There's a new Malt Shop Logic Podcast here:
http://www.archive.org/details/MaltShopLogicPodcast-March182008
It's a double preview edition of the podcast as Rob Spuhler leverages his MLS knowledge as a beat writer covering Chivas USA to try to explain what this thing called soccer is and we look ahead to the NCAA tournament. There is no truth to the rumor that I suggest that AU maybe can sort of win on Friday. Not all that much truth at least.
BTW, sorry for the length. I have lost my disciplined timekeeping skills, plus the MLS is actually pretty interesting.
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$5 bucks says Close (a stretched out leprechaun) will break an hour-long podcast before he's done.
No bet.
Great podcast.
Enjoyed many aspects, including a recollection of the 1997 MLS Cup between the Colorado Rapids and our beloved DC United -- and Rob, I remember just how freakin' cold and rainy it was, and yet, how awesome it was to see 58,000 people at RFK.
I'm curious -- why do you think we'll never see the likes of that kind of crowd again at an MLS Cup? MLS has managed to hang around for what, about 15 years now? And you think its high point was 11 years ago?
Why? Was it just the enthusiasm for a sport that felt like it really was on the cusp of going "big-time" -- something that can't be repeated?
Rob (or Stanley/Cheshire) -- do you ever hear from our long-lost buddy, Dave "Ell-Dog" Ellis?
And Close -- nice call on Marquette as a sleeper. They very nearly pulled it off against Stanford tonight.
Yeah, Dave spams my inbox fairly regularly. He's on the Myspace.
Chapin - In re: MLS Cup, with the league moving to smaller stadiums, I don't think we'll ever see the type of crowd we got in 1997 again. Taht was 57,000+ people, whereas this year the Cup will be held in LA, where max capacity is around 27,000.
It's not that the passion can't be there, but the combo of passion and pure mass of people can't exist under the league's business plan. And by the time the league is holding the Cup at big sites again because the soccer specific stadiums are too small, it'll be closer to the Super Bowl inasmuch as 1/2 the tickets will go to middle-managers from the companies of the sponsors, rather than fans.
The "cusp of big time" thing did play into it a bit, as well, but I think it's more about pure numbers.
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