But how do you see the relationship with MLS, LAC, and Liga MX at large?

Sure.

Well, and for our friend, some of our friends down in Carson, it was their dream come true.

Chivas 1.0 against Chivas 2.0, right? [laughs] But I think that Leagues Cup has been an interesting proposition that was a little bit of, you know, we're building the plane as we're flying it in the, in the first year that we had the competition.

And the good news is there's been open dialogue and collaboration as time has gone on between clubs in our league, our league office, across, you know, MLS and Liga MX and the clubs there.

And I think what we have seen is an ever-improving product, right? Originally, you know, there was an imbalance in the number of MLS teams versus the number of Liga MX teams that were participating, which led to a bit too much, and I think we all would acknowledge, in the early years of the tournament, there was too much MLS against MLS, and that was not what the tournament was billed as, right? The tournament, I have been saying for years, is billed as Superman and Batman are gonna get in a ring and we're gonna find out who the real winner is, right? So, you know, we've narrowed it.

Only 16 clubs in MLS qualify, top 16 in the table.

Just looking at this, this new venture for him, why is he the right guy?