I ' m drunk and stoned and we haven ' t eaten yet . <| sep |> Love them , cute af <| sep |> I think that they were , generally , a positive for the MLS and their respective teams . Had they been injuryfree , there would have been no discussion whatsoever . If your looking at just metrics , then you look at some obvious ones shirst sales , attendance and local TV viewership . All three for the LA Galaxy were up during Gerrards tenure , however you had the issues with Gio Dos Santos joining the club , which probably was just as responsible , even more so as far as TV viewership and game day attendance . Shirt sales were a positive generating substantial Official sales and even more unofficial . The MLS has licensing rights with other entities overseas , but those figures are not available this year , but were significant last year . For the Galaxy , Gerrards tenure wasn ' t a negative , but depending on some key measurements , may not have generated significant revenue vs salary . As far as onfield performance , both players had significant periods of time out with injuries . Frank Lampard , though , when playing had a significant impact in NYFC run through the standings when healthy . Gerrard was , in the first third of the MLS season , one of the top assist leaders , however , this stagnated after missing many games . Despite Bruce Arena ' s attempt to nurse him through the end of the season , into the playoffs , he was never able to train adequately to make an impact in the playoffs . I would say as far as the onfield performance neither was up to expectations , but it was due ti injury . Lampard had a bigger impact , but I do not think either , despite increases in attendance and sales revenue , large enough to offset expense . However League wise and MLS wise , it was a different story , both players generated significant publicity , especially overseas and were probably partly responsible for the selling of the league in foreign markets . Both players gave positive reviews on their time with the MLS , dispelling the retirement league mythology . This is an indirect positive , and will help the league to recruit more potential foreign stars to the league in the future . So while the direct on field performance did not measure up and could be characterized as a general negative . There were significant positives , in revenue and publicity , to classify it as a net positive .