FIFA 12 to Include All Teams Featured in This Year's MLS Season

[Skyliner80]

I'm just glad to see the MLS growing. I wouldn't be surprised if it passed the NHL (in popularity) in five years.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by PH1LLYSFINEST13

This is great news , now what i would also like to see them say is that they have doubled international teams as well at the LEAST. Especially African Teams - Nigeria , Ghana , Ivory Coast...Just to name a few , and my favorites.lol. In all seriousness though , It would be great to see more international teams instead of having to go back and play Fifa World Cup 10 to use some of the teams I want.

i agree, it'd be nice to be able to do a World Cup type tournament without having to go back and play Fifa World Cup. Or a Concacaff Gold Cup tournament. As for the MLS, can they at least throw in a few stadiums? Qwest Field is in Madden, lets get it in Fifa for Seattle. Get the Home Depot Center in there since 2 teams use it. Get Red Bull Arena in there since it not only hosts the Red Bulls games but it hosted Gold Cup games as well.

[JMUfootball]

Quote: Originally Posted by squadron supreme

Slow your roll now. I like the MLS but hey are no where close to being on par with the Eredivise. You look at what would be considered the second tier leagues which is anything besides La Liga, Serie A, EPL and Bundesliga and MLS is towards the bottom. MLS isn't better than the Dutch, French, Portuguese leauges. In fact just looking at the North and South American leagues the MLS is at best fourth behind the domestic leagues in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.

There's a difference between top talent and top to bottom talent. Let me put it this way, if you take a top MLS club (Galaxy, last year's RSL, healthy Red Bulls) and pit them against a top team in a second tier European or South American league (Ajax, Santos, OM), the foreign team will win. But, since talent is dispersed amonst MLS and concentrated in foreign leagues, if you were to instead take teams from the bottom of the respective tables, I'd argue that the quality of bottom rung MLS teams surpasses quality of bottom rung second-tier league teams.

It's a hypothetical argument because I don't think MLS has played enough international clubs to provide sufficient match history. So while I agree with you of course that top teams in Eredivisie, Ligue 1, would beat top MLS teams, I think the balance of MLS, with quality players sprinkled throughout even on bottom teams, shouldn't be underestimated.

[Whitesox]

I hadn't seen any of the rumors, so I'm unsurprised. I'd be livid if this came to pass, though.

[TGraen23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyliner80

I'm just glad to see the MLS growing. I wouldn't be surprised if it passed the NHL (in popularity) in five years.

The Gold Cup Final between USA and Mexico had more viewers than the Stanley Cup Finals actually.

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[Bruins]

This is news?

[Bgeezy87]

Whatever happened to "if it's in the game it's in the game". EA needs to get back to it's roots. How about the stadiums for these teams as well?

[Whitesox]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bgeezy87

Whatever happened to "if it's in the game it's in the game". EA needs to get back to it's roots. How about the stadiums for these teams as well?

EA can't do stadiums for every team in the game, that's way too much.