Look, even if I look at MLS’ sweep this week in the CCL, as both a fan and journalist, it’s still ideal to see. You always want to cover or root for the best possible, most respectable product. But having three MLS clubs finally defeat three Liga MX clubs is only the start.
There is this narrative that most people don’t take the MLS seriously on a global scale, even not in the mainstream United States of America. It’s growing more and more by the year, but in order for MLS to get its rightful place in the mainstream, pop culture of America, it needs to, as a whole, consistently put on performances like what we saw this week.