Via the Sports Economist, found a link to this article in the Wall Street Journal about the high demand for World Cup tickets for the USA [subscribers only].  I can\'t read the article, but its safe to assume its a mainstream journalist just catching wind of the difficulties those of us who want to follow our team to Germany encountered, what, 2 months ago?  I\'m not sure why he ends his post with a dig at MLS.

[Now, if MLS could find a way to bring a credible product to club soccer, we might really have something to cheer about.]{.rss:item}

What is a \"credible product\" to club soccer?\ \ In my opinion, MLS has made great strides in the quality of the clubs they have.  The number of owners is going up, it\'s been a good proving ground for your talen (Bobby Convey, Demarcus Beasley, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan), and its getting stadiums built for its clubs.\ \ You could argue that single-entity (the format used by practically every new sports league recently), multiple team ownership (AEG is divesting itself of teams), and the lack of a single table (umm, yeah our country spans a whole continent...) as somehow degrading the quality of the clubs but I think these arguments are specious. \ \ The low salary cap and the small rosters, which limit a teams effectiveness in international competion and ability to deal with injuries, do more to hurt a club. I think MLS realizes this and are eager to fix them while staying viable and aiming for profitability.