Also some excellent articles on developmental player salaries linked to in Soccer by Ives this weekend. I’ll post on those next week.

Personally, I think San Jose is a good expansion. Especially since I’ll probably be moving to the Bay Area after college and will want to see MLS games on a regular basis. On a more serious point, they already had a team, already have a fan base, and with a new stadium they should be headed for better return on their ticket sales. I think the league should wait a year or two before expanding again (after SJ) to give things a chance to settle down. Looks like it worked for Toronto. I’ve also heard that soccer is bigger in Vancouver and Montreal than in Toronto. Maybe one of the next new teams can be based in one of those cities.

But I also wonder if this is why AEG is investing more in players this year. At some point you have to take certain risks to take MLS beyond its very steady but slow growth.