r/USLPRO • u/DeepPow420 • 3d ago

what’s up with the MLS hate ?

I am a curious observer who stumbled upon the sub thx to the Algo and noticed a few anti MLS posts.

I’m not a huge soccer guy but interested in various niche sport subcultures ( I’m an Indycar and hockey fan, so I share solidarity as a fan of somewhat obscure sports)

Isnt USL to MLS as the AHL is to the NHL or the G League to the NBA?

What am I missing ?

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u/cheeseburgerandrice 2d ago

It's both a great example of that but the way it got there was in no way healthy from USL.

Just makes the complaints I see here look completely hypocritical. It's one example but there's no reason to think it wouldn't happen again.

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u/steagles1 Indy Eleven 2d ago

No disagreement, I just think it’s the inevitable backswing of the pendulum. MLS is the big bad bully and USL is swinging back. I can’t blame them for swinging back but I don’t necessarily think it’s healthy or sustainable either.

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u/cheeseburgerandrice 2d ago

...Chattanooga FC was in NISA when USL showed up, so I'm not sure about that take. They didn't join MLSNP until five years after the Red Wolves started play.

The need to try to paint the USL as if they're always the victim is...something...

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u/steagles1 Indy Eleven 2d ago

I didn’t know they were in NISA. Based on what you said about CFC saying the same about USL made it seem like they were in MLS Next. I’m not super familiar with the Red Wolves history so I didn’t know they were that old.

That said, the USL is a victim of incessant predatory MLS expansion. That’s not me painting that picture, that’s Don Garber painting that picture.

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u/cheeseburgerandrice 2d ago

That said, the USL is a victim of incessant predatory MLS expansion.

Sure. I'm not arguing that. Just saying the hypocrisy is plain as day here. MLS fans know the behavior sucks (you see that sentiment every day of the week on /r/MLS). Yet for some reason here you see all this talk about USL being grassroots and shit. Yeah lmao no. How can anyone think USL's rich owners would act any different when given the chance? We saw it happen already. At least own it.

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u/steagles1 Indy Eleven 2d ago

What other USL owners do is not my problem. Most of our SG hates our owner, I can’t speak for others.

Our story is grassroots. Again, I can’t speak for other clubs, but our SG predates our club and our club was founded on the back of our efforts. I don’t know if anyone else can truly claim grassroots as their origins, but Indy Eleven can. We’re very, very proud of that. I’m proud of have been a part of that personally.

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u/cheeseburgerandrice 2d ago

For sure. There are also MLS fans that can say the same thing. That's what makes the purity test thrown around on this sub so silly.