Bayern Munich Looking to Partner with MLS Club

Bayern Munich's players and Bayern Munich's Spanish head coach Pep Guardiola (C) celebrate with the trophy after defeating Dortmund in the penalty shootout of the German Cup (DFB Pokal) final football match Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on May 21, 2016.Bayern Munich won the German Cup. / AFP / CHRISTOF STACHE / RESTRICTIONS: ACCORDING TO DFB RULES IMAGE SEQUENCES TO SIMULATE VIDEO IS NOT ALLOWED DURING MATCH TIME. MOBILE (MMS) USE IS NOT ALLOWED DURING AND FOR FURTHER TWO HOURS AFTER THE MATCH. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DFB DIRECTLY AT 49 69 67880 / (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Bayern Munich's players and Bayern Munich's Spanish head coach Pep Guardiola (C) celebrate with the trophy after defeating Dortmund in the penalty shootout of the German Cup (DFB Pokal) final football match Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on May 21, 2016.Bayern Munich won the German Cup. / AFP / CHRISTOF STACHE / RESTRICTIONS: ACCORDING TO DFB RULES IMAGE SEQUENCES TO SIMULATE VIDEO IS NOT ALLOWED DURING MATCH TIME. MOBILE (MMS) USE IS NOT ALLOWED DURING AND FOR FURTHER TWO HOURS AFTER THE MATCH. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DFB DIRECTLY AT 49 69 67880 / (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Bayern Munich is looking to find an MLS club to partner with in the coming future.

When we think of foreign soccer powers investing in the MLS, all we can think of is the disaster of Chivas USA and the beginnings of NYCFC. Chivas, who played as the Western Conference punching bag for the last 6 seasons of its 11 year existence, was started by C.D. Guadalajara, a team regarded by most as one of the most successful clubs in Mexican soccer history. Now we have NYCFC who, even though are having a fairly successful second ever season, swim in their own pool of controversy with Manchester City keeping the club on a tight leash.

More from MLS Multiplex

Now, though,

Top Drawer Soccer

is telling us that German powerhouse Bayern Munich wants to follow suit and partner with an MLS club as well. But seems like Bayern want to do this in a different way than what we see with Manchester City’s grip on NYCFC. Bayern Munich’s chief executive officer Karl-Heinz Rummenigge spoke of this partnership with Sports Business Daily when the team was Charlotte for their International Champions Cup.

"We, in Europe, have to be interested in helping U.S. soccer grow up. Maybe sometimes we have to do more in their favor. There could be an exchange of talent or coaches. We have to have an interest in U.S. soccer to help them and not just come here to cash in."

It’s refreshing to hear that a European club is not just interested in the MLS’ ability to make foreign teams lots of money. Instead it seems like Bayern wants to spread their brand by actually making a team and helping it succeed with only making suggestions for the club instead of Man City-esque mandates.

Though this is a great idea, Will Parchman of Top Drawer Soccer has his reservations about how well this idea will actually work:

"They do not understand MLS, with its single entity format and mazy allocation rule set and everything else. And this is the problem. An exchange of ideas is fine, but can Bayern actually help an MLS club be better in a system so different from its own? Is there anything concrete to this other than Bayern expressing its desire to further its brand profile into another market area?"

Though this sounds like a great experiment, only time will tell if this idea comes into fruition and from there how successful it is.