Stephen Thomas

Probably blocked by your favorite Pro/Rel zealots.

Fierce advocate for American soccer growth.

USMNT. PTFC. Arsenal. Vikings. Gophers.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus This is the last shot, just gonna block if you answer directly because you’re not worthy of the attention you fucking crave:

Explain how your post is complimentary?

In detail.

You literally say the league is favored by USSF, and despite that, still hasn’t grown enough.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus Quite frankly, youre simply unable to carry a good faith conversation.

You don’t even understand the word “complimentary”.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus Thats not fucking complimentary.

That’s like telling a woman “you take ozempic and are losing a little weight but still fat”.

No one on planet fucking earth would label your post as “complimentary of MLS” outside… you.

Pure delusion.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@IHateSoccerPod There’s near zero chance at this point unless it’s a D2 league.

Just wait til the news drops about what they’re asking for expansion fees.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus Crow? You’re fucking delusional and frankly, just not that bright.

You paired “MLS gets USSF favoritism and isn’t good enough, but has grown a little bit”.

That’s a compliment to you.

Pure delusion and idiocy.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus Honestly the fact you actually posted this just takes the cake. This is at best an underhanded complement.

At best.

You literally just proved my fucking point and just gift wrapped it to my door.

There’s no point in engaging with each other, enjoy watching soccer on 99%.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus This is you posting positively about MLS? LOFUCKINGL you’re a meme.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus Dude if you ONE TIME gave MLS its due in interactions with me, we wouldn’t be here.

go ahead and paste your positive comments.

I’ll eat crow.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus @SoccerDadinCali My guy, you have zero self awareness. 90% of our interactions start with you responding to me and someone else with “MLS sux, you’re a fan of MLS LLC”.

I’ve attempted numerous times to pose straight forward questions to challenge you, all you respond with it memes.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

What’s most funny about this?

I’ve lived in Europe.

What do you think most football fans label men from Hull that support United?

The world over, real football fans feel the same way: support your local fucking club, what you grew up with, where you live, your dad’s club.

[Arturo J Chesterton III @Landonicus]

Guy thinks he can be a dick to anybody and everybody who won’t express their fandom they way he’s deemed acceptable

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus @SoccerDadinCali No, you slander MLS fans for the core part of your online persona.

You NEVER engage in good faith and the pikachu face when you get your energy back.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus @SoccerDadinCali You’re sitting here pretending you don’t take slagging off MLS and we fans as a passion project, in bad faith.

I’m sorry it offends you, all the football fans of the clubs actually in relegation battles agree with me: don’t support local, you’re a casual, plastic, glory hunter.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@AZSnakepit There is growth across every conceivable metric you can concoct.

12 to 30 new D1 clubs in 20ish years
Massively improved wages and transfer fees in, and out.
Record number of MLS academy kids playing meaningful MLS minutes and in Europe
25 new SSS, 30 new free academies.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

You take a 500m asset, and you throw it in a pool where the other assets are 20m, what happens?

Do you think San Diego is building a 150m academy facility if they can drop to USL?

Think Chicago is building a 500m stadium?

Many clubs in D1 still need major investment.

[Seton O'Connor @HiMyNameIsSeton]

If the lower leagues are such trash and are going to fold by the dozen with pro/rel, why are MLS fans so concerned about their owners losing millions?

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@Landonicus @SoccerDadinCali We all know you’re not invested in good faith exchange of ideas, answering questions, go back to watching WNBA where you have a semblance of a clue.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@AZSnakepit This country is built by immigrants many of whole came from European nations with soccer as the major sport.

You’re flat out wrong. We had NASL FFS.

MLS is a lesson learned and the lack of history is precisely why organic growth slows overall growth by decades.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@AZSnakepit We waited 120 years for it to build from the ground up my guy, sometimes reality has to be addressed.

This country required a stable league that incentivized investment for sustained growth.

Especially academy development, which is starting to churn out talent.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@__LFF__ @DarbyFreeman2 I’m sorry, but you’re showing your ass. You’re debating something you lack literally basics of. You’re not aware how youth development works, and how much investment is necessary to catch up to talent factories.

lol at your USMNT comment.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@__LFF__ @DarbyFreeman2 Arsenal has been horrendous at selling players.

All their recent academy successes are in the system and built to play for first team: Saka, MLS, Dowman, Salmon, Nwaneri even.

They’re self sufficient because they’re 100+ years old and constantly evolving/invested in.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@sabremikecarrol That’s their entire model, RBL especially.

This is what happens in pyramids. Some clubs are development focused as an operational model.

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

Red Bull spend 150m on Leipzig academy, 100m on NYRB, 60m on Austria.

But let’s not trust the best of the other relatively new academy systems built in major footballing nations.

[Legacy Futebol Fan @__LFF__]

There are fewer than 10 $150M academy facilities world wide.

"Stephen" wants you to believe this is normal. Standard.

And more importantly, necessary.

It's all part of the same illusion. "Stephen" is a MLS "goodboy".

Let's count the $150M "academies" in Brazil, Argentina, etc

[Stephen Thomas @CascadiaStephen]

@__LFF__ @DarbyFreeman2 You’re just embarrassing yourself at this point.

This is fucking hysterical.

You’re fundamentally ignorant and just keep going.

Literally 4 MLS academy grads scored for the USMNT.

Your best player is an MLS academy grad.

This is so wildly hilarious.