Lionel Messi's Miami adventure will begin at what was once an MLS gravesite. Some 22 years ago, long before the GOAT decided to take his talents to South Beach, before he'll arrive to lift an entire league and perhaps American soccer more broadly, that league was crumbling. It nearly folded in 2001. It survived, but its first Miami club, the Fusion, dissolved. The league's future, if it even had one, looked bleak.
will begin at what was once an MLS gravesite. Some 22 years ago, long before the GOAT decided to take his talents to South Beach, before he'll arrive to lift an entire league and perhaps American soccer more broadly, that league was crumbling. It nearly folded in 2001. It survived, but its first Miami club, the Fusion, dissolved. The league's future, if it even had one, looked bleak.
MLS has come a long way since Beckham arrived in Los Angeles. In 2007, it was a languishing league with half-full stadiums and an uncertain future. Now it is respectable and rising. Many of its 29 teams boast passionate local followings. Its 30th team, set to launch in 2025 in San Diego, cost the ownership group $500 million. It is no longer a league that needs changing or saving.
The big question, of course, is how many, and for how long. Messi will attract salivating audiences for a few years, and then he will leave. What then? Will anybody care about Colorado Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo, or even Los Angeles vs. New York, after he is gone?
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