I went and got more stats for you. According to this website, the Columbus Crew, defending champions in the MLS Cup, are the 239th ranked team in the world. 239!!!
239!!!!!!!!!!!
Manchester City from England is the best football / soccer team of the world today. Real Madrid (Spain) comes in second place while Barcelona (Spain) is third. Liverpool FC from England and Inter Milan from Italy complete the Top 5. Check out our complete club world rankings.
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The second best US team, Los Angeles FC, is 373rd in the world. Sadly this is all significantly worse than I thought in even my "biggest hater" moments.
The New England Revolution are 828th in the world, right here on page 17.
Manchester City from England is the best football / soccer team of the world today. Real Madrid (Spain) comes in second place while Barcelona (Spain) is third. Liverpool FC from England and Inter Milan from Italy complete the Top 5. Check out our complete club world rankings.
footballdatabase.com
I'm sorry but the rest of us need to automatically bend over backwards for the 828th best soccer team in the world?!?!?!?! Are you joking?!?!?!?! We're supposed to pretend that this is on par with the other leagues?!?! The fact of the matter is that the worst NFL team in a given year, even if they went 0-17, would still be the 32nd best football team in the world. The worst NBA team is still the 30th best basketball team in the world.
The BEST MLS team is 239th!!!!!!!!! There's a reason why the Cleveland Cavaliers draw 1.3 million for their parade compared to 20k for MLS a hop-skip-and-jump away.
So to sum it up, a high traffic area that I use regularly is set to become much worse, and a landmark historical structure taken down, so the 828th best soccer team in the world can have its own stadium.
Honestly, if anybody here is actually a fan of the team and cares about them winning or losing, it's pathetic (unless you have family on the team I guess, but even then you'd probably just care about that person). Apparently their ceiling remains outside of the Top 200. That's not what Boston sports fans are here to celebrate. I could see going to a game (once) with my kids if the tickets were free or something, but otherwise this is just an uber-crappy version of a worldwide sport.