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    Kevin Baxter: MLS made a colossal mistake to drop U.S. Open Cup. How does Don Garber not get that?

    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Dec 21, 2023 4 minutes
    MLS Commissioner Don Garber speaks during his state of the league address ahead of the MLS Cup at Lower.com Field on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio.

    LOS ANGELES — Don Garber acknowledged long ago he didn’t know much about soccer when he left the NFL for MLS. Last week, the MLS commissioner showed he still doesn’t understand the sport.

    The league’s attempt to limit its participation in the U.S. Open Cup to developmental MLS Next Pro players, knee-capping the country’s oldest national soccer competition, was a colossal mistake. And the league apparently knew it was courting controversy. Because while the decision was approved at the league’s board of governors gathering on Dec. 13, it wasn’t included in the news release that detailed the other mostly minor decisions made at the meeting.

    Instead, MLS waited until Friday evening to make the

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