Well they can. There is a salary cap, but up to two designated players can be excluded from this cap, which is how Kaka, Villa, Lampard, Keane, Altidore, Dempsey and David Villa have all ended up in MLS.
Yep, those two teams are gash, especially Philly it must be said. But there are some decent sides too. NY Revolution look decent, LA are always reasonably good, NY Red Bulls looks a reasonable settled side, and there one or two other decent outfits too. Montreal were good enough to put away...
Two things in DEFENSE of MLS:
1) Their season is just 3 weeks old. I'd have thought the players are a bit rusty.
2) The majority of the US national team squad is now picked from MLS. The US national team has outperformed our own for two world cups running now.
I think you're doing it a...