Originally Posted by
tdob (in Toronto)
Kenwyne started about 5 matches for them, wasn't key to their team at all. But there are always going to be signings in any league like that.
Atlanta signed 19 year old Barco this season for $15 million, and Almiron last season (who will eventually go to Europe
I am sure). Both players are said to have turned down offers from Europe and Mexico, the manager of Atlanta is someone players want to play for though. I don't want to keep pumping Atlantas tires though as their supporters have already become the most annoying.
Diego Rossi is another 19 year old who signed for LAFC, most articles linked him with other teams / offers but LAFC put up the money and can obviously offer an attractive workplace.
Jesus Medina is only 20 and signed with New York. Interest from him all over, although as NYCFC is owned by Man City there might be some type of deal there.
Kaku, Paredes, Colman, etc there are so many players under the age of 22 or 23 coming over from South America and these are only the ones in the last few months. Nobody is oblivious enough to think a player would turn away a top 25 European club to stay in MLS but the league is quickly becoming a hot bed of talent from Latin America. You also get players like a Giovinco who could easily play for a club in the Champions League but likes his life in Toronto on a salary that likely won't be beat. That's the thing with MLS, it offers players the chance to increase their quality of living in many cases, not be under the microscope 24/7 and play a fairly high level of football.
Anyway, i'll put down my MLS pom poms now, just sometimes gets frustrating when people who maybe watch a handful of matches a season make sweeping judgments of an entire league. Don't get me wrong there are terrible matches in MLS, but i've also watched every Cardiff match this season and some of them have been pretty dire themselves (i'll take about 10 more of them if we get the 3 points though).