Questions for soccer fans.

[outlawauron]

Munkeh111 said:

outlawauron said:

Correct. If a player's salary exceeds 350,000/year, then they qualify for a Designated Player slot. Each team can have 3 DP slots. These are usually used for top Hispanic players, older elite European players, or good USMNT players (Dempsey, Donavan, Bradley, Jones, etc.)

Salary cap is expected to nearly double as it should. MLS needs to be able to keep their younger players and be able to entice young players to skip college.

For $350,000 a year, you're not going to be able to keep good young players. If you're a good young player, you can earn $1m at most decent teams if you go across to Europe. I guess doubling it is a good start

You just need a steadier stream of good talent coming through and not going off to play other sports

Exporting younger players to better leagues isn't inherently bad, but most of the teams didn't have a youth academy until a few years ago. The oldest youth players are ~24. It's going slowly, but MLS is making necessary moves to continue to grow and expand.