Let's say MLS swaps the calendar. December = MLS Cup June-August = I'm guessing there'd be a summer tournament, whether Leagues Cup, FIFA WC or something else. Late August = New MLS Season But what the hell do they do from March-June? That's a long time to not have games. USOC? Random one-off games against other MLS teams?
Easy. They'll gin up a pre season tournament with a ridiculous cup for the winner. Probably a " World Cup Format" with group stages so that Apple has lots of games. It's nauseating, but who wants to bet they don't do something like this? You just watch.
You’d need to play a half season, can’t let national team players (for all World Cup qualified nations) just sit around from November-ish (for 80% of teams) to June. I think a half season, like an apertura/clausura would be fine. Play each team in your conference once and have a short playoff. Hell, I’d be fine with an honorary Jordi Alba Cup, have the champ of each conference go straight into a final. Or do a final four. Done.
Chuck Blazer told me a story once about San Pedro Sula; he said it is the gay capital of Central America and one day the US was playing there and a Honduras player got badly hurt. They were in the locker room when the ambulance people were trying to load him but he kept screaming that he refused to leave without his partner, who.couldnt get there because the security was so tight. Finally Chuck went out beyond the cordon and gave him FIFA VIP credentials so that he could get into.the locker room and then ride.in the ambulance. He said the CONCACAF media people were terrified that the story would get out, not just because of the media but particularly since Jack Warner was a notorious gay basher and they all figured they'd be fired. Ah the old days.
The only thing I have seen was Gomez talking about the cans coming from a section of Blue. There is no love lost between Honduras towards Mexico, so I have no problem seeing them pelt some Mexicans after a stunning victory.