Expansion of Major League Soccer - Wikipedia
Major League Soccer is the top level of professional soccer in the United States. It began play in 1996 with 10 teams and has expanded several times since 1998. From 2005 to 2025, the league expanded rapidly and has added an average of one new team per season. The league will reach 30 teams in the 2025 season with the debut of San Diego FC. [1][2]
Expansion News - MLSsoccer.com
Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego Columnist: Jonathan Sigal San Diego, Las Vegas expansion in "active discussions": MLS Commissioner Don Garber
What They're Saying: 2024-25 MLS NEXT Expansion Clubs
Apr 24, 2024 · We are planning in 2024 for entry in the league and MLS NEXT will give us a further platform for excellence that has already been created by our existing Chattanooga Football Club infrastructure.
MLS NEXT Announces Nine Expansion Clubs for the 2024-25 Season
Apr 24, 2024 · All nine clubs will begin play in the fall of 2024. Two clubs – AC River and Hoosier Premier Academy – will provide a full player pathway, competing in all age groups of MLS NEXT competition from...
Major League Soccer expansion: Potential cities, top locations to …
Jan 4, 2025 · Other major sports: Kentucky Derby. Soccer specific stadium: 15,304 Lynn Family Stadium. Louisville has what many other markets are missing, a soccer club ready made to step up to Major League Soccer. Indeed, Louisville City FC might be the best run club in the United States not currently playing in Major League Soccer. The 15,304 Lynn Family ...
A guide to MLS Expansion - US Soccer Players
A look at Major League Soccer's expansion from an initial 10 teams to start the league in 1996 to 30 clubs when the 2025 season starts.
MLS names San Diego as 30th team, to debut in 2025 - ESPN
May 18, 2023 · Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced on Thursday that the city of San Diego has been handed an expansion franchise, thereby increasing the league to a total of 30 teams.
Timeline of Major League Soccer - Wikipedia
The following is a timeline of organizational changes in Major League Soccer (MLS), a professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that began play in 1996 with 10 teams and by 2025 will have 30 teams. This article includes expansions, contractions, renamings of clubs and conference realignment.
Every expansion team in MLS history: LAFC, Inter Miami, Seattle ...
May 18, 2023 · St. Louis City, (2023) Charlotte FC (2022) and Austin FC (2021) are the league’s most recent expansion teams. While the first two are still finding their feet, Austin reached the MLS Cup ...
Charted: The rapid rise of Major League Soccer - Axios
May 27, 2023 · Major League Soccer is poised to have 30 teams in less than three decades, faster than any other major sports league in North America. Driving the news: The MLS awarded San Diego an expansion franchise that's set to begin play in 2025. Zoom in: The newer leagues tend to reach 30 teams faster.