(05-23-2013 10:48 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 10:44 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 10:24 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(05-23-2013 09:11 AM)mufanatehc Wrote:  No one from Mississippi or Florida is going to care about, nor follow, a team in Atlanta or Charlotte. The great bulk of mls fan support is fairly local. It would not be like the situation with the braves, in which they become the south's team. MLS just doesn't, nor likely ever will, have that kind of casual fan support.

Also, the EPL remains more popular because its the most elite soccer league that has primary commentary in English.

Bundesliga and La Liga laughs in your face.

I'm not sure about La Liga....While they may have two of the 5 or 6 most elite clubs in the world, the rest of the league is not that impressive to me. It really seems to be a barbell approach.

While I agree La Liga is top heavy, EPL isn't much better. ManU, ManC, Chelsea, Aresnal will all finish in top 4-5 ~99% of the time. While I do feel that is starting to shift a bit (Spurs, Everton, Racists making strides) right now it's those 4 and everyone else.

Meh...if you look historically at the league, you have to throw in L'pool to the top tier even though they have been down the last year or two. Then you add in the likes of a Newcastle and a few others to the middle tier and you have a very solid (historically) league.