DISQUS

Wow, how you can discuss a league you know nothing about. First of all, there is only one USL team in the CONCACAF Champions League (Montreal) and they didn't play an MLS team. You probably meant the US Open Cup. But an MLS team won that, too. So I'm not sure what your point is. As for hardcore US national team fans, most don't even like LD (you are in the minority), but I hardly think his absence from MLS would hurt the league. He's not the guy who sells tickets on the Galaxy anyway. While I believe the criticism of LD is much too harsh, it is debatable whether he is still the best player on the national team. Your statistics concerning MLS national team members are misleading as well because many of the foreign-based players began in MLS. It is a reflection of the growing respect of the league that European clubs are shopping for players over here. Plus, Bradley's selections of Euro-based players such as Eddie Johnson have been widely panned. And a few formerly European-based players are coming back (Lewis, Jaqua, Wolff).