Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Major League Soccer's Summer Sideshow Problem

For the past three summers, big-name European teams have been coming to the United States for preseason exhibition matches against each other and MLS teams. Problem is, MLS squads have started to become the Washington Generals to the European teams’ Harlem Globetrotters - a sideshow to the main attraction. And it’s not helping their cause - on the field or off.

And so, the time has come to pull Major League Soccer out of this carnival, and leave the friendlies to the teams that should actually be playing them: namely, those not in the middle of their season.

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