Aye Davanita said:
TheMasterplan said:
oh no said:
Facts shouldn't be racist and why should USSF not want to attempt to maximize a home field advantage? It shouldn't be too big of a deal for teams other than Mexico, but the difference in crowd when we play Mexico in Columbus vs if we played Mexico in Los Angeles is a very stark contrast that no national federation would welcome in their home country.
The main ones that are complaining about US soccer playing in Canada are the ones that only just started watching soccer and weren't paying attention to what the USMNT went through in the 2000s.
Wait, are people complaining that Canada has home games?
I don't know what Masterplan is talking about, but Canada was not part of the HEX in 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006, or 2002... These Central American and Caribbean squads haven't ever had to play an away concacaf WCQ in Canada between the 1998 HEX and the 2022 OCT. I haven't noticed an uproar about it though. I've only seen the uproar about the US playing in Minnesota vs Honduras the other day, which was calculated considering our 2nd match day was in Hamilton Ontario and we had Honduras coming up from central america.
It really is crazy comparing how bad Canada has been to how good they are right now. A lot of immigration over the last 30 years, investment in their youth and development programs over the last several years, MLS helping a lot.. .