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Ownership groups from Sacramento and St. Louis were given exclusive rights to negotiate for spots 28 and 29 at an expansion fee of $200 million each, [2] while the league's Board of Governors deferred a decision on a fee and timetable for the 30th team. St. Louis was announced as an expansion team in August 2019.
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.
Charlotte Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team is owned by David Tepper, who was awarded the expansion franchise on December 17, 2019.
Charlotte was awarded a Major League Soccer expansion team in December 2019, with Tepper paying a reported record expansion fee in the range of $300-$325 million.
Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS has announced that Charlotte FC [4] would begin play as an expansion team in 2022. Sacramento Republic and St. Louis City SC [5] were about to debut that year, but MLS delayed St. Louis's start to 2023 instead, and the league's expansion to Sacramento was withheld indefinitely.
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).
The 2024 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team San Diego FC that was held on December 11, 2024. The list of eligible players was revealed on December 10, 2024, which included 354 players from the 29 other MLS teams. [1] San Diego FC selected five players in the draft. [1]
The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft: . Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS announced that St. Louis City SC [4] would debut in 2023 instead of 2022, and the league's expansion to Sacramento was put on hiatus indefinitely.