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If you actually read the links you posted you would know that soccer was played in the United States mainly by immigrants around mid-century, but despite the NASL the sport was basically non-existent on a participatory level until before the 1990 World Cup. Then in 1994 we hosted the World Cup and had charismatic players like Cobi Jones and Alexi Lalas, and then in 1996 MLS was created.
That's this history of the sport in this country.
And I still don't what I said could have possibly upset you this much. You are posting like you have some superior understanding of the American game when clearly you don't. We're simply trying to build the sport up in America so we can be on par with the rest of the world. I understand that some of the stars in MLS are amusing to you, because they weren't anything over there, but that's just how it is and I enjoy it. I like where it is going.
The most comparable situation is the Australian A-League, and on that standard I think both leagues are developing quite nicely. They are both developing homegrown talent and supplementing it with similarly talented foreigners. I would love to see more focus on the similarly talente MLS/A-League/J-League/K-League.
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