Letters to the Editor
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@utdajx
Thanks for the reply, I was basing my opinion mainly on that wonderful series "Real Football Factories", the host consistently credits higher ticket prices with a decrease in violence at the stadia...I suspect it's probably a combination of many factors that led to the decrease.
Nice to see someone who likes MLS here! I'm a neophyte to the league (didn't pay it any attention until Toronto FC started) but I find it to be a surprisingly high level of soccer, and have had nothing short of an amazing time every time I've been to a match.
A few improvements would go a long way to making a better product
1) soccer specific stadia. Salt Lake still plays on the college football field? It looks SO low rent.
2) Field Turf at the very least in every stadium. Again Salt Lake plays on the old school astro turf...controlling the ball is damn near impossible on that stuff.
3) Fix the stupid names. Half are awesome (Houston Dynamo, TFC, Chivas) the other half sound bush league (Galaxy? Columbus Crew?) and Real Salt Lake at least has its heart in the right place.
4) More latino players! Forget Europe, the imports should come from south of us...I suspect the latino population in the US would make up the bulk of the support for the league...and they'd probably be more enamoured with a top flight Mexican player (I can't think of one right now to save my life...sorry!) than Beckham.
well that was one huge tangent there...sorry 'bout that.
cheers,