[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Three days before the start of MLS’s 18th season, MLS Commissioner Don Garber took to the digital worldto address fans and the media via a live Google+ Hangout in New York. Garber said the league’s goal is to be one of the world’s top leagues in 10 years. He admitted the league has a ways to go interms of the quality of play on the field and in terms of television ratings, but the league is hopeful it can follow the model of the NHL, which parlayed strong local fan bases and local passionsinto a growing national television audience.

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