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FIFA: Time to Improve the MLS Experience

03:32 PM - April 1, 2013 by RaychelSnr

Playing career mode with an MLS team in FIFA is like that nagging feeling you get when you're watching Man City play–everything looks good on the surface, but there's an undercurrent of inauthenticity running through it.

In real life, the biggest soccer league in the continent is an interesting hybrid of Europe and North America: While the action on the pitch mirrors a match you’d find on the other side of the Atlantic, off the field things are more North American—there’s a players draft, trading instead of buying and selling, and a salary cap (along with which comes a slew of special player quotas). But in the FIFA series, the MLS is just another league in the Career Mode, still stuck with the European management system. The MLS experience in FIFA needs improving, this much is obvious.

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# 21 Sportzfan0290 @ 04/03/13 04:44 PM

Reading this article I went into FIFA to investigate MLS. It seems that someway I don't know why but the Sounders are the only club with the accurate stadium. Why is everyone giving up so much BS maybe hopefully this upcoming years launch with the ps4 and 720 that they can finally put in all the clubs stadiums especially Sporting KC and they can put in CONCACAF Champions League. The only thing is is that they need Argentina leagues and one other I believe for licensing the CCL.

# 22 HKPound @ 04/03/13 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sportzfan0290


	Reading this article I went into FIFA to investigate MLS. It seems that someway I don't know why but the Sounders are the only club with the accurate stadium. Why is everyone giving up so much BS maybe hopefully this upcoming years launch with the ps4 and 720 that they can finally put in all the clubs stadiums especially Sporting KC and they can put in CONCACAF Champions League. The only thing is is that they need Argentina leagues and one other I believe for licensing the CCL.

Yeah it's gonna be hard for FIFA because from what I've heard Konami is looking to lock up exclusive rights with the Argentine league.

# 23 thataussieguy @ 04/04/13 05:47 AM

I think that could tie in with the A-League in Australia, MLS & A-League are similar quality and have similar rules i.e. salary cap, marquee players

# 24 celticfang @ 04/04/13 10:52 AM

AFAIK PES has the whole UEFA CL and Copa Libatadores (which are very well done) licenses, then again I ain't played FIFA since 07 or 08, so does anyone want to tell me if either are in as contests?

# 25 MrOctober430 @ 04/04/13 01:08 PM

Not just the MLS, with a large Mexican-American base in the US, they also need to fix Liga MX. With Liga MX soon becoming on ESPN regularly, it should boom popularity.

They need to focus more on the domestic product first.

Who the heck plays with the unlicensed Polish league come on.

# 26 rckabillyRaider @ 04/04/13 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sportzfan0290


	Reading this article I went into FIFA to investigate MLS. It seems that someway I don't know why but the Sounders are the only club with the accurate stadium. Why is everyone giving up so much BS maybe hopefully this upcoming years launch with the ps4 and 720 that they can finally put in all the clubs stadiums especially Sporting KC and they can put in CONCACAF Champions League. The only thing is is that they need Argentina leagues and one other I believe for licensing the CCL.

Argentine Primera is part of CONMEBOL. Only CONCACAF leagues in FIFA currently are MLS and Liga MX

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Originally Posted by MrOctober430


	Not just the MLS, with a large Mexican-American base in the US, they also need to fix Liga MX. With Liga MX soon becoming on ESPN regularly, it should boom popularity. They need to focus more on the domestic product first. Who the heck plays with the unlicensed Polish league come on.

Yeah, I agree. Throw in the Liga Ascenso MX and put in a Copa MX.

# 27 VTPack919 @ 04/05/13 01:59 PM

Am I the only one that would rather they just do a complete BPL? All stadia, chants, songs, everything?

I mean I love the MLS but I really just want them to take one league and flesh it out completely. It would add to the immersion factor of playing as a team in the BPL.

# 28 Playmaker76 @ 04/06/13 12:09 AM

Remember MLS extra time 2002?

# 29 UK0wnag3 @ 04/06/13 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MrOctober430


	Who the heck plays with the unlicensed Polish league come on.

Polish people.

In fact, lots of European countries have a significant Polish population due to the right for free movement within the EU.

None of the leagues seem to be completely represented in their entirety.

Some are better than others but it is what it is.

# 30 celticfang @ 04/06/13 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Playmaker76


	Remember MLS extra time 2002?

Nope, now I do. Though here (Europe) we got a lot of MLS coverage due to Beckham playing for LA, ESPN showed....what was it, one or two games a week live I think it was? I know it was on ESPN on Sky though and the papers lapped it up.

Now...nope, no coverage at all.

# 31 Canada_Carlos_Ball @ 04/07/13 08:08 PM

One thing you're forgetting is the fact that FIFA is tailored to a market that's mostly outside of North America. They don't need to focus on the MLS as much as the 'Big Four' because true soccer/footy fans still don't give the MLS more than a miniscule shred of credibility.

# 32 SpeedyMikeWallace @ 04/16/13 07:09 PM

Bad idea. You'd never be able to build an elite team in MLS. It's better to just pretend MLS doesn't behave in its own bubble.

It would be nice if they would add an international club tournament between MLS and Mexican Primera.

# 33 xfactor9600 @ 04/23/13 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MrOctober430


	Not just the MLS, with a large Mexican-American base in the US, they also need to fix Liga MX. With Liga MX soon becoming on ESPN regularly, it should boom popularity. They need to focus more on the domestic product first. Who the heck plays with the unlicensed Polish league come on.

I play with the unlicensed Polish League.as it is part of my family heritage. Hope it gets licensed this year.

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# 34 McG @ 04/24/13 12:07 PM

I think you are right and it should happen but lets recap FIFA career mode. It's so glitched that most times I can't make it through 2 years before it starts freezing. It's not UT (ultimate team) so it's not going to get "extra attention" due to the fact it doesn't make them millions. Finally, in this gen there is simply not enough memory for them to put the effort into making this mode as deep as it should be.

What I have been asking for, for years is a DLC option that includes a true PC Manger Mode experience that is playable via the FIFA game play engine. 15 or 20 bucks would be reasonable for the true hardcore Career Mode fans like me and probably you. With all that said, they can't even add DLC stadiums or teams, much less a crowd that doesn't like ps1 graphics due to memory space according to FIFA devs.

A true MLS experience is a true pipe dream. I'd love it, but not enough euros care so it wont be included anytime soon, probably not even on next gen. They can't even add real faces, stadiums or update their boots (like they do with the big leagues). Great article, but us real fans that actually love the game don't have enough input on development of the game, it's sad really.

# 35 rckabillyRaider @ 04/27/13 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Canada_Carlos_Ball


	One thing you're forgetting is the fact that FIFA is tailored to a market that's mostly outside of North America. They don't need to focus on the MLS as much as the 'Big Four' because true soccer/footy fans still don't give the MLS more than a miniscule shred of credibility.

I find this amusing. I guess I'm not a "true soccer/footy fan"

# 36 _ChicoBass @ 05/11/13 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Canada_Carlos_Ball


	One thing you're forgetting is the fact that FIFA is tailored to a market that's mostly outside of North America. They don't need to focus on the MLS as much as the 'Big Four' because true soccer/footy fans still don't give the MLS more than a miniscule shred of credibility.

WTF "true soccer/footy fans?" With all due respect sir you are an idiot. It has nothing to do with being a "true" fan. It would've been a lot more accurate to say "MOST soccer/footy fans" or something like that because that's really what it is. The majority of people don't see the MLS as a competitive league, but it has nothing to do with the fans of the MLS to be "real" or "true" fans at all. In fact, I think the Americans that root for an MLS team are more "true" than the Americans that root for Barcelona and Manchester and bayern from their home in LA and they've never even BEEN to Spain. THOSE are the people that aren't true fans if anything is.

# 37 _ChicoBass @ 05/11/13 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider


	I find this amusing. I guess I'm not a "true soccer/footy fan"

Yea I guess me neither because I scream, cry, and sing for a team that isn't in England.

# 38 Perfect Zero @ 05/12/13 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider


	I find this amusing. I guess I'm not a "true soccer/footy fan"

Yeah, that was a really ignorant comment toward the end. I once tried to pull for a team from England because they're on all the time on the weekends, and I found that I had more fun following FC Dallas simply because the soccer is comparable. That's like saying somebody that pulls for an AAA team in Baseball isn't a true fan of the game.

# 39 Murph @ 05/12/13 08:18 PM

My firstI thought was to have a fake CONCACAF-like Champions League, by at least having MLS and LIGA MX teams play.

Another idea would be to have all the leagues in the game (not in Europe) play in their own little fake champions league? MLS, LIGA MX, Brazil, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Thoughts? I know it's not ideal, but its better than nothing, IMHO.

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# 40 _ChicoBass @ 05/13/13 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Murph


	My firstI thought was to have a fake CONCACAF-like Champions League, by at least having MLS and LIGA MX teams play. Another idea would be to have all the leagues in the game (not in Europe) play in their own little fake champions league? MLS, LIGA MX, Brazil, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Thoughts? I know it's not ideal, but its better than nothing, IMHO. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I actually made a thread about this idea lol

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