HOW DOES MLS PICK UP THE WORLD CUP MANTLE? CASEMIRO HELPS, BUT IT’LL TAKE MUCH MORE

The World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum. Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America’s best young players to stay “Thanks World, we’ll take it from here,” is Major League Soccer’s message to the American public.

Sport | The Guardian reports that the World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum.

The report adds: Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America’s best young players to stay “Thanks World, we’ll take it from here,” is Major League Soccer’s message to the American public.

Yet two moves in the last week were emblematic of the issues the league faces in taking on the mantle of North America’s hosting of the game’s grandest stage.

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