Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is the premier men’s professional soccer
league in the United States and Canada. With fourteen teams, thirteen in the U.S. and one in Canada, MLS represents the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with teams playing 30 regular season games each. Eight teams from the league compete in a post-season playoff, which culminates in the championship final, MLS Cup.
Founded on December 17, 1993, MLS was established to fulfill a promise to FIFA from Alan Rothenberg and the US Soccer Federation to establish a “Division One” professional soccer league in exchange for staging the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The new league began play in 1996 with ten teams.
Teams Consist Of:
Major League Soccer Eastern Conference:
Chicago Fire (Bridgeview, IL), Columbus Crew (Columbus, OH), D.C. United (Washington D.C.), Kansas City Wizards (Kansas City, KS), New England Revolution (Foxborough, MA), New York Red Bulls (East Rutherford, NJ), Toronto FC (Toronto, ON), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Major League Soccer Western Conference:
Chivas USA (Carson, CA), Colorado Rapids (Commerce City, CO), FC Dallas (Frisco, TX), Houston Dynamo (Houston, TX), Los Angeles Galaxy (Carson, CA), Real Salt Lake (Salt Lake City, UT), San Jose Earthquakes (Santa Clara, CA), Seattle Sounders FC (Seattle, WA)
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