Larry Berg to become next MLS commissioner after owners vote on Garber successor
Berg, a part-owner of LAFC, becomes the third commissioner in MLS history at an inflection point for the North American league
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Is a hedge fund guy really the best we could do for MLS commissioner?
To be fair to him, he was part of LAFC's original partnership group in 2014 and has been a minority owner the whole time. He has also been active in the MLS competition subcommittee, so he will likely be pushing to add cap space and modernize salary rules. Yeah, he works private equity, but he has also been active in MLS for 12 years.
A hedge fund guy as MLS head would be laughed out of a Mike Judge writers room as too on-the-nose.
And his opposition was ALSO a private equity guy, so the choices were chosen intentionally.