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English: Major League Soccer (MLS) Divisions. The locations of Eastern Division teams are marked with circles and the locations of Western Division teams are marked with squares. Inside each are a small black circle/square indicating the exact location of each team's stadium. States and provinces that host a team are highlighted.
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada .
Starting in 1999 with the Columbus Crew's construction of Historic Crew Stadium, the league has constructed soccer-specific stadiums which are tailor-made for soccer and which have smaller capacity. As of 2025, 22 of 30 MLS stadiums are soccer-specific stadiums, wich generally have a capacity of 18,000 to 30,000 seats. [1]
English: Major League Soccer (MLS) Divisions. The locations of Eastern Division teams are marked with circles and the locations of Western Division teams are marked with squares. Inside each are a small black circle/square indicating the exact location of each team's stadium. States and provinces that host a team are highlighted.
MLS is the first major Division I outdoor soccer league in the U.S. or Canada since the North American Soccer League (NASL) operated from 1968 to 1984. MLS has increased in popularity following the adoption of the Designated Player rule in 2007, which allowed MLS to sign stars such as David Beckham and Thierry Henry.
The top-level men's league is Major League Soccer (MLS) and the second level men's league is the USL Championship. The third level men's leagues are USL League One, the National Independent Soccer Association, and MLS Next Pro. At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams.
It includes all stadiums in the top three levels of American soccer and some lower league and collegiate stadiums in the United States. The minimum capacity is 1,000. Some of these venues are soccer-specific stadiums. Other venues are multipurpose stadiums, American football stadiums, or baseball stadiums that also host soccer games.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).