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World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

Minnesota blew it against América. América gets a red in the 62nd, Minnesota takes a 3-2 lead in the 65th and then give up the tying goal in the 90th. Go on to lose in penalties 8-7.
 
And just like that, all the Liga MX teams are gone from Leagues Cup. Miami v Orlando and LA Galaxy v Seattle are the semifinals.
 
Kepler said:
Has MLS passed MX in strength, or just a fluke?

Is this reasonable?
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It’s hard to say. Overall (all 18 Liga MX teams vs all 30 MLS teams), yeah MLS is stronger but in the top tier Liga MX is still better (as CONCACAF Champions Cup results show).

As for ranking leagues worldwide, again it’s hard to say. The quality of a lot of leagues can vary wildly from top to bottom, France’s Ligue 1 is a prime example: PSG is the best team in the world but Angers and La Havre would likely struggle against teams from Brazil or Mexico. I think league rankings like that tend to overrate leagues based upon their top teams, the Dutch, Portuguese and Belgian leagues especially, and underrate leagues that are far more competitive like Brazil.
 
USMNT roster dropped for the September friendlies. Pulisic is back but some players are missing.

The gold is in Poch's comments though:
Poch: "We need to give MLS the value, because I think competing there, I think players can show that they can perform in the national team. I think it's not necessary to move from MLS to Europe. Because sometimes MLS, under my assessment, maybe is more competitive than some leagues in Europe..."
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"...We have some players competing in different leagues [that] maybe are not so competitive, or in every single week compete in the same way that you compete in MLS every single week... 'Oh, if you play in a team in Europe, you are above the players that are in MLS.' That is not the way to assess"
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USMNT Twitter in shambles...
 
Hilariously, two of the players called in are Sebastian Berhalter and Jonathan Kilinsman :sneaky:.

Should be noted that Klinsmann plays in Serie B but somehow having 12 players from your domestic league is the bigger story.
 
Jimjamesak said:
It’s hard to say. Overall (all 18 Liga MX teams vs all 30 MLS teams), yeah MLS is stronger but in the top tier Liga MX is still better (as CONCACAF Champions Cup results show).

As for ranking leagues worldwide, again it’s hard to say. The quality of a lot of leagues can vary wildly from top to bottom, France’s Ligue 1 is a prime example: PSG is the best team in the world but Angers and La Havre would likely struggle against teams from Brazil or Mexico. I think league rankings like that tend to overrate leagues based upon their top teams, the Dutch, Portuguese and Belgian leagues especially, and underrate leagues that are far more competitive like Brazil.
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Thanks. Good explanation.
 
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