Lion,
I think if the MLS is promoted and run properly, you will see kids lined up in the stands dreaming of playing their. Nobody ****ing dreams of playing mens amateur premier for fukc sakes, by definition it is a group of people who didn't reach their dream. I get some players will make the next step from here, as they currently do but the point is getting 200-300 fans out to local games every week is a pipe dream.
What does this league going to summer really change? Isn't that what the PCSL league is? I watched Surrey united play ACBC last year in front of 10 fans. Yes if they made it a Italian team, Croatian team, Irish team, Indian team, Then a couple Island teams(Rivalry local vs.island, they can be dutch islanders if they want) people would come out. Like it or not people like to stick and support their "people" I wouldn't ever feel Passion towards a local surrey team because I live their. That wouldn't bring me out to Vancouver for away games. It's why East Indians flood to Surrey, Asians to Richmond,Shamrock to tsawassen humans beings like to surround themselves with people that are similar to them..fact. If it's fans you want there needs to be passion but making culturally based teams would never advance the game.
Moving it to summer means all these players would just play winter, on their regular team. You can't move the entire sport of soccer to summer, it will never happen, don't have access to the fields. How does that change the current set up. I just really couldn't see any local team like surrey, richmond ,delta getting 200-300 fans to home games. Croatia could but that will be 80% Croat.
My two sense..
Well just 5 years ago I was dreaming about haveing a team in Premier,
and we have many young guys stop by our games and training sessions and say they would like to play Prmier one day...I use to dream about the PCSL when I was young..Dont say the kids dont dream about playing Premier soccer cause of coarse they do.
And if you think getting 300 fans out is a pipe dream I can tell you have already given up on soccer. If 300 people wont ever come to watch the best soccer we have besides the MLS then you are right we are all waisting our time. I say rubbish..I say they will come. But your right ,not now the way things are...cause who cares to see the same teams week in and week out...we need new blood. Some excitement. Bevys food.
Summer as Lion says is a great Idea, to follow as discussed in the BCPL meetings you all were not informed about.
I do like your ideas reguarding ethnic teams...Now try and get every VMSL team to change thier name to a country....You will need a year to plan it and several hundred meetings, A bussiness plan and you know from the get go that If Inter isnt Italy they will just not do it...Rock Paper Scissors not in the Constitution...or is it...who knows its been taken off the Website.
Surrey United vs ACBC PCSL was thier 17 and 18 year olds and our div 2 guys...Cant compair them..easy to make that mistake except the 10 people watching were all soccer moms from United...hence the cow bell.