Here's some irony for you: Brian McBride announced last week that he was leaving Fulham and returning to the U.S. to finish out his career in Major League Soccer. According to reports, he wants to play for the Chicago Fire, which is his hometown club. However, McBride can't sign a contract with a specific MLS club. He has to sign with the league itself, who then allocates him to a specific club -- and the club at the top of the allocation list is Toronto FC.
So the best striker in American soccer history comes home and finds that MLS rules will force him to play for the lone Canadian club.
Seriously, does that seem right to you? Why does McBride have to go through all this red tape just to sign with his chosen MLS club? Rules like this are why so many people view MLS as less than major league. Free agents should be allowed to sign with the club they choose, not the club the league assigns to them. This is just one more thing that really needs to be fixed in the next collective bargaining agreement.
You know where McBride should really be today? Santander. The U.S. men's national team takes on Spain today, and with Landon Donovan still begging out with a
(H/T: Soccer By Ives)
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