The Americas Forum
How To Fix Superliga
Category: CONCACAF
Created by: dynamo Create Date: August 4, 2008 08:19 AM Last Comment: March 22, 2010 05:40 PM
Whether you love or like or despise MLS, you have to agree that the concept of Superliga is the second best reasons to watch American Soccer, only surpassed by the US Men's Team. The idea is, quite frankly, simple and therefore brilliant.
Let the market engine pimp up the fact that Mexican and American soccer supporters don't like each other. Assume the Mexicans will enter games so confident in their superiority and Americans highly offended by the little brother syndrome. Bank on fans in Hispanic-influenced cities like Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas to flock to these games involving storied Mexican clubs in the hope that passions explode into a festival of football pleasing to all.
Yet year two revealed a couple of flaws. Half-empty stadiums, a revelation that the Mexican winner would get $1 million while the MLS winner would get $165,000, and a wasteland of proper officiating.
How would you fix Superliga because it's a tournament worth the effort of fixing.
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Shift the calendar to make sure both countries are in-season. Play the games in late April or early May, or after MLS Cup concludes in November. If that means adjusting other non-league games, shifting some league matches or adjusting which teams qualify for SuperLiga, then go ahead and do that. But giving Mexican teams an out when they lose by correctly stating they are only in preseason mode doesn't help the competition and doesn't do much for MLS's perception that it can only beat the Mexicans when all the conditions are in their favor. |
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| Posted: 08/06/2008 05:48 AM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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I say dump the Super Liga and put more resources and emphasis on the CONCACAF CL. Three in season Cup competitions is too many for the America sporting public to digest. They still haven't gotten their hands around the US open cup which should be fairly easy to grasp. There is a learning curve as all the other professional sports in America are just coming up the learning curve on international competitions and those are all with national teams not club competitions. | |
| Posted: 11/09/2009 09:06 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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I say dump the Super Liga and put more resources and emphasis on the CONCACAF CL. Spot on! Get some of those Central American pitches up to standard and sell the broadcasting rights to each of the local entities. Make it a big deal to be in the Champions League. |
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| Posted: 11/11/2009 03:45 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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I say dump the Super Liga and put more resources and emphasis on the CONCACAF CL. i have to agree with dynamo/ac milan's assessment here. get the central american and carribean teams involved and make the financial incentives for winning make all clubs in the confederation to take it more seriously. |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 05:26 AM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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i have to agree with dynamo/ac milan's assessment here. get the central american and carribean teams involved and make the financial incentives for winning make all clubs in the confederation to take it more seriously. Damn, Jim! You dug this one out of the archives along with CarolinaAzzurri. For me it all comes down to priorities and squad depth. It seems the only league that takes this seriously is Mexico and the MLS teams have yet to learn from their old mistakes when playing teams from south of the border.They make the same defensive mistakes, get too many yellow cards and get sucked into the gamemanship tactics time and time again. Red cards in the 80th minute for stupid challenges, giving away PKs at the half ... you name it, they do it. I'm really tired of hearing how the American teams are being ripped off by referees. The refs are making the same calls every year and nobody seems to want to change their approach. At some point the MLS teams need to be fined just for being dumb. |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 02:30 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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Damn, Jim! You dug this one out of the archives along with CarolinaAzzurri. For me it all comes down to priorities and squad depth. It seems the only league that takes this seriously is Mexico and the MLS teams have yet to learn from their old mistakes when playing teams from south of the border.They make the same defensive mistakes, get too many yellow cards and get sucked into the gamemanship tactics time and time again. Red cards in the 80th minute for stupid challenges, giving away PKs at the half ... you name it, they do it.I'm really tired of hearing how the American teams are being ripped off by referees. The refs are making the same calls every year and nobody seems to want to change their approach. At some point the MLS teams need to be fined just for being dumb. the columbus toluca game is a prime ezample of that, how many pks were awarded in those two games, I want to say at least 4, but I could be too highI do think the refs are pretty bad in this neck of the world also, but thats no exuce |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 03:12 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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the columbus toluca game is a prime ezample of that, how many pks were awarded in those two games, I want to say at least 4, but I could be too highI do think the refs are pretty bad in this neck of the world also, but thats no exuce You watched it too? You could just see it coming with the defenders using their arms from behind to halt progress. You just can't do that and expect not to give up a key PK or set piece.And the Mexican teams KNOW that the MLS squads are defensive liabilities out there. Very sad to watch. |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 03:22 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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I agree with previous posts about dumping it. All the focus should be on the Champions League because by winning that you get to the Club WC and you could reach a bigger audience there. While the quality of MLS teams is better than before, it just isnt enough yet. Look at how Pumas killed Marathon when Pumas only played 7 regular starters. MLS should also try to get into Copa Sudamericana. Even if they get eliminated quick, they could at least get some experience playing those South American teams. |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 06:01 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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I agree with previous posts about dumping it. All the focus should be on the Champions League because by winning that you get to the Club WC and you could reach a bigger audience there. While the quality of MLS teams is better than before, it just isnt enough yet. Look at how Pumas killed Marathon when Pumas only played 7 regular starters.MLS should also try to get into Copa Sudamericana. Even if they get eliminated quick, they could at least get some experience playing those South American teams. Totally agree on the Champions League - that's the priority. Get an American team in the FIFA Club World Cup and the bigger sports broadcasters now stand up and take notice.I love the Copa Sudamericana idea, but the Brazilians and Argentines seriously do not want anybody from CONCACAF in that tournament. They permit the Mexican teams with a great deal of reluctance, as I'm led to believe by Vickery and others from the BBC, because the Mexican Federation has money and huge television audience to which the competition licenses the broadcasts. Unless the US comes in with a substantial offer in kind, I don't see this happening for the MLS teams anytime soon. PS - Great to have a Mexican Football fan on board! Love the Mexican game and I'm hoping they go deep in the World Cup because CONCACAF needs to finally get its respect!~ |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 08:05 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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Yeah the problem with the CS is that the MLS would have to come in with loads of money and show that they have the audience for it. Its too early for this but maybe down the road when MLS gets stronger, bussiness wise, then they can do something like that. After all only 2 teams saw profit last season. PS- The Mexican League is pretty good, been following it all my life. But i am a USMNT to the end. I agree with you, wouldnt mind seeing Mexico do good |
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| Posted: 03/20/2010 10:46 PM PST | LOGIN TO REPLY | |
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