LOS ANGELES - After a 30 minute conversation in the hallway of the Banc of California Stadium, Major League Soccer and Liga MX came to an accord that would replace the remainder of the 2021 season for both leagues with an intra-league week by week skills challenge.

“Our fans demanded this,” stated MLS Commissioner Don Garber. “And we are known for giving them what they want. The rest of the 2021 season will now be a week by week, team against team skills battle for supremacy in North America.”

The first challenge will come when Pumas travels north to face the red hot New England Revolution.

“We are out here to crack some plates and score some points, yo,” stated a ebullient Bruce Arena. “I’m telling the team to focus on the 10 point corners and the 20 point moving target. It’s a new age in soccer.”

Sources with the Revolution indicate that Arena took them to The Greatest Bar in Boston to play skee ball in preparation for the touch challenge.

“He was yelling at us about preparation and mental fortitude as we tried to aim only for the 100 point holes,” stated one anonymous player. “He just kept yelling that champions aren’t made at 10 points a pop.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the European teams threaten to break off into their own Super Skills Challenge league.