American Rivalries
9 Competitions Held Between Rival Teams In The MLS
1. Brimstone Cup (Chicago Fire v FC Dallas)
2. Rocky Mountain Cup (Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake)
3. Honda SuperClasico (Chivas USA v LA Galaxy)
4. Atlantic Cup (DC United v New York Red Bulls)
5. Trillium Cup (Colombus Crew v Toronto FC)
6. El Capitan Clasico / Texas Derby (FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo)
7. California Clasico / Interstate 5 Rivalry (LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes)
8. Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup (pre-season) (Colombus Crew v FC Dallas)
9. Heritage Cup (from 2009) (San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders)
Imagine special trophies being awarded for matches between rivals in British football... Which games do you think deserve a special cup and what would the match / trophy be called? Let us know...
The Culture Cup. Between Man United and Liverpool. The two best teams from the two cities of culture in England. Barring London obviously.
ReplyDeleteYes Chrissy, it does indeed. And no, I wasn't aware either...
ReplyDeleteNice one, P. No offence taken about London... ;-)
This builds on the rivalry cups you see in college football (American). Most teams have some sot of trophy they play for when they play their rival. That's been moved over to MLS. Some of the competitions were started by the fans (Rocky Mountain Cup, Brimstone Cup) while some of were created by the teams/league as a promotional tool (Atlantic Cup, Honda Superclasico)
ReplyDeleteNot Liverpool - Man United? Chelsea - Arsenal? Sunderland - Newcastle? Hmm, maybe not. But doesn't any rivalry pale compared to the Old Firm? Where else do you have a local derby with religious undertones? (Other than Beirut. There was a Four Four Two story on one of the Beirut derbies awhile back)
ReplyDeleteYeah, the games here between Celtic & Rangers are intense enough without there being an other trophy at stake.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they do something similar in Rugby, when Scotland play England in the 6 Nations it's also for the Calcutta Cup.
Soccer Source - you've hit the nail squarely on the head with your comment about the religious overtones. That's what sets it so distinctly apart from any of the English derby matches.
ReplyDeleteSelectabet - I shudder to think what the Rangers/Celtic matches would be like if you added a *trophy* to the equation!! 'Semi-nuclear' wouldn't be far off in terms of the friction it'd generate!