I have a team that was started as a USA team that started with a team full of 2* chumps. I played 2 seasons and in my second season after investing much time and effort I managed to be ranked 8th in the league since most of the other guys in the league had several 7* or better players and no one under 3*. I ended up making a second team that was from the UK and I found everyone is ranked 3* up to 5*!! I can only imagine what a team started in Brazil or Spain might start with. So in short if you started your second team in the USA try another country and you probably won't lose so much.