem from the same problem: USSF is working for MLS and not for the greater good of the game in the US (one does not equal the other).
In my opinion, the two long term issues that the USSF president can directly control are lack of TV exposure of soccer/football in the US, and USSF engaging in anti-competitive behavior to protect MLS from competition.
During the height of MLB's popularity thru the early 90s, it was very easy to find a game on [free, broadcast] TV, especially for your local team. Likewise, American football is on TV nonstop Saturday to Monday - you almost can't avoid it, which is the point. As a result, those sports became a national, cultural touch point and have cultivated huge fan bases and participation.
USSF needs to make it MUCH easier for US fans to be able to find soccer on free, accessible television or streaming if they want a place in the national concsiousness, and translate the massive amount of youth participation in soccer into a lifelong passion. I'd much rather be watching a good soccer match with my kids over the weekend - but, again, you literally can't avoid football on every channel.
USSF (and SUM?) instead made the choice to chase $'s, go with broadcast deals that only put select games on channels most fans don't have access to (FS1 and BeIN). They need to renegotiate the deal - Fox will be very willing right now - and make sure that USMNT games, friendlies and tournaments, are on Fox broadcast channels and not cable packages, even if it costs USSF money in the short term.
That is probably why Carter's candidacy should be immediately rejected - USSF needs to abolish SUM, not partner more closely with it. As for the anti-competitive behavior that USSF engages in to protect MLS, you need only read the lawsuit that NASL is bringing against USSF.
There should be a way for strong, second tier teams like Sacramento to play-in to the top tier league - not this ridiculous bribe-in...err, buy in... that costs hundreds of millions to join the "elite" (ha!) company of the MLS. To do so, USSF needs to let USL, NASL, etc. continue to grow and be supported uniquivocally, without a thought for protecting MLS's monopoly.
And if the USL and/or NASL leagues reach the standard for a top tier league, then grant them that status and let them compete head to head with MLS. The best league/model should win on its own merits, or maybe like the aforementioned NFL, the two leagues eventually merge into a super league.
We can only hope... And, yes, the USSF president also hires the technical director for US Soccer, which is HUGELY important, and then that technical director should hire their own manger/coach - not USSF. But in terms of the 20-year view of growing soccer in the US, the two issues above need to be addressed.
I'm on team NEVER SUM
Mandela, Obama, Ghandi, MLK. could all be with SUM and I would still oppose them.
Damn bro, I sometimes do work for SUM
I have no issue with the surface level stuff and events that SUM contributes to. There's no argument they have had an impact on the sport in this country and quite possibly deserve a place in the big picture of the development and growth heading into the future.Damn bro, I sometimes do work for SUM. You're against me too?! j/k j/k I hope it's not her either.