The MLS SuperDraft car wreck

Posted by Creaven on January 15, 2010 under Major League Soccer | 12 Comments to Read

Awwwww, Major League Soccer. If anyone should be an MLS fan it should be me. I grew up playing the sport; I love watching the sport; I’ve covered the sport at the high school, college and professional level; I have a blog called IntelligentSoccer.com. If MLS can’t win me over there’s something seriously wrong.

So why doesn’t MLS connect with me? First, the product is terrible compared to other leagues. Why would I want to watch the Kansas City Wizard play the Columbus Crew when, every week, I can watch matches from the English Premier League, La Liga, Seire A and Bundesliga? What is MLS’s solution to the product problem? Expansion, of course. Copying the NHL’s over expansion plan might no be a brilliant idea, just throwing it out there.

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