Soccer has been growing in America at an incredible rate. Forbes indicates that the average attendance at MLS matches has grown 12.7 percent in the past year alone. No doubt some of that success has to come down to MLS’s ability to bring big name European talents to America.
In the past year alone we have seen names like Andrea Pirlo, Frank Lampard, David Villa Kaka and Steven Gerrard all jump across the Atlantic and find new homes in the states.
However, the common theme between most of the stars that MLS is attracting is their age.