With Major League Soccer executing a plan to grow to 28 clubs by 2020, and interest in professional soccer in the United States — in MLS and far beyond it — has surged, the New York Times says.
Instead of seeing teams fold or move, the league has investors ready to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on expansion fees and stadium construction. The new stadiums, the new sponsors, the new players emerging from the league’s new academy programs “empower anyone running a sports league,” Garber said.
