That ain’t happening. So this news is as good as it can get here and could have positive effects in the local pool of talent coming out of western PA that can move on to the next level. That said, I’m hearing there are road blocks that have not been cleared and the press release was premature.
NWSL teams wouldn't fill 10% of a stadium with 40-50k seats. I'd rather go see USL than women's soccer. I went to an NWSL game Washington's team, play in a nice 5000 seat stadium like 40 miles out of town and it wasn't even full. I love the USWNT, but if you're talking club soccer, I'd rather see men all the way, whether it's EPL, MLS or even USL, rather than the best women players in the world. Would you go to NWSL over USL?
I guess the way I look at it, might be misogynist, but I see a women's league as minor league to the USL.
I've been to an NWSL game, it's not bad, but even though it's the women's major league, it's decidedly a minor league operation, even compared to USL from what I've seen, but Ally Kreiger and Krystal Dunn where playing, so I did see a couple USWNT stars. I guess the Portland Thorns are the flagship, closest to a major league operation, Washington plays in a 4000 seat stadium in Germantown, MD, a place called the Soccerplex, its a complex with 2 small stadiums, surrounded by 30 other soccer fields, my daughter played there a couple times in club tournaments, it's surrounded by townhouse communities, if I lived there, walking distance from it, I'd probably go all the time. But it's very minor league in reality.
Yeah. You are just a bit. USL is so far down the rung of competitive soccer, it’s essentially glorified pick up.
10K would be a lot. But that would be fantastic if they did. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Riverhounds kick the idea around. Highmark would be the best place for them. The problem is that 3/4 of the Pittsburgh soccer community don’t like the riverhounds for political reasons.
That’s true. My daughters boyfriend is a college player and playing this summer in the USL-2 semifinal this weekend. So he’s on one of the top 4 teams nationwide. I haven’t watched one second of his season. I realize that’s a step below USL, but not really that far away from teams like the Riverhounds, especially when you also consider the stadiums they play in. Didier Drogba is one of my two favorite players of all time...and I could not bring myself to watch him playing for his Phoenix team. Heck, I couldn’t even watch him playing for Montreal in the MLS.
And from what I've seen, it's decidedly a minor league operation, like I've said times, seeing "the best" doesn't matter to me at all.
Jeez, If my daughter had a boyfriend on a USL2 team, I'd watch every game, I sometimes go to NPSL games, I go to a lot of Baltimore Blast games and watch them online, it's just me, but I enjoy minor leagues, lack of quality doesn't matter, well after all probably 75% of the games I've watched over the last 10 years where always girls between age 8-18, so maybe I'm immune to the need for quality. Baltimore is supposed to get a USL team soon, I'm dying for it to happen, I will buy a jersey the first day and go to most of the games.
It’s too hard for me to watch games online that are being played in HS stadiums. They are playing Georgia this weekend. My wife wanted to go in person. I didn’t. Lol. I told her she was free to go without me but she couldn’t swing it. If they win and go to the final, I’ll probably go depending on where it is.
I probably wouldn't watch that either necessarily, I mean that USL2, but if it was really close to my house, I would go sometimes, and if I was close with one of the players I definitely would want to see him/her play. Like I'm planning to go to every Howard Community College home game this year, and some away games, but only because my daughter is on the team, I passed on going to the Pitt/UVA opener because I'd rather go to her game, she won't be playing forever
Pitt will.They will because they are not permanent MLS members like they are, it adds interest to the league in non-MLS markets and you have 4 more TV markets to tout.
But what if the promoted teams actually become good, actually make the playoffs, or have a good stadium and better attendance than the regular MLS teams, at what point will they get angry about not being permanent, they eventually feel like "The Dreamers" in the immigration debate, doing the right things but still scared of being deported.
