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May 11, 2018
7:10:44am

Archaea All-American

Didn’t you see Hiddlesfield against ManCity?

No way is Levante better.

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Archaea

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So where does MLS rank compared to other pro leagues worldwide?

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

5/10/18 9:59am

~10-12

Regal Ute

5/10/18 10:01am

So it's the WCC of professional soccer?

Indy Coug

5/10/18 10:02am

Not from a parity perspective.

GuitarGuy

5/10/18 10:04am

Kinda.

RSL

5/10/18 10:11am

Far behind the big 4 in Europe. Slightly behind the 2nd tier in Europe as well

Dynasty1

5/10/18 10:02am

Define second tier. I'd say MLS is better than Allsvenskan, SPL, and the Jupiler League.

RSL

5/10/18 10:12am

I'd say 2nd tier would be the French, Portuguese and Dutch leagues

Dynasty1

5/10/18 10:13am

That's fair.

RSL

5/10/18 10:28am

Dutch league is terrible. Not even a top 10 league in Europe. 2nd tier is only France, Portugal, Russia.

scootsy

5/10/18 10:33am

It's down right now but traditionally its been one of the strongest in Europe

Dynasty1

5/10/18 10:35am

Based on the UEFA coefficient, which is used to determine how many CL and EL spots each league gets, they've ranked 16,

scootsy

5/10/18 10:37am

AJAX is one of the most successful clubs in the world. PSV and Feyenoord have

Dynasty1

5/10/18 10:41am

I agree with scootsy, though, that it's been down for a while now.

RSL

5/10/18 10:47am

I don't know what's been wrong with Dutch soccer in general.

JmThms

5/10/18 12:32pm

Twente is rated below Real Salt Lake!

calvindyer

5/10/18 11:27am

Is it as good as the Scottish League?

Archaea

5/10/18 7:04pm

Yes. Celtic is probably better than any MLS team, but everyone else is way below MLS.

RSL

5/10/18 7:05pm

Sounds about right. And the Swedish League? It's not very big

Archaea

5/10/18 7:08pm

So top tier is Bundasliga, English Premiere League, Spanish and Italian leagues?

5/10/18 10:27am

Yes, except the Bundesliga generally isn't the best. They fluctuate but La Liga

Dynasty1

5/10/18 10:28am

Really, it usually has three good teams and the next three being okay.

Archaea

5/10/18 7:06pm

Spanish League is best, France is in the top 5 as well.

kolob32

5/10/18 10:29am

Spanish league isn’t the best. EPL is.

Jezza

5/10/18 10:57am

Depends on how you define "the best". Premier League *might* have better teams

mik3

5/10/18 11:16am

The overall quality in the EPL is far superior. Barca and Real Madrid have rule

Archaea

5/10/18 7:07pm

Perhaps. But the minnows from La Liga have had an edge on their EPL counterparts

mik3

5/10/18 8:45pm

Let's compare the 10-20 in those leagues:

RSL

5/10/18 9:04pm

Didn’t you see Hiddlesfield against ManCity?

Archaea

5/11/18 7:10am

Have you watched Levante?

RSL

5/11/18 8:53am

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RSL

5/11/18 8:47am

I don’t think “far superior” means what you think it means. Literal LOL.

chilango

5/18/18 10:52pm

LOL

chilango

5/18/18 10:42pm

And how does the MLS compare to the second level of the top 5 domestic leagues?

The Chelsea Dagger

5/10/18 12:21pm

Quality of play. But there are business and infrastructure considerations too.

JmThms

5/10/18 12:44pm

Around 12th I think.

kolob32

5/10/18 10:17am

538 currently has the best MLS team at 227th worldwide.

Filiberto

5/10/18 10:27am

Figure ~20-22 teams per league puts MLS in the 10-12th best league

SpiffCoug

5/10/18 10:49am

I would speculate it's probably the 15th through 20th best league.

Archaea

5/10/18 7:09pm

Just above Jr College

Paul Hewson

5/10/18 10:43am

Are you a Pro/Relot?

JmThms

5/10/18 12:34pm

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