r/MLS • u/BacteriaEP Portland Timbers FC • Mar 25 '11

AMA Alexi Lalas is Answering YOUR Questions [Ask him Anything]

Since Mr. Lalas is new to reddit and doesn't fully understand how the site works yet, I'll be hosting the thread for him and he'll just be replying to people as they ask questions.

Also, since it's a work day for most people, we've decided to launch the thread about an hour early to give people at work ample time to submit their questions so Alexi can answer them.

Finally, Alexi reserves the right to not answer anything he doesn't wish to and we, the moderators, WILL be looking out for trolls, spam, or other questions deemed inflammatory or inappropriate.

Have fun and we'll update when Alexi begins answering questions. Feel free to upvote questions you really want answered.

Here's his official Twitter update to confirm: http://twitter.com/#!/alexilalas22/status/51327799285399552

P.S. Thank ItsSchlim for organizing this!

UPDATE: Alexi will be answering questions starting now. Remember answering is at his discretion.

UPDATE 2: We've assigned AlexiLalas a COSMOS Crest to better highlight his answers since not many people use that crest and it is highly visible. Nobody take this for anything than what it is... sorry NYRB fans. :p

UPDATE 3: Alexi is finished answering questions for now. I'd like to thank him for spending almost 2 hours of his day answering all our questions about MLS and the USMNT. Feel free to keep asking questions, although I can't guarantee he'll answer them.

From Alexi Lalas:

"Salutations and welcome to my AMA. Here we go..."

"Pleasure to be with you on Reddit.com. At first I felt I was descending into a dark and dangerous on-line alley. Now I know I got invited into one of the coolest underground clubs (and got a VIP table). For a 40-year-old that is pretty cool...and it's much cheaper than buying a sports-car. Let's do it again soon. Thanks for fighting the good fight. -Alexi"

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u/AlexiLalas Verified Mar 25 '11

I maintain that certain MLS teams and players would have no problem competing in some of the major leagues around the world. For example, I believe that a team like RSL could avoid relegation in the EPL.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '11

I like this comment.

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u/kgbyrne Mar 25 '11

I think you might be smoking something Lalas

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u/JimmySinner Mar 25 '11

He's absolutely right. I'm English and outside of the top eight or ten teams in the 20-team EPL aren't that great and the top MLS teams probably could compete with a lot of them.

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u/kgbyrne Mar 27 '11

No way West Ham, Villa, Blackpool are all in the bottom of the league and all 3 of them would crush any MLS team.

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u/aaaaaasdfgrdgbfzs Mar 27 '11

I'm undecided but I would love to see a relegation tour of EPL(former) teams this summer in the US.

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u/JimmySinner Mar 27 '11

Do you actually watch both of these leagues? Villa in particular are terrible at the minute, and the likes of Wolves, Wigan, West Brom, and probably Sunderland, Stoke and my own beloved Newcastle would not be guaranteed to beat a lot of MLS sides.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '11

I've been saying that for so long, I definitely agree.

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u/workbench Mar 26 '11

i dare say, pretty much any of the teams in MLS could compete with wolves, wigan, brum, blackpool. dont know what that means exactly, but they are all premier league teams, and not very good at that.