wbc & soccer?

one world baseball classic, soccer related comment.

people make fun of the us for trying to copy european countries when it comes to our pro soccer teams. names like dc unted or fc dallas or real salt lake (ok, that one does suck), or houston dynamo. or for copying their general uniform style. or trying to emulate how they decide playoffs or champions.

and i say...it goes both ways, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

take a look at the world baseball classic uniforms. each country has a look that distinctly copies a MLB team. the fonts. the styles. the color schemes.

to take it further. take a look at nfl europe. everything they do tries to copy the nfl.

try hockey. it's taken a distinctly american flavor.

so, i don't have a problem when american soccer teams try to emulate what other countries do with the world's most popular sports. it just makes sense. sure, this is america. but the rest of the world has 100s of years of history in soccer, so it's ok to copy them, follow in their footsteps, just like we have 100s of years of history in baseball, so the rest of the world copies and follows us when it comes to things like the world baseball classic.

ok. good night.