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<blockquote data-quote="CuseJacket" data-source="post: 520085" data-attributes="member: 274"><p>No. In fact, I don't think the United championship registers anywhere outside of Atlanta or Portland. Name the last 5 MLS champs... no one knows... because no one cares.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking about creating another thread re: the significance of the United championship, but maybe my point is best served here. This championship is not a curse-breaker. Can you imagine another city, say Chicago, coming off a long championship drought and then claiming their MLS team broke the streak? We would laugh at them.</p><p></p><p>The United championship left the ESPN front page within 12 hours. That is, assuming it ever made the front page. I'm not sure because I didn't visit ESPN until the next morning.</p><p></p><p>We have a long way to go. Most of my soccer buddies didn't know about Atlanta United's following, let alone that we were a top team the last 2 years. They all watch the Premier league or one of the other top 2-3 leagues. These are guys who played soccer in college.</p><p></p><p>As for the MLS... it still has a long way to go to earn attention and respect.</p><p></p><p>I'm happy for United. That said, in the landscape of sports in the U.S., let alone elsewhere, we are the tree falling in the forest with no one around to hear. I enjoy soccer too, so don't take this as coming from a soccer-hating point of view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CuseJacket, post: 520085, member: 274"] No. In fact, I don't think the United championship registers anywhere outside of Atlanta or Portland. Name the last 5 MLS champs... no one knows... because no one cares. I was thinking about creating another thread re: the significance of the United championship, but maybe my point is best served here. This championship is not a curse-breaker. Can you imagine another city, say Chicago, coming off a long championship drought and then claiming their MLS team broke the streak? We would laugh at them. The United championship left the ESPN front page within 12 hours. That is, assuming it ever made the front page. I'm not sure because I didn't visit ESPN until the next morning. We have a long way to go. Most of my soccer buddies didn't know about Atlanta United's following, let alone that we were a top team the last 2 years. They all watch the Premier league or one of the other top 2-3 leagues. These are guys who played soccer in college. As for the MLS... it still has a long way to go to earn attention and respect. I'm happy for United. That said, in the landscape of sports in the U.S., let alone elsewhere, we are the tree falling in the forest with no one around to hear. I enjoy soccer too, so don't take this as coming from a soccer-hating point of view. [/QUOTE]
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