Why is the North American football tournament competing for the championship with a final

As more and more stars flock to the American football league, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney or Bastian Schweisteinger.

Along with the development of American football in general, the interest of the audience for this tournament has increased, even among Vietnamese football fans.

The biggest difference between the North American football league and the rest of the world is that there is no form of relegation. That means a team, even if they lose the entire season, the following year will still participate.

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In addition, the top team in the rankings is not the champion team, but the championship is only determined after a series of eliminations between the best teams in each region.

After 34 matches, each region selected the top 6 teams in the knockout series. Teams from the same region will automatically compete against each other, until there are two teams from the two regions competing to select the champion.

This means that the team that ranked first after 34 matches is unlikely to be the champion for that season. And of course, the bottom team will not be relegated or eliminated from the tournament.

However, this explanation is correct but there is a place that is not reasonable for the Japanese football tournament to be professional at the same time as North America.

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After one organizing season, recognizing the success of FL, the Football Association was born to compete for influence. While in the US, the American League was born after that with the same purpose.

After several seasons of parallel organization, both countries saw the merger of the two tournaments. However, due to different conditions and history, the way of merging differs.

In the UK, because the Football League was born before and has a greater influence, when merged, the teams in the Football League will be one step higher than the teams in the Football Association.

How Beckham changed American football

According to experts, Beckham has a great influence on the success of the MLS.

The American Professional Football League has just opened its 20th season on March 8. On this occasion, the fans remembered David Beckham’s contribution to the tournament that was once considered not worth watching and just a “retirement” place for players in Europe.

In 2007, the former British player broke up with Real Madrid to switch to LA Galaxy for a 5-year contract worth $ 32 million and earned a salary of $ 6.5 million for year. Although Becks started off unfavorably due to persistent injuries, in the end Beckham’s influence was enough to make Galaxy fans remember him as a legend.

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Before Becks, there were almost no notable names in the MLS. Therefore, the appearance of the former Manchester United midfielder plays a very important role in spreading the king sport in a country that only values ​​basketball and rugby.

Besides, it is impossible not to mention the self-promotion of Becks. Thanks to the handsome face and the wife of the Spice Girls singer, the former player quickly gained attention.

Not only that, Beckham also attends to the famous “talk shows” and appears continuously on the cover of flashy magazine covers. It can be said that Beckham was the first football player to successfully penetrate the American sports empire, which had only room for NFL and NBA stars.

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Beckham is the perfect piece for that environment. Things were even more favorable than expected when Galaxy successfully built a strong squad and the MLS began to find a fan community. especially in the Northwest or more specifically Portland, Oregon.

Since 2006, the MLS has expanded to 12 teams into 20 teams, the average number of fans attending the audience has increased by more than 3,000 since the “Beckham era”. On the other hand, clubs are also racing to invest in building their own stadium instead of borrowing NFL teams with artificial turf. Most notably, sometimes the number of fans watching MLS surpasses the audience watching NBA and NHL.