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@WellingtonSpurs @markvalorian Not so much as the sponsors benefit from the kit’s association with important moments of the club’s history. In both examples I listed, the club’s won the Champions League.

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@ManagerTactical For. I think as the MLS hits a natural cap in expansion teams, it will need to pro/rel to further expand.

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@JoshEakle Also, he’s running in Georgia, so that needs to be taken into account.

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@JeanVal37813401 @JaseOfBase513 I mean, theres a difference between unofficial nicknames and integrating them into the brand name. I’m not renaming the US national team to The Stars and Stripes.

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@JaseOfBase513 Thats the thing people dont understand. MLS lives in this weird world where it has EU traditionalist, American Soccer Fans, and casual sports fans all with clashing view points. MLS has to try and please all of them in order to be successful.

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@BhungfromSac @bonban226 @markvalorian But the thing he fails to mention (likely because he didn’t do his research properly) is that MLS/American soccer already tried this. American naming conventions, no jersey sponsors, even countdown clocks, and games that ended in PK’s so the teams wouldn’t tie. None of it worked.

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@fourTurns @markvalorian Exactly right.

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@laroldhughes @hewhocan23 @FauxTobi @Ash_LFC7 @goalsside @Goalcom Absolutely they do, and in fact most of them are soccer specific so the viewing experience is better.

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@kylamb8 @DiceElDani No, there’s a more balanced take to be had here. I can agree that “Real” Salt Lake is out of place and I like the Seattle Sounders brand. But MLS already started off with Americanized brand names, only a few of those have stuck.

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@MichaelDistazio @DiceElDani Lol, no. Championing an Alexi Lalas opinion is already suspect. But to address your point. American sports culture can dictate branding in the NFL or NBA. But it’s not the same for soccer. We’ve tried americanizing the sport and it’s failed every time. You just alienate core fans

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@markvalorian I’m sorry, but conversations like this aren’t actually that helpful to American soccer. Instead of discussions about meaningful steps forward, we get bogged down in debates about cosmetic issues like brand names.

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@markvalorian We started off with that. It didn’t work.

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@omardouk @BryanDe83123592 @markvalorian No you’re trying to take it a step back.

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@jsnjarrell76 @willythegroypa Were still in inflation and Trump is the one who imposed the mandates.

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@JohnCee38375493 @willythegroypa I think that’s the lie you guys keep telling yourselves, so you don’t have to come to terms with how deluded you all became.

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@Dmonk28 @willythegroypa The only thing Trump was fighting was the urge not to sexually assault his female staffers.

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@DarrensDog @willythegroypa He never cared about you in the first place, Wesley.

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@TheOhioAlien @willythegroypa Are we serious?? Trump is also all the things you just accused Hunter Biden of.

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@hewhocan23 @laroldhughes @FauxTobi @Ash_LFC7 @goalsside @Goalcom I mean the UK easily has the infrastructure for it. Although, I guess they’d count as co-hosting since all 4 FA’s would be doing jointly.