Embrace of young DPs has MLS shedding 'retirement league' image

Rumours continue to swirl around Wayne Rooney, but does Paul Mariner feel he's a good fit for MLS? When future generations of fans look back at the history of MLS, 2017 might well be viewed as the year the league finally shed its image as a retirement destination for good. Fact is, the domestic league had already been trending younger in terms of luring high-priced designated players when a bunch of teams went back to the well two years ago, signing a fresh batch of past-their-prime household names before and during the 2015 campaign. Thirty-somethings Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo and David...

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