Major League Soccer (MLS)

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I didn't mean to offend you, but everything you have said in this thread has been degrading what MLS is and in a condescending tone. Example:

Don't mean he's any shitter than the crop of idiots in MLS.

I've tried to explain numerous times why it is the way it is here, but you are stuck on the same pretenses that most Englishmen (that I've heard, at least) are. There's some notion displayed in the tabloids and reflected in what you have said in this thread that MLS is a terrible organization and has no merit to exist. I don't understand why. Americans have only really been playing soccer for 20 or so years now, of course our league is minor. But no, every player is not terrible, and yes, the league is growing quite rapidly. I love to discuss the growth, but you were stuck on insulting the league and its players.

I'm sorry saying that Robbie Fowler offers nothing to American soccer offended you, but again you are taking it out of context. Of course experienced European and South American players add to the game. You've already trashed the league for having guys like Darren Huckerby. The point is simply that Robbie Fowler was linked to several clubs in this league and no team deemed him worthwhile. And to be honest, of any player I think he fits the description of what the United States doesn't want more than anybody else—he is old, washed up and is simply looking for a paycheck.

The other players you mentioned are not of the class of solid Europeans, but they are competitive in the league. Rohan Ricketts, Darren Huckerby, Carl Robinson, etc. never had the success of Fowler, but they came to MLS with more than simply the intention of collecting a big paycheck before they retire.