I know that most people will not agree with me, but WTH is the MLS website’s front page 90% about the USMNT and World Cup qualifying? This is Major League Soccer, not US Soccer! Last time I checked US Soccer had their own site. I know that MLS does have players on the USMNT, but again US Soccer has their own site!
Took a look today and not one story about MLS on at least the front page. It was all World Cup and USMNT. There is a place and time for that, yet the Major League Soccer website is not said place!
For a lot of casual/potential fans, the USMNT is the gateway to following MLS/club soccer. And for a lot of Americans, soccer is a once-every-four-years event. That's the sports/media environment the league is working in.