Those are poor comments from The Soccer Don, and as you rightly point out it's all a function of SUM, as Major League Soccer's various innovation tentacles have always been. Some of that's been for the good of MLS and the sport as a whole, but one suspects that's a side effect.
Maybe this is just because I'm an outsider looking in, but I find it fascinating that MLS, which is in so many ways highly professional and theoretically in a nice little sweet spot between being established and still needing to grow, can sometimes be so very CONCACAF.
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Those are poor comments from The Soccer Don, and as you rightly point out it's all a function of SUM, as Major League Soccer's various innovation tentacles have always been. Some of that's been for the good of MLS and the sport as a whole, but one suspects that's a side effect.
Maybe this is just because I'm an outsider looking in, but I find it fascinating that MLS, which is in so many ways highly professional and theoretically in a nice little sweet spot between being established and still needing to grow, can sometimes be so very CONCACAF.