Major League Soccer and United States International Soccer: Culturally Inept

Self-inflicted is a term that usually indicates something gone wrong. That is certainly the case for Major League Soccer this weekend. 

Why would they schedule a full slew of games while the national team has two games on home soil? The lack of attention to these fixtures is even more disgraceful as there will be two, count them two, MLS kickoffs that will take place while the U.S. is actually playing Argentina on Saturday night.

Would it not make sense to use the spectacle of a U.S. vs. Argentina clash to focus the soccer population in their markets? Or has business gone so well that now the MLS can push forward with their fixtures regardless of what else is going on out there?

This is just a quintessential example of why the American soccer culture is still lagging. Last time I checked, every top flight league in Europe takes a break when internationals take place.

There is a respect for the national team and what it represents; a sh...

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