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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slightly off topic too but it does matter and something to think about.  Capitalism in Europe isn't the same as capitalism here in the states.

Youth soccer is a machine that is allowed to grow without many checks and balances.  How good or bad that is depends on your perspective I guess.[/quote]

I think people just don't realize the financial gap that there is.

Here are a few simple figures from the best data I could find.

EPL: €2,208,128 average salary, €2,111,838,000 total league salary
La Liga: €2,517,929 average salary, €1,203,570,000 total league salary
Bundesliga: €2,208,128 average salary, €967,160,000 total league salary
Serie A: €1,898,505 average salary, €992,918,000 total league salary
Ligue 1: €1,797,765 average salary, €764,050,000 total league salary
English Championship €768,002 average salary, €456,961,352 total league salary
MLS: €543,745 average salary, €241,966,716 total league salary

These are just the top leagues in those countries and the second division in England still out grosses the MLS almost 2 to 1.

I'm not even sure we're catching up, but at least our totals are going up. Still a long way to go. For more perspective the salary cap of a single NFL team is $224,800,000, almost as much as the MLS combined. In baseball the NY Mets have a payroll of about $343,605,067....

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That MLS 'average' salary is very misleading. You throw out Messi and a couple others, things look very different. [/quote]

Oh I completely agree, NWSL is even worse.[/quote]

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