I am new to the game of soccer and it is difficult to keep up with European soccer sometimes with the time differences and lack of coverage in America. Although MLS games aren't televised too often, they've got to be easier to catch on TV than any European game. I think ESPN does one EPL game a month really early on Saturday or Sunday morning. Otherwise, I could pay extra for the sports package to get standard definition GolTV or Fox Soccer. I have yet to watch a Euro game on an internet feed that wasn't choppy or didn't get pulled down for copyright infringement.
Yeah, it's tough to keep up with the time difference sometimes. I finally paid out for Fox Soccer, and if you don't mind waking up early on the weekends you can catch a few games a week at least. Some of the games they choose to air over others are a little suspect, but that may be down to British broadcasting rights because I think that Fox is a Sky partner so maybe they don't have full rights to every game? (Correct me if I'm wrong anyone who knows...)
With all of that said, I watched last night's opener and am looking forward to the new season. I live in Chicago and was looking into season tickets for the Fire because they are ridiculously cheap. I've already purchased some great seats (1st row, midfield!) for the game vs the NY Red Bull in June.
If you'd be able to make most of the games, I'd say it's worth it. I have season tickets for the Sounders, and I'll only be able to make maybe 60% of the games this year. Granted, I know I'll be able to sell the ones I can't use, which may not be the case for you (don't know how strong support for the Fire is) but either way, they're probably cheaper too. If you have the means and are really serious about it, it's worth it to be able to go to every game you can.
As far as last night's game goes, it was sloppy as hell. The rain and playing on turf didn't help the quality of play. David Beckham, one of the major draws in MLS, looked completely disinterested in what was happening on the field. I don't know how LA fans take this guy but to me he looks as if he thinks he's "above the MLS". Despite all of that, the game was still somewhat exciting.
Yeah. This time of year, rain is the prevalent weather condition in these parts, so there's not a lot for it. I guess we could build a covered stadium, but there's really no space in Seattle for
another stadium, so it'd end up being built not in Seattle and then how would we get off being the Seattle Sounders haha? Wet turf=very fast surface, and you could tell that the ball was just getting away from people sometimes. Plus, the MLS isn't exactly world renown for it's tight, controlled play even in the dry...
As for Becks, I just really think he doesn't want to be here anymore. He came to the MLS to try and develop the league, which has sort of worked, it is better now than it was, but I think his loans in Europe have reminded him what it's like to play at that level and he knows he still
could play at that level, so I think he's fallen into a disinterest with MLS. Hopefully he'll either 'man up' or get out. LA has plenty of other good midfielders, they could stand to lose him.
Great goal by Juninho, he's looked really good since joining the Galaxy. I felt like Seattle had more chances than LA, but once again we failed to capitalize on what we got. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend again...
