Major League Soccer is thriving and there is more excitement within the league than ever ahead of the 2023 season starting on February 25, but it wasn't always that way.
In 1996, MLS was formed as soccer fever flooded the United States after they hosted the 1994 World Cup, but it struggled in its formative years and very nearly folded as a result. It's now 2023, MLS has recently signed a 10-year deal with Apple TV, and it remains the fastest-growing soccer league in the world.
Former Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti was involved with MLS for 18 seasons and saw it rise from the ashes into what it has become today. There are many reasons why it's become a huge success, but David Beckham's transfer to LA Galaxy in 2007 will forever be considered the 'defining moment in MLS history' according to Canetti.
