The commissioner compared Major League Soccer's disappointment in the CONCACAF Champions League to Premier League clubs failing in the UCL.

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MLS commissioner Don Garber doesn't believe Liga MX is a stronger league just because Mexican clubs have dominated the CONCACAF Champions League since the current format of the competition began in 2008.

When asked if MLS teams need to get better in order to defeat their Liga MX opponents, Garber compared his position to that of Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore, who has seen English sides come up short in seven of the last eight UEFA Champions League seasons.

"The Spanish clubs I just heard are dominating the Champions League, and nobody says to Richard Scudamore, 'Do you need to do things to be able to beat Real Madrid or Barcelona," a smiling Garber told Goal Mexico's Rodrigo Lara.

"Of course we need to be better against a Mexico league, Liga MX, in the Champions League," he continued. "The schedule doesn't help - they play in our preseason - but our goal is to beat them and be the best in our region."

Only two MLS clubs have reached the CCL final, with Real Salt Lake losing to Monterrey in 2011 and the Montreal Impact falling to Club America in 2015. A Mexican club has won each of the eight CCL titles, with an all-Mexico final occurring in six of the championship series.

However, one thing Garber has going for him is the hope that a strong Copa America in the United States could increase the interest of soccer among American sports fans.

The 100th anniversary of the Copa America will be played in the U.S. next month. The U.S. and Mexico among the five CONCACAF teams competing against the likes of South American giants Brazil and Argentina, hoping to lift the trophy in the first edition played outside of South America.

"It's a huge opportunity for everybody in America to get excited about the sport," Garber said. "The best teams in South America and the best teams CONCACAF coming together playing in 10 venues, it'll be a mini-World Cup and will show the world what a World Cup could look like [in the United States] because we'll probably have 70,000 average fans attending those games. It should be wonderful."