Major League Soccer is good enough in 2020 to not be fake.
So why in the world was the dramatic, intriguing, worth-watching-until-the-very-end nationally televised return of the Dynamo partially ruined by fake crowd noise?
The easy out is to blame Fox Sports.
And the more I looked into it Monday night, it does appear that FS1 - which was running its normal TV junk again Tuesday morning, filled with hot air and loaded with more hot air - deserves the majority of the blame.
Chicago and Seattle were playing another "MLS is Back" tournament game on ESPN on Tuesday morning. The sound was real, the action was sharp and it always felt like the viewer was receiving an accurate look inside MLS's unique open-air bubble.
You heard players shouting and communicating. Coaches doing the same. Announcers calmly talking over the action. And that was about it, because that's how things really are in our sports world right now during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Dynamo's 3-3 draw with Los Angeles FC on Monday night was the exact opposite.
The match was one of the tournament's best, thus far, even with the Dynamo blowing a 3-1 lead.
But the droning white noise? The clearly fake cheering and chants? The numbing, annoying wall of sound that needlessly intruded on real life?
I'll take the high road and simply say that FS1's normal daytime programing says it all about what FS1 prioritizes: fake sports.
Tuesday's Chicago-Seattle match had me praising ESPN, which doesn't always happen. And without the fake, pumped-in noise, the real action warmly streamed through the TV.
The Astros recently experimented with fake noise inside Minute Maid Park.
Will MLB, the NBA and the NFL ultimately go with the real-life stuff or insist that fake is better in 2020?
Baseball has the biggest decision to make. There is so much dead time during a nine-inning game that an already slow sport will sometimes feel glacial without fans in the stands. But with on-field action properly mic'd, in-game interviews and technological advancements, the second-by-second chess match that baseball represents will be as compelling as ever.
Some fans won't care about the pre-recorded cheers and chants. Some will tweet about how much they love the constant noise, since it reminds them of what sports used to be like.
Some people choose to eat fast food three meals a day.
The point in 2020 is that the real world is upside down and, thus, the sports world is upside down. Fake is out. Sincerity is in.
I've enjoyed MLS' return. I thoroughly enjoyed the Dynamo's return. Being able to wake up, turn on the TV and find live sports on the screen during an otherwise crazy July has been very refreshing.
MLS finally has the national platform it's long wanted.
Stick to real soccer. Cancel the fake noise.
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