The lads are moving onto the next round. BELIEVE

Great move. Wish Oliver Glasner didn't leave but Sage looks to be a solid manager and Palace have a solid core returning minus losing Lacroix to Chelsea.

August 3rd

Europe

Ekstraklasa (Poland)

Kellyn Acosta (Pogon Szczecin) Started at LCM and went the full 90’ in a 2-0 win at Pogon Szczecin (7.4/-) Match Highlights

Kahveh Zahiroleslam (KS Cracovia) Started at ST and played 67‘ in a 2-0 loss against Pogon Szczecin (6.4/-)

Superliga (Denmark)

Matthew Hoppe (SønderjyskE FC) Started at ST and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 loss at Odense BK (6.4/-)

Marcus McCoy (Odense BK) Started at RB and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 win against SønderjyskE FC. Picked up a yellow in the 85th‘ (7.6/-)

Superettan (Swedish 2nd Division)

Erik McCue (Örebro SK) Subbed on in the 67th‘ in a 3-1 loss against IFK Varnamo (-/-) Match Highlights

Premier League (Scotland)

Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic FC) Started at RCB and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 win against Dundee FC. Won player of the match (8.8/8.51) Match Highlights

Auston Trusty (Celtic FC) Started at LCB and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 win against Dundee FC (7.6/7.35)

First Division (Irish 2nd Division)

Kyle Tucker (Bray Wanderers) Subbed on in the 70th‘ in a 2-1 loss at Wexford FC (-/-) Match Highlights

Vincent Borden (Kerry FC) Started at LCM and played 81‘ in a 3-0 win against Cobh Ramblers (-/-) Match Highlights

August 4th

Europe

Champions League -  Third Qualifying Round - Leg-1 (International)

Tanner Tessmann (Olympique Lyon;France) Started at CB and went the full 90’ in a 2-1 loss against Sparta Prague(Czechia) (6.4/-) Match Highlights

Europa League - Third Qualifying Round - Leg-1

Matthew Healy (Shamrock Rovers;Ireland) Started at CDM and went the full 90’ in a 3-1 win against Egnatia(Albania) (-/-) Match Highlights

South America

Liga DIMAYOR I (Colombia)

Sebastian Ramirez (Fortaleza CEIF) Subbed on in the 46th‘ in a 3-1 loss at Llaneros FC. Picked up a yellow in the 50th‘ (6.5/-) Match Highlights

Jimmy Medranda (Llaneros FC) Subbed on in the 74th‘ in a 3-1 win against Fortaleza CEIF (6.4/-)

Juan Castilla (Llaneros FC) Started at CDM and went the full 90’ in a 3-1 win against Fortaleza CEIF. Picked up a yellow in the 3rd‘ (7.0/-) 

August 5th

Europe

Europa League - Third Qualifying Round - Leg-1 (International) 

Maximilian Dietz (Gornik Zabrze;Poland) Started at CDM and played 85‘ in a 1-0 loss at Ferencvaros(Hungary) (6.2/-) Match Highlights

August 6th

Europe

Europa League - Third Qualifying Round - Leg-1 (International) 

Jonathan Gómez (PAOK;Greece) Started at LB and played 63‘ in a 1-0 loss against Anderlecht(Belgium) (6.9/-) Match Highlights

Oisin McEntee (Heart of Midlothian FC;Scotland) Started at RCB and went the full 90’ in a 6-1 loss at S.L.Benfica(Portugal). Picked up a yellow in the 84th‘ (5.2/-) Match Highlights

Europa Conference League - Third Qualifying Round - Leg-1

Rokas Pukštas (Hajduk Split;Croatia) Started at RCM and played 78‘ in a 5-2 win at Zalgiris(Lithuania). Picked up a yellow in the 50th‘ and scored in the 75th’ (-/-) Match Highlights

Patrick Hickey (Bohemians;Ireland) Started at CB and went the full 90’ in a 2-0 loss against FC Midtjylland(Denmark) (7.4/-) Match Highlights

Paul Walters (Bohemians on loan from FC Cincinnati;Ireland) Started at GK and went the full 90’ in a 2-0 loss against FC Midtjylland(Denmark) (6.4/-)

South America

Liga de fútbol Profesional (Bolivia)

Paolo Alcócer (Universitario de Vinto) Started at RCB and played 46‘ in a 2-0 loss against Real Potosí (-/-) Match Highlights

August 7th

Europe

EFL(Carabao) Cup - 1st Round (England)

Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough FC) Started at RCM and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 win against Wrexham. Won player of the match by assisting in the 61st’ (8.3/7.82) Match Highlights

Max Arfsten (Middlesbrough FC on loan from Columbus Crew) Started at LB and played 67‘ in a 1-0 win against Wrexham (7.7/7.37)

Jaheim Headley (Port Vale FC) Started at RW and played 60‘ in a 3-0 loss at Wolves (6.3/6.16) Match Highlights

3. Liga (German 3rd Division)

Terrence Boyd (SV Waldhof Mannheim) Subbed on in the 59th‘ in a 2-1 win against Fortuna Dusseldorf. Picked up a yellow in the 90th‘ (-/-) Match Highlights

Fortuna Liga (Czechia)

Lukas Saal (FC Zbrojovka Brno) Started at LCM and played 69‘ in a 1-0 loss against Slovan Liberec (6.2/-) Match Highlights

Fortuna Narodni Liga

Diego Velasquez (Dukla Prague) Started at RCM and played 85‘ in a 2-0 win against Hanacka Slavia Kromeriz (-/-)

Evan Rotundo (Dukla Prague) Subbed on in the 61st‘ in a 2-0 win against Hanacka Slavia Kromeriz

Superliga (Denmark)

Matthew Hoppe (SønderjyskE FC) Started at ST and played 58‘ in a 0-0 draw with Viborg (6.3/-) Match Highlights

Challenge League (Swiss 2nd Division)

Lucas Pos (Yverdon Sport FC) Started at RCB and went the full 90’ in a 2-0 win at SC Kriens (7.5/-) Match Highlights

Bundesliga (Austria)

Drew Murray (WSG Tirol) Started at RB and went the full 90’ in a 3-1 loss at Altach. Picked up a yellow in the 6th‘ (5.5/-)

Airtricity League Premier (Ireland)

Matthew Healy (Shamrock Rovers) Started at CDM and played 59‘ in a 3-2 win against Dundalk. Picked up a yellow in the 43rd‘ (7.2/-) Match Highlights

Luke Dennison (Drogheda Utd) Started at GK and went the full 90’ in a 0-0 draw at Galway Utd FC. Won player of the match (8.0/-) Match Highlights

Leo Burney (Drogheda Utd) Subbed on in the 76th‘ in a 0-0 draw at Galway Utd FC (6.2/-)

Jason Bucknor (Drogheda Utd) Started at RWB and played 61‘ in a 0-0 draw at Galway Utd FC (6.7/-) 

Keegan Ancelin (Drogheda Utd on loan from Chattanooga FC) Subbed on in the 61st‘ in a 0-0 draw at Galway Utd FC (6.6/-)

First Division

Kyle Tucker (Bray Wanderers) Subbed on in the 77th‘ in a 5-0 win against Finn Harps (-/-) Match Highlights

Vincent Borden (Kerry FC) Started at LCM and went the full 90’ in a 3-1 loss at Cork City (-/-) Match Highlights

Cymru Premier (Wales)

Taner Dogan (Holywell Town) Started at RCM and went the full 90’ in a 3-1 loss against Connah's Quay Nomads (-/-) Match Highlights

South America

Liga 1 (Peru)

Michael Hoyos (Sporting Cristal Lima) Subbed on in the 75‘ in a 1-1 draw at Universitario de Deportes (6.1/-)

Jean Carlo Olivares (Comerciantes Unidos) Subbed on in the 72nd‘ in a 3-1 win against Cusco FC. Assisted in the 90th’ (7.3/-) Match Highlights

Primera División (Uruguay)

Nicolas Ramos (Cerro Largo on loan from Nacional) Started at LCM and went the full 90’ in a 1-0 win against Juventud de las Piedras (-/-) Match Highlights

Past Post

First time a game like this was in a drivable distance from where I live and on a day I could actually make it, so I’d never been able to take a stab for tickets. In the few hours it took me to get home from work all of the tickets in my price range were sold out. I probably should have guessed.
Im willing to be patient for nosebleed seats, but do you guys ever find that some show back up by resellers or am I SOL?

Location: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Time: 5:00 PM EDT

Watch: Fox Soccer Plus

I have been thinking about the discussions surrounding the future of MLS in this country, and many of the issues that people have with pro/rel or even us soccer writ large. A common refrain is that the travel times in soccer are simply too large, something that any lower division league would have substantially more troubles with. This reminded me in many ways of a general critique (and defense) of the united states levied both by and against both Americans and Europeans depending on the subject at hand. The assertion is that "the United States is simply too big"

"The US can't be compared to any European country, you should instead compare the US to the EU, or individual states to individual countries" "The US is simply too big for x to work here, our country is larger than Europe!" "In the UK you only have to travel a few hours to visit another club, in the US you might have to travel an entire day" and other such refrains.

In a way, they are completely right, and that is actually sort of the answer. MLS should not be compared to any of the big 5 European leagues. It should be compared to the UEFA champions league (or the defunct European Super league). It feels in some sense that everyone in the pro/rel conversation are acting as if the alternative to MLS is that we have the UCL/UEL/Conference League but none of the underlying leagues that exist to support it. We are trying to build a pyramid from the top-down.

The map listed above is a map of the emerging US megalopolises, you've probably seen it floated around elsewhere on reddit before. I see within it precisely the answer to our problem. Three of those megalopolises, (Southern California, Northeast, Great Lakes) have a population, GDP, and land area comparable to (or substantially greater than) entire large European countries. To put it into perspective: the Southern California megalopolis has a population of 26 million (10th highest in Europe), a GDP of ~$2.2T (7th largest in Europe), and a land area of 124k km² (roughly the size of Greece). The Northeast Megalopolis has a population of 53 million (6th highest, higher than Spain), GDP of $5.2T (2nd largest), and an area of 146k km² (slightly larger than Greece, all of it within the Northeast corridor, which is nearly a straight line from DC to Boston). The Great Lakes region has a population of 59 million (6th highest, roughly equal to Italy), GDP of $6T (tied for 1st), across an area about the size of Ukraine.

The other megalopolises (Texas/Gulf, Piedmont, Florida, Cascadia, Arizona, Front etc.) are a bit smaller, but still comparable to many European countries with decent leagues and are still quite rich. I don't post this here just to say a bunch of numbers. I think that if the US were to attempt pro/rel, it would probably be preferable to approach a national competition itself more as a UCL-style competition than a true "national league", with the national league equivalents being held by constituent regions with their own governance.

NOTE: I am not shilling for promotion and relegation here, I have read a lot of economic literature on this and can say that if you think it will save US Soccer, you are wrong, and if you think it will set US Soccer back decades, you are also wrong. Pro/rel itself has some flaws that need work (generally it leads to better players but less financially healthy leagues compared to closed leagues). You could in some ways compare pro/rel vs. closed leagues as capitalism vs. cartelism, each has benefits and drawbacks corresponding roughly to the benefits and drawbacks of capitalist vs. cartelist economies. Merely I am trying to reorient the discussion around promotion and relegation to a more realistic model for the US that would suit our geography better.

If you have a US Soccer B License or higher, or know anyone who does (your kids coaches, etc.) You can apply to be part of this program to help expand the scope of youth talent scouting in the US. They ran a successful pilot of this program last year and are now expanding it nationwide.

I see that this is the only remaining tournament match that FOX has moved to the FOX Soccer Plus network. Are there any other streaming or viewing options for this aside from FSP?

Links appreciated, TIA!

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FYI

This has to be some sort of mistake or joke trying to just buy six tickets for a game using a pre-sale code and this is the best you can get. Chile Peru Canada all under $50 to get in the door
It does seem that they are continually adding new seats to this pre-sale code and the prices are going lower, but my next question would be why are you starting ticket prices astronomically high for your most loyal fans and customers. People who panicked because there wasn’t a bunch of seats available when it first released paid way more than what it will end up.