>>153254103
It doesn't. The league will collapse a few years after Messi retires.

>>153254103
It's an expansion fee Ponzi scheme

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>>153254103
sorry wrong image

>>153254142
Sort of this. Expansion Fees and Investments are what keeps the league from completely tanking but overall, some of the teams in the league are legitimately profitable.

>>153254103
They "lose" money the same way every league here "loses" money

Lmao Vancouver's MLS soccer ball team is ready to get out of Vancouver because they can't make any money in Vancouver

>>153254103
I will never watch mlelsoy

>>153263378
this but soccer trash full stop

>>153254103
>>153254161
Good news, they don't. A few specific teams might, but the league doesn't and the average team doesn't.

>>153254103
Most teams don't turn a profit
The value for any professional sports team is in the resale value

>>153262465
> every league here "loses" money
you’re mad about things you know nothing about and don’t even begin to understand

>>153264538
Pretty much all rich people things don't turn a profit, they just increase in value

bunch of retards in here don’t understand how the relationship of revenue, expenses, and profit.

>>153264640
yea yea we get it, the real target audience is (((shareholders)))

MLS is a ponzi scheme. The new owners buy in based on future values that will never exist. I know a previous owner through mutuals, Andrew Hauptman (who is genuinely retarded). He bought the Chicago Fire (junk) for like $20mil and sold it for $400mil. It's lowkey one of the best deals in American history - similar to some retail investors during the GME frenzy.

>>153264660
Not generally how teams are run

>>153264732
Every sports team in the US is like that anon

>>153265077
Yes, but only to a degree. Look at the TV rights deals for the NFL, NBA - think about all the commercial/advertising revenue they generate. It's a massive money maker.

MLS doesn't have any of that, not even a fraction. And yet it costs $500 mil to buy a new team? Even if soccer continues to grow at a steady rate in the US, it doesn't correlate to the current value of the teams in any meaningful way. Once the facade crumbles, which is possible looking at what's happening in Vancouver, the league will be in trouble.

just 2 more weeks

>>153265168
>MLS doesn't have any of that, not even a fraction. And yet it costs $500 mil to buy a new team?
The average NFL team is worth about $7 billion so it's no it's not astronomical for MLS teams to be worth $500 million
The value for sports teams have basically skyrocketed. The Twins owners in 2001 were going to be offered $250 million ($454 million) to shut the team down and now the Twins are worth $2 billion despite being in a "dying" sport

Can't wait for the US, Mexico, and Canada to all flunk out early of the WC that they're hosting

>>153265557
When does Italy play?

>>153265580
No clue, our team's so shit this year I don't really care. We're going nowhere.

>>153265586
ok, so you’re just angry and retarded

>>153265608
awww did I get your little feefees hurt?

>>153265339
>The average NFL team is worth about $7 billion so it's no it's not astronomical for MLS teams to be worth $500 million
Typical Garber MLelSoy lies. You dont have anywhere close to that level of income, ad-revenue, sponsorships or league income so trying to project future earnings on infinite growth (we project we'll reach NFL status in 2050) isn't realistic. And MLS competes with international leagues for attention in this country to, it's a heavily saturated sport.

>>153273426
I think they expect the World Cup to boost general US interest in soccer, thereby boosting MLS interest.
Paid refs and fixed games? Perchance.

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if the mls people want to make money they should break away from fifa and recreate their own version of football, call it soccerball. they could make up any rules they like, stop clocks, smaller pitches, games are no more than 30 minutes, multiball, etc. think about it, as it stands they will never be taken seriously as a football league and americans will never care about football. soccerball would not only be appealing to americans but also to zoomers and retards worldwide after a few years of settling in. they'd make a fuckton of money and they would leave real football alone, it's a win/win

>>153273778
1. Shareholders hate new shit. Risky.
2. They take themselves too seriously to branch off and make something that people will not call "real soccer"
3. It'd create a split. When something's popularity isn't too high the last thing you want is split it even further (see Rugby League vs Union, and also see back when Indycar made the split between triovals vs tracks)

>>153273620
They'll get a boost but retention is another story. And our national team's best players are all in europe, there isnt a single top level mls american right now, they're all meh or replaceable.