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Originally Posted by Sowa
My point wasn't really to bring over just a few stars, but many so it would be a competitive league. First and foremost though the US has to keep its own stars and not let Beasley, Mathis, Howard, et al. go to Europe To really cultivate it into a good league they need their own stars to stay.
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This is a good point except for one flaw. These stars wont improve to the international level. They will only be as good as their best competition. What they really need is their stars to go over and play for big clubs in Europe. I'm not talking 1st or 2nd Division English leagues, or EPL bottom feeders/midtable clubs, but the really big clubs in the EPL, Spain, Germany, Italy, even top tier clubs from France, Portugal and the Netherlands would be an improvement.
This would help them improve as players. The key here, is then being able to bring them back in large enough numbers that their domestic MLS players would be up against stiff competition and elevate their game accordingly.
I dont mean to single the States out, Canada really needs to do this too. But until the domestic league has sufficient star power to bring the overall quality up, you have to cultivate it carefully.