MLS's expansion to 30 teams has a timetable.
Speaking at the CAA World Congress of Sports conference in New York on Tuesday, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed that the next expansion team “will be appointed sometime or announced sometime in the next 12 months." Plenty of signs and recent public comments point to that team winding up in Las Vegas. Sacramento was the heavy frontrunner until it lost the backing of billionaire lead investor Ron Burkle, and Las Vegas has surged to the forefront with multiple groups reportedly competing for MLS's approval. Garber has also previously name-checked San Diego and Phoenix as candidates, while Sacramento could still be just a big whale away from getting back into the mix.