The problem that MLS is really suffering under is not lack of good players, but lack of good coaches. In my short look at some of these Coaches, half of them seemingly barely understand what is transpiring on the field, which is allowing below standard play to continue over the course of the season.

It is mostly their fault that we are looking at such an inferior product, in my opinion. The players are making bad decisions yes, but the coaches are saying that is good enough. These are not skill errors, but it seems to be tactical decisions on the field that are not corrected.

Hey, if you are making $40,000 a year, and no one is telling you to get better, well go ahead and have fun for 8 years playing soccer. You can live on some memories, but frankly the standards of the MLS will never rise past irregular football, where as, if El Salvador had our human and financial resources. That is, give El Salvador our soccer infrastructure.  They would put out a European or Mexican like product. In this case, buy Mexican, Have you seen some of the goals!

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But in reality, we must groom coaches to take players farther then they have gone. Many of these coaches have peeked at the College level, or at the standard that the MLS is at today. I am sure there are some new, hungry, innovative coaches that can make a difference in the lives of these players, to get them to play better and extend their careers across the border. Just as many players from El Salvador have plied their trade across theirs.

In the Premiership, if you are a coach and not getting the job done in the first few days, you are in the hot seat. In Brazil it is worse, three straight loses and you are out! We need to up our standards and get some coaching turnover out there. This will create a whole heck of a lot of competition from game to game, and as a fan, isn’t that what we want to see?

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