Some thoughts the morning after LA Galaxy clinched their third MLS Cup:

Yes people we get it. Beckham pays a lot of bills. However, there were another 21 players on the pitch last night. The match hadn’t even kicked off and the whole “is this his last game” angle was already worn out. Ian Darke sure didn’t help matters by not going five minutes without bringing it up.

Follow discussion about MLS online somewhere and you’ll inevitably come across someone preaching the fact that for the league to succeed, it needs to follow the “Euro Model”. This usually means seasons starting in the Fall and ending in the Spring….and some form of Promotion/Relegation system with no playoffs.

I have to laugh sometimes at how people jump from one extreme to another. We seem to have become a bi-polar society or something—not that I’m an expert on the topic or anything. The American soccer fan is a prime example of this.

….without mentioning you know who–wow, sounds like something out of a Harry Potter.  Seriously, there’s more to MLS that some crybaby Brit.

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