Major League Soccer has come a long way since it's launch after the 1994 World Cup, and it has popularity unprecedented in its history.

Still, it is seen worldwide as a league where star players come to earn their final payday before retiring as players. It also hasn't found a way to produce young players, which is why young players get experience in other countries before returning stateside to play in MLS.

When it comes to developing young players to one day play in the major league or the top league, MLS doesn't have the infrastructure of the soccer powers in South America and Europe. Then again, by the time MLS was launched futbol had been a national pastime in those locations for nearly 100 years. There is promise for MLS.

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