It seems that the Liga MX, instead of moving forward, is falling behind in its power and economic capacity compared to other competitions on the American Continent, where according to updated data from the portal specialized in transfers and value of the football market Transfermarkt the Aztec competition is behind the Brazilian championship and the Major League Soccer (MLS).
Without a doubt, these data should surprise few, but it is striking that in 31 years of existence the United States Professional Soccer League has taken such giant steps to surpass the Mexican competition when there is an erroneous perception that soccer in the country Stars and Stripes is not as popular as other sports such as baseball, football, and basketball.
Obviously the growth of the MLS has benefited from the hiring of international figures such as the Argentine Lionel Messi, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez, and the Spanish Sergio Busquets. and David Villa, as well as the Mexicans Carlos Vela, Giovani dos Santos and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández and much less the Welshman Gareth Bale.
Nor can we forget the contribution of the Englishman David Beckham who came to change the business thinking of the MLS, followed by his compatriots Wayne Rooney and Steve Gerard, as well as the Frenchman Therry Henry, but without forgetting the impact of the Mexican Cuauhtemoc Blanco, the German Lothar Mathaeus and the Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov, among the most notable, but without underestimating other international figures.
The reality is that the impact of these names and the business model of the MLS with a salary cap similar to other North American sports have allowed them to generate the growth of their League to place it above the Aztec competition and very close to the Brazilians who lead the relationship in the value of franchises in America.
In the data released by Transfermarkt, we have the Brazilian Serie A with a value of 1,593,428,550 million dollars, the MLS in second place with an estimated value of 1,332,364, 100 million dollars and then much further down the Liga MX with 994, 494, 802, 560 million dollars and then the Argentine League not far behind with a value of 895, 450, 000 million dollars, like the four Leagues that dominate soccer in America.
At the end of the day it is clear that the economic power of the MLS has allowed it to break out with such force that it has left behind the Mexicans, Argentines, Uruguayans, Chileans and Paraguayans, but that does not generate surprise because the South American competitions are specialized in the export of players and not in the acquisition of figures.
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