Major League Soccer’s place among the top divisions across the globe has been debated for years. The league has certainly come a long way since its debut season in 1996. After all, just 10 total clubs fought for the title that year. Nevertheless, many fans of the sport, particularly from outside of North America, still regularly ridicule MLS.
Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has become the latest foreign figure to lambast the division. The British businessman previously entered the sports world when he purchased the South London side in 2000. Immediately after buying Palace at the age of 32, Jordan becomes the youngest chairman of an English Football League (EFL) club.
The Eagles were a second-tiered team when Jordan entered the fray. Nevertheless, they were also dealing with serious financial issues the summer that Jordan came aboard. Despite these problems, Jordan helped lead the club back to the Premier League ahead of the 2004/05 campaign. The Eagles, however, were quickly relegated back to the Championship the following season. Jordan eventually left Palace in 2010 after he failed to straighten out the team’s financial problems.
Simon Jordan claims only quality players in MLS are foreign
After departing the now Premier League side, Jordan transitioned to the media side of soccer. He now works for talkSPORT, a sports radio station based in the United Kingdom. In a recent appearance on his show, White and Jordan, the businessman had some harsh words for MLS.
Jordan was asked by his co-host, Jim White, about a recent visit to the United States. The contentious analyst visited Fort Lauderdale earlier this summer to watch Inter Miami against St Louis City. It is safe to say that he was not impressed.
“It was bloody awful,” Jordan of the match. “The standard of MLS is poor. I mean… I went to see Inter Miami, who are top of their division, play against St. Louis and the quality of the American players was abject. The only…
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-07-12 17:58:50
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