Hey man, tbh I’ve switched careers and I don’t have much time to work on databases as of now. I honestly don’t even know what update we are on for this cycle 😂 I’ll most likely get one out for FM25 but not sure when
The sentiment that Barcelona doesn’t have money is a total lie. Barca are RESTRICTED from making major signings until they atleast make 100 million euros in player selling due to FFP rules. If Barca were to sell Ansu Fati for around 30-40 million euros, they would get access to a surplus of money worth upwards of 230 million euros.
These are the reasons the MLS is completely fine. 1. The Salary Cap. Could it be a bit higher, yes. But this is the one thing that stops clubs to overly spend on players. It keeps every team competitive and ensures every team actually has a real chance of winning. Just look at how many teams in the NHL, NFL, MLS, and MLB have switched winning teams over the years. A team may win 2-3 times in a row but that's it. 2. No promotion/relegation. The reason I say this is for 2 key reasons. Firstly, it would be hard for a smaller club to be able to even play in the MLS due to the Continent-wide travel that you don't have to deal with in England, which makes change really hard to adapt too. Secondly even with divisions, having too many like 4 isn't an option as Traveling the Mississippi river is way different than traveling the entire 38th parallel. Plus, the fact each state could be considered a country. It also makes sure nobody tries to spend SOOO much just to collapse after failing to be promoted or getting relegated. It's happened more often than you think 3. The way the USL is set up now. With the MLS being a relaxed league, an experience like no other is offered in the USL. Changing the setup with Pro/reg would hurt either USL or MLS teams a lot. Plus, the fact teams in the 2. USL are semi-pro and college. It wouldn't make sense at least right now to change the system when the players in the 2. USL wouldn't be ready for the USL and how the USL and MLS clubs would be dwarfed by one another due to the league culture practically being opposites. The change at least for now, doesn't make sense.
Hell even the NBA has been switching its championship teams since the Warriors last won. The US sports leagues have the higher parity when compared to European leagues.
If LigaMX keeps wrecking MLS teams in CCL, i am sure at some point they will reach a point where they will get rid of the salary cap. Specially with how FIFA is planning the World Club Cup to work. MLS pride will be hurt when the entire representation of Concacaf is LigaMX.
MLS will never allow that. The only system i can ever see realistically coming up in the USA, Is making MLS have like 60 teams divided in 4 Conferences (East, Midwest, West and Canada) and even more if football explodes in popularity. Its kinda funny, but MLS is following the opposite path the Brasileirao followed. The Brazilians started as Regional Championships, eventually turning into a National League. But the USA will start as a National League, but as the sport gains popularity it will inevitably be divided into multiple Conferences. I do expect like 20 years from now. That the teams on the East Conference wont ever face the teams in the West Conference until the playoffs. In fact a system like that would be fun to watch. As regional rivalries would truly spark. And the playoffs would also birth Elite National Rivalries. Basically making MLS a League with like 4 Leagues within. The USA is a huge country in terms of size. So imagining a 60 or 80 teams league divided in multiple conferences doesn't sound that crazy.
The powers that be should not be allowed to monopolize a sport, as a closed system is corrupt by definition. Awarding franchises instead of allowing clubs to fairly earn a place among the elite is against the principles of soccer
The cap is a huge problem for me and another not very many people mention is how the MLS is constructed like NFL/NBA. I absolutely hate East vs West they have. It should all be 1 category where the team with most pts at the end of the season is MLS champs. Bc rn ATL is one of THE worst teams in MLS but if somehow they manage to get to #10 poof it was a successful season( just bc they make the playoffs which shouldn’t be a thing) as for Pro/Reg I want it badly but every USL team would need to build a stadium just in case they get promoted.
@@SoccerScenarios You can update steam editor and game, and then turn editor on make it load new database and then from menu load your file and just test and verify it for us, then you just need to save and replace file in download link so we can get a working one :)
MLS will go to 32 teams. I believe San Diego is the next addition to the MLS summer 2025 which will make it jump to 30. Then 2 more teams will be added between the WC and 2030. Believe a 4th & 5th Canadian team will be the last 2. NHL NFL supports 32 teams. Whilst NBA and MLB have 30 teams but are in discussion for expansion to 32 each. So i can see the MLS moving to 32 aswell. 16 per conference.
mls can't have promotion and relegation, since owners of teams own the league, i think usl should have promotion and relegation and be a mls competitor in the us
@@SoccerScenarios So many negatives. Like teams going insolvent. And the whole league falling apart. Part of a closed system is the business safety that comes with it. I'd rather have my league with my team in it. Than have my team get relegated and maybe go bankrupt and dissolve. Or the whole league just dissolve. The American system makes more sense. It might be missing a few extra exciting moments but the pros far outweigh the cons.
@@SuperSirianRigel meh there are just as many, if not more, bankrupted clubs/leagues in a closed system (because it’s only good for the top). Even in other countries where clubs go bankrupt and dissolve, Phoenix clubs are pretty common. I’d much rather have the risk of my club being relegated/dissolve and be able to found a Phoenix club than to be like the Oakland A’s after this season.
@@SoccerScenarios Nah. Pro/Rel isn't good. And I never want it for MLS. Ever. Your arguments don't change my mind. So just stop. Not ever gonna happen. Just like you are obviously hooked on the non-American idea of our sports leagues looking like everyone else's apparently. I'm an old school American sports fan who grew up watching college football and basketball before I ever discovered soccer. No one Ever played or even watched soccer anywhere around where I lived when I was growing up. Schools didn't even have soccer teams for students. lol. I like the sport. But I don't care how everyone wants Our soccer league to match everyone else's. It's a non-starter here in America. Not so long as soccer isn't even close to the number one sport in America. So I just can't agree with the idea of Pro/Rel. Soooo... Let's just not speak of it ever again. It's for the best. lol.
@@SuperSirianRigel why are you telling me to just stop when you commented on one of my videos? 😂 I’m glad you like the American sports system, that’s fine. But just saying it wouldn’t work here (it would) isn’t true (because it does literally every where else). And yeah I do prefer how other sports leagues do it (I think tanking in the NFL shows the biggest flaw of a closed system- being rewarded for being poor). I definitely prefer the European system but yeah that’s why I follow that more closely than MLS and other American leagues.
I’m doing a similar save in FM24 with a local team that’s in USL League 2 found a database on RU-vid. This is definitely going to be my next save project with a college save. Thanks for posted the database. You earned a sub.
Thanks for the kind words! This is for FM23 technically, but I’m planning on releasing a save file with it for FM24 soon! I’ll pin a comment on this video once I do.
Tbh first time ive seen this channel. Was not gonaa sub till he said you can always unsub later if he gets on my nerves. Good play ill sub but will probaly see another video in the fyp and go who is this and unsub but enjoy for now my dude
I would have 12 team prem, 12 championship west & 12 team championship east. 4 x 12 team conferences at league 1 level and 8 x 8 team conferences at League 2 level.
i love this database. one question tho, lets say i also included a database mod for the caribbean and central american nations's leagues. will it be compatable? any reccomendations ?
Thank you! As for working with the other database, I would assume it would work BUT I would simulate one or two seasons and check on the CONCACAF club competitions just to make sure those aren’t broken. Edit: also just so you know, this is for FM23. I will most likely work on a new one for this year’s game, but haven’t gotten around to it just yet
The good thing about MLS is the fact you don't see teams passing back to the keeper. It's about going out to score . Also a different team winns most seasons. Which is nice .
Yea he's having a great time in the Manchester city team. But not Manchester. He always wanted to live in Spain, he even has a house there. So Yea of course he'll consider it.
I use to be critical of the MLS system, but now I can see why it makes sense in a way. The US is not just a country like England where Chelsea and Spurs can exist in the same location, the US is a whole continent so travelling end-to-end week in and week out just wouldn't work. I remember Pirlo having similar complains about the unusual long distance travelling. So this system work cause East Coast vs West Coast is already engrained into US culture, so it's better to create a league around that system since it's a proven formula that works.
