MLS Hits the Big Time

Mark it down - 2008 was the year that Major League Soccer became truly major league. Was it due to the influx of major stars like Beckham and Blanco? Of course not. Was it the fact that Forbes analyzed the financial worth of MLS franchises for the first time? Certainly not.

We've finally got ourselves a drug scandal! Red Bulls defender Jeff Parke and goalkeeper Jon Conway were hit with a ten game ban for performance enhancing drugs. I know many folks were shocked, but if you look at Conway's team pictures from the last two years, we really should have seen this coming...