Name: Major Changes in MLS: New Division-Based Competition
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There's big changes coming to MLS. We're gonna have a whole new system of competition, at least for one tournament. Rumor has it that we're gonna experience a very soccer, basketball, American football style competition where we're gonna group the teams in divisions. That's right, we're gonna divide the teams in 4 divisions of 6 teams each, uh, approximately. Uh, northern teams with Northern teams, California teams minus San Jose with California and and Dallas and, and some of the Texan Western states, the same thing with the East Coast, is this something that benefits some of the teams? I, I believe. That it benefits some of the teams. San Jose by being put with the northern states have a great chance because here is Galaxy is San Diego, is LAFC. That's our, you know, the three top teams are already set in the favorites now, um, Alex, do you think this is something that benefits Miami? Uh, now that they're champions and they are the, you know, maybe the first ones to win it back to back, I honestly think, yeah, it's definitely gonna benefit them because if you look at the teams in the southern eastern hemisphere, I mean, you don't really have that much competition being realistic, I mean like you gotta be, yes, like. You have teams that are gonna Orlando, yeah, but Orlando, when it comes to Miami, it's like it's always back and forth. Miami more times than Miami has been in Orlando and has beaten them badly, but other than that, like who do you really have? Like, I mean, the main teams that I would really be scared of are LAFC, San Diego, maybe even a Vancouver, but Vancouver is all the way up north, Cincinnati. But like all these teams are not gonna be in that division. More and I think it's just gonna open the doors for Miami even more. I think that LAFC is gonna have a harder time in their group because the, the, no, but I'm saying that in the sense of like the, the competition, the competitions more even in, in that division for sure. Now Cammy, is this a good step for MLS? Is it OK for them to, I know this might be an emergency situation for a shortened season because of the World Cup. Is this something that is attracting new audiences to the game, or is something that might alienate the hardcore soccer fan? Well, listen, they say there's no such thing as bad press, right? Anything to get more eyes on the MLS, I think is gonna be good. And if you're a true fan of your team, nothing is gonna make you be like, oh, I'm not gonna watch anymore because the MLS changed the formatting. So I think this is actually gonna attract more people because, hey, it's something new, it's something different, it's an attention grabber and. I, I think that it will do its job of getting more eyes onto the game. Very good Nick. What's happening with Galaxy? What's happening like now, like, like, you know, like in the future, do you, do you think that they have a chance competing against LAFC, San Diego, uh, Dallas? As things stand now, we are much worse than all of those teams, and so my first answer is no, but I haven't seen Puig back in Puig's old form as as he once was before injury. I I don't know what's going to happen with Galaxy in regards to transfers and new players coming on because we do need help in the back in defense and so there's a lot of work that needs to be done and a lot's going to have to happen between now and then, but right now as a Galaxy fan and I can speak probably for most of them, hopes are not high. We're running on nostalgia, we're running on the past, we're hoping to catch up to that, but in terms of what's going on right now with the squad. No pressure. It's like, OK, that was a wash of a season. It's time to rebuild now and it's all hopes, and I, I am hopeful, but when you ask me specifics of it, it's like it can go anyway. Who knows? I, I, there's so many unanswered questions. What, what's gonna look like? What if he massively underperforms?

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