ColinLee said:
Where would you put Melbourne Hearts A-League against the MLS? About the same? Maybe lower?
Probably one notch higher. The better MLS teams are probably mid to lower Championship level. But it's the top league in the states so they will be able to have amazing facilities, and feel whats its like to be a top dog in their particular sport in large towns.
edit to clarify, by "top dog" I mean, they will be the only football team in LARGE metros (1-9 million people) where there isn't usually other teams vying for relevancy, bar New York, which with it's population can easily support multiple teams.