A cash-grab, a training warm-up for the Mexicans, or an attempt to establish a serious new North American international club tournament?
If the inaugural 2019 edition is anything to go by, then the answers would be; yes, yes and no.
For although there was a clear qualifying criteria set out to determine the four Mexican representatives, MLS simply hand-picked their’s. You wonder how they reached the conclusion that it should be Chicago Fire, Houston Dynamo, LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake.
If it’s a spectacle they’re after, there should be no problem filling LA Galaxy, or the BBVA Compass Stadium with the help of Mexican posteriors on seats, and even Real Salt Lake should be ok, but how did MLS come up with Chicago Fire when their Empty-SeatGeek, Bridgeview Stadium consistently attracts the lowest attendance figures in the league?