Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
It would do nothing to help the perception of the league. I realize that transfer fees are paid all over Europe in soccer, but when a good young player basically gets sold to another league, how does this give MLS the perception of actually being a major league?
It does help the perception of the Whitecaps at least.
Local boy, raised and trained in Canada, spotted by Whitecaps and drafted to their development team, then moved up to the big club, then "bought" (ugh!) by the top team in the Bundesliga.