The USL: Troll the World
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 15:31
I know Mark is kinda kidding around with this, because he calls it "the MLS," a mistake he's avoided in the past. At this point, it's like saying Southern Cal or Man U—there's no other reason to say it except to irritate the sort of people who would be irritated by it. (Like me, and other MLS partisans.)

You'd think a lot of this would have been asked and answered when Seattle actually chose MLS players in the expansion draft, rather than proudly saying "We don't need your charity! We were good enough to win the USL with the guys we have, and by God, we're good enough to win MLS Cup! Sounders assemble! Roger Levesque, and away!"

Francisco Marcos, though....he may be genuinely trying to sell this.

What makes the USL performance so impressive is that it technically wasn't supposed to be in the tournament. None of its 17 U.S.-based teams was eligible. Montreal got in through a Canadian qualifier, and Puerto Rico survived a 19-team qualifier for the Caribbean.

"MLS should have more teams than we do because they are the first-division league," Marcos says. "Fine, give them three. But give USL one, or at least a play-in game." Hey, you know what? This is a fantastic idea. Let's take him up on it. But not just a play-in game. Let's have an entire tournament, between every USL club and every MLS club.

But why stop at the USL? Let's open this tournament up to every club in the country! If a USL team wins this cup, then of course they should qualify for the Champions League.

"Those questions have been answered on the field, where they should be answered." Sad but true.

At least, in the United States. Toronto FC? If you'd like to absolutely beat the snot out of Montreal in the Riboflavin Championship (or whatever it's called) this year, just so we can stop hearing this, that would be great. Free scouting report: I hear the Impact tend to take their foot of the pedal in the second half.

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