Unlike other Major League sports, MLS has not dominate the sporting public attention on a global scale, nor the champion is crowned the ‘World Champion’. MLS has been through constant development. Has the public and media attention in the great world of football? No!

In recent years the globalization of the media, the World Sports scene began to change in that process, English Football League, Premier League, promotes itself as “The Greatest Show On Earth ‘and is in fact the world’s most popular and most watched sporting league, with a current worldwide audience of half a billion people and media income for the years 2007-2010 worth more than $ 5 billion.

If the football world will look like English Premiership or Spanish La Liga, which will look into the American major league sports other than domestic spectators? , Part of the American public holiday abroad watching football too? Such questions football a problem in the U. S sports.

Occasionally, the MLS officials would wake up from the sleepiness in the shadow of four major U.S. leagues Summit around the time that World Cup takes place and it becomes clear how the game of football is immense in terms of the global public interest, attention of the media sponsors.

If the noise around World Cup over, the MLS would fall back into somnolence. It was not to be after the World Cup 2006 in Germany when the world public a clear picture of the modern European football stadiums, multi-player one million contracts. . . The world was a sport to keep spotlight on football.

This time it is not the MLS who takes the initiative of promoting MLS, it’s all American professional sports entertainment industry. It is an economic opportunity where the money around the world football was too big to be missed or discarded.

In the summer of 2007, the American football tried to take over the football world by storm by offering David Beckham a $ 250 million contract, the most expensive player contracts in the history of the sport, some described it as the deal Beckham to America is considered the largest in sports history. MLS sent a message to the world.

In the middle of summer, when the European leagues were among the seasons and the waters were quiet, had wanted the MLS exposure to news stories dominated the Beckham family moving to LA. If the stories in the world to get football media and public attention yet in favor of the MLS? No!

Is 250 million U.S. dollars worth of exposure in the long term? Time will tell. Autumn came, European and international competitions are in full swing, the world sports news to publish fewer articles about Beckham, LA Galaxy and the MLS. To make things worst, LA barely makes the playoffs, where the media is less to write about.

In the league who had a total loss of over 350 million U.S. dollars in the first 8 years after the establishment (a Business Week report, 2004), where currently only two teams, LA Galaxy and FC Dallas, profitable with three additional teams expected to be profitable within one year a 250 million U.S. dollars a player investment seems a gamble. If so, what are the chances?

In recent years a number of outstanding players chosen to step away from the bigger leagues of Europe and South America for a financially sound contracts with teams from the Gulf to do. The headlines reported substantial transfer deals, though there was not enough follow-up in the media in this league.

Not to mention, prior to a rel <= "nofollow" onclick = "javascript: Tracker page. _trackPageview ('/ Outgoing / article_exit_link')" href = "http://www. Sportiana. Com / Football / Player / david Beckham-/ "> David Beckham ‘s arrival, MLS tried to exposure with Freddy Adu, a player under the age of 16 years, which was crowned as the next Pele get. Adu received significant media attention, the whole world knew that he plays for DC United of MLS.

Many may or may not know that Adu, last summer at age 18, a contract in Europe with Benfica FC – Portugal signed. Prior to joining Benfica, Adu spent some time in the summer in training camp, Man Utd, Alex Fergusson has not give him reason to stay.

Benfica paid to the club from Salt Lake City $ 2 million for the release of the player receives $ 1 note and Adu. 2 million per year, solid but not the contract that tops the news. Adu was not on Benfica’s Champions League match against Milan on September 18 grid, in like a player like Messi at the age of the current Adu was in the starting 11 for the football giant FC Barcelona.

The MLS does not appear to have gained substantial attention for the sport with Adu, or contributed to its development in the world a dominant player as expected. Throughout history, some of the best players ever played soccer in the United States, including Pele, Beckenbauer, Eusebio …

After decades of efforts will not yield to the success of U.S. soccer, hoping to show what difference Beckham plays (currently on a six weeks absence due to injury) may make it now? Let’s take a brief look at the MLS, a professional football began in 1996 with over 10 years experience in full swing.

Logistics and Facilities: On the day of publication of this text, 27-09-2007, is Beckham’s LA Galaxy playing against the KC Wizards. SPORTiana. com, as the author of this text, had insight into the MLS by KC Wizards in the summer of 2006, one year before the arrival of Beckham in MLS.

At that time head of KC Wizard’s coach complained about having himself and two more assistant coaches of the team’s training run, making him a number of players leave with effect from 26 man roster on the bench because they are unable to them all on the field during training at the same time.

The training facilities include an open-air area and the in-door gym area used by NFL team the KC Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium in the complex. The Wizard outdoor training field was located beside the side gate KC Chiefs training fields.

Wizards grass on the field turf was almost divorced on the ground as hard as a rock, an area where many players would pass on training to avoid injuries. A head coach, two coaches are, fitness trainer … NFL stadium and facilities … small office on the corner of a stadium … it would be quite a contrast to the clubs in the league, where Beckham played earlier.

Players: Majority MLS players are in the league and college players drafted. Footballers school usually means a player plays full ride scholarship to the first pro contracts signed at the age of 22 years or so. In other countries, signed his first pro contracts usually at age 18, at the age of 22 the player comes from a 4-year contract and managers have a better understanding of the capabilities of a player in Pro Football.

This means that college players are 4 years behind. By signing a first pro contract at age 22, they would come from the four-year contract at the age of 26, at that time, the world’s great football clubs would rather invest their money in a 22-year-old prospect who the Pro Football has 4 years experience.

College players hardly pass play in the MLS (players’ first pro-contract) on their way to better-paid leagues like most foreign clubs would be a lecture League Soccer players not to sign without Pro Football experience at age 22.

Prominent American players DeMarkus Beasley ($ 2 million to PSV – Netherlands, which is currently £ 700,000 with Rangers – Scotland) or Tim Howard ($ 4million to Man Utd – England, currently with Everton after loan), joined MLS directly from the high school without playing college soccer team, just like Freddy Adu.

For an average football fan with the choice of a variety of games, looking e. g. the giants of the game in quadrature of domestic competitions, including this past weekend when it was Man Utd vs Chelsea in England, Barcelona vs. Sevilla in Spain, Roma vs Juventus in Italy, PSV vs. Feyenoord in the Netherlands … Boca Juniors of Argentina play, Lyon … In France there is little room for MLS.

A football fan wants to competitiveness, the passionate fans watching decades-long fierce rivalry between the clubs, the tradition, the world’s best players, established players with reputation of playing for prestigious clubs, ultra-modern football-specific stadiums, most of which MLS does not offer.

The MLS, the importance of the American public and the media in order to get the same interest in the world to get the audience. Hardworking, attractive, all-round players like Eddie Johnson of the KC Wizards or DC United Jaime Moreno, who proved their quality in the Copa America this summer 2007 is the prototype for a successful competitive league players.

proposed soccer-specific stadium for MLS Modern clubs are all a step forward. German Bundesliga witnessed tremendous boost of public interest and media attention on domestic and global levels before and after the World Cup 2006, with a great legacy of new and renewed old stadiums.

The MLS should be as much as possible to internationalize, the English Premiership did it, if foreign billionaires started buying clubs, world-class players even came in large numbers to make the most watched and profitable football league in the world.

Many writers have speculated on why football is not so popular in the U.S. and certain other countries, most of them point to the fact that the game is not enough scoring. Changing the rules of the game in favor of having more goals per game may be useful this time around.

Football is a powerful force, has transformed the North American major league sports philosophy, MLS clubs compete in the Super League and the Copa Sudamericana, the New York Red Bulls new stadium will complete a “European style” roof function, MLS in 2007 started selling advertising space on the front of the sweater (a floor of $ 500,000 per shirt sponsorship), following the practice of international football.

As the Latin American immigration in the U.S. increases, so the interest in football. In football the most popular recreational sport for both boys and girls, the MLS has potential. In 2006 Thurs Garber, MLS Commissioner, expressed his expectations for the league clubs to be profitable in 2010 in general.

LA Galaxy’s merchandise sales over the next four Beckham four years with the club can not top $ 600,000,000 as he was during his time at Real Madrid, MLS is still a player made the covers of Sports Illustrated magazine and the collection of a crowd of 66,000 spectators in a packed Giants Stadium.

In the words of David Beckham about his move to MLS: “I’m coming to play football… I’m not saying me coming to the States football is the biggest sport in America” to make. It’s about taking one step at the time when football is meant to make it in football.

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