MLS 2024

The Concacaf champions League kicks off for St. Louis City tonight and I believe the MLS has a whole this weekend. St Louis CITY is largely unchanged from last season so we will see if their high press, counter attacking style can get them to the playoffs again. Still big questions on defense. When are you coming home Tim Ream?

I'll be in attendance tonight. Bought these tickets months ago. An outdoor game in February in St. Louis is always a crap shoot. Should be about 50 degrees at kickoff. Not bad considering we got 3 inches of snow on Friday afternoon.

 

Just an aside .... Despite the assholic Broadcasting contract which hopefully will be repaired to at least allow local station to show games, I am really impressed by the growth of MLS Since I have been watching. New teams, stadiums (not always where they were projected to be) but ..
On the whole, it looks like Soccer is finally rooted deep in the good old USA.
Thank you, Lamar Hunt!

 

@pettyfog Here is something Mr Hunt would be sickened by

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39631836/us-open-cup-revamp-feature-just-8-mls-first-teams

Billionaire owners don’t see playing lower level clubs and God forbide if it’s away as good for their product.

 

I don't understand it. I love the cup. All about the money. This decision does nothing to grow the game.

I have fond memories of going when we had a USL team and the Fire came to town. I also liked being on the MLS side when Omaha came last year.

 

Went to the essentially useless game last night of St. Louis City vs. Juarez. I just don't understand this tournament format. We were through to the next round before the game kicked off and guaranteed a home game next round regardless of the result. I honestly don't know why a game took place. I did go to standing section for the first time. Proud to say my overweight body remained upright for over 3 hours. Juarez won on PK's if you were curious and won the group.

 

hey! awesome that youre going to the st.louis city match !teir high-pressing style can be exciting, but the concerns about defense are understandable.as for the weather ,50 degrees is quite decent for a feb game, especially after the snow.It'll be interesting to see how they perform in the CONCACAF Champions League.Let us know how it geos after the match !
Cheers,
maurice