AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

I was posting a long winded comment on an article about Sepp Blatter almost DEMANDING that MLS move to the European schedule. Yeah Sepp, shut up man, seriously. How about your turn those beady eyes of yours on the stadium construction going on in Qatar?

Playing soccer on our currently used schedule is the only way that MLS going to work for this country for the foreseeable future, because of our weather, not to mention the competition from our other sports. So give it up Sepp. Please retire.

Does this cause complications with FIFA's carefully laid out schedule? Unfortunately, undeniably, yes.

However, it also provides several OPPORTUNITIES: The ability to grow without being overshadowed by both forms of American Football, etc. Playing friendlies against European clubs on their summer tours. And, as the quality of our league improves year to year -and the more exposure it receives courtesy of our partnerships with "big" European clubs- MLS will slowly become something ingrained on the minds of our friends on the other continents. Although I'm not sure how wide spread our leagues games are shown internationally, the fact that soccer mad fans have NOTHING else to watch but MLS could over time create an interesting phenomenon...The Amero-snob!

It would be great if MLS could somehow promote itself in England, Germany, Argentina, Colombia etc...I know, I know...first America, then the world!

I for one welcome our Amero-snob brothers from Englagermafrance! Our Columbus fans from Colombia! New England fans from Old England! FC Dallas fans from Dallas, Scotland. Even DC United fans from all those other Uniteds scattered throughout the world!

Thanks for reading.

ULTRAS MLS