Sepp Blatter swipes at MLS' development

December 30, 2012
By ESPN.com news services
FIFA president Sepp Blatter took a sharp jab at Major League Soccer during a television interview this weekend, saying it has yet to catch on as a legitimate professional league in the United States.

Blatter suggested league officials have had ample time to get the world's most popular sport to take hold in the U.S., but the MLS has failed to generate much interest among mainstream American sports fans.

"It is a question of time, I thought -- we had the World Cup in 1994," ...

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