Do you think MLS will ever become one of the top leagues.

[Shamim]

I say MLS will improve, it will never be like Premiership, Laligua or serie A but it will improve for sure i say in ten years from now MLS will be among the 10th stongest league , USA is richer than Europe, if other Football stars like Beckham comes to play in that league the quality will improve, it will be more more popular and local good players will come.

[mkbf2]

in twenty years there will be another World Cup being staged in the US and celebrating the MLS as one of the top-8 leagues in the world. but i cannot see this any sooner

[milad]

if they have enough money to pay the stars then sure.

[BacheLot]

top 4 hell no..!
but top 8, quite likely in 5 or six years!!
the biggest problem for them would be to get average joe american to become a soccer fan and more importantly is to get decent Media, especially TV coverage of the league..!

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

in 20 years MAYBE! lol i hate MLS it's most boring futball league in the world actually it's better then any of those arab leagues

[IranSoccer#8]

in 20 years MAYBE! lol i hate MLS it's most boring futball league in the world actually it's better then any of those arab leagues

I wouldn't go that far.

[arash123]

mls is bland soccer. no passion, no artful play. just bland. i think even ipl is better and has more potential

[persianbruin]

no waayy!! American football is far far more entertaining than soccer and the americans for some reason (i have no idea why!) love just LOVE baseball

This is the bottom line. The americans love games with a lot of stops in btween and a lost of statistics so they have something to talk about and compare

[Shamim]

top 4 hell no..!
but top 8, quite likely in 5 or six years!!
the biggest problem for them would be to get average joe american to become a soccer fan and more importantly is to get decent Media, especially TV coverage of the league..!

Freddy Adu is a good american player, he is not a big star but right now he is18 and he plays BenficaLisbonwich is a decent European team and Eddie Johnson use to play with PSVEindhoven.

[IPityDaFool]

the goal for MLS is to first compete with the leagues in their own hemisphere (mexico, argentina, brazil). once they can get the youth talent to come and play in the US instead of going to Europe, MLS will have no problems competing with the top european teams. and once they have the money to sign these players away from europe, which i would say is possible in the net five to ten years, then the sky is the limit

[Masoud_A]

the goal for MLS is to first compete with the leagues in their own hemisphere (mexico, argentina, brazil). once they can get the youth talent to come and play in the US instead of going to Europe, MLS will have no problems competing with the top european teams. and once they have the money to sign these players away from europe, which i would say is possible in the net five to ten years, then the sky is the limit

Its not the money which keeps them, its the level of the game, You dont ruin your chance to play in Premiership for example (if you have that opportunity in hand) and stay in MLS for a few dollars more.

[The-Red]

yes...give it 10-20 more years.

[Sherwin]

top 4 hell no..!
but top 8, quite likely in 5 or six years!!
the biggest problem for them would be to get average joe american to become a soccer fan and more importantly is to get decent Media, especially TV coverage of the league..!

That's the key right there because soccer is competing with football, basketball, baseball, even sports like MMA. Give it 10-20 years and you will see the MLS will be way more improved. Just look at the progress they made already in these last 10 years. Everyone thought this would not work but so far they are up to par with the upper echelon Asian leagues.

[persianbruin]

That's the key right there because soccer is competing with football, basketball, baseball, even sports like MMA. Give it 10-20 years and you will see the MLS will be way more improved. Just look at the progress they made already in these last 10 years. Everyone thought this would not work but so far they are up to par with the upper echelon Asian leagues.

The reason it worked out this time around is the # of immigrants who have entered the country. Most americans are still the same way.
Problem is not the level of soccer being played. They could be as good as the EPL for all I care but the issue is the american people wh just dont like soccer. They are the ones that matter.

That being said I just found out a former UCSB math student who won the national championship last year, was just proven gulty of rape and will probably spen 8 years in prison. He was drafted by the KC wizards last year. Talking about bad luck.

[Sherwin]

The reason it worked out this time around is the # of immigrants who have entered the country. Most americans are still the same way.
Problem is not the level of soccer being played. They could be as good as the EPL for all I care but the issue is the american people wh just dont like soccer. They are the ones that matter.
That being said I just found out a former UCSB math student who won the national championship last year, was just proven gulty of rape and will probably spen 8 years in prison. He was drafted by the KC wizards last year. Talking about bad luck.

Yes you are correct man and the MLS does not even need support from Americans. Most of the support is coming from the Latin American population. If you look at the ratings the MLS scores big on the Mexican channels here in LA. Without them this whole support system would not be available, and the MLS would fail.