Why San Diego is a perfect fit for an MLS club

[@Cobra-eu5pc]

ive been waiting for a MLS team in SD for a long time finally lets goo

[@Swootol]

After Years of waiting finally we are getting an MLS TEAM VAMOS!!!

[@danielcluley870]

Great episode. Would love to see Sacha rotated in more on this show. He gives a lot of insight!

[@JoaquinTazabi]

Real happy for Daygo, my favorite city in Southern California

[@lasportsfanatic2353]

Great show. David and Sacha have good chemistry

[@WhereverUAre972]

To those who want promotion and relegation established in MLS or the USL, look at the comments about San Diego finally getting an MLS team as a reason why pro/rel will never happen. Americans don't support their sports teams unless they are in the "major leagues" like the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA.

[@jemazondo9331]

Americans have college sports. So that’s where that energy goes. Someone in LA watches Lakers as their pro team and then USC as their semi-pro team. We would rather watch USC vs UCLA than two 2nd League teams

[@marshallcraft25]

Fr all these San Diego natives prolly don’t even support Loyal 😂

[@oggiggs]

They absolutely do, as long as there's not another major league team in town. Tons of towns even support minor league teams that are specifically affiliated with major league teams as a feeder system, especially in baseball. The hottest ticket in Toledo are the Mudhens and Walleye, both explicitly minor league teams

[@joshuah.6095]

Ahhh to defend a billionaire boys club. Yeah, if there was a possibility to make it to the "major league" by merit (not paying a fee to get a franchise like McDonalds) I'm sure americans would support their teams.

[@rahminbuckman6090]

@@marshallcraft25 I live in San Diego, don't support Loyal much....but will for sure support this SD MLS team! Others will too.

[@GJitzu]

Shout out from SD! ❤

[@JonathanCLacy]

Where are the highlights from last night's games?

[@soonbluemoon8757]

Helll yeahhh it would be crazy

[@alphonse8144]

SD Loyal>>>

[@dcor_nothing3914]

Where the highlights at for last nights games?!

[@dkchaose89]

I got a lot of popcorn, so I'm ready for the next chapters of "Soccer Wars" between MLS & the NWSL versus The United Soccer Leagues ecosystem. R.I.P. to San Diego Loyal of USL Championship and Albion San Diego of NISA!?

[@WhereverUAre972]

No way San Diego can support three teams. Everyone currently "rooting" for San Diego Loyal will hop on the San Diego FC bandwagon in 2025 thus causing San Diego Loyal and Albion San Diego to fold... just like when St. Louis FC folded after everyone deserted that club for St. Louis City SC.

[@fishandsticks9339]

The arrival of San Diego FC in 2025 will not only affect the USL and NISA clubs but it will also affect another USL club, Monterrey Bay.

[@cx34]

@@fishandsticks9339 I just hope it isn’t San Diego FC and that they’re actually given a unique team name for once

[@fishandsticks9339]

​@@cx34 Unless things change or those of us who lurk social media are deceived, it looks like the official name will be San Diego FC.

[@cx34]

@@fishandsticks9339 how original…

[@paulmcgee7039]

David Gass is the man.

[@estebanfebres-cordero3937]

Another California team?

[@Hernandezwalter]

Lets go!!!

[@diegodnt5638]

Óbvio que a cidade com o meu nome iria ter um time 😎

[@timothyencinas3353]

Poor Sacramento. They've done everything they could to get in MLS. There's no way they expand another franchise in CA after San Diego becomes #4.

[@dkchaose89]

Considering the investor that backed out during the pandemic played a part in bringing San Diego Wave to life, I was not surprised by what has unfolded.

[@Chudsic]

MLS is probably happy, San Diego i would suspect is a much bigger and more attractive market

[@tfries72]

They won’t do another California team no way I can see either Las Vegas or Detroit. Detroit has the following

[@jemazondo9331]

Sacramento has a USL team AND a soccer specific stadium that holds 10k. They even beat Galaxy last year at Carson! I was there. It was great.

[@GeoAce777]

​@@Chudsic I can see Louisville or NOLA ⚜️

[@markc90]

Finally!!!!

[@seand1011]

And with that, the final stake has been driven into Sacramento's collective hearts. $500M is the new expansion fee? Yeah, they don't have a chance anymore.

[@GeoAce777]

'Inter United Real San Diego City Craft FC' 🍺

[@JoyStickJester_]

This was supposed to go to Sacramento. 😢😢😢😢. What the hell happened? We were all excited for the MLS to be in Sacramento. Ron Burkle backed out but why?

[@davidt3956]

What happened was LA/NY bias. SD is a suburb of LA, they weren't about to give it to Sacramento, a city that was ready a decade ago. They'd rather have three teams near LA than two in Northern California

[@jdcasc13]

SD is not a suburb of LA. You can say Pomona or even Riverside is but SD is over 100 miles away

[@davidt3956]

@@jdcasc13 Why, yes, it is. 100 miles is nothing. Heck, LA is larger than that. :) Meanwhile, three teams in or near LA and Sacramento, the state capitol that was ready years ago keeps getting rebuffed? Yes, it's LA/NY focused rich folks making the decisions.

[@dkchaose89]

The conspiracy theorist in me believes Sacramento was never the plan, as the same guy who backed out of investing in Sacramento helped pave the way for the San Diego Wave. The plan was for San Diego to be an MLS club all along.

[@paulsmithspearlywhites8888]

Sacha's a cool guy

[@raulfigueroa588]

He is kind of an ass

[@nataliashvedko7431]

What about Detroit and Phoenix?

[@TuncOzturk]

Because your commissioner told you to say so.

[@jthomashair]

Nah MLS in San Diego will do amazingly

What about Detroit Cleveland Indianapolis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Tampa Bay San Francisco Oakland Anaheim Baltimore expansion

[@H-Vox]

That would get us to 40 teams which would be awesome. Maybe in the next 10-15 years. I'd like to see Indy and Detroit next, I want more Midwest rivalries

@@H-Vox money talks and bullshit walks but I don't mind it it being more than 40 teams Plus there's no magic number even the league especially NHL said that and I love that expansion makes everyone play better especially in the NHL but I am mad we in Detroit still didn't get our expansion team yet there are not that many Midwestern MLS teams especially in Detroit Cleveland Indianapolis Milwaukee

@@H-Vox Agree

[@WhereverUAre972]

Detroit City FC, Indy Eleven, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Milwaukee Pro Soccer, Oakland Roots, and Pittsburgh River Hounds already exist in the USL Championship. Baltimore also has a team, the Maryland Bobcats in NISA. The fact that people view anything below MLS or the NFL (XFL and USFL) as inferior and the fact that people don't support already established clubs unless they move to MLS or the NFL are reasons why promotion and relegation will never happen in this country.

@@H-Vox this shocks me that San Diego getting a team before us when they MLS claim they were on hold for expansion

[@mikeyfeliciano7174]

Loyals apparently forgotten

[@Akira-gf2ol]

SASHA ! yooo

[@robertoespinoza1321]

As an lafc supporter I will take a tie I might just feel bad for SKC

[@QPRTokyo]

You mean a draw.

[@Chudsic]

WHOA David Beckham is the best dead ball specialist to ever step foot in MLS, the DISRESPECT!

[@jthomashair]

Just by the eye test, Giovinco’s MLS highlight reel is more impressive

[@Chudsic]

@@jthomashair disagree i lived in Toronto and was outside the stadium when they won the cup. watched gio score the penalty vs club america in ccl. He was a wizard, but Beckham is a legendary free kick artist. Two different worlds honestly

[@jthomashair]

@@Chudsic I guess you would know better than me as someone who watched Giovinco up close! I’m also too young to really remember prime Beckham. I still feel like prime Giovinco was the most dominant individual player I’ve seen in MLS so far, personally.

[@Chudsic]

@@jthomashair not at all just my opinion brother. Giovinco was world class you won't get any argument from me, he was even more impressive up close. And gio came to MLS truly in his prime (like 27-28 if i remember) and Beckham was certainly over the hill (he was closer to 32 ish i think) so Gio had a much more impressive career in the league as an individual player.

[@mirrin55]

To all the San Diego people hyping up this new expansion team... go support San Diego Loyal. Go support a team that actually has genuine roots in your city and isn't a corporate moneygrab. This is the evolution of MLS from ground-up organizations to corporate superclubs like Man City/PSG/Barca. This is why support in the Premier League is floating down to the lower levels of the competition - people want access and authenticity, not $500 million in fees to hype up the newest kid on the block.

[@Cobra-eu5pc]

We can root for both teams and didnt Loyal make 1904 FC kinda fold?

[@salvadorm5046]

Or maybe, just let people root for whatever team they like.

[@rvh9876]

@@salvadorm5046Exactly, from rec league to UEFA Champions League, it’s all good. I like every level for different reasons.

[@dkchaose89]

​@@Cobra-eu5pc- 1904 turned into Albion San Diego. The metamorphosis was due to the 1904 ownership not having the deep pockets they claimed to have

[@H-Vox]

You're fighting a losing battle lol, obviously people are going to be way more excited about an MLS team

[@jordan80673]

Quantity over quality like always

[@Jhon-py2ko]

This taken too serious. The games not a wiki entry. Novice MLS state run programing. 60 something matches are eight months with a vaction too much to analyze pathos laden.

[@RysnMullet]

Yeah, because California doesn’t have enough teams already

[@lordd794]

California is massive, there will be 3 teams in SoCal now, but just one in the North? California is bigger than a lot of European countries that have their own leagues, plus they have a massive Latino population that loves soccer.

[@ilovehannipham007]

No more highlights bruhh?

[@bluesword20]

Prefer that it's in another state. Too many clubs in the same state😅

[@liloreyna]

They didn't talk 1 word about San Diego

[@rvh9876]

Sacha is confusing because he is a SoCal guy. Maybe because SD would be a rival to the Galaxy, Idk. Gass is East Coast elitist and they hate San Diego, I’ve noticed. It could just be “there is already going to be a ton of coverage on this- different topic”.

[@barrettstreeter1850]

I think you need to warm up… There’s science behind it😂 Especially for elite level athletes! But I get the feeling to not want to

[@ayedonp9484]

Funny thing is, it’s not the perfect fit

[@rahminbuckman6090]

How come? Top level youth club teams, top rated us cities for WC ratings, one of the most soccer participating sports in the nation..

[@QPRTokyo]

😂 So amusing 😂😂😂

[@colinjohnson8511]

mls is a joke , i'm going to watch the loyal

[@nrz88]

Imagine if MLS starts doing relegations.

[@dkchaose89]

Keep imagining, because it's not going to happen. Major League Soccer and the United Soccer Leagues are nowhere near the profit margins of the NFL and MLB. If they were, pro/rel could've been a thing. Also, the sports culture here is different than the rest of the world. If your local sports team is not part of the NFL or MLB or the NBA or the NHL, your community doesn't care for it given that the minor leagues here are used to develop talent rather than developing the talent while also providing a competitive atmosphere in a competitive league.

[@tfries72]

@DannyAG soccer has surpassed hockey in popularity in the US. It definitely can happen I wouldn’t totally dismiss it

[@magicwaffles586]

​@@tfries72 soccer maybe, but MLS by itself no way.

[@tfries72]

@@magicwaffles586 fair point actually

[@josebertel7000]

​@@tfries72 in terms of people Practicing? Absolutely but NHL has a great advantage with TV broadcasting