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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2619003, member: 405"] MLS is a lot like the English Championship, mixed with something like the Dutch or Belgian domestic leagues. That's about the level of talent. The Central and South Americans are improving the on-ball skillls of the league, overall, and eventually that will be good for the league and for the Americans coming through. The real problem, in my opinion, is college soccer. Their scheduling is all screwed up and they play up to 3 games a week, as college kids. That's way too much. Each MLS team needs an academdy system, it should not be too expensive, and we should continue recruiting dual-citizenship players who grow up as military kids living in countries where soccer is the primary sport. We should also be recruiting the hell out of Mexican and Central American kids who live in the American Southwest. [/QUOTE]