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History of Major League Soccer : ウィキペディア英語版 | History of Major League Soccer The History of Major League Soccer began in 1988, when the United States Soccer Federation pledged to create a Division 1 professional soccer league as a condition to FIFA awarding the 1994 FIFA World Cup to the United States. Major League Soccer was officially formed in 1995. The league began play in 1996 with 10 teams, and in 1998 grew to 12 teams. MLS experienced some difficulties in its first seasons, with the league losing money in the early years, resulting in two teams folding after the 2001 season. MLS has rebounded since then, with increased attendance and the development of soccer-specific stadiums. MLS currently has 20 teams, with further expansion planned. ==Background==
Major League Soccer is the most recent of a three of professional men's Division 1 national association football leagues with clubs in the United States and Canada. In the US, with no clubs in Canada, the earliest of such leagues was the American Football Association, which was formed in 1884〔Murray, C.K. (1910). "History and Progress of the AFA", ''Official Association Foot Ball Guide'', 27.〕 and allied with The Football Association, becoming a member on February 22, 1909 at an FA meeting chaired by John Charles Clegg, The immediate predecessor of MLS was the defacto highest level of soccer played in Division 2 American Professional Soccer League that was one of two leagues tracing their genesis to the collapse of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1984. The NASL formed in 1968 as the merger of the United Soccer Association and National Professional Soccer League, both of which had been formed the year before. The NASL, the first league to have U.S. and Canadian professional clubs, struggled until the mid-1970s, when its average attendance had grown to 7770, with four teams averaging over 10,000 in attendance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Stats/Standings.htm )〕 The 1974 NASL Championship game between the Los Angeles Aztecs and the Miami Toros was televised live on CBS Sports, the first national broadcast of a pro soccer match in the United States since 1968. The NASL folded after its 1984 season. The other professional men's league starting after the NASL folded was the Canada-only Division 1 Canadian Soccer League (CSL), active from 1987 to 1992. During the positioning for Division 1 status, the CSL folded and teams from the three largest Canadian metropolitan areas, Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver joined the APSL.
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