Japan and South Korea sends much of its top baseball talent to America,but its top soccer talents tend to choose Europe. Is MLS lost out?If there was a Premier League of world economies then none of the United States, Canada, or China,Japan, South Korea and Australia would have to worry about relegation. When it comes to the world game however, or trade between North America and Asia is minimal. Europe is still the one all look to.
Baseball’s different. Ichiro Suzuki,Hideski Matsui, Park Chan-ho and Chu Shin-soo are just some of the top-lesson Japanese and South Korean players to form stellar careers and millions of dollars in the United States. Australia (a member of the Asian Football Confederation since 2006) sends plenty of talent to play in the NBA but runt when it comes to soccer.
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Source: theguardian.com