DISQUS

I think Kartik's point about watching DC United in the early days of the league and being entertained more than any MLS side today is very well taken.

In the early days ESPN showed two games a week and also showed a weekly highlights show called extra time or direct kick or something. They built the brand. But as the salary cap kicked in and the early foreign stars left or retired the league never replaced those players with comparable products.

You can piss on Stanley all you want but I am in a camp of people who watched MLS closely in the early days but now have so much more soccer to choose from across the globe and anytime I watch MLS now, I do not see the compelling games or the skill level of the midfielders that I did then. It's an easy choice to watch La Liga or Serie A instead.

Sven is actually Mexico's savior.

He's done more to save Mexico than any other.

The US better watch out. They soon will be the ones struggling in CONCACAF.

I cannot disagree with this assessment. I think MLS is probably worse on the eye from a pure play standpoint than early on in its existence although the conformity with FIFA rules now and the uniforms looking more football like has helped, but the quality itself isn't good.