Will 2019 MLS expansion end with 28 teams? Given the number of strong ownership groups emerging and the willingness of the league to be flexible, there’s now open talk of a 32-team circuit emerging in coming years. (more…)
Tag Archives | MLS expansion options
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: January 2019 Edition
With a New Year comes a new Austin team and some new developments on the MLS expansion front, as 2019 promises to be an eventful time as Major League Soccer maps out its future. UPDATED! (more…)
Best of 2018, #3: A Topsy-Turvy MLS Expansion
We end 2018 with a countdown of the 10 biggest stories of the year on Soccer Stadium Digest, as chosen by editors and partially based on page views. Today, #3: 2018 MLS expansion ends up being a topsy-turvy process. (more…)
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: December 2018 Edition
What began as a very long list of MLS expansion candidates is now down to a much shorter list of frontrunners, as we update our rankings on the next MLS expansion round for December 2018. (more…)
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: November 2018 Edition
How quickly things change, as recent developments in Austin, Columbus and San Diego have shook up the pecking order for the next MLS expansion round, updated for November 2018. (more…)
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: October 2018 Edition
The terms of the next MLS expansion round may be changing after last week’s announcement that the Columbus Crew might be saved by a new investment group—with Anthony Precourt procuring an expansion team to play in Austin. (more…)
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: July 2018 Edition
Time changes all things, and that’s nowhere more obvious than in our July 2018 column on the next MLS expansion round. (more…)
Handicapping the Next MLS Expansion Round: June 2018 Edition
With FC Cincinnati awarded the 24th MLS franchise last week and Miami and Nashville waiting in the wings to field MLS squads, let the speculation turn to the next MLS expansion round for teams #27 and #28. (more…)
Other MLS Expansion Bids Could Rise
After months of work, the three current finalists for an MLS expansion team are still on the outside looking in—and there are other markets that could rise should there be something unexpected in the process. (more…)
Despite Stadium Deal, MLS Passes on FC Cincinnati Expansion–For Now
Major League Soccer will continue to discuss expansion options with reps from Sacramento, Cincinnati and Detroit despite FC Cincinnati coming to a preliminary agreement for a new West End stadium. (more…)