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Also, I agree that MLS will probably not touch the big 4 North American leagues in terms of revenues but I'm not willing to say it will never happen. 40 years ago, I'm guessing you wouldn't find anyone who would expect that a soccer league would ever threaten the CFL in terms of popularity, but here we are
 
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LeafsTFC said:
Also, I agree that MLS will probably not touch the big 4 North American leagues in terms of revenues but I'm not willing to say it will never happen. 40 years ago, I'm guessing you wouldn't find anyone who would expect that a soccer league would ever threaten the CFL in terms of popularity, but here we are
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I was at TFC's first ever game. I remember our friends and I talking then - real chance it surpasses baseball and football in passion / interest in this market.

Doubt it surpasses baseball (though who knows if the Jays become irrelevanat for a number of years again), but it's well ahead of football now.

It's not just the sport / team, but the fan experience that is so exceptional compared to any other sporting event in this city. As someone who goes to maybe 8-10 Leaf games a year, they are boring compared to TFC games
 
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I guess it depends on what you are comparing it to.

The regular season CFL games get 600K to 800K. The Grey Cup this year had $4.3 Million.

The MLS Cup had 1.3 Million.

MLS Cup 1/4 of the Grey Cup
 
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For those in the know, is the team mostly going to be the same next year or will there be another splashy signing like Vasquez?
 
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For those in the know, is the team mostly going to be the same next year or will there be another splashy signing like Vasquez?
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There's an increase in TAM, meaning teams can spend more heading into next season.

I would expect another semi-large signing, that would represent an upgrade on Steven Beitashour, given the competitions they are in next season.

PS - The Champions League draw is tonight. TFC find out who they are playing
 
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There's an increase in TAM, meaning teams can spend more heading into next season.

I would expect another semi-large signing, that would represent an upgrade on Steven Beitashour, given the competitions they are in next season.

PS - The Champions League draw is tonight. TFC find out who they are playing
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Any thoughts on who might be available? Hard to find speculation on the rest of the web on European mid-tier right backs who might be available to come to MLS.
 
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TSN would have been the only ones broadcasting nationally.
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Yeah, but you're cherry picking the popularity of the sport if you don't account for American viewership.

Also, MLS is a newer thing for Canada, and there has been an increasing trend in viewership over the years. Its only a matter of time that MLS will surpass CFL in popularity in Canada IMHO.
 
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Any thoughts on who might be available? Hard to find speculation on the rest of the web on European mid-tier right backs who might be available to come to MLS.
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Virtually impossible to speculate on who that might be - Europe's transfer window opens up in 2 weeks, so I'd imagine any possible transfer targets for TFC would become apparent once the dust settles in Europe.
 
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Yeah, but you're cherry picking the popularity of the sport if you don't account for American viewership.

Also, MLS is a newer thing for Canada, and there has been an increasing trend in viewership over the years. Its only a matter of time that MLS will surpass CFL in popularity in Canada IMHO.
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That's fair - The number that was shared was Canadian viewers however, so that it would have been TSN numbers exclusively. I don't think there was any other way to watch the game in Canada.

I'd imagine a healthy interest in Seatlle for the final too - there's a very healthy football fandom in that city, which we found out last year in their run to the final .
 
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For those interested, the viewship numbers for the USA:

On the English-language ESPN broadcast, the match averaged 803,000 viewers. Meanwhile, the game averaged 304,000 viewers on UniMas and Univision Deportes.

Seattle was the top local market with a 7.0 rating, the second-highest local market rating for MLS Cup on ESPN networks since 2006 (Portland’s 7.3 rating in 2015 remains tops). The rest of the top 10:

Louisville (3.2)
Columbus (1.7)
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (1.1)
Raleigh-Durham (1.1)
Atlanta (1.0)
Indianapolis (1.0)
Portland (1.0)
Austin (0.9)
Birmingham (0.9)
Memphis (0.9)
Philadelphia (0.9)
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Total numbers are down from last year, but that was on FOX and in prime time.
 
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