Ahead of Saturday's MLS Cup final between Columbus and Seattle, Grant has an entertaining conversation with commissioner Don Garber about a number of topics: The intriguing possibilities of an MLS-Liga MX merger; the landscape for MLS as it heads toward a new domestic TV contract after the 2022 season; the hardest thing personally for Garber during a difficult 2020; the challenges of recently laying off 20% of the employees at MLS headquarters; what he's most excited about for 2021; the possibilities of invoking force majeure and starting a new CBA negotiation with MLS players; his thoughts on how MLS handled Freddy Adu in the early 2000s; and making the case for why an investor should spend $500 million to start an MLS team when it would cost less to buy a top-flight team in Europe.
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber