by Brian Straus
Major League Soccer executives rarely make decisions that please everybody — that’s one of the hazards of trying to run a league with so many competing constituencies. However, it’s hard to imagine anybody criticizing Wednesday’s announcement that MLS will suspend play during the group stage of next summer’s World Cup. For once, the U.S. soccer community, both those who are glad to be part of it and those who wish they were European or Latin American, should be satisfied.
MLS released a statement Wednesday afternoon indicating that it plans to leave the schedule blank from June 11, the first day of the tournament, until the group stage concludes on June 25. It also will not play any games on the days of the World Cup semifinals and final.
Major League Soccer Gets It Right, Announces Break for World Cup originally appeared on Soccer FanHouse on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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