Yes
No
I was looking at the list, and while I think that we could challenge some of those clubs, and I am only considering clubs that I have seen play, I think that for the duration of the season, facing the same competition those clubs may still do better, due to better and more consistent on filed organization, but we are getting there were we are challenging them.
I think we could play and hold our own, against mid and lower clubs in the top leagues, but I am not sure how we would fair entire season.
At the end, as an answer to the question posed, I would say maybe, just because I am looking at the top 100 and there are a few clubs there that I would think we could compete against as we are presently constituted, solid organizationally/defensively and with Bradley, Vazques, Altidore and Giovinco giving us a push upward in terms of talent.
Last edited by trane; 09-08-2017 at 11:10 AM.
FiveThirtyEight just updated their Global soccer ranking. TFC is now 160th, just ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv and just behind Atletico-PR.
158 according to FiveThirtyEight - closer to 200th than 100th as I said earlier.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...ccer-rankings/
I'm ok with this ranking - it puts us closer to the top spot of a 2nd division league in most top countries and mid-lower spot in 1rst division clubs of some other countries.
Funny but the next best MLS clubs are:
ReD Bulls at 301
Seattle at 304
NYCFC at 314
MOntreal is 398
Last edited by jabbronies; 09-10-2017 at 03:17 PM.
However, fotball databse has us at 433
http://footballdatabase.com/clubs-ranking/toronto-fc
^ Not sure I can take that seriously. They have TFC ranked 21 in North America?!? They should be Top 5 at least. I don't think they count MLS as being very competitive. Maybe they need to revise their coefficients since it's now 2017 instead of 2007?
I usually wait until Monday once all the games from the weekend are in the books because they're now 143. Better than Malmo but worse than AZ Alkmaar.