It's not that serious of an issue to delve into it that deeply, in the USA the NHL is the major league hockey league and the MLS is the major league soccer league, period, the end. What is the major league of lacrosse by the way?Total attendance or average attendance? You also ignore ticket pricing in your comparison. Doubt total gate revenue for MLS is anywhere close to NHL or any of the so called 4 major sports. My preference is lacrosse anyway.