MLS needs more villains

So much of the best of sports is rooted in hate. Those teams that who seem to thrive on the suffering of opposing fans, those players who thrive on shouting and jeers. You know them. The Pittsburgh Steelers. The New York Yankees. Tom Brady. Soccer, of course, has them, too. Every self-respecting league needs a Stoke City. Every Rangers FC needs a Celtic FC and every Mohun Bagan needs an East Bengal. The world is simply better when there’s a Jose Mourinho to hate. Or a red card to Joey Barton.

Sometimes, you hate them because they are rich and successful, like Real Madrid. Sometimes, you hate them because they are rich and successful upstarts, like Chelsea. And sometimes you hate them because…