A key contrast between American pro soccer and pro soccer in the rest of the world is the league setup. MLS is a closed franchise-based system, whereas virtually every other country has an open system ...

If there’s a comprehensive book detailing all of Major League Soccer’s transfer, trade and draft rules somewhere, it has remained largely unread by the masses. Sometimes it appears that MLS itself is ...

While many soccer leagues around the world determine their domestic champion by a league table, Major League Soccer is ...

Major League Soccer is an oddball, single-entity league that is out of step with the rest of the world. Its wealthiest clubs hog up all the riches with zero threat of relegation. Several high-aiming ...

World-Leading Sports Science and Technology Company Will Enable MLS to Centralize Diverse Operating Systems and Player Performance Data, Starting with MLS NEXT NEW YORK (Thursday, June 15, 2023) – MLS ...

Ousseni Bouda was just 11 years old and growing up in the west African country of Burkina Faso when his family took the ultimate leap of faith by sending him alone to Ghana to play soccer. Bouda ...

I have been following the discussion around the competitiveness, costs and consumer benefits of U.S. Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. As an Irish immigrant to ...

The regulations that govern how MLS clubs can build and structure their teams are complex, convoluted, byzantine, bewildering — so much so that even the people who are paid to understand them ...