I always love the hand waving on the cold weather problem of swapping the MLS calendar. :) It's currently 9F here in the Twin Cities on 13 Feb. Good odds when Montreal visits on March 1, we won't break 40F that week. Hoping that gametime will be above freezing, but that's not a bet I'd take. - ThreadSky

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jkelly3.bsky.social • 123 days ago

I always love the hand waving on the cold weather problem of swapping the MLS calendar. :) It's currently 9F here in the Twin Cities on 13 Feb. Good odds when Montreal visits on March 1, we won't break 40F that week. Hoping that gametime will be above freezing, but that's not a bet I'd take.

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nicebobz.bsky.social•123 days ago

I dont think its as black and white. The question isn't whether or not MLS is going to play in the winter. The season already starts in February. It's really about if the league can handle a couple more winter games in each market and if it's worth the payoff of aligning the transfer windows

nicebobz.bsky.social•123 days ago

with the European rhythm.

jkelly3.bsky.social•123 days ago

Depends where you live I suppose. :)

I was at the game where the US played Honduras in February. There is a reason why we already don't have many home games until May. Drop off the summer & have to play them all in Sep, Oct, Mar Apr That's a lot to ask of a franchise.

jkelly3.bsky.social•123 days ago

For giggles here is London.

nicebobz.bsky.social•122 days ago

The US is a big country and there are admittedly some markets with extreme cold weather. I dont think it's as many as some make it out to be, but it's also not a situation that MLS can just ignore.

I dont think it's feasible to have some teams go on a 6 week road trip to start every season, but

nicebobz.bsky.social•122 days ago

MLS will speak with each of it's teams and do the necessary research to find out exactly how big the sacrifices are and ultimately if the payout is worth it.

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