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Logo of Major League Soccer. 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 latest ranking reported that Los Angeles FC is the most valuable MLS franchise after the 2023 Major League Soccer season. [3] The fastest growing MLS franchise is Inter Miami CF with a 72% increase in valuation since the 2022 Major League Soccer season with the arrival of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi.
The league's 29 teams were divided into the Eastern and Western conferences. This was the first season since the 2016 season to have no new expansion teams joining MLS; San Diego FC is scheduled to join the league in 2025. [4] Pre-season matches ran from January 19 through February 17. [5]
As of 2025, the Western Conference contains 15 teams. The conference has produced 11 Supporters' Shield champions and 18 MLS Cup winners in Major League Soccer's first 29 seasons. In 2000 and 2001, the conference was referred to as the Western Division when Major League Soccer briefly reorganized into three divisions.
The longest road trip a team has played during the regular season was recorded by the Portland Timbers in 2019. They opened the season with twelve straight games on the road due to the completion of an expansion to Providence Park in the early part of the 2019 season. [39]
The 2025 Major League Soccer season will be the 30th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, and the 47th season overall of a national first-division league in the United States. MLS expanded to 30 clubs this season with the addition of San Diego FC, an expansion team awarded in ...
In 2007, the league expanded beyond the United States' borders into Canada with the Toronto FC expansion team. [80] Major League Soccer took steps to further raise the level of play by adopting the Designated Player Rule, which helped bring international stars into the league. [81] The 2007 season witnessed the MLS debut of David Beckham ...
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.