Here are a few articles with an overseas take of the MLS (and US Soccer):
MLS reaps the rewards of a quiet footballing revolution
Most candid quote: Judged solely on footballing quality, a typical MLS side is more mid-table Championship level, and perhaps slightly better than the average Scottish Premier League team.
Best line: If you want to poke fun at the wacky venue names then Dick's Sporting Goods Park and Pizza Hut Park are begging to be ridiculed.
Reality bites for big-talking Galaxy
Best prognosticating line: So LA's saving grace might be that things in MLS rarely go the way you'd expect, and the Galaxy may win their next six games regardless of form and injuries.
Americans are soccer-savvy ... and that scares little Englanders
Best line: Face it, feeling superior to Americans is about all we've got left. But the list of things we actually do better than the Yanks is slim and getting slimmer. Did you know that the bastards even brew decent beer these days?
(Speaking of which, buy local: St. Arnold)
And here's some comments that originated in LA, then went overseas, before coming back here. Alexi Lalas is having some fun at the expense of the English, methinks:
There's this delusion that the Premiership is great
Most interesting comparison of the EPL and MLS: "The MLS is much more physically challenging than people expect. There is a lot of running and hard tackling, a lot of heat and travel." And "English football now has the haves and the have-nots, and even the top four in the Premiership may be narrowing down to two. But because of the structure of our league and the salary cap our competition runs deep."
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I wouldn't go as far as saying you can find decent beer, at least not from the big companies, micro breweries make very decent beer, and yes St. Arnold is very good, but I don't buy main stream American beer for my parties (I don't usually drink, to many calories for someone like me who needs to eat healthy and exercise regularly so not to look like a barrel).
I wouldn't say MLS teams are better than Scottish Premiere teams, they are better than MLS today, but MLS is getting closer every day, and comparing MLS to English Premiere League is like comparing RC Cola and Coca Cola when talking about sales, Premiere League is still light years away, we are what we are, nothing to be ashame, MLS has a long way to go, but MLS is doing something right, taking baby steps in the right direction.
If you like good beer, but can do without the calories (and carbs), try Sam Adams Light. It doesn't taste like your average light beer. I've been drinking this lager lately. Sam Adams is probably too large now to be considered a microbrewery, but it's still a craft brewery.
St. Arnold has great seasonal ales, and I like the fact that it's a "Houston ale." When I travel, I try to sample the local brews if there are any, just to capture the local flavor.
It's a hard call on the Scottish Premiere League. Celtic and Rangers are well beyond the MLS, but there are a whole lot of mediocre teams below them.
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