Comments on: MLS Rules Changes for 2009

By: seventhrowscreamer

seventhrowscreamer — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:28:06 +0000

Superliga is a curse to MLS teams.They don’t get paid as much for wins as Mexican teams. MLS teams weren’t deep enough to compete last year so ‘09 will be rediculous.

By: Pony2

Pony2 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:58:27 +0000

How can the mls address the dev. of american players? or does it matter? Just increase the # of foreign players on a roster to 20 and be done with it. Drop the GA, drop the reserve league, drop the dev. spots. Just send SH to south america and pick up some of thier young players for peanuts.

By: steponhens

steponhens — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:24:18 +0000

I guess MLS is counting on youth teams to provide more development for players than what they currently can provide. I would have liked to seen the reserve league stay until youth teams prove they can adequately support the league.

By: tater

tater — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:08:58 +0000

So that would make it the “Not So SuperLiga”

By: Moose McDowell

Moose McDowell — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:00:01 +0000

It’s worth mentioning (to those who didn’t read the article) that Superliga will be the next 4 teams in the table that don’t compete in CONCACAF Champions League – a very good move IMHO.

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:32:25 +0000

I like the schedule changes, but do not like the elimination of the reserve league. For a bottom feeder Benny Hill of a club like we support, the future is the only thing we have to look forward to. Now we don’t even have the reserves to follow?

They might as well limit the draft to two rounds. Where are all the other players going to go?

By: scotty

scotty — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:06:55 +0000

say goodbye to the pitchkolans, dello-russos, oduros and wilemans of this world. the time needed to develop is gone and US soccer will suffer in the long run

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:55:22 +0000

It sounds like MLS is setting the stage to transition to a table syatem rather than conferences within the next few seasons, which I am all for. Afterall, the way the conference playoffs work is an absolute joke and the punchline is an eastern conference team winning the western conference… a conference they are not even a part of!

By: undrafted

undrafted — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:12:45 +0000

With 5 GA’s returning, I wouldn’t want to be a 3rd or 4th round pick by Dallas!

It might be time to start shopping draft picks around.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:53:48 +0000

pwip, most of them seem like good changes. I’m a bit concerned about dropping the reserve league. With 4 new teams in the next years I think the reserve league was going to be important. FCD now needs to get a PDL team going ASAP.

Dan, Rex is right, I added the word Conference to the rivals. I would predict Houston and…. Colorado?