ChelseaTottenham Hotspur Kyle Walker in 2012, Gareth Bale in 2013, Harry Kane in 2015 and Dele Alli in 2016. Instead, this version of MLS needs him to play the part of a party grandee, which is bad news for all involved. He’s been so good this season that his name was floated as a dark horse MVP candidate around the all-star break. It requires franchises to look at minority candidates they might otherwise not consider, listen to their pitches and maybe make a choice they might not have made before.