Pink eye my man, pink eye. The only reason I'm able to respond is because I'm at home with my first ever case of pink eye. Or else I'd be reading and itching to reply but unable to do so.
Pink eye, pfft... I respond bc I have no life and tons of time on my hands, beat THAT!!... Wait.... What?
I'm not crying for teams like AJAX, Chelsea, Celtic, Man U, Porto etc... Okay, maybe for Celtic....
Just sayin the fair play rules combined with the Spanish distribution of league funds has greatly impacted the quality of European competition for the worse, so as a result I'm pretty against watching Liga games...
I definitely wouldn't make a case the US is about to supplant one of the top five nations in soccer, that would require us spending more on soccer than football most likely................... So....
But I do think we have the resources to put together a golden generation or two that may be able to truly compete here and there... And even now were up there among the best nations in the world (top 25 or so) which is a HUGE doing considering our program was one of the worst in the world when I was born.
As for the MLS, I def think they can compete with the top leagues quicker than the national team probably can, and are already a top ten~ league... which also is amazing considering where it was pre Beckham, it's a legit league now, period. So when I hear even stories of third parties talking about the MLS being a joke, ( Emcee's buddy, not you) I respond. Anyhow...