Remember when FIFA killed LA Galaxy's Club World Cup Dream?

[@jonathancastro6677]

DC United where actually the first MLS side to win the Concacaf Champions Cup in 98’ tho

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Yeah that’s my bad

[@RichardZNot]

At that time the CWC organized By FIFA still didn't existed There was another tournament that is considered a CWC but it only reunited the Champions from South America and Europe

[@benhubbard7793]

For what it's worth, DC United also won all three tournament games outright... 8-0, 2-0, and 1-0... and beat two Mexican clubs in the process... and while DC United didn't get to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup, they did play in the last version of the Copa Interamericana, against the South American Copa Libertadores winners, Brazil's Vasco da Gama. DC United won 2:1 over two legs (though the "away" leg wasn't in Brazil, but Florida).

[@brianmendez7666]

Different tournament format

[@Ivan_LFC]

Dc United!!!!! 🥁🥁

[@farehamoxonian]

Still find it hard to believe that when all of Dassler's shady dealings came out that Adidas weren't banned from bidding on FIFA contracts for a while.

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

There’s so much corruption within FIFA that this was probably just a small fish in the bigger pond. Seemed like anyone could do anything they wanted around this time

[@86kickass]

The club World Cup is actually pretty cool ngl I like seeing how the quality of different regions compare

[@LuckyFluke007]

Mauricio Cienfuegos was an absolute most important piece.

[@jessewells3731]

Adi Dassler was the founder of Adidas (hints the name AdiDas a mege of his name.), Horst was his son. Adi Dassler's brother actually also founded Puma after a huge fight.

[@shaneg9081]

Yeah, no one knows for sure what they fell out over, but it actually tore their small town apart. There was a river through the town and Adidas was on the north side so Puma got set up on the south side and basically the two halves of the town stopped talking to each other. Also, because they never made up, they were eventually buried on opposite ends of the town.

[@ericksosa308]

Wow, smh. We all know what would’ve happened anyway, Galaxy would’ve gone on to become the first MLS side to win Fifa Clubs World Cup.

[@notjustbaggish]

That year, there were tough teams around the world. I am not even betting on Real Madrid to beat Galaxy. The South American teams were even the best using the old FIFA CWC format.

[@Owensully123]

Good video but I wouldn’t call the clubs involved obscure or unknown. All of the clubs are highly known and respected in their given country and region

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Absolutely! That's my bad for diminishing these clubs' successes.

[@Owensully123]

@@Anthony.LaRosa no worries, the video was very good though. I found your channel today and I really enjoy the content you post, keep it up

[@ikercastillo644]

he's american. anything not from the US is considered unknown because everyone knows everything from the US is better.

[@TheLucidor]

Just stumbled upon this channel. What a gem. Quality videos about interesting subjects. Nice work 👏 keep it up!

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Appreciate it!

[@JoMa_Black]

Horst Dassler wasn't the founder of Adidas. And you also didn't describe how FIFA killed the Club World Cup Dreams, but how ILS did. But you still made a good video.

[@JohnSmith-ys1wr]

winning 3 matches in 5 days with 13 players??? id say NO other team would be up for that including Real Madrid

[@SoundsideSherry]

I'm assuming that DC United's CCL win in 1998 isn't being counted because the Club World Cup didn't exist at the time? Not to discount the LA Galaxy's miracle run in 2000 or them getting snubbed out of the 2001 CWC, but they weren't the first MLS team to lift that trophy.

[@DizzyMakavelli]

Clube World Cup exist since the Pele era... It wasn’t made by Fifa and had other names/structures but was there.

[@farehamoxonian]

@@DizzyMakavelli the original Club World Championship was a one off game between the champions of Europe and South America in Tokyo

[@DizzyMakavelli]

@@farehamoxonian It was way before this... This is Copa Toyota.

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Tbh, I somehow skipped over the fact DC won the Champions Cup in 98’. But yeah, the official FIFA Club World Cup/Championship didn’t come around till 2000, so this was the first qualification into that specific tournament. I’m not sure if DC qualified for anything from their 98’ win

[@jettapa3427]

DC United played Copa Libertadories champs Vasco de Gama in what I think was called the Continental Cup? They also won it. I know 90s era mls is often considered inferior (and rightfully so) but those DC United teams were stacked and could play with a lot of teams.

[@timlamiam]

Wild how Blatter, who was in charge until the mid 2010s, had to deal with the fallout of something set up by Havelange in the 60s

[@AwokenEntertainment]

So sad that they didn't even get paid..

[@ryanh1892]

8:13 Check out #3, he's like "damn #12 don't make me look short!"

[@Slo-ryde]

The only FIFA head that was more corrupt than Blatter, was Havelange…. But Blatter learned well from Hav!

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

I didn't even know about how much corruption was built into FIFA even before Blatter until I watched that Netflix documentary

[@suspence5832]

FIFA should bring back the 12 team format for the club world cup. Having just one team for each confederation is too small for representation

[@JosephGeorgeJoseJorge]

They Killed Olimpia's (Honduras) dream too. Thanks Fifa , I'm Motagua 😁

[@notjustbaggish]

I just made a comment about Enyimba's back to back CAF champions league victories in 2003 and 2004 which coincidentally happened before restart at 2005. That team was like the Super Eagles dream team. The world missed it too. So I told him some countries suffered more, lol.

[@googlesu]

2:10 Wrong! Adidas was founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler! Horst Dassler later took charge of Adidas and continued the growth of the company

[@RaveGreenTV]

COME ON YOU SOUNDERS

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Rooting for y’all!

[@mrnobody8302]

No chance seeing how poorly yall did this this in MLS

[@Turtles9415]

let’s hope the sounders win the MLS cup this year

[@mrnobody8302]

@@Turtles9415 Nope, 0% chance seeing your guys performance.

[@raphaelarenas4471]

Let's not forget that by reaching the final of the CONCACAF cup, Olimpia too qualified to the Club World Cup. So FIFA killed their world cup dream too 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnjames529]

Sure. Same thing.

[@remmidemmi496]

You're mixing up Adi and Horst Dassler. Horst was Adi's son, I believe. Adi was the brains behind the actual shoes.

[@chingon784]

Never forget El gato Hartman, real mls OG

[@TonySpike]

The founder of Adidas was actualy Adolf "Adi" Dassler .....not Horst Fun fact ...he did it alongside his brother Rudolph who went on to found Puma after they fell out with each other

[@rudoboyo13]

Up Da G’s 👽🔵⚪️🟡

[@MrGA555]

MLS issue is there inability to play away games, well, away.

[@DjGCue71]

can those players do anything now? like a lawsuit to FIFA?

[@davidjauregui4091]

Great video, very informative

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Appreciate it!

[@marvin.a.flores]

How did we let sepp blater be pres this long

[@brandonb3174]

How was no one from Mexico arrested for fifagate

[@BurnRoddy]

This is wrong. Everybody knows the first team to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup was DC United back in 1998. This is because later they went on to play the Interamerican Cup against Brazilian giants Vasco Da Gama which att they had non other than Juninho Pernambucano (this guy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWTXm3yKprhladU) and against all odds they actually managed to win it.

[@TonySpike]

i believe the Club World Championship and Club World Cup are actually 2 seperate tournaments ...the latter is not a continuation of the former ...it just replaced it They even have different trophys

[@johnjames529]

What? No.

[@Dalenumba3]

Touring with hootie and the blowfish is no small feat tbh! 🐡 that’s honestly lit af

[@patrickdag4601]

what's the music you use in this video?

[@johnjames529]

DC United boasting the likes of Marco Etcheverry, Jeff Agoos and JESSE MARSCH!? Jesse Marsch was barely a bench player and only played part in 15 games in 2 years. How about John Harkes, Jaime Moreno, Raul Diaz Arce. There was nothing boastful about having Marsch on the team.

[@jelvir10]

Important points besides DC united winning the concacaf champions they were also the best team in the MLS during those times, in the same region Olimpia from Honduras was a hot team that had good players and was meant to go after beating Pachuca from Mexico. The tournament in Brasil a year prior did happen but it was lame.

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

Maqwell brought me here.....Now I'm subscribed too 👍💪💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Hey, welcome! Was my video recommended after watching one of his? If so that’s great!

[@waqarkhan25]

Are you kidding me about FIFA destroyed Football itself did you watch the news whenever FIFA official got arrested

[@RichardZNot]

It's honestly so nice to know that Football (actually you guys call it soccer there but here we call it football 😅) in The US actually has a lot of supporters, i Hope that Football there gets better and better until one day maybe we can make a Good National Team and win The WC, it could take a while but it's my dream, I've never really been to the US as I came to Brazil when I was 2 but my dad always told me about how amazing the country is and he also told me a lot about Atlanta United, that I can't watch due to it not passing on TV here, but I still keep an eye out on the news and the match info, so I created a bond to the country and it's league even though I've basically never been there And i Hope the MLS continues growing to the point where it gets international relevance and it may actually be possible to see it here Well anyways thank you for making so much content about this Sport, my life isn't that easy and watching a football match is always something I'd resort to do when I had to refresh my mind, it's just something that may frustrate me sometimes but it's a sport I'll simply love forever, and i want for more people there to know how good this Sport is as well So thanks for making a channel based on this Sport that's basically a part of my life

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Just like you, football is a part of my life too. I love the passion and stories the game develops world wide. I hope you're able to catch some of Atlanta's matches in the future!

[@OceanGroupGamer]

After you said Jesse marsch you lost me sorry 😂

[@Fred_Lougee]

To be fair, he was a lot better player than he was a coach. MLS has had more than it's share of good players who turned into shady coaches, imo.

[@hectorherdocia]

Olímpia also qualified for the CWC alongside Galaxy

[@HugoJSL]

Wondering if getting the money would have meant that olimpia would have gotten a stadium by now

[@hectorherdocia]

@@HugoJSL right now they announced that they are going to build the stadium, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, for 17k people aprox.

[@HugoJSL]

@@hectorherdocia yea I know hahahaha but I feel like it's a little bit too late. Better late than never, although I will miss tegus

[@elgalactico4185]

Chicharo, Costa, Vanney out ASAP

[@johnjames529]

The intro is bizarre. Who hasn't heard of the Club World Cup?

[@Asshat237]

uh-dee-dus? I thought all soccer fans knew it was adi-daas

[@Johnm-ko1eo]

You say Galaxy are the most successful, but DC has more trophies.

[@floridaman478]

yea but currently, not too good.

[@Esuper1]

How is that working our for ya?

[@notjustbaggish]

Lol Anthony LaRosa, LA Galaxy's story is not as big as Enyimba FC's back to back 2003 and 2004 victories that disappointed the biggest black Nation on Earth, Nigeria for seeing their strongest club go against the best in the world. Funny FIFA CWC restarted in 2005 and no Nigerian club has ever had the chance since. Did you know that the desire to play on the international stage was so much that the NFA had to invite Portsmouth FC, the English FA cup champion at one time to play Kano Pillars the League Champion? Of course, they were thrashed though, lol. They weren't on that Enyimba FC's level as it was in those hey days. My point is, FIFA f*d up, big time. Some countries even more than others. Well, today, I want FIFA to scrap their current format, and let the competing teams play out of two groups A and B like a normal tournament. I assure you, it won't be easy for the European teams that have the money and deep rosters. Makes the tournament more interesting. And it was the format of 2000 that made we begin watching club football round the world. You would be surprised that I know MLS clubs because I picked interest. But I bet you don't know more than 3 African clubs without using Google.

[@Sarhoshi]

Galatasaray had become the first muslim labeled country to win Europa & Super cup against arsenal & Madrid. So when they had a chance to “win/paticipate” club World Cup they cut that shhh real quick.

[@ae86takumi]

😂 they could have just booked at ticket to Madrid , Spain and it would have been the same result . Go and leave 😆

[@northamericanintercontinen3207]

And also they did is to Tigres

[@eddiecorado1635]

I already detest FIFA now I just have another reason

[@christopher1410]

Hosrt Dassler wasnn´t the founder. He is the Son of the Founder of Adolf "Adi" Dassler. 😉

[@thewanderer9958]

Glory to Columbus 🟡⚫️

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

As always :)

[@thewanderer9958]

@@Anthony.LaRosa think you could do a video on Wilfred Nancy, and the job he has going forward? Considering I also follow United, Nancy’s appointment (in the light of Ten Hag’s transformation) has me optimistic.

[@Argenswiss]

Who cares? We got to see Boca beat Madrid in the best club international final of all time

[@lordpembridge303]

0:52 an MLS team participating for the first time? I'm sure the rest of the world is really excited and is a reason for them to pay attention to this pointless competition 😂

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Did you not realize this is a channel about MLS? Therefore the content is centered towards MLS viewers. Not really telling the rest of the world to care, speaking to MLS fans :)

[@lordpembridge303]

@@Anthony.LaRosa this is the first video I've watched from your channel so I didn't fully understand the context

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

@@lordpembridge303 You’re all good! Just wanted to fill you in. Glad you found the video

[@christiankrueger2377]

Remember when FIFA killed LA Galaxy’s Club World Cup Dream? Nope

[@BernardMochan]

Guess what, Dingbat? Central America isn't a continent. It's a region... and it's part of North America.

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

Thank you for this information I already know, Dingbat.

[@trumanerichson6297]

*promosm* 😊

[@relentless1989]

??? who cares MLS is crap any way

[@Anthony.LaRosa]

lol

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

And the corruption of FIFA is still alive today. Absolutely insane dawg.