What sort of impact will WUSA have on MLS?
“I remember something that Phil Knight of Nike said once when Reebok came in. Anywhere you saw an adult or a parent, they had a white Reebok sneaker. Knight said, ‘Reebok is the best thing that ever happened to us. We have to get our stuff together here.’ Obviously, MLS said in the offseason that it has to be sharper in its communications with the youth, we have to do this better and that better. They kind of got back to the year-one mentality. I think we’re going to help them being there. Together, I am hopeful we will develop soccer in this country. “As I said often, I am a fan of MLS soccer. It’s a good product, probably a better product than what it gets credit for. We can work together and break through some barriers that have been there for soccer for a long, long time. That’s with the media, TV ratings, the opportunities to reach our fans and get them to games on a regular basis.” What lessons were learned from Major League Soccer’s launch? “For the most part MLS has been very o
