What's in Lalas' Pipe?

According to this, LA Galaxy president Alexi Lalas says that the EPL is a second-rate product:

"The fact that a segment of the world worships an inferior product in the Premiership is their business,'' Lalas said in an interview with The Guardian published Tuesday.

He added, "I honestly believe if you took a helicopter and grabbed a bunch of MLS players and took them to the perceived best league in the world they wouldn't miss a beat and the fans wouldn't notice any drop in quality.''

Having watched quite a bit of both, I have to wonder what Lalas is thinking when he says something like this. When MLS begins winning a few more games against the better teams in this hemisphere, then we can start talking about how far they might get in competition against European teams. And when an MLS dominant WC team can get out of the group stage of the tournament, then maybe his contention might have some merit. But that's well in future based on what I've seen so far.