I know you are all looking forward to the 2025 MLS season which gets underway this weekend. The 10 year worldwide TV deal with Apple TV means that virtually no-one in the world will be watching. It’s a big shame because the league was starting to gain some respect in Europe but is now receding back to anonymity.
The good news though is that memorable 2022 CONCACAF Champions League win by the Sounders gained them qualification for the controversial but potentially massive new FIFA World Club Cup in the summer. Basically a club version of the World Cup has seen massive debate about player welfare giving some players another 3 to 7 games after a long 9 month season.
FIFA want this competition to broadcast for free and DAZN appear to have worldwide rights so must make sure it is widely available, it could actually be decent to watch.
Games against Botofogo (Brz), Paris St Germain and Atletico Madrid should finally give us a chance to see what the standard of the MLS.
This has been mostonmike, your football correspondent. I will keep you posted.
The 2025 Season
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Re: The 2025 Season
So the controversial and unpopular FIFA Club World Cup has reached the semi final stage.
The Sounders didn’t make it to the knockout / playoff rounds after these group stage results
Mon, Jun 16 L 1-2 to Botafogo
Thu, Jun 19 L 1-3 to Atlético Madrid
Mon, Jun 23 L 0-2 to Paris Saint-Germain
Tough draw, Madrid finished 3rd in the Spanish league and Paris became European Champions for the first time after winning the UEFA Champions League in May.
At least it wasn’t an embarrassment unlike Auckland City FC who lost their first game 10-0 to Bayern Munich then 6-0 to Benfica.
It the MLS, the Sounders are sat in 5th in the Western Conference just after the halfway stage of the regular season, so in a good spot for the playoffs. I have watched precisely zero MLS this season so far, I might catch some of the playoffs which are around the same time as the baseball playoffs.
And finally. If you are ever discussing MLS with random British people, you can say “Phil Neville is manager of the Portland Timbers now” and they would be fascinated by that odd fact. He was coach of Inter Miami, for whom legend Lionel Messi plays, until his mate David Beckham sacked him. That can be your follow up survival fact if you are questioned about how shit US soccer is.
The Sounders didn’t make it to the knockout / playoff rounds after these group stage results
Mon, Jun 16 L 1-2 to Botafogo
Thu, Jun 19 L 1-3 to Atlético Madrid
Mon, Jun 23 L 0-2 to Paris Saint-Germain
Tough draw, Madrid finished 3rd in the Spanish league and Paris became European Champions for the first time after winning the UEFA Champions League in May.
At least it wasn’t an embarrassment unlike Auckland City FC who lost their first game 10-0 to Bayern Munich then 6-0 to Benfica.
It the MLS, the Sounders are sat in 5th in the Western Conference just after the halfway stage of the regular season, so in a good spot for the playoffs. I have watched precisely zero MLS this season so far, I might catch some of the playoffs which are around the same time as the baseball playoffs.
And finally. If you are ever discussing MLS with random British people, you can say “Phil Neville is manager of the Portland Timbers now” and they would be fascinated by that odd fact. He was coach of Inter Miami, for whom legend Lionel Messi plays, until his mate David Beckham sacked him. That can be your follow up survival fact if you are questioned about how shit US soccer is.