Friday, March 4, 2016

Big-name MLS players face pressure to deliver in 2016 (Reuters)

Italian international soccer player Andrea Pirlo is introduced as New York City FC's third Designed Player, at an event in New York, July 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Major League Soccer's highly-skilled big-name players who command the top salaries are under pressure to deliver results in the upcoming 2016 season after failing to provide success for their teams last year. LA Galaxy's Steven Gerrard and New York City FC's Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard were among the high-profile players who were supposed to lift their clubs to new levels but the big salaries did not bring in the silverware. The Galaxy, who started last season having won three of the previous four MLS Cups, finished fifth in the 10-team Western Conference and exited the playoffs in the first round while NYFC's debut campaign could not have gone much worse.


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