This is the direction this discussion always goes, and I think it misses the point in two big ways:

The problem with that is that Messi is not some outlier. There isn't nearly as strong a correlation between the kinds of physical attributes you're talking about and overall ability in soccer as there is in football or basketball.

Stop making sense and derailing the God Bless America jerkathon.

"No one cares about your paragraph-long rants." Seems fitting here, too.

Well, Honda was still at least partially led by Soichiro Honda when the CRX was developed, while GM had Roger Smith. That probably explains a large part of it.

The camel is just for finding out what day it is today...

To my fellow commentariat:

Oh heavens no mister arbiter of good soccer, please don't tell us off! Anything but that!

I think a big part of this is that people who are MLS fans were not traditional sports fans before their local MLS product appeared. People who never really liked football or baseball or whatever else are grasping on a fandom without understanding how to be a fan, so they are creating an experience for themselves…

So Ted Westervelt writes for Deadspin now?
Fuck this shit, FREE GREG HOWARD!

Watch. Billy will be first in line to buy an NYCFC kit.

For a guy who spent 50% this article bitching at eurosnobs you spend 100% of the article acting like one.

Well, see ya. Consider yourself un-guilted.

Same owners: AEG has the Galaxy and one-half of Houston.

This is, by far, the most stupid article I have read in a while on deadspin. What a fucking joke. Any idiot can write this. Not every league in the world is top flight. And the level of play in MLS has increased since the early days.

Dude bashes MLS because it's not Arsenalesque or Messi-esque, then asks why Michael Bradley didn't decide to play for the footballing paradise of... Sunderland.

Seriously, this from a site that never skips an opportunity to rip on bandwagonning fans.

But, being serious, the premise of this article, to me at least, is flawed. And yes, I realize the hook is firmly in my cheek, but still.

Step 1: say something pretty ignorant