OT: St. Louis City SC Reveals Jersey

[almaman]

On 2/24/2023 at 10:00 AM, brianstl said:

It is completely short sighted and idiotic.  The walling in of media behind a paywall is exactly how boxing went from one of the most popular sports in the country to almost a fringe sport.  The franchise home debut, which should be the most important marketing opportunity for City SC isn't going to be easily available for 99% of the people of the region.  If a league still searching for their footing after 30 years wanted to flirt with suicide, this is how you would do it.  It isn't City SC's fault, but it will hurt them.  

well said. agree. used to watch all the heavyweight title fights from Liston to the ear bite. Haven't really watched since. Don King fellow assassin with the paywalls.

Plus they're sold out all season so y not have on free tv for the rest of us. I guess it will pack the sports bars. Ball park village should be a zoo on days both teams r playing

[courtside]

35 minutes ago, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

https://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php?/topic/31045-ot-usmnt/#comments

 

[courtside]

3 hours ago, majerus mojo said:

No CITY thread on this board? Some pretty nasty highlights. Keller being bamboozled by an old teammate

The game was great fun. 

SLU alums Kipp Keller and Patrick Schulte played for 79 and 90 minutes respectively opening night. 3 other additional SLU alums are under first team contracts, with a few more working towards it.

 

[billikenfan05]

2 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

[BC1764]

Non MLS Americans are worse than Eurosnobs. Just the pits.

[RiseOfTheBillikens]

Crazy game. Super hyped for the first home game (and the season in general). Felt terrible for Kipp who was at least partially at fault for all 3 goals. 

We looked surprisingly good in my opinion. Saturday is going to be wild.

[wgstl]

12 minutes ago, BC1764 said:

Non MLS Americans are worse than Eurosnobs. Just the pits.

Sorry not sorry 

[billikenfan05]

3 minutes ago, wgstl said:

Sorry not sorry 

I actually haven't watched hardly any MLS and hadn't cared to until CITY. It's not that I think less of MLS, I just like the idea of my soccer in the morning.

[BC1764]

You want the game to thrive and maybe unseat the NHL or MLB from the Big 4 in our lifetime, then stop s****** on the longest ever domestic football league in US history. Not everyone wants to get up early and watch the EPL, Bundesliga, etc.

[gobillsgo]

6 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

You lose all credibility when you say things like Pulisic wouldn’t make the Croatian National Team. That’s just asinine. He’s had some bad injury luck lately, but when healthy he’d be a top 10 player on Croatia. 
 

MLS is moving more players than ever to Europe. Guys like Davies and Almiron are playing starring roles on some of the best teams in the world. 
 

Your post sounds exactly like every other American Soccer “fan” who has never watched a full MLS game.  MLS is growing and the quality increasing at a terrific rate. 

[TheA_Bomb]

Yeah outside the big 5 Euro leagues, tge MLS had the next most players in the World Cup.

It's pretty good.  I enjoy it.  If my enjoyment of sports was only based on watching top teams play each other I'd never watch college sports. 

[RiseOfTheBillikens]

46 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:

You lose all credibility when you say things like Pulisic wouldn’t make the Croatian National Team. That’s just asinine. He’s had some bad injury luck lately, but when healthy he’d be a top 10 player on Croatia. 
 

MLS is moving more players than ever to Europe. Guys like Davies and Almiron are playing starring roles on some of the best teams in the world. 
 

Your post sounds exactly like every other American Soccer “fan” who has never watched a full MLS game.  MLS is growing and the quality increasing at a terrific rate. 

My captain 

[slufanskip]

9 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

Wow. So you’re saying the MLS is not the best league in the world and the USMNT still isn’t best either. Thanks for sharing

[73Billiken]

8 hours ago, BC1764 said:

Non MLS Americans are worse than Eurosnobs. Just the pits.

Go to the games, beat the drums, chant to your heart's content, wave your banners and wear your scarfs and enjoy yourselves...but don't be delusional.

[slufanskip]

7 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Go to the games, beat the drums, chant to your heart's content, wave your banners and wear your scarfs and enjoy yourselves...but don't be delusional.

Are you some kind of superhero put here to save us from ourselves? 
 

I always knew that someday you would come 

[BC1764]

7 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Go to the games, beat the drums, chant to your heart's content, wave your banners and wear your scarfs and enjoy yourselves...but don't be delusional.

Uh, who said they were on par with the top leagues in the world ? It’s only those like you who want to prove to everyone else how sophisticated you are. Think the Japanese and Dominicans care their leagues aren’t close to being popular as MLB worldwide ? No, because they love baseball. Let people enjoy what they want to enjoy. Apparently that’s a tall task for 2023 America.

[courtside]

8 hours ago, 73Billiken said:

Go to the games, beat the drums, chant to your heart's content, wave your banners and wear your scarfs and enjoy yourselves...but don't be delusional.

The only one being delusional in this thread is you. People like things because they like things. 

For example, you are here, at a SLU athletics message board, even though the NBA is a better league with better players than college basketball, and they would defeat all college teams. You can cheer until your heart’s content, but SLU isn’t defeating any NBA teams. 

It’s a thread clearly labeled St. Louis City SC. Everyone else seems to be able to understand it, and still enjoy it. 

 

 

[Box and Won]

What the fudge.

[billikenfan05]

2 hours ago, Box and Won said:

What the fudge.

What a bizarre hill to die on and so many people do it. Sure it’s okay to admit the MLS isn’t the best league in the world. Who knows if it will ever be, but to on people being excited about something neat for the city gives off such Jinko one strapping it vibes in 21 jump street. 

[Littlebill]

19 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:

What a bizarre hill to die on and so many people do it. Sure it’s okay to admit the MLS isn’t the best league in the world. Who knows if it will ever be, but to on people being excited about something neat for the city gives off such Jinko one strapping it vibes in 21 jump street. 

Guy literally came to a message board about a team in the.......... 12th best league in the country (hmm, general consensus is MLS is between 8th and 15th best league in the world). Interesting.

[Slu let the dogs out?]

On 2/26/2023 at 11:10 AM, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

[wgstl]

On 2/26/2023 at 11:10 AM, 73Billiken said:

Getting an MLS franchise is great for STL

However with that said, the MLS has a long way to go to compete on the world stage with American talent.  At present any high profile foreign players in the MLS have been few and far between.

Since 1990 the USMNT has a World Cup record of 6 wins, 16 losses and 8 draws; hardly a stellar performance.  Yes in time it will get better but it's not like the rest of the world is sitting around waiting for the US to catch up.

When an under-sized country like Croatia (under 4 million in population) can play an oversized role in the World Cup (3rd place in 1998, 2nd place 2018, 3rd place in 2022), the USMNT has been a joke.

Christian Pulisic (US born with dual US and Croatian citizenship) is touted as one of the USMNT stars,  He would not make the Croatian national team much less play................

For now the MLS is about 6th tier in global soccer.............so it's great to have STLCity but let's be realistic about where it is in the pecking order.

 

2 things. 

 

1) since you keep talking about a soccer specific country, Croatia is also a super old and veteran team. They averaged 30 years old, that's like 8 years older than us. Croatia is expected to take a major drop off, and according to most metrics, well behind USA next go around. 

 

2) MLS is still down the list, yes, but its also climbing up almost every year. 

[courtside]

Apple TV is the new home for MLS Next Pro:

https://www.mlsnextpro.com/news/mls-next-pro-announces-2023-schedule-and-new-playoffs-format

And a reminder, all games on Apple TV are free this season for T-Mobile customers. 

 

[willie]

2 hours ago, courtside said:

Apple TV is the new home for MLS Next Pro:

https://www.mlsnextpro.com/news/mls-next-pro-announces-2023-schedule-and-new-playoffs-format

And a reminder, all games on Apple TV are free this season for T-Mobile customers. 

 

Courtside do you work for T-Mobile? 

[courtside]

17 hours ago, willie said:

Courtside do you work for T-Mobile? 

Nope. Just helping the people.

T-Mobile’s annual free for the season MLB dot TV, will also be available soon.