WASHINGTON, Dec 5 : Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said the arrival of elite players such as Lionel Messi has helped the sport cement its place in a crowded U.S. market, as anticipation builds across the country for Friday's World Cup draw in Washington. Soccer has long battled for attention in a U.S. sporting landscape dominated by American football, baseball and basketball. Garber said real progress had been made in recent years, fuelled in part by the arrival of Argentina's