Booked For Dissent: The International Player Issue

MVNsoccer posted 12/20/2007 from www.bookedfordissent.com [flag]

I’ve wanted to say something for the past few days about MLS’ changes to international players for 2008...If the league wasn’t expanding so much, I would have a problem with it. But right now, there’s simply not enough American talent coming into the league to maintain the quality we’ve been enjoying for the past few years... [link]

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