One of the biggest challenges facing an international player new to MLS is the travel, and it’s generally not appreciated until experienced. This past English Premier League season saw Newcastle traverse a league-high 9,000 miles — in total — to its 19 away fixtures. By comparison, your New England Revolution later this year will fly 3,000 miles to play one away match in California. Then they’ll do it a second time. This coming weekend, though, they’ll actually travel 3,100 miles to their next match in Vancouver. That's over 9,000 miles total — for just three away fixtures.