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Major League Soccer , a lawsuit filed in and decided in , the league won a legal battle with its players in which the court ruled that MLS was a single entity that can lawfully centrally contract for player services.

Having multiple clubs operated by a single investor was a necessity in the league's first ten years. In order to attract additional investors, in the league announced changes to the operating agreement between the league and its teams to improve team revenues and increase the incentives to be an individual club operator.

As MLS appeared to be on the brink of overall profitability in and developed significant expansion plans, MLS announced that it wanted each club to have a distinct operator.

The league now has 30 investor-operators for its 26 current and 4 future clubs. Don Garber has been the commissioner of Major League Soccer since , serving as the league's chief executive.

The league's first commissioner was Doug Logan , who served in the role from to Mark Abbott, a former MLS business partner, has served as the league's President and Deputy Commissioner since MLS salaries are limited by a salary cap , which MLS has had in place since the league's inception in The purpose of the salary cap is to prevent the team's owners from unsustainable spending on player salaries and to prevent a competitive imbalance among teams.

Major League Soccer lawsuit. Teams may augment their squads by signing players from other leagues. MLS has two transfer windows —the primary pre-season transfer window lasts three months from mid February until mid May, and the secondary mid season transfer window runs one month from early July to early August.

However, MLS teams often obtain green cards for their non-domestic players in order to qualify them for domestic status and thus free up international roster slots.

MLS has also introduced various initiatives and rules intended to improve quality of players while still maintaining the salary cap.

Rules concerning Designated Players and allocation money allow for additional wage spending that is exempt from the salary cap. These initiatives have brought about an increase in on-field competition.

Instituted in , England's David Beckham was the first signing under the DP rule. The league's "Core Players" initiative allows teams to re-sign players using retention funds that do not count against the salary cap.

Teams can use TAM funds to attract high-profile players by "buying down" contracts of players to below the Designated Player level.

MLS has a set of pool goalkeepers who are signed to a contract with the league and are loaned to teams during emergencies in which they are missing a goalkeeper due to injuries or suspensions.

MLS has introduced various initiatives and rules intended to develop young players. Rules concerning Generation Adidas players and home grown players provide incentives for clubs to develop and retain young players.

MLS has required all of its teams to operate youth development programs since Soccer developmental league against youth academies from other leagues such as the North American Soccer League NASL , which had been a Division II league prior to , and USL Pro, originally a Division III league but now the Division II USL Championship.

The league operates a Generation Adidas program, which is a joint venture between MLS and U. Soccer that encourages young American players to enter MLS.

Players under the Home Grown Player rule are signed to Generation Adidas contracts, [] all players on Generation Adidas contracts are "off budget players" and their salaries do not count against the cap.

MLS formerly operated a reserve league that gave playing time to players who were not starters for their MLS teams. Following the folding of the Development Academy , [] MLS announced its own development league in Since , the league has overseen the construction of twelve stadiums specifically designed for soccer.

The development of soccer-specific stadiums owned by the teams has generated a better gameday experience for the fans. Columbus Crew owner Lamar Hunt started this trend in by constructing Columbus Crew Stadium, now known as Mapfre Stadium , as MLS's first soccer-specific stadium.

The season brought the opening of Dick's Sporting Goods Park for the Colorado Rapids and BMO Field for Toronto FC. Near the end of the season, Rio Tinto Stadium became the home of Real Salt Lake, which meant that for the first time in MLS history a majority of MLS's teams 8 out of 14 played in soccer-specific stadiums.

The following season, in , the Portland Timbers made their MLS debut in a newly renovated Jeld-Wen Field, now renamed Providence Park , which was originally a multi-purpose venue but turned into a soccer-specific facility.

The Impact has used Olympic Stadium for early season matches and for games that require a larger capacity. Exploria Stadium hosted its first MLS match on March 5, against New York City FC as Orlando City Stadium.

The development of additional MLS stadiums has continued to progress. United had played their home games at former NFL and Major League Baseball venue RFK Stadium.

In , D. United announced the signing of a public-private partnership term sheet to build a new soccer stadium in Washington, D. In late February , D.

United finally broke ground on their new stadium, Audi Field. Two teams have announced their desire to build a soccer-specific stadium, although these teams have not finalized the stadium site and received all necessary government approvals.

New York City FC play home games at Yankee Stadium , a Major League Baseball venue, although they intend to move into a soccer-specific stadium in the future.

The New England Revolution play home games at a National Football League venue, Gillette Stadium , but are currently in discussion with the City of Boston regarding a potential soccer-specific stadium in South Boston.

Several remaining clubs play in stadiums not originally built for MLS and have not announced plans to move. The Seattle Sounders FC play at Lumen Field , a dual-purpose facility used for both American football and soccer.

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC joined the league with Portland in and temporarily held matches at Empire Field before moving into the refurbished BC Place in October , [] a retractable-roof stadium that hosts Canadian football as well as soccer.

Of the three teams that made their MLS debuts in and , one opened a soccer-specific stadium in , a second is playing in a shared football stadium, and the last opened a soccer-specific stadium for its inaugural season.

Minnesota United FC, which debuted in , built Allianz Field in St. Paul which hosted its inaugural game against New York City FC on April 13, FC Cincinnati made its MLS debut in at Nippert Stadium , the football home of the University of Cincinnati.

The stadium had been home to FCC's USL Championship predecessor for all of its three seasons of play. The club plans to move within Cincinnati to the new West End Stadium in Major League Soccer began to demonstrate positive signs of long-term profitability as early as with the single-entity ownership structure, salary cap, and the media and marketing umbrella Soccer United Marketing SUM all contributing towards MLS's financial security.

Television coverage and revenue have increased since the league's early years. The Los Angeles Galaxy made a profit in in their first season at The Home Depot Center, [52] and FC Dallas turned a profit after moving into Pizza Hut Park in By the league had shown a marked improvement in its financial health.

In November , Forbes published a report that revealed that ten of the league's nineteen teams earned an operating profit in , while two broke even and seven had a loss.

MLS teams typically use commercial flights to transport players and staff between matches, with only four charter flights allowed under league rules.

MLS follows the rules and standards of the International Football Association Board IFAB. Since , the playoff extra time structure follows IFAB standards: two full minute periods, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Soccer hired the first full-time professional referees in league history in as part of the league's "Game First" initiatives.

MLS uses the list of banned substances published by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The current MLS logo debuted in , ahead of the league's 20th season, replacing an earlier logo that featured a stylized boot and ball.

The current logo is a simple crest with a diagonal stripe, the MLS wordmark, and three stars that represent "community, club, and country".

The logo was designed to be remixed in different color schemes that match teams when used on merchandise and jerseys. The current league anthem debuted in and was composed by film score composer Hans Zimmer.

It will be used during league broadcasts and as a prelude to kickoff at stadiums. In the early years of MLS, teams were typically given official nicknames in the style of other U.

Several club names in MLS originated with previous professional soccer clubs, such as the s-era NASL team names San Jose Earthquakes , Seattle Sounders , Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps.

United and Miami Fusion FC were the only two MLS teams to adopt European naming conventions during the s. The beverage company Red Bull GmbH owns the New York Red Bulls as well as other sports teams outside the U.

As of the season, MLS matches are broadcast nationally by ESPN networks and Fox Sports in English, and Univision networks in Spanish under an eight-year contract.

ESPN, FS1, and Univision share in coverage of the playoffs, while ABC and Fox alternate broadcasting the MLS Cup final in English. In total, at least matches are aired per-season across all three networks.

Matches not televised nationally are broadcast regionally, often by regional sports networks like Fox Sports Networks , NBC Sports Regional Networks , Spectrum Sports and Root Sports , and sometimes by terrestrial stations like KTXA , WGN and KMYU.

From to , MLS matches were broadcast by NBC Sports , with 40 matches per year—primarily on NBCSN , and select matches broadcast on the NBC network.

Soccer United Marketing partnered with Google and Bedrocket Media Ventures in to launch "KickTV", a premium YouTube channel with original soccer programming.

Coverage of MLS expanded into Canada in with the addition of Toronto FC. Currently, English-language national MLS broadcast rights in Canada are held by the TSN networks through a five-year deal first renewed in The networks primarily broadcast matches involving the league's Canadian franchises, in combination with separate "regional" rights deals giving TSN exclusive rights to all Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC matches.

TVA Sports holds exclusive French-language rights to MLS in Canada as of the season. As part of a separate "regional" rights deal, it also holds exclusive rights to all Montreal Impact games.

In , online streaming service DAZN obtained Major League Soccer's digital out-of-market service MLS Live—with live and on-demand streaming of matches featuring U.

MLS also entered into a four-year contract with Sky Sports to broadcast two MLS matches per week in the United Kingdom and Ireland from to The matches appeared across Sky's family of networks.

It also carried weekly MLS highlights across various platforms, including Sky Sports News and SkySports. Sky Sports also broadcast at least one match from MLS's "Decision Day" — the final day of the MLS regular season.

Many of the matches on Decision Day every year are expected to determine the final spots for the MLS Cup Playoffs. DSport , owned by Discovery Communications , will televise league matches in India beginning in Major League Soccer is a playable league in both the FIFA and the Football Manager series.

The league made its video game debut in with FIFA In , Konami released ESPN MLS GameNight , and two years later, they released its sequel, ESPN MLS ExtraTime The league made its first appearance in the management series Football Manager in Statistics below are for all-time leaders.

Statistics are for regular season only. Bold indicates active MLS players. Statistics below are for all-time leaders who are still playing. At the conclusion of each season, the league presents several awards for outstanding achievements, mostly to players, but also to coaches, referees, and teams.

The finalists in each category are determined by voting from MLS players, team employees, and the media. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Toronto FC 0 - 1 Nashville SC. Portland Timbers 1 - 1 Dallas Burn pen Minnesota United 3 - 0 Colorado Rapids. Sporting Kansas City 3 - 3 San Jose Earthquakes pen Columbus Crew 3 - 2 New York Red Bulls.

Orlando City 1 - 1 New York City FC pen Nashville SC 3 - 0 Inter Miami CF. Real Salt Lake 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas City.

Team profit. Best scorers. The most assists Major League Soccer. Canadian Classification. Player Team Goals Assists CC 1 Rossi.

The teams with the highest number of scored goals. Overall Home Away. Team Goals Goals per game 1 Portland Timbers The teams with the highest number of conceded goals.

Team Goals conceded Goals conceded per game 1 San Jose Earthquakes Top possesion. Team Average possession 1 Seattle Sounders FC The team with the greatest number of cards.

Shots per game. Team Shots Shots on goal 1 New England Rev. Team Team Opponent 1 New York City FC Top teams with the highest number of corners per match.

Team Corners per game Team Opponent 1 New England Rev. The results in the first half. The results in the second half.

Rounds: Round 1. View full schedule. Vancouver Whitecaps 3 - 0 LA Galaxy. Houston Dynamo 1 - 2 Colorado Rapids. Seattle Sounders FC 4 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes.

Minnesota United 3 - 0 Dallas Burn. Los Angeles FC 1 - 1 Portland Timbers. Inter Miami CF 2 - 1 FC Cincinnati. Chicago Fire 3 - 4 New York City FC.

Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Atlanta United. DC United 2 - 3 Impact De Montreal. New York Red Bulls 2 - 1 Toronto FC. Philadelphia Union 2 - 0 New England Rev.

Orlando City 2 - 3 Nashville SC. LA Galaxy 1 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC. San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 2 Los Angeles FC. Portland Timbers 0 - 1 Colorado Rapids.

Nashville SC 0 - 1 Dallas Burn. Minnesota United 2 - 2 Chicago Fire.