Major League Soccer has grown exponentially since its debut in 1996. A league that arose out of the United States’ hosting of the 1994 World Cup, it has grown from its original 9 teams to its current 23, with 3 more teams joining in the next couple seasons.
Despite its young age (22 years old) as a league relative to some of the European leagues that have been around for over 100 years, MLS still is compared to the quality of some of the top leagues in the world, like England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, and Italy’s Serie A.