I'm an Orlando City for life and I am so happy that you put Orlando at 5.

One good point you missed about Hell is Real- Columbus and Cincinnati, despite being less than 2 hours apart, have never played each other consistently in a major sport until recently, as no league had teams in both cities. Ohio State and University of Cincinnati almost never play either. So there was a lot of pent-up demand!

You mentioned that Galaxy was the only L.A.-area MLS team for years. The reality is that Chivas USA joined MLS in 2005, playing their home games at Galaxy's stadium. However, mismanagement, diminishing support, and lawsuits accusing the ownership of racism led to the club being put on hiatus until it was rebranded as LAFC. MLS will claim that LAFC is a whole different thing but everyone in MLS knows that they're just a rebrand of Chivas USA. They even have the same core of supporters from their Chivas USA days. So, that adds to the weight of the El Trafico rivalry.

Really interesting story, I had heard of the name before but didn't realise this was a different team from the one that completed in the USL the past few years!

Good video but I feel you really underrated the Toronto-Montréal rivalry. Really should be way higher imo! Liking the US Soccer content though, very interesting for a Belgian who's interesting in CONCACAF a lot like me!

I kissed the mascot S.C on the cheek on July 6 2024

Dude this video was amazing, thank you so much for doing it for the Crew!!!!

Nice

Sir you forgot 1 more La galaxy stadium the Rose Bowl for the EL TRAFFICO 🌹

What a joke. Why did you leave out LAFC beating Carson x2 in the playoffs and beat them in the summer at the Rosebowl this year.

putting the mtl toronto rivalry so low is crazy

Thanks for sharing man! I actually appear in this video at some points when you mention NYCFC. Old ass video, saw faces there I haven't seen in almost a decade! As an NYCFC fan, we have funny rivalries with Orlando City and Toronto FC. The Orlando rivalry was manufactured by the league as we both joined the league in 2015 and have played each other in season openers 3 times. Even though most City fans don't give a crap about Orlando, we live rent free in their heads. Similar to Philly, they hate us a lot more than we hate them. Toronto FC is one of the more genuine rivalries as during 2016-2019 both City and Toronto were some of the best teams in the east and met in the playoffs, with Toronto eliminating us TWICE during seasons we finished above them. The 2019 playoffs was particularly heartbreaking for City as we finished first in the east and lost to Toronto after Ronald Matarrita gave up the game winning penalty just before the 90th minute. Most City fans are in agreement red bull NJ is our #1 rival, but it's interesting how City fans from the inaugural season will likely say Orlando is #2 while the newer fans would say Toronto. Some may say Philly, but that's mostly due to the geographical location/history of the cities having rivalries in other sports. Also, we defeated them in the 2021 Eastern Conference final and then went on to win MLS Cup, and a lot of Philadelphians are still salty that some of their starters missed the match due to COVID!

Geodis Park is for me the best stadium in the MLS and an example to follow for future league-specific stadiums

I totally agree with your take here about how the MLS has become a summer tradition and that has become part of the charm. But one of the only things I would enjoy about changing the schedule is hearing Steve Cherundolo whine when his team has to play in Minnesota in January

I used chatGPT at 3:00

I recently visited St. Louis, and I got to see the stadium (didn't go into it, but got to see it anyways. Plus it definitely helped that I was staying in the nearby Union Station Hotel). It's an absolutely beautiful soccer stadium. It was during my trip there that I decided to become an STL City Fan. Great city, great stadium, can't wait to root for STL going forward.

Really cool video, great job! 👍

This is great!

I was at that 7-0 game... we left at 6-0 though. Oh well, we still have an MLS cup. Fuck em

Just found your channel! Subscribed! I’m from outside North America and I’ve recently began to follow the MLS, and am excited by the sport’s growth in the U.S. especially in anticipation of the 2026 WC!

While I don't think there is enough support in the sport for a real pro/rel system here, I do like a lot of your ideas and I respect the fact that it's just fun to imagine what this would look like.

such an underrated channel

28:00, this game just was crazy. After this Columbus started winning a lot. El trafico should be #1 honestly but it is what it is. Nice video.

vancouver is the ever lasting forgotten middle child, tied for most cascadia cups (will probably have the most at the end of this season) along with being just as old as the other two cascadia teams. Not to mention having strong fight with the other canadian clubs, just annoying

I would have added Vancouver with the Seattle/Portland rivalry and for the Cascadia cup

The top 3 rivalries are far and away the best

GLORY TO COLUMBUS 🖤💛⭐️⭐️⭐️💛🖤 🖤💛🏆🏆🏆💛🖤

the seats at orlando are one of the sweetest things ive ever seen 😢

Subscribed👍 great video keep it up

Cincy #1 ive been there its not even close my only complaint is they shouldve made the whole roof either fully closed or retractable for the fans experience went earlier this year 98-102F was sweating to the point of collapse. Im 23 very healthy and all but despite drinking so much water before the game i felt like passing out even after buying 2 bottles at the arena. I get most stadiums arent closed and have the pitch area of the roof open but for heat waves like these roofs are better for the safety of fans and those who are susceptible to heat stroke. Same for nfl why keep it open in the winter and expose fans and most notably young fans to frostbite and hypothermia. Basically all stadiums in baseball and football and futbol in the us shoudl have roofs to keep the fans who are prone to conditions like heat stroke. Before fcc existed went to a columbus crew game a woman passed out during halftime from heat stroke she was like 20-25 (i was 10-12 when i went to this crew game)

RCTID

Chicago fire did have a football specific stadium but it moved out cause nearly went in to administration playing at the Seatgeek stadium

Great work on this!

Kansas City St Louis is going to be an epic rivalry. already met in the playoffs (which kc swept) and every game is an absolute thriller.

There's only one team from Ohio! No one cares about that crap team from Kentucky 🙃

Matt S is a legend

Awesome video but respectfully el trafico has taken over!

While definitely a homer opinion but I disagree with your suggestion that Toronto and Montreal is the seventh best rivalry in the MLS. As a Toronto fan I appreciate you saying Montreal have been mid, and they have been, but I would say a rivalry match is only as real as the hatred between the fans. In that sense I think the 401 Derby is one of the top three Derby's as it has a real us vs them division. As much as the New York Derby is fun the underlying separations between Red Bull fans and NYCFC fans is not backed by 157 years of political and religious tensions that shaped the modern Canadian State. Even stripping away the history and just staying on the football side the 2016 playoff matchup built a rivalry that got TFC's largest supporter group banned for life for throwing flares on the pitch in Montreal. Even today with both sides being middling to poor these matches sell out and the atmospheres are some of the most intense in the MLS.

You forgot to mention Chivas USA(LAFC) history , they aren’t new, they been around they just sucked . Until MLS wanted a new derby to sell for the LA market. It’s fun don’t get me wrong but we not just brushing over that . Fuck LAFC, fuck Levas!

Good Video💪🏻

#RCTID

Really good List. It's not there yet, but the Atlanta-Charlotte & Atlanta-Nashville Matchups have been Heating up. Both of those Derby Matches have been well attended by the Opposition especially Atlanta-Charlotte since we both play in NFL Stadiums. Still have not had a Full Stadium in Charlotte though. I'm also very disappointed that the Cannon for the Texas Derby has been replaced by a Trophy.

The LA Galaxy vs LA Former Chivas rivalry draws a lot of fights and the hardcore fans truly hate each other. One Galaxy fan had a bottle broken over his head and split open because he told a coworker he's a Galaxy fan. LAFC fans are all seen as traitors/bandwagon/chivas fans by LA Galaxy fans. They vandalize each other's stadiums and the LAPD has to send in a huge amount of police presence to prevent things from getting out of control for each match. The 4th of July game 2 weeks ago had more police presence than when the president comes to town. The Galaxy were fined $100k by MLS for the supporter groups lighting a dozen flares during the game and making visibility very difficult due to smoke. There were post match brawls in the stadium. Those Rose Bowl games should be a bucket list game for any big MLS fan, it's an insane game to attend live as a fan of either team. MLS should do whatever it takes to make it a permanent fixture on the calendar. 4th of July at the Rose Bowl is the best event in Southern California

el trafico #1 solely based on the iconic zlatan game, that was one of the best matches I have ever seen, no other derby can match that. biggest crowds too.

great video man, nice to see more informational videos on US football. Hopefully in the next coming years there are more international rivalries with south American or Mexican clubd and also rivalries against 2nd division teams. MLS has to expand its reaches.

In my opinion: 1. L.A. Galaxy vs LAFC 2. Seattle vs Portland

Great video bro! I'm trying to catch up on my MLS knowledge, so it's cool to get some info from some great rivalries in the league, thank you

Go STL!!

This caused me to go down the indoor/arena soccer rabbit, and let me tell you, it's not easy to watch games of the two big leagues, the MISL and MASL. No wonder the indoor/arena game is so obscure. It's impossible to find actual matches online.

Just went to my first MN UFC Loons game this week at Allianz Field. I thought the stadium was awesome, but I wanted to see how it ranked with other MLS stadiums which is how I found your video. Crazy to think we have arguably the best MLS Stadium in the league. I can definitively say we have one of the MLB best ballparks with Target Field, home of the MN Twins.