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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it’s not one of the five, it’s a selling league[/quote]

In the rest of the soccer world, leagues do not sell players; clubs do!   There are no selling leagues.  There are selling and buying clubs.  Some leagues have more buying clubs than others.  MLS is a single entity (club MLS) which sells franchises to its members (DCU, NYRB, etc).  Players sign their contracts with MLS.  I don't know if there is any other league in the world that exercises the same degree of centralized control as MLS does.  It is a very inefficient economic model. [/quote]

And yet MLS has managed to survive, grow and thrive, as opposed to earlier attempts at a US soccer leagues which failed. 
Might be less efficient than other leagues, but it's working. 
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It is only working for a handful of MLS owners, with strong ties to NFL.  It does not work for players or fans.   The US has a world class soccer market, which is held back by MLS, which essentially runs the USSF.   Japan established its league around the same time as MLS was established, but has much better results because it's model is superior both economically and  in a sporting sense.   In fact, Kashima Alters knocked out Concacaf champion from the club world cup this week for which we failed to qualify.  And, Japan also had a respectable showing in the WC for which we failed to quality.     [/quote]

What people fail to understand is MLS is a cartel that's indifferent to the quality of play as long as there's a profit. They don't have any incentives to care because the league structure insulates them from risk..

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