Well said. I appreciate how well you express how I feel about our club. I'm not one to clamor for a coach to be fired after a difficult run of play, but I recognize that great coaches push their teams to be more than the sum of their players and we seem to be seeing the opposite. We are better than what is on the pitch.
Sac Republic people, you are too hard on yourselves! The payroll of the MLS has escalated progressively year to year while that of the USL has been stagnant, so that the median team payroll of an MLS team is now TWENTY TIMES that of even the highest payroll in the USL Championship. There are individual players on EVERY MLS team who make more than entire USL team rosters! While temporarily this may not be good for US Open Cup "cupsets" , this is a good trend for American soccer, an objective indication that the quality of play in this country is going up. The payrolls of MLS will likely level off once Messi retires/moves away, and the rise of the USL ecosystem will inevitably lead to higher USL payrolls and overall quality. In the meantime, MOST of the MLS vs USL contests have been surprisingly close, with lopsided loss such as the TB Rowdies the exception rather than the rule! TLDR: the MLS is paying 20X to get only 1.2-1.5X better quality play than the USL!
What many of us are feeling has nothing to do with the loss itself. It has to do with the fact that we put out a line up that showed we weren't taking this cup seriously. Furthermore, the team is not showing the same passion to win that they have in previous seasons, often not playing like they have any desire to win. Combine that with one of the worst starts to a season and lack luster results and you have a fan base that knows these players could have done better on Wednesday night but from the line up to the effort simply didn't appear to want to compete and expect better.
Well said. I appreciate how well you express how I feel about our club. I'm not one to clamor for a coach to be fired after a difficult run of play, but I recognize that great coaches push their teams to be more than the sum of their players and we seem to be seeing the opposite. We are better than what is on the pitch.
Sac Republic people, you are too hard on yourselves! The payroll of the MLS has escalated progressively year to year while that of the USL has been stagnant, so that the median team payroll of an MLS team is now TWENTY TIMES that of even the highest payroll in the USL Championship. There are individual players on EVERY MLS team who make more than entire USL team rosters! While temporarily this may not be good for US Open Cup "cupsets" , this is a good trend for American soccer, an objective indication that the quality of play in this country is going up. The payrolls of MLS will likely level off once Messi retires/moves away, and the rise of the USL ecosystem will inevitably lead to higher USL payrolls and overall quality. In the meantime, MOST of the MLS vs USL contests have been surprisingly close, with lopsided loss such as the TB Rowdies the exception rather than the rule! TLDR: the MLS is paying 20X to get only 1.2-1.5X better quality play than the USL!
What many of us are feeling has nothing to do with the loss itself. It has to do with the fact that we put out a line up that showed we weren't taking this cup seriously. Furthermore, the team is not showing the same passion to win that they have in previous seasons, often not playing like they have any desire to win. Combine that with one of the worst starts to a season and lack luster results and you have a fan base that knows these players could have done better on Wednesday night but from the line up to the effort simply didn't appear to want to compete and expect better.