You don’t need me to tell you this, but sports are big business in the United States.
But where baseball, football, basketball, and hockey are mature, media revenue-driven leagues, the professional soccer landscape is far more varied in where its revenue comes from. Really, it’s still learning how to turn an extremely expensive endeavor into a profitable one.
When the business of men’s professional soccer comes up, it’s often Major League Soccer that receives the bulk of the focus.