Los Angeles, June 8 -- Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber said that the league is looking at the FIFA World Cup, being co-hosted by the USA alongside Mexico and Canada this year, as something that brings long-lasting, consistent fan attention to the North American football scene, which does not disappear once the marquee tournament ends.

Garber spoke to Reuters in an interview. The league's commissioner said that MLS started planning for the tournament after FIFA WC hosting rights were given to the US back in 2018, using the event to expand and fuel the country's football infrastructure and bring more fanfare and stature to the US in the footballing world.

"We sat back and said, ' This will be that North Star," Garber tol...