Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Inbetween View Post
There are several factors that may impact an incoming player's anticipated performance. I suspect one of the key hurdles to overcome from such leagues/countries, that has been mentioned many times, is the adjustment to MLS's 'size'. The distances and travel involved for matches; the grind. It's not the 'Euro' typical few hours or hundreds of kilometers to a match; week in, week out. IIUC, Norway= 385,207/KM2, Denmark= 42,951/KM2, Ontario= 1.005M/KM2, USA= 9.834M/KM2 and CAD= 9.985M/KM2. Essentially, two times the country area set of Norway and Denmark fit into Ontario alone; and there is no other MLS Club in that space. More mind-boggling, 45 country area sets of Norway and Denmark combined fit into the USA and Canada. MLS's area and distances are juggernaut! Likely, only China or Russia leagues compare.
The schedule this year is very friendly. We have one visit to the West Coast, one to Minnesota & one to Austin. All those are followed by a week off. Couple this with the "Saturday night is game night" routine & things might be less stressful for travel.

Our toughest stretch is late in the season - 6 games in 21 days with four of them away. At least all the travel is in the east & we are not flying scheduled flights anymore.