Saturday, March 2, 2013

Chivas USA

It's really been bugging me that CD Chivas USA has said they will only be obtaining and playing Mexicans.  
I think the fact that the club has gone back to "Mexicans only" is ignorant and and frankly, won't work. It sure didn't work the first time. It's not that Mexico doesn't have a deep enough talent pool. I get it, the owner is a Mexican, owns a huge club in Mexico (Chivas de Guadalajara) and wants to develop talent to go to Mexico and win there. Here's the problem, MLS is not a development league. It's a teir 1 professional soccer league.
On top of that; EVEN if the league is seen as a way for American and Canadians to get more playing time to develop their national teams then why do we have a club developing for the Mexican national team? 
Sorry if that sounds like I hate people from Mexico, that's not the case at all. I just think this club, in it's current state, has no business in MLS.