Watchmen Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Well, Charlotte just beat Cruz Azul (granted, on penalties) at a neutral venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Watchmen said: Well, Charlotte just beat Cruz Azul (granted, on penalties) at a neutral venue. Seemed like a pro Cruz Azul crowd in a mostly empty stadium Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, narduch said: Seemed like a pro Cruz Azul crowd in a mostly empty stadium Yes. My point was more that it wasn't a Charlotte home game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Only one Mexican team left in one half of the draw for the last 16 and its wait for it drum roll Queretaro. Probably not what they were hoping for in terms of driving crowds and ratings but it may shift perceptions a bit among Mexican-Americans on what the pecking order is between MLS and Liga MX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Only one Mexican team left in one half of the draw for the last 16 and its wait for it drum roll Queretaro. Probably not what they were hoping for in terms of driving crowds and ratings but it may shift perceptions a bit among Mexican-Americans on what the pecking order is between MLS and Liga MX. I am just glad both leagues are competitive with each other. It wasn't fun when Liga MX was much better than MLS. It won't be fun if MLS becomes significantly better than Liga MX. I hope they can start creating more competitive continental competitions regularly. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Ruffian said: I am just glad both leagues are competitive with each other. It wasn't fun when Liga MX was much better than MLS. It won't be fun if MLS becomes significantly better than Liga MX. I hope they can start creating more competitive continental competitions regularly. Competition between leagues is OK for sure, but I wonder if it is necessary to have all the teams of both leagues involved - seems a bit like a gimmick. What if: 1) There was a qualification for Leagues Cup, say with eight teams from each league and the qualification list based on overall standings each year? Have 16 teams drawn into mixed league groups of four (2 + 2) for the first round? The theory here is that the top teams will have more resilience and depth. Schedule congestion is a problem and these inter-league championships need to be limited a bit. Say, will the present CONCACAF Champions League continue as is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 The Leagues Cup is the North American regional qualifier competition for the new CCL format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CONCACAF_Champions_Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 40 minutes ago, Stoppage Time said: Say, will the present CONCACAF Champions League continue as is? The current 16 team format is changing to a new 27 team format. As part of the changes the Concacaf League that made Forge (and the CPL to an extent) regionally famous has stopped. Central America and the Caribbean now have their own dedicated tournaments to qualify for the new Champions Cup. Both of those tournaments started this week by the way. The Leagues Cup has 3 teams qualify for the new Champions League. One weird quirk is that you can have as many as 9 Liga MX teams or 9 MLS teams in the Champions Cup. Which kind of devalues the tournament in my opinion. BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I see that TSN has the rights to two back to back games tonight, neither of which is Whitecaps-Tigres. So this one is just an Apple Pass offering. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, BearcatSA said: I see that TSN has the rights to two back to back games tonight, neither of which is Whitecaps-Tigres. So this one is just an Apple Pass offering. My guess is Apple dictates which Canadian matches TSN can have. The other games they do show are usually whatever FS1 is showing. Does anyone know if Laryea and Adekugbe are available tonight? Edited August 4, 2023 by narduch BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal_Kick Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Interesting stat passed on by MLS writer Sam Jones: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal_Kick Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 And in Messi news: Tickets for Lionel Messi’s first game on the road with Inter Miami sold out in 10 minutes. Miami travel to face FC Dallas on Sunday after three home games and official resale tickets are now being sold for as much as $9000 each. Tickets for the Leagues Cup match went officially on sale on Thursday. It is also the first time that Miami’s other new arrivals, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, will play away from home. FC Dallas play their home fixtures at the Toyota Stadium, which holds a capacity of 20,500. https://theathletic.com/4747304/2023/08/03/messi-inter-miami-away-game-tickets/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=7361285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: Does anyone know if Laryea and Adekugbe are available tonight? Schuster said not tonight, but any any games afterwards. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: My guess is Apple dictates which Canadian matches TSN can have. The other games they fo show are usually whatever FS1 is showing. That's it. I can't see too many folks watching those matches on TSN. I've only watched the last Seattle match in this tourney besides the Canadian teams' games (I don't have Apple pass). narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Are they though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 after subbing in last game this time gressel starts and sends farsi to the bench...st. clair starts on the other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Other than Tigres I'm cheering for all the Mexican teams tonight. This competition runs the risk of becoming a bit silly Maybe next year Leagues Cup should be LigaMX vs USL Championship? 🤔 Edited August 5, 2023 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Nice Andy Carroll-esque😉. West Ham were looking Gignac when Payet came years ago. Did he go to Tigres then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Lol WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, narduch said: Lol His Marcel Marceau 100th aniversary tribute, surely? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 2 hours ago, narduch said: Lol Holy shit he does magic too. masster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Both of yesterday's games had announced attendances under 10k. Not everyone is feeling the Leagues Cup just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I'm in Nashville on vacation, where Club America are playing tonight. Talking to some of their fans, they are quite aware of Shaffelburg and consider him a threat. I told them I think he's hurt and may not play. There were happy. LOL narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Ref sets the wall for Messi allowing Messi to reset the ball. yomurphy1 and BearcatSA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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