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By: Matthew N

Matthew N — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:16:58 +0000

Ok, I’ll chime in. I’m a big soccer fan. I probably spend almost as much time writing, reading, or watching soccer as I do at work. I didn’t go to the MLS playoffs for the following reasons:
1) It is freaking cold in Ohio in November. I’ll admit, if I lived in Columbus I would have definitely gone, but I’ve had some very bad experiences with sporting events in the past (took trips to Cleveland twice, once it was -20 with wind chill, the other there were 4 inches of snow and it snowed more while we were there).
2) You can’t get the good tickets or good ticket packages unless you buy them as packages or buy them before dates are released. The wonderful MLS schedules their playoffs at the last minute. I’m sorry, but I work for a living so I can’t just buy tickets for a game that will be played “sometime during the week of XXX.” If I’m going, I’m sitting in the Nordecke, and I need to know things in advance, like WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT WILL BE ON. Also, I don’t want to buy a ticket package for the Eastern Conference Final because I don’t want to watch craptastic RSL play the Fire (a team I hate). I’ve fallen into the “ticket package” trap before when buying Gold Cup, CCL, and international friendly game matches, and most of the time I don’t even end up using the Crew tickets I get conned into buying.
3) MLS playoffs are designed in a dumb way, in my opinion. They need to either make it single elimination, a group format (then knockout), or a 3 game series. I absolutely hate the two game aggregate score thing.
4) You can’t even keep up with this league on TV if you wanted to. It was Sunday afternoon and I had just finished watching United v Chelsea. I knew that there were MLS playoffs on later, but to my surprise, the Dynamo/Sounders game wasn’t even televised. It is kind of funny that I can watch every single EPL match on cable(some are delayed), but I get maybe a handful of MLS games a month. Someone should tell them that if they want fans (outside of their local markets), they need to get a real TV contract. I think my cable provider offers the MLS season package, but it is way overpriced and it is not available in HD. I think if they had a quality TV package, they’d be doing a lot better.

By: Bulk van der Huge

Bulk van der Huge — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:35:57 +0000

Thanks to the soldiers buried under those poppies, Mr. Whittall is able to write his column in English instead of German.

By: Eric in Baltimore

Eric in Baltimore — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:04:40 +0000

Why on earth were the Fox Soccer Channel studio presenters wearing poppies? I guess because Canada is part of the commonwealth.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:11:53 +0000

Only a few (2-3 matches) have been disappointing attendance wise in the MLS for the playoffs. Houston had more than 27K today and the Home Depot Center is once again sold out for Galaxy-Chivas.

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