Remember when FC Cincinnati's US Open Cup run earned them MLS Expansion? 

US Open Cup isn't even popular. More than 100 years of USOC and it has really bad ratings and viewership

It would be great to see eventually. Pros and cons both ways, but a really great idea.

@@Anthony.LaRosa my hope is the USL incorporates it first. If it goes well, adapt it on a nationwide scale. If it doesn’t go well, then now we know and drop it there

@@Owensully123 Think that’s how it’ll play out. USL have said that implementing pro/rel is their end goal, so just gotta wait to see how/if it happens

As much as it sucks, thats just never going to happen, thats not the MLS model. To join the MLS, FC Cincinnati had to pay a $500M expansion fee. That is the MLS model. I don't ever see the teams and league agreeing to a promotion system when that is how they set the league up. On top of that the USL markets are not attractive enough and teams do not make enough money to stay afloat when you are looking at the investments they have to make to join the MLS to start with. If an MLS team would get relogated, they would fold. To stay with FC Cincinnati to keep the example alive, they just built a huge stadium downtown and are paying their D.P.s a couple of million dollars (assisted by the league). If they were to get dropped down, they would immediately lose the MLS revenue share, lose their players, have no TV deal, and then just disappear. The stadium cost, and $500M expansion fee, and all of those players they signed would be to much to support. This could happen to premier league teams also, but the Championship Division in England still has good support, so yes they often lose their top players, but they don't necessarily have to fold. They also don't pay half a Billion to join the league. I'm agree with you that it would be great, but it just is not going to happen here.

Such a good story! The best part too is that Cincinnati play Louisville in the Open Cup this week...so a little taste of what used to be a heated rivalry in the USL

We hate them both lol

P.S SCREW THE CREW, HELL IS REAL!!!!!

It's an unfortunate reality. Wish the Open Cup got more support. Awesome hearing your experience In Cincinnati! That Chicago game must have been so awesome to attend. I went to TQL last year also, it was such a great atmosphere!

Looking forward to the hopeful re-ignitiion of the river cities derby, Up the orange and blue.

Means a lot! Appreciate the love :)

Glad you enjoyed. Must've been a great first match to go to!

What a time to be alive! Glad you enjoyed :)

I've been there once, and can say I was very impressed with the atmosphere you guys have!

Thank you very much! Doing my best to keep improving the product I put out.

Then I'm doing my job! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Thank YOU for watching it :)

You should be. And now with my LAFC out, you guys are my favorite to win this year’s tournament. It would be a great story-to win the very tournament that most likely propelled you into MLS in the first place.

So inspiring your pfp is the logo of a team the rest of the world cares about lmao

MLS won’t let that happen

@@tennismaster2000Why ?

Really appreciate that!

Thanks! That jersey is gold

haha, love it!

Can’t even find most Open Cup matches on tv. I will not pay for this type of game when the fans don’t even care. Why should we care about it? Why should we care about MLS without pro/rel and with ridiculous conferences that serve the same useless purpose as NBA divisions? The EPL is always exciting, whether for the title, the European places, or avoiding the drop (and anyone who denies this is likely a Remain voter). Find an ordinary fan who watches the Concacaf CL, the InterLiga, the SuperLiga, the Leagues Cup, or whatever other contrived competition.

@@vitesse_arnhem 100% fair and valid. I’m not telling you to not have those opinions. WE NEED THOSE OPINIONS. WE NEED YOUR PASSION. I believe the mls has absolutely been a money grab I could go on, but if we have a community that wants the real footy, the real footy will come. I believe we can have a league here that isn’t corrupted by money and I plan to give my life to that vision. Kids need this sport here, but we need it non pay to enter a league and we need pro/rel, we need several different leagues/tiers if you will. But videos like this show that there are people here that have the passion for the sport the real sport.

@@stephenwalters6598 Facts... I think we agree on most points. One that stood out was pay-to-play sports. Rich kids with decent talent get picked over poor undiscovered kids with amazing talent. We don’t have pickup soccer in America. Random playtime is for basketball and other sports, not soccer. Until random pickup soccer becomes commonplace, we will never, ever be a contender on the world stage.

@@vitesse_arnhem AMEN AMEN🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻you are 100% right man. I want pickup soccer here to grow frfr cuz that is the difference between us and other countries when it comes to that frfr

Earned the right to pay the couple hundred million dollar expansion fee :p

Or the mls fucks over some other team that’s been there like they are in San Diego. Also Landon Donavan owns the other team. One of the reason mls even took off like it did.

@@raramcgee4982 yep, instead of earn your way to the top the MLS is buy your way to the top. Screwing over San Diego loyal and every other lower league team who should be able to EARN promotion.

Making sure expansion franchises go to markets in which they will succeed (aka good business practices) = exploitation. Soccer cannot succeed in America without focusing on strong markets, period. The US market cannot support a 2nd friggin' American football league, and it's their favorite sport among 4. If the MLS attempted to create a pyramid, it would collapse. This is why NDSU football can't even get on TV or sell out their own stadium in the playoffs despite being the single most successful football program in history relative to level. It's in the equivalent of English Championship of college football whereas the Alabamas and Georgias are Premiership. It's not top tier, Americans don't care. MLS knows this, and has organized accordingly.

Appreciate it :)

Thank you!

I was laughing when I found that video...glad someone picked up on it too!

Thank you!

Appreciate it!

Thank you!

Thank you! Little by little

Ethan Findlay and Gyasi Zardes too! A lot of those guys have found a place down there.

:) You may have already heard of him, but @DannyTRadio is another great channel for MLS content like this!

Very happy to hear that. Also very glad that the on the field product is matching the energy the supporters have always had!

From the reports I’ve seen, it’s looking like a whole new team is going to be coming there. Unfortunate tbh

Cut due to time, but all respects paid to good ol' Harkes!

​@Anthony LaRosa ha,, no worries, he's a friend so I'm biased!

Unlikely, they’ve been passed over time and time again 😩

As a second part, I got to work for FC Cincinnati their first year in the MLS. It was a dream come true and one of the best experiences in my career.

At this point doubt we’ll ever make it to the MLS 😢

@@tennismaster2000 I know man it's really sad 😔 only good thing about it is I can still cheer for them lol because ima union fan

I was surprised to see when researching that he now is a performance analysis for Saint Louis CITY!

And they never do anything after that Lol, the goal of MLS is a high level of competition spread out across each team versus having like 5 super teams and everyone else fights for 6th place

Pro/Rel would be a way to get more investment into clubs. It's just such a tricky thing to implement at the moment. Maybe in the future though

Buy they won 2 mls cups,

I talk about their run in this! Not the same, but ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j3p91SdB4es.html

True…but also there were countless cities willing to pay that expansion fee that weren’t selected!

@@Anthony.LaRosa that’s is correct. FCC had a goal from the beginning to make the move. They did an excellent job marketing the program

Screwed over time and time again 🙃