It wasn’t hard to see the change in tenor from Don Garber in the 2021 version Major League Soccer’s State of the League Address. A fully completed season in front of fans with no canceled games can do a lot for one's disposition, it turns out.
The 2020 league address was pretty dour, coming off the heels of a shortened season plagued by issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. Garber revealed then that MLS was looking at losses in revenue at around $1 billion, especially brutal for a league that insists that it is still not profitable.