SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- MLS commissioner Don Garber has officially announced that the league will expand to 28 teams, and said "we hope and expect" that one of the teams in the next wave will be the Sacramento Republic of the USL.
Sacramento could join the league as soon as 2020, Garber said on Thursday.
Garber was in Sacramento to meet with Mayor Kevin Johnson, local business and state political leaders, as well as Republic owners Kevin Nagle and Warren Smith. He later attended an MLS Block Party hosted by the team that drew over 1,000 fans.
The commissioner indicated that the timeline for expansion has not been finalized.