Comments on: The Future Looks Bright For The MLS http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/ Play Like A Pro Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: I AM Spartan http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 I AM Spartan Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:12:53 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=1648#comment-1017 That always puzzled me to. How can a city with 8 million plus can not come up with 16000 fans at a soccer game. Maybe the Red Bulls are doing something wrong in promoting the team? I'm not sure, I'm not from New York, but I mean common give the tickets away for free then. Remember you might loose on the tickets but you will sell at the beer and food stands. That always puzzled me to. How can a city with 8 million plus can not come up with 16000 fans at a soccer game. Maybe the Red Bulls are doing something wrong in promoting the team?

I'm not sure, I'm not from New York, but I mean common give the tickets away for free then. Remember you might loose on the tickets but you will sell at the beer and food stands.

]]> By: Greg Bean http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Greg Bean Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:05:44 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=1648#comment-1015 I think you both have good points. New York is definitely a baseball city: This season, their two teams averaged over 100,000 fans per game between them. The Red Bulls couldn't even get 16,000. However, there have got to be more people in a city of 8,000,000 who would be willing to go to a game. I think you both have good points. New York is definitely a baseball city: This season, their two teams averaged over 100,000 fans per game between them. The Red Bulls couldn't even get 16,000. However, there have got to be more people in a city of 8,000,000 who would be willing to go to a game.

]]> By: Brooklyns Finest http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Brooklyns Finest Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:34:05 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=1648#comment-1013 I grew up in New York and although it is very diverse, MLS is just not as big in New York compared to MLB especially since they share the same season. Coming from Brooklyn, soccer was never a big sport, it's always been baseball especially with the two tremendous teams. I grew up in New York and although it is very diverse, MLS is just not as big in New York compared to MLB especially since they share the same season. Coming from Brooklyn, soccer was never a big sport, it's always been baseball especially with the two tremendous teams.

]]> By: RonCanada http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 RonCanada Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:23:52 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=1648#comment-1012 <blockquote>I like your idea about putting MLS teams in places that are culturally diverse. It would explain why Kansas City, Colorado, and Columbus are at the bottom of the attendance list. One team confuses me, though: New York Red Bulls. Why, with such a diverse city and so many people, can they only attract an average of 15,741? It seems like that stadium should be overflowing.</blockquote> That's a great point, considering that New York was once the home of soccer legend Pele, when he signed for the New York Cosmos in 1975. This team used to bring massive crowds to Yankee Stadium, and when Giant stadium was built in '77, The Cosmos also signed German star Frank Beckenbauer that same year. A record 32,000 turned out on June 12th against Minnesota, a record that was shattered when 62,319 show up on Sunday of the following week against archrival Tampa Bay, and during the playoffs they were drawing more then 70,000 fans. In a city that hosts two succesful and mult-million dollar MLB franshises (Mets & Yankees), my only solution to the problem would be to look back to the Cosmos era, and do wha the LA Galaxy have done; Sign a international superstar.

I like your idea about putting MLS teams in places that are culturally diverse. It would explain why Kansas City, Colorado, and Columbus are at the bottom of the attendance list. One team confuses me, though: New York Red Bulls. Why, with such a diverse city and so many people, can they only attract an average of 15,741? It seems like that stadium should be overflowing.

That's a great point, considering that New York was once the home of soccer legend Pele, when he signed for the New York Cosmos in 1975. This team used to bring massive crowds to Yankee Stadium, and when Giant stadium was built in '77, The Cosmos also signed German star Frank Beckenbauer that same year. A record 32,000 turned out on June 12th against Minnesota, a record that was shattered when 62,319 show up on Sunday of the following week against archrival Tampa Bay, and during the playoffs they were drawing more then 70,000 fans.

In a city that hosts two succesful and mult-million dollar MLB franshises (Mets & Yankees), my only solution to the problem would be to look back to the Cosmos era, and do wha the LA Galaxy have done; Sign a international superstar.

]]> By: Greg Bean http://www.totalprosports.com/2008/10/08/the-future-looks-bright-for-the-mls/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Greg Bean Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:49:46 +0000 http://www.totalprosports.com/blog/?p=1648#comment-1011 I like your idea about putting MLS teams in places that are culturally diverse. It would explain why Kansas City, Colorado, and Columbus are at the bottom of the attendance list. One team confuses me, though: New York Red Bulls. Why, with such a diverse city and so many people, can they only attract an average of 15,741? It seems like that stadium should be overflowing. I like your idea about putting MLS teams in places that are culturally diverse. It would explain why Kansas City, Colorado, and Columbus are at the bottom of the attendance list. One team confuses me, though: New York Red Bulls. Why, with such a diverse city and so many people, can they only attract an average of 15,741? It seems like that stadium should be overflowing.

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