Nah I never watched from 08-10 but watching the past 3 years I just feel like although the league is improving each year slowly, we are approaching the glass ceiling our league format creates. I hope with time and more effort going into coaching at the youth level and academies improving that the league will continue to get better depth but with the high cost of competitive soccer in both the USA and Canada I have my doubts. In my opinion the league should be focusing more on scouting South America and improving the image of the league by appointing competent refs (this is possible my old math teacher in high school was a linesmen in MLS and said they were paid peanuts) I'm not sure the financial side of the league but I'd wager they're making a profit now and all of that should be used to increase the salary cap in my opinion. I can see why you'd prefer slow steady growth after what happened to the last big soccer promotion in Canada/USA