Daniel Sperry

And it'll be weird, but it'll be fun.

I think so, too, because I think a lot of these players in these clubs are going to have experiences at MLS facilities.

And, you know, sporting facility is state of the art.

The current facility for the NWSL is still state of the art, too.

And, you know, you have these players that are coming here and

They're going to look at these places and they're going to say, whoa, I don't know how many players I've talked to around the league and players and coaches that have had experience overseas that see kind of what teams have to work with in terms of facilities, in terms of what the life is like around the city, especially Kansas City is very diverse.

superstar friendly in a way.

You know, you don't have paparazzi everywhere chasing you down unless you're in L.A.

And then your soccer players are so far down the list of what they're trying to capture sometimes and that kind of stuff.

So you're able to live a bit of a quieter life than you might in Europe at times.

And I think that all of that in a package is going to be attractive to players who are going to come here and say, whoa,

like there might be four or five clubs, I'd say maybe 10 clubs in Europe that have a facility that's at the quality and standard with everything in it that What Sporting Kansas City has.

But there's at least 10, 15 MLS clubs now since Sporting's facility went online that also is going to feel the same way.

So I think it'll open up players to see what MLS is working with in terms of the day-to-day life and operation and stuff like that.

And so then

Then it becomes a different conversation of, OK, when they can see that their families can enjoy it there, that they can enjoy it in other markets that may not be just what they think of in New York, Miami and L.A.

and stuff like that.

They might that'll open up the doors.

And I would be stunned if it didn't.

You know, I thought in a weird way in Qatar World Cup in twenty twenty two.