does it hurt the image of MLS to get clown showed like that on national TV? serious question. I understand MC is far superior and that zusi didn't play and that we were playing our subs in the second half. It was obvious that we treated that game like an exhibition, just like MC did.
I guess I'm wondering if the MLS would benefit from not treating these games like exhibitions. The broadcast made a fairly big deal of the Ashley Cole statement that he rejected the MLS because he's "not ready to relax on a beach yet," and Lalas was like, "time to change that image." If we're trying to shed this negative stigma of being a third/fourth tier professional league, I feel like we should be approaching these games with more urgency. It's fine for MC to treat the game as an exhibition, but I don't think SKC and the MLS as a whole have that luxury.
I dunno. HSIQ-types please weigh in.