DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be.

Everyone looks at MLS in a different way, of course. Because of the players coming in, it's a better league than before, of course. Everyone can see that there is potential to improve.

I love Major League Soccer, covered the first game in 1996 in a funky stadium in San Jose, and I applaud just about every move that its commissioners, Garber and Doug Logan, have made.

San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward.

I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them.

The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America and bring what they know and what they play, that's how the sport will grow.

It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the Middle East. I believe that strongly.

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team.

Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that.

The MLS is a fantastic competition, and it is growing all the time.

I am not obsessed about making an impression on the Premier League.

One day, I hope I can play in MLS.

The Premier League is the best league.

The Premiership is maybe the best league, it's a very high level.

My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.

The Premier League is probably the best in the world so if you have a lot of players who play well there, it's normal that they are going to grow as players.

A move to MLS - you never know. New York or Los Angeles, you never know.

The Premier League is one of the best leagues in the world, everyone knows that.

We want the N.W.S.L. to grow. It is growing; it's continuously growing every year. We want it to be sustainable. It's separate in the sense that this is a U.S. Soccer thing, but the idea is to grow soccer in general, and we want to do that any way we can.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

I remember when I was in college, my junior year NWSL was not a thing and my senior year, it started up and I had a place to play now. It's really great that it's been able to be stable for these last seven years and we can always continue to push for more growth.

I play with Sacha Kljestan, and I talk a lot with him about playing in MLS.