Don Garber Quotes on Future (3 Quotes)

The selection of the league's all-time leading scorer in our nine-year history and the inclusion of one of the top youth prospects in the world helps recognize the founders of this league and celebrates the promise the future holds.

In the immediate and long-term future, today's news will prove to be a historical turning point for the sport, ... These recent developments further solidify soccer's standing and value as a major television property in the United States with even greater future potential.

It's worth repeating a quote from Garber that appeared in my recent Sports Illustrated story on Johnson. We want kids to dream of playing for FC Dallas and being like Eddie, and the only way that happens is if he's playing in our league, ... Our future is going to have us looking to these special players as the foundations for the sport, and we need to find ways to provide salaries that are competitive with other parts of the world. More important than that, we need them to believe in the league and their role in building the sport.