5 reasons we’ll be watching MLS in the future

#5 For The Last Glimpse of Great Players

Kaka ended his career at Orlando City in MLS.

MLS is clearly keen to distance itself from its long-held image as a retirement home for aging stars from Europe and the Americas. But it is something that can become positive if the general quality of the league can be increased in the coming years.

For a long time, there was such a difference between the ability of the aging stars from elsewhere and the average level of players in the league that it was difficult to get invested. The excitement of watching the final matches of a great of the game was diminished by the general lack of quality around him: both on his team and the opposition.

But as the league improves and more “name” players begin to join towards the end of the twenties, rather than at the end of their thirties, it will provide a more competitive and attractive context in which to watch great players bow out of the game.