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Major League Soccer is the most recent of three professional men's Division 1 national association football leagues with clubs in the United States and Canada. In the US, with no clubs in Canada, the earliest of such leagues was the American Football Association, which was formed in 1884 [6] and allied with The Football Association, becoming a member on February 22, 1909, at an FA meeting ...
The LA Galaxy are the most successful team in the league's history with six MLS Cup titles and four Supporters' Shields; D.C. United has four MLS Cup titles and four Supporters' Shields. [ 1 ] [ 20 ] The league's all-time points record was set in the 2024 season by Inter Miami CF , who had 74 points and a winning percentage of 0.765. [ 21 ]
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 .
The league also adopted a countdown clock instead of running clock, unlike IFAB's standards. The league also divided the teams equally into two conferences – Eastern and Western. The league began its first season on Saturday, April 6, 1996, when the San Jose Clash hosted D.C. United at Spartan Stadium.
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.
The highest number of points achieved by a team on the road during a regular season was 37, by the LA Galaxy in 1998 (13–3), and Inter Miami CF in 2024 (11–2–4). [ citation needed ] The most draws achieved by a team during a regular season is 18, first by the Chicago Fire in 2014, [ 40 ] and again by Nashville SC in 2021 .
2019 MLS regular season standings Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Los Angeles FC (S) 34 21 4 9 85 37 +48 72 2020 CONCACAF Champions League [a] 2
It was also the 88th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 22nd with a national first-division league. The 2000 season marked the first time in league history (and the first season of American first division soccer since 1974), that ties were allowed to stand. Following a ten-minute sudden death extra time, rather than ...