Everyone knows that Thierry Henry can score goals. As one of the select group of World Cup winners who have played in Major League Soccer, the guy clearly knows his way around a soccer field.
Everyone may not know that the former French international (and third all-time leading Premier League scorer) is a real student of the game, someone who watches soccer constantly, including ample video study of MLS.
So when he says something like this, it’s worth paying attention to:
In an ESPNFC.com interview, Henry issued a hand-waving (quintessentially French) dismissal to any and all who don’t see Major League Soccer as a high-quality operation.
So, phooey to you, negative Nellies.
Henry also mentioned something that I have heard for years and years, but something that always seems to escape broader broadcast: travel across such a big land and performance in the long months of taxing heat is a big adjustment for so many European imports into MLS.
