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I am, I became a soccer fan after watching the US national team in the 2010 World Cup. I follow the USNT, MLS and the Sacramento Republic FC (local professional team, US third division). I played soccer in highschool. I enjoyed it. Although basketball is my favorite.

International is the worst form of soccer :/

you'll see the best quality at club level in Spain, Germany, England, etc.

i played some myself, i was mostly a right winger/fullback because i was fast, had stamina and i could dribble. The coach tried to play me at striker a few times but it didnt work out cuz i cant play centrally for my life lol.

what position were you?

oh and i played some basketball too.. but not for long

The worst form of soccer...why so? The World Cup is awesome.

I agree with you about the quality of soccer in England, Germany, and Spain...Italy is another good example. No argument there. Although, I hear for Spain, it's a two team league with not much competition behind Barcelona/Real Madrid. I would love to see MLS reach that level of quality.

I played defense. Left/right full back. I wasn't much of a dribbler, but I'm 6-1 and very athletic. I just wanted to destroy who ever had the ball and then get it to the nearest offensive player. I didn't care for scoring goals. I loved playing defense. Haha.

Au contraire Spain has many good teams, dont let the dominance of Barca and Real Madrid fool you. Teams like Valencia, Sevilla, Villareal, Atletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid would be top 4 contenders in any league. Spanish teams play the best technically sound type of game, which would give them an advantage in places like England.

Real madrid and Barca are just so good the rest of the league looks bad ;)

and international soccer is mostly a defensive cautious boring battle. The World Cup is awesome though yes, but the quaiity of play in international is worse. That said, those players dont play together as much as they would with their teammates for their club teams... so the chemistry isnt there as much.

Ha, sounds like you would've made a good central defender not a fullback. My passing and shooting was never that good, i just ran down the line and ran past people and crossed it in to a striker

Interesting view. I haven't actively followed any foreign league, so I'm in no position to offer an opinion obviously. My information comes primarily from word of mouth by fans, or ESPN and online.

A Spaniard I was well acquainted with, whom was a fan of a La Liga team not named Barcelona FC/Real Madrid, didn't like the disparity of the league. He said it was in poor taste compared to the EPL. How would you compare/rank the top professional soccer leagues in the world? And how do you view the MLS? I know the MLS is viewed poorly to many soccer fans, but it seems the quality and interest of the league is growing.

Well, I'm a fan of good defense. Haha.

I would agree.The American soccer system isn't the best for learning, especially at the high school level.

Last edited by A-Dub at 12/8/2015 7:21:03 PM

Most of the TV money earned in Spain (about 73 or 74%) goes to Real madrid and barcelona and that's a big thing... so barca and real get to outspend the rest of the league. Which is actually part of the problem in Spain. It isnt evenly spread like some people would like it to be.

And er... people like the EPL because it's the most competitive, I'd would argue it's not the best quality, Germany and Spain has that, but the teams are generally equal in England. That's why you could see a team like Leicester currently top of the English table... and they got promoted 2 seasons ago. They're likely to end up finishing 6-10th around there but it's a great achievement to be there after 15 games.

and if i'm ranking on qualify i'd go in this order ---> Germany, Spain, England, Italy, (drop off here), maybe France, Portugal, Netherlands, i may have left out someone.

Italians do play well, but it's not as easy on the eye, they're mostly known for their good defending, which would tend to be boring to most people.

Never looked at the MLS as a good league... it's been regarded as a retirement league where players... like Villa, Lampard, Pirlo, Gerrard, drogba recently go to at the end of their careers when they're in decline.

If i were to try to put it in understandable terms, if you put together a team of all the best MLS players, in the top 4 leagues (spain, germany, england, italy), i dont think they'd finish above midtable in any of those leagues.

About the system as well, in Europe there's players playing for big clubs like Barcelona when they're 12 years old... and making their way through the team's acadamies. They're getting some intense training that isnt available in the US at a high school level. I can't see that changing, because the sport isnt as popular or loved in America as it is in Europe and other parts of the world.

In Brazil kids will skip school to play soccer all day. It's seen as a way to escape poverty over there. And they just love to play it. All day.. all the time. Brazil produces some of the best flair and stylish players in the game because of that, playing street football helps with your ball control and trickery. You cant generate that same situation consistently in the US.

In Brazil kids will skip school to play soccer all day. It's seen as a way to escape poverty over there. And they just love to play it. All day.. all the time. Brazil produces some of the best flair and stylish players in the game because of that, playing street football helps with your ball control and trickery. You cant generate that same situation consistently in the US.

And thats why we have the most World Cups. B)

Gotta say a well done to Astros, i got lazy near the end of the season and i havent been managing my gameshape, good gamble on the balanced, because i've most run outside offenses, gg and see you in d1.

Thx man, I honestly didn't expect to beat you but I took gamble with the balance from looking at your previous matches. Thx for the fun especially the last match and looking forward to D1 also.