DISQUS

Yeah Anthony, that's why players who've gone right to the EPL from MLS like Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey have failed so horribly. Uh oh, wait, they haven't.

I think it's funny when people, mainly Mexican team fans or non-MLS American soccer fans, say "well go play them in Mexico and THEN it's a real tournament." You don't think Soccer United Marketing, the FMF, and MLS thought of that? Athletico Madrid's tour of Mexico barely brought out fans south of the border, you think a midweek matchup between Santos Laguna and the Revs is going to bring in the crowds? Sorry Charlie, not gonna happen and if the Mexican players and clubs won't own to it up publicly they know it's true regardless. I like this tournament a lot (and I did before my Revs won it) but it is a money-making venture for MLS, SUM, and the FMF teams. Is Chivas original flavor really "on the road" when they're in DC and half the stadium is on their side? The Mexican teams are here to connect with their fans in this country, MLS is trying to show them they can also support it's teams, and both organizations want to (and are) making a nice chunk of change from this. Playing this tournament in Mexico would be more "fair" in some people's eyes but in the eyes of the accountants and officials it's monetary death.