Major League Soccer (MLS) was first conceptualized in 1993 as part of the United States’ bid to host the 1994 World Cup. It took another three years for the league to get up and running, with the successor to the North American Soccer League (NASL) initially involving 10 teams.
It took a number of years for audiences, sponsors and players of note to take an interest in MLS, but an increasingly loyal following, coupled with an expansion to 30 teams, has seen soccer’s popularity grow expenetionally.
