“For too long, within the single-entity structure [on which MLS is built], the bottom gets pulled up by the top,” he said on the night Atlanta booked its title game berth. “Hopefully other clubs around the league look around and say, ‘We’ve got to do this to keep up.’ It might take some time, and the same clubs winning over and over - the ones that invest, the ones that want to win - but that’s exactly it."