This is now my third column piece and it feels impossible to talk about Major League Soccer any further without mentioning the greatest player to ever play the game: Lionel Messi.
Just months after achieving the best record in club history, which earned them the 2025 Supporters’ Shield (a trophy awarded to the club with the highest total points in the regular season), the Philadelphia Union find themselves at rock bottom of the league table.
With the World Cup set to take over North America this June, one of the biggest beneficiaries will be Major League Soccer. In this column, I will examine how the league’s rising player quality is helping MLS move beyond its ‘retirement league’ label.
